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Gerard Smith – TV on the Radio bassist – dies aged 34

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011...-tv-radio-dies

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Gerard Smith – TV on the Radio bassist – dies aged 34

Group cancels tour dates after announcement of death of 'beloved friend and bandmate' Smith from lung cancer

Gerard Smith played on TV on the Radio's last three albums, including the critically acclaimed Dear Science.

TV on the Radio bassist Gerard Smith has died of lung cancer, only a month after announcing that he was taking time off from the US art rock band to get treatment.
The band cancelled five upcoming tour dates in Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis and Denver in support of their well-received fourth studio album Nine Types of Light, which debuted at No 12 in the Billboard charts.
The Guardian's review of the album said: "You only need hear opener Second Song – which somehow blends an alt-country melody with a cosmic funk chorus requesting 'every lover on a mission, shift your known position' – to realise this band are still light years ahead of their peers."
Smith joined the group full time in 2005, just in time to record their album Return to Cookie Mountain, which saw them break through to mainstream success. A message posted on the band's website said he had been diagnosed with cancer after their latest album was finished. He was 34.
The band wrote on their website in March: "Gerard has been undergoing treatment and will be unable to participate in the upcoming tour … [He] is fortunate enough to have health insurance and is receiving excellent medical care. We appreciate your concern and support for Gerard and his family."
His death has been announced in a statement on the site.
"We are very sad to announce the death of our beloved friend and bandmate, Gerard Smith, following a courageous fight against lung cancer. Gerard passed away the morning of April 20th, 2011. We will miss him terribly," reads the statement.

RIP

and that he died on 4/20 from lung cancer

fuck. there goes me being optimistic.
kinnik please go kick a cat in your neighborhood or pull the hair of one of your little girlfriends if you're bored, you sound way too stupid in this thread.

In case you haven't noticed yet, you can CHOOSE where to troll, so fuck off all the same.

Whatever, trolls troll all the time, you don't do that, I assumed you could use a hint of intelligence here and there, I won't assume anymore. Have fun.

Yeah Nick., why do you not do something more creatitive with all this negativity? You're not even funny. I have proof that you can do much
better than that.

nah nik, this is not even remotely funny, and i'm actually sure even you are not having fun. it is simply pathetic, really.
and i say that as someone who is not really into tv on the radio anymore and who rather enjoys your posts usually - and who's not really known for its negativity, should i add. i know you'll be like "fuck given: 0", because it's hard to admit you're being stupid right now, but you should face it, no one's having fun here, and neither do you.

still, rip gerard smith.

Personally, I think you're deluded.

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Originally Posted by Genteel Death

Personally, I think you're deluded.

well, all good for him then, it's not like i really give a fuck about his behaviour either.

I do give a fuck about Nick. Pretty sure I'm not the only one too.

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Originally Posted by kinnikpasswordforgetter

no, i'm not having fun. i'm sad because a celebrity has died. i'm not going to have fun because that would be the inapropriate emotional response to have over a media event that i have nothing to do with in reality. because its so important we display the proper solemnity about things on the internet which haven't happened to us. we must train ourselves to respond properly to these stories. after all, somewhere, a real dude has died. and i'm supposed to give a fuck. after all he was a bassist.

cry me a fucking river of your sanctimonious tears.

then please tell me how your whinging and pompous faux concern is somehow a more mature and less self indulgent response than my trolol.

or

get over it.

surely there's no other way (and no more effective way) to complain about the corporate music system/business than to troll a thread on which a few fans of a musician state they are sad that he passed away. obviously, saying that you're happy that he's dead will make people realise how terrible the fact that they're affected by media events is.

and again, it's not "faux concern", it's understanding that some people - who i like, even though i only interact with them on the Internet - may be genuinely affected by the death of a musician whose music they enjoyed

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Originally Posted by kinnikpasswordforgetter

all right all right i can't take it anymore i'm sorry

it was me who gave him lung cancer

i have it growing in my chest, a fresh hot batch, 100% organic, made from the cheapest cigarettes and superglue fumes. i sneak into your room like the tooth fairy, and leave my little 'surprise'. also hayden comes along too and molests you.

You guys are crazy, this is classic ni'k right here.

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Originally Posted by SYRFox

I seem to recall you yucking it up with the rest of 'em when the bassist of Slipknot died.

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Originally Posted by Dr. Eugene Felikson

I seem to recall you yucking it up with the rest of 'em when the bassist of Slipknot died.

I'm sorry, but I think you're mistaken here, I do not remember doing such a thing, nor I remember the bassist of Slipknot being dead, actually.

Why do you not write for Vice magazine? They're as ''provocative'' as you are.

why the hell did i venture out of the dubstep thread, why the hell

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Originally Posted by SYRFox

I'm sorry, but I think you're mistaken here, I do not remember doing such a thing, nor I remember the bassist of Slipknot being dead, actually.

Eat it. Love it.