Mark E. Smith
Born | March 5, 1957 |
Hometown | Broughton, Lancashire, England |
Height | 5'9" (1.75m) |
Spouse | Eleni Poulou (m 2001 - 2018) , Safron Pryor (m 1991 - 1995) , Brix Smith (m 1983 - 1989) |
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The Horror Show! review – the bands, TV shows and artists who revealed Britain’s sinister psyche
- Slicing into the nation’s dark side, this excellent show is full of phantoms ranging from Rachel Whiteread’s spectral House to the gothic terror of Inside No 9
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Where Southampton universities stand in the latest UK rankings
UNIVERSITIES in Southampton are celebrating after they climb up the UK league table of the best higher education.
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Sinead O’Brien: Time Bend and Break the Bower review – a lack of imaginative verve
The post-punk Irish poet’s debut album never quite lifts off
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A sneak preview of Metaphrog's new exhibition at Callendar House in Falkirk
“THAT’S a pop art Mark E Smith.”
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Yard Act: Overload review – full of anger, humour and effortless tunes
The Leeds quartet’s state-of-the-nation debut is an instant classic
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Yard Act: The Overload, review: a thrilling, razor-sharp debut
“The last bastion of hope this once great nation had left was good music,” proclaims James Smith on Dead Horse, one of 11 razor-sharp cuts from Yard Act’s thrilling debut album, The Overload. One implication, of course, is that this almost preeningly super-confident and hotly lauded Leeds quartet are, indeed, that self same bastion, offering a glimmer of redemption in a culturally apocalyptic post-Brexit scene where “all that’s left is nob heads Morris Dancing to Sham 69.”
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Brix Smith: My 24 hours in Hole was a super-intense whirlwind
Brix Smith has revealed a lot of "drama" went down in the single day she was a member of Hole.
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Yard Act review – spiky chroniclers of sour times
Yard Act review – spiky chroniclers of sour times. Portland Arms, CambridgeLetting rip in the backroom of a pub, post-punk Leeds band skewer Brexit Britain with wit, bile – and a broken wrist
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Satanic bikers, time portals and the Fall: the story of Mark E Smith’s secret screenplay
Satanic bikers, time portals and the Fall: the story of Mark E Smith’s secret screenplayWhile the Fall’s songs were suffused with hauntings and the occult, it is only now that Smith’s talent for strange fiction, in the form of an unmade film The Otherwise, has been revealed Mark E Smith in 2007. Photograph: Everynight Images/Alamy
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From Bowie to Biden: 10 of the best celebrity TV cameos
From Bowie to Biden: 10 of the best celebrity TV cameos. Taylor Swift interrupts a wedding and Mark E Smith is the son of God in these brief sitcom appearances from A-listers
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Gorillaz review, Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez – the finest Gorillaz album in a decade
Over time Gorillaz’ sonic cartoonishness has dissipated, as Albarn used the vehicle to express his political discontent and explore cutting edge sounds with freedom and abandon
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