July 3, 1961 - July 21, 2020
THE FRONTMAN WITH influential British rock band Cardiacs, Tim Smith, has died at the age of 59. The band’s style mixed the fury of punk with progressive rock-style ambition, leading them to be dubbed ‘pronk’. Acts as diverse as Radiohead, Napalm Death, Korn, Supergrass and Blur have hailed their importance. Smith was forced to step back from music in 2008 after suffering a heart attack that affected his speech and movement.