Celebrity Death: Mark Hollis, 64, from Talk Talk

[Jussi]

Talk Talk's Mark Hollis has reportedly died, aged 64

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[Spring in Fialta]

Sad to hear. Starting in the mid-80s, Talk Talk became a fantastic band. Spirit of Eden is brilliant. I Believe in You is an all-time favorite.

 

[ArchAngel55]

Talk Talk's Mark Hollis has reportedly died, aged 64

It feels weird to hear that version.

 

[Hurricane Hugo]

This is painful news. Such a massively underrated musician.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

His solo album is one of the CDs I own that I am actually proud I tracked down.

Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock are gems.

Godspeed Mark...

 

[kihei]

A huge blow. One of my favourite musicians of all time and one of my favourite bands, too. His music got more and more interesting as he matured--I thought Talk Talk's last two albums and his solo album were challenging but absolutely brilliant. One of the best vocalists in rock music, too.

 

[Nalens Oga]

Man, those last two Talk Talk albums are the two most special pieces of music I've ever heard. Not saying that they're in my top 5 all-time albums but they're the two albums that I respect the most. I'd say they were ahead of their time except nothing like them has ever really been made so they were truly unique.

It's a shame he basically quit releasing new music after those two and his solo album but it's okay simply because of how good they were. This is a song which I coincidentally listened to a tonne the past month, I remember ignoring it on the album initially but it was a real grower like the rest of it and probably my favourite song from the 80s now: