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Mark E. Smith
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The post-punk singer Mark E Smith, who died on Wednesday, used to irritate fellow musicians by fiddling with the settings on their amplifiers mid-set, I am told by a TMS reader, Lenny Law. The roadies came up with a solution by fitting what they called a DFA (Dynamic Field Adjustment) box to Smith’s amplifiers, which they told him he could use to alter all the others. This kept Smith happy for some time, until the end of a tour when they admitted that the box wasn’t connected to anything and that DFA actually stood for “does f*** all”.
The fundamental basis of good rock.
Saw them in Brighton, a great, loud energetic show.