{"id":793429,"date":"2019-02-26T07:01:53","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T14:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=800033"},"modified":"2019-02-26T07:01:53","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T14:01:53","slug":"talk-talks-mark-hollis-dead-at-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/talk-talks-mark-hollis-dead-at-64\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk Talk\u2019s Mark Hollis Dead at 64"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mark Hollis, a synth-pop hitmaker and pioneering art-rock innovator as the frontman of Talk Talk, has died at the age of 64.<\/p>\n

Hollis\u2019 manager, Keith Aspden, confirmed the musician\u2019s death to Pitchfork<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m still trying to accept this, but sadly it\u2019s true,\u201d Aspden said in a statement. \u201cMark has died after a short illness from which he never recovered. Deeply felt sorrow for a remarkable person who remained true to himself throughout his life. I can\u2019t tell you how much Mark influenced and changed my perceptions on art and music. I\u2019m grateful for the time I spent with him and for the gentle beauty he shared with us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very shocked and saddened to hear the news of the passing of Mark Hollis,\u201d former Talk Talk bassist Paul Webb wrote on Facebook<\/a>. \u201cMusically he was a genius and it was a honour and a privilege to have been in a band with him. I have not seen Mark for many years, but like many musicians of our generation I have been profoundly influenced by his trailblazing musical ideas. He knew how to create a depth of feeling with sound and space like no other. He was one of the greats, if not the greatest.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

No cause of death was known at press time. Tim Pope, Talk Talk\u2019s frequent music video director, also tweeted<\/a> of Hollis, \u201cCondolences to his lovely family. We had many, many laughs together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Formed in 1981, Talk Talk released a string of synth-pop hits in the early Eighties, including \u201cTalk Talk\u201d (which Hollis penned for his previous band, the Reaction) and \u201cIt\u2019s My Life,\u201d the latter a Top 10 hit for No Doubt in 2003. After two successful albums, 1982\u2019s The Party\u2019s Over<\/em> and 1984\u2019s It\u2019s My Life<\/em>, Hollis and his bandmates shifted away from the synth-pop style and move toward the Roxy Music-inspired New Romantic art-rock that influenced them.<\/p>\n