[kj] RIP Mark E Smith of The Fall

[Paul]

There is also THE FALL of Because ; )

Sad news though, may he rest in peace.

On 25 January 2018 at 15:41, B. Oliver Sheppard <b.oliver.sheppard at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Lest folks think Mark E Smith's passing has no relation to Killing Joke,
> I've often felt like the track "Dregs" betrays a distinct Fall influence.
> Maybe Jaz and co. would never admit it, but it sounds an awful lot like the
> sort of song MES and crew would write:
>
> Killing Joke - "Dregs"
>
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEzZog1Ob-0
>
>
> -0liver
>
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 2:53 AM, Brian Whitehead <bawhitehead at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> In the mid 60s me and the then to be missus were house hunting. We looked
>> at one in Prestwich north Manchester. They guy was showing us around the
>> house asked 2do you like the fall?". Strange question I thought but as it
>> happens I do a lot I told him. Well "Mark E Smith will be your neighbour"
>> he replied. I think from that point he thought he had a sale on his hands.
>> Errr no thanks, can you imagine he'd be rearranging my garden gnomes and
>> the washing on the clothes line all the time.
>>
>> Once in Piccadilly records in Manchester on a quiet afternoon I was
>> perusing the LPs and was looking at Fall records. All of a sudden I felt
>> somebody just to the right of me very close. I glanced round and it was the
>> man himself eagerly waiting, I think, to see if I took the record to the
>> counter. He just stared at me for a few seconds. I didn't say a word, I
>> daren't. I put the record back and scarpered quick style.
>>
>> Nob a lot of the time genius all the time. RIP Mark E Smith.
>>
>> Brian.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 24 January 2018 at 21:33, Rob Moss <rob.moss at gmx.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Fuck
>>>
>>> On 24 Jan 2018, at 20:54, wessidetempest . <wessidetempest at hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Man bummer. Only 60
>>>
>>> On Jan 24, 2018, at 3:51 PM, B. Oliver Sheppard <
>>> b.oliver.sheppard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Just saw the news on the web. He was 60.
>>>
>>> ------
>>>
>>> https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/24/mark-e-smith-l
>>> ead-singer-with-the-fall-dies-aged-60
>>>
>>> Mark E Smith, the irascible frontman of Manchester post-punk band the
>>> Fall <https://www.theguardian.com/music/fall>, has died at the age of
>>> 60.
>>>
>>> Smith formed the Fall in 1976 in Prestwich and was the only constant
>>> member of the band. He was known for his tempestuous relationship with his
>>> bandmates, and frequently fired them – there have been 66 different members
>>> over the years, with a third of them lasting less than a year.
>>>
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