Mark Stewart, the hulking and dynamic vocalist who shouted, whispered, and squealed over the Pop Group’s dubby, deconstructionist post-punk, has died. He was 62.
’s dubby, deconstructionist post-punk, died early Friday morning. A rep confirmed the singer’s death to“Mark was the most amazing mind of my generation, RIP,” the Pop Group’s guitarist and saxophonist, Gareth Sager, said in a statement.
“Thank you, my brother,” dub artist and one of Stewart’s longtime collaborators, Adrian Sherwood, said. “You were the biggest musical influence in my life and our extended family will miss you so, so much. Love forever.” Stewart, born Aug. 10, 1960, grew up in the English city of Bristol, where he immersed himself as a teenager in the city’s funk and reggae scenes. “We were the Bristol Funk Army,” Stewart recalled of his friend group in author Simon Reynolds’ book,. “We’d go to clubs and dance to heavy bass-line imports from America, tracks by B.T. Express, Fatback Band, Ultrafunk. I was 14 in 1975 but could get into clubs because I was six foot seven.
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