Mark E. Smith Rip

Rob Instigator · 01.24.2018, 03:23 PM

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...ction-14199592

He has passed at age 60. hard livin'

evollove · 01.24.2018, 03:32 PM

RIP

Drjohnrock · 01.24.2018, 03:52 PM

This one really stings. The Fall were my favorite band for the longest time, only recently supplanted by Johnny Dowd. Deepest sympathy to MES' family, friends and fans of his music.

The Soup Nazi · 01.24.2018, 04:09 PM

Goddamn motherfucking shit.

https://news.google.com/news/search/...n&gl=US&ned=us

I'm destroyed.

Rob Instigator · 01.24.2018, 04:22 PM

https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...P=share_btn_fb

Severian · 01.24.2018, 07:01 PM

WHAT?!

Severian · 01.24.2018, 08:23 PM

He was not appreciated (enough)

Fuck life!

Severian · 01.24.2018, 08:25 PM

This is the worst and most personal one in some time. Since Reed, perhaps. I spent my twenties under the spell of Hex Enduction Hour and TNSG and Room to Live and Grotesque and... and... and...

Goddammit.

RIP.

The Soup Nazi · 01.24.2018, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Severian

Fuck life!

Who says it's good, good, good to be alive, baby?
Same ones who keep it a perpetual jive, baby
Who says it's good, good, good to be alive?
It ain't no good, it's a perpetual dive

RanaldoNecro · 01.24.2018, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Severian

He was not appreciated (enough)

Fuck life!

Well, when you will fully choose to not promote your band this is what happens. All of this despite your obvious talent.

greenlight · 01.25.2018, 01:21 AM

what a strange morning.

RIP.

candymoan · 01.25.2018, 03:57 AM

the world was unappreciative of him in his health..
mark e. smith will be called "a genius" much more often now..

i'm sad and pissed off.

Toilet & Bowels · 01.25.2018, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by RanaldoNecro

Well, when you will fully choose to not promote your band this is what happens. All of this despite your obvious talent.

I don't think that is true, my understanding is that he was very hardworking and generally frustrated with lack of success

Toilet & Bowels · 01.25.2018, 04:12 AM

Normally famous people deaths are not something that mean that much to me, but this one shocked and saddened me

Severian · 01.26.2018, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

I don't think that is true, my understanding is that he was very hardworking and generally frustrated with lack of success

Yes, this is my impression too.

The Soup Nazi · 01.26.2018, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

I don't think that is true, my understanding is that he was very hardworking and generally frustrated with lack of success

Success being success in his own terms — as it always should be, of course. This is what Kieron Melling, drummer in The Fall's last

lineup, said last year, around the time New Facts Emerge was released:

Quote:

I wanted to do "Totally Wired" when I got in the band, 'cos I like the song. I think we did it once in Glasgow — I'd been going on about it, and Mark said, 'Fuck it, let's just do it,' but he just won't entertain doing any of the bigger stuff. Anything that were popular, he just won't do it. It's the giving somebody praise thing, I don't think he likes it — he prefers to be unliked.

Incidentally, that last lineup lasted for eleven years, an eternity in Falltime. (Elena Poulou left in 2016, but what's 12 months or so

). Here's a convenient timeline courtesy of Wikipedia:

The Soup Nazi · 01.26.2018, 10:23 PM

Some of the many reactions on social media-uh:

http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news...cians_react_t/

tesla69 · 01.27.2018, 08:28 AM

He hadn't been in good health. I'm kind of surprised he lasted this long. He came from a chemical generation, its amazing he lasted this long. He came from the same 1970's chemical culture of Motorhead and the Ramones that popped speed and ludes and acid and any number of pills, all washed down with an unending amount of alcohol.

I made up a list of all the times I saw the Fall, that I could remember, I managed to see them about 10 times. I still don't know how I talked me mum into letting me drive to Boston from Maine when I was in high school to see their matinee at The Rat. They were incredible that day - I think we got a 30 minute Smile - but in 1993 they played Slim's in San Francisco on the Infotainment Scan tour that knocked me out and I went back the next night. I used to tell people HEx INduction Hour was my favorite all time album, I don't know if that that is still not true.

Mark leaves an incredible body of work. The Fall will be forgotten.

Bertrand · 01.27.2018, 09:15 AM

Funny, to me, thinking he was only 60 caused a great surprise.
I knew he had been drinking a lot, yet I didn't expect him to be a human being, that is weak enough to be in bad condition.

the ikara cult · 01.27.2018, 07:30 PM

The last time i saw The Fall was at a festival in London in 2010. I went up the front, then came back to my friends who had been doing something else, and asked "so what did you think" and one of them said "That is the worst thing i have ever heard". And i thought "YES!".
I may blab more about my Fall experiences in the next few days, because The Fall were the best of the best

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Drjohnrock children of satan Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 283	This one really stings. The Fall were my favorite band for the longest time, only recently supplanted by Johnny Dowd. Deepest sympathy to MES' family, friends and fans of his music.
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Severian invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 11,745	He was not appreciated (enough) Fuck life!
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Severian invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 11,745	This is the worst and most personal one in some time. Since Reed, perhaps. I spent my twenties under the spell of Hex Enduction Hour and TNSG and Room to Live and Grotesque and... and... and... Goddammit. RIP.
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candymoan the end of the ugly Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: istanbul Posts: 855	the world was unappreciative of him in his health.. mark e. smith will be called "a genius" much more often now.. i'm sad and pissed off. __________________ /* nothing here...
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,268	Normally famous people deaths are not something that mean that much to me, but this one shocked and saddened me
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01.27.2018, 08:28 AM	#18
tesla69 Banned Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 4,055	He hadn't been in good health. I'm kind of surprised he lasted this long. He came from a chemical generation, its amazing he lasted this long. He came from the same 1970's chemical culture of Motorhead and the Ramones that popped speed and ludes and acid and any number of pills, all washed down with an unending amount of alcohol. I made up a list of all the times I saw the Fall, that I could remember, I managed to see them about 10 times. I still don't know how I talked me mum into letting me drive to Boston from Maine when I was in high school to see their matinee at The Rat. They were incredible that day - I think we got a 30 minute Smile - but in 1993 they played Slim's in San Francisco on the Infotainment Scan tour that knocked me out and I went back the next night. I used to tell people HEx INduction Hour was my favorite all time album, I don't know if that that is still not true. Mark leaves an incredible body of work. The Fall will be forgotten.
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Bertrand expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rennes, France Posts: 1,267	Funny, to me, thinking he was only 60 caused a great surprise. I knew he had been drinking a lot, yet I didn't expect him to be a human being, that is weak enough to be in bad condition.
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the ikara cult invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London sink Posts: 4,576	The last time i saw The Fall was at a festival in London in 2010. I went up the front, then came back to my friends who had been doing something else, and asked "so what did you think" and one of them said "That is the worst thing i have ever heard". And i thought "YES!". I may blab more about my Fall experiences in the next few days, because The Fall were the best of the best __________________ "It is absolutely ridiculous, they are behaving like a cult" - The Vatican
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