Mark E. Smith
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- | '''Mark Edward Smith''' (5 March 1957 – 24 January 2018)<ref>Eede, Christian. "[http://thequietus.com/articles/23929-rip-mark-e-smith RIP Mark E. Smith ]". thequietus.com, 24 January 2018</ref> was an English singer, songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, lyricist and only constant member of the [[Post punk|post-punk]] group [[The Fall (band)|the Fall]], a renowned and [[idiosyncratic]] offshoot from the [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[Post punk|post-punk]] popular music scene. He was from [[Prestwich]], near [[Manchester]]. | + | '''Mark Edward Smith''' (5 March 1957 – 24 January 2018) was an [[English singer]], songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, lyricist and only constant member of the [[Post punk|post-punk]] group [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]], a renowned and [[idiosyncratic]] offshoot from the [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[Post punk|post-punk]] popular music scene. He was from [[Prestwich]], near [[Manchester]]. |
- | Smith formed the Fall in 1976 after attending a [[Sex Pistols]] gig at the Manchester [[Free Trade Hall]] in June that year. The band went on to feature over 60 different members, and released 32 studio albums. His lyrical style has been described as consisting of "grim, dark and ironic humour", and notoriously difficult to work with, he has been characterised as a "strange kind of antimatter national treasure", and an enduring cult icon. | + | Smith formed The Fall in 1976 after attending a [[Sex Pistols]] gig at the Manchester [[Free Trade Hall]] in June that year. The band went on to feature over 60 different members, and released 32 studio albums. His lyrical style has been described as consisting of "grim, dark and ironic humour", and notoriously difficult to work with, he has been characterised as a "strange kind of antimatter national treasure", and an enduring cult icon. |
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Mark Edward Smith (5 March 1957 – 24 January 2018) was an English singer, songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, lyricist and only constant member of the post-punk group The Fall, a renowned and idiosyncratic offshoot from the UK post-punk popular music scene. He was from Prestwich, near Manchester.
Smith formed The Fall in 1976 after attending a Sex Pistols gig at the Manchester Free Trade Hall in June that year. The band went on to feature over 60 different members, and released 32 studio albums. His lyrical style has been described as consisting of "grim, dark and ironic humour", and notoriously difficult to work with, he has been characterised as a "strange kind of antimatter national treasure", and an enduring cult icon.
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Discography
With the Fall
Solo
- The Post Nearly Man (1998), Artful
- Pander Panda Panzer (2002), Action Records
D.O.S.E. featuring Mark E. Smith
- "Plug Myself In" (1996), Coliseum – 2 CDs, 12" vinyl
INCH featuring Mark E. Smith
- INCH EP (1999), Regal
Von Südenfed
- Albums
- Tromatic Reflexxions (2007), Domino
- Singles
- "Fledermaus Can't Get It" (2007), Domino
- "The Rhinohead/Slow Down Ronnie" (2007), Domino
Mark E. Smith & Ed Blaney
- Albums
- Smith and Blaney (2008), Voiceprint
- The Train Part Three (2009), Voiceprint
- Singles
- "Real Good Time Together" (2008), Voiceprint
- "Transfusion" (2009), Voiceprint
Other collaborations and guest appearances
- "White Night" single (1986) – "Naughty But Nice"
- "You Can't Keep a Good Man Down" single (1999), Artful – "Now I Wanna Be Your Dog (live)"
- What's That Noise album (1989) – "I'm in Deep"
- I'm Not Following You (1996), Setanta – "Seventies Night"
- Elastica EP (1999), Deceptive – "How He Wrote Elastica Man", "KB"
- The Dark Project Album (2003), Dna feat. Mark E. Smith "Misery" written by Dna (Michael Nivolianitis and Alexander Christaras)
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- Iceland Airwaves '05 V/A album (2005), Iceland Airwaves – "Not Clean" (also released as a single)
- Plastic Beach album (2010) – "Glitter Freeze"
- "I Want You" single (1994) – "I Want You"
- Keep the Circle (B sides and Udder Stuff) album (2007) – "Saturn 5"
- Puerile album – Intro to "Louie Louie"
- "Heads of Dead Surfers" single (1995) – "Heads of Dead Surfers"
- "Fistful of Credits" single (2000) – "Fistful of Credits"
- Wipe That Sound EP (2004), Sonig – "Cut the Gain", "Sound City"
- 21 Again album (2014) – 21 Again
- Shuttleworth
- "England's Heartbeat" (2010) – Shuttleworth feat. Mark E. Smith
- "Dangerous Sex" single (1989) – "Repetition"
- "Cheap Space Chant" (1996)