NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Mark E. Smith on 25 January 2018. Mark E. Smith has been played on NTS shows including Mosca, with Pander! Panda! Panzer! first played on 14 September 2016.

Mark E. Smith (5 March 1957 - 24 January 2018) was the lead singer, lyricist, co-composer and frontman of The Fall, a renowned and idiosyncratic offshoot from the UK post-punk / new wave music scenes.

Mark Edward Smith was born to a working-class family in Broughton, Salford, in Lancashire, England, moving to nearby Prestwich, near Bury early in his life. He formed The Fall (named after the novel…