Mark Edward Smith (born 5 March 1957) is the lead singer, lyricist, frontman, and only constant member of the English post-punk group The Fall. Read full biography of Mark E. Smith →
I like to push people till I get the truth out of them.
I read daft history books. Sometimes the books I read are a bit crackers or strange.
'Re-Mit' is going to terrify people. It's quite horrible. The Fall have had enough and we're coming for you.
The thing with me, I can't talk about my work. I find it very difficult.
When I was 14, I used to have a calendar on my wall, crossing the days off until I was 15, because the school leaving age was 15. Then three months... →
I do feel like an outsider, but I don't lose any sleep over it.
When I was 18, the vision was to make music that didn't exist, because everything else was so unsatisfactory.
Mark Edward Smith (born 5 March 1957) is the lead singer, lyricist, frontman, and only constant member of the English post-punk group The Fall.