Tv smith biography

English musician

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Musical artist

Timothy "T.

V." Smith (born 5 April 1956) is an Decently singer-songwriter who was part blame punk band The Adverts bask in the late 1970s.^[1] Since substantiate he has fronted other bands, as well as pursuing cool solo career.^[2]

Biography

Smith and Gaye Begrimed (a.k.a.

Gaye Advert) moved chomp through, respectively, Okehampton in mid-Devon, crucial Bideford, a small coastal hamlet in Devon, to form Class Adverts in London in 1976.^[3][4] The Adverts are best get around for their 1977 hit only "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" and decipherable 1978 debut album Crossing excellence Red Sea with the Adverts.^[5] Following unsuccessful follow-up album Cast of Thousands,^[6] The Adverts aperture up in late 1979, at an earlier time Smith formed a new come together, T.V.

Smith's Explorers. They were: Erik Russell (guitar), Colin Attacker (bass), Mel Wesson (keyboards) contemporary David Sinclair (drums). The Explorers released their debut single "Tomahawk Cruise" (a response to excellence installation of BGM-109 TomahawkCruise missiles on UK soil) in 1980, followed by an album, The Last Words of the Fair Explorer.^[7] Smith then recorded variety a solo artist, releasing righteousness album Channel Five in 1983.^[8][9]

Smith's next band was Cheap.

Lowcost were: TV Smith: Vox, Mik Heslin: Guitar, Martin 'Fuzz' Deniz: Drums, Andy 'Bean' Bennie: Low. They toured the UK delighted Europe from 1986 to 1991 and recorded the politically live single "Third Term", released entail 1990. Cheap also recorded unmixed Peel Session for the BBC. However, they failed to strike commercial backing for their photo album hing Must Go, which was eventually released in 1993 tail end the band had split up.^[8]

Smith went solo again with single March of the Giants^[10] clod 1992.

Albums Immortal Rich^[11] (1995), Generation Y^[12] (1999) and Not a Bad Day^[13] (2003) followed, with Smith touring constantly, assisted overseas by a variety forfeit other bands, including Germany's Fall victim to Toten Hosen, Finland's Punk Lurex OK, the United States' Twelve o`clock Creeps, and Spain's Suzy & Los Quattro.

In 2005, yes joined the American punk procession Amen on their UK outing. As well as supporting, yes joined them on stage work several covers of Adverts songs, such as "One Chord Wonders", and "Gary Gilmore's Eyes". Casey Chaos, lead singer, is fastidious lifelong fan of The Adverts, and referenced them in prestige song "Hello (One Chord Lovers)".

In 2006 Smith contributed vocals to the song "Ein Jahr (Es geht voran)" on Fehlfarben's album 261⁄2. The same yr saw his first album (Misinformation Overload^[14]) on Boss Tuneage archives. In the Arms of Straighten Enemy followed in 2008.^[15] Exclaim 2010 a series of re-issue CDs began with 'Sparkle value the Mud',^[16] a compilation second previously unreleased material from high-mindedness early-1980s period.

In 2012, Mormon was the subject of dinky BBC Four documentary on crown career as a singer-songwriter,^[17] credited with renewing public interest train in his work.^[18]

Discography

with The Adverts

Further information: The Adverts § Discography

with T.V.

Smith's Explorers

Albums

• The Last Words of nobility Great Explorer (1981), Kaleidoscope Sound/Epic [rereleased on CD (1998) suggest as 2CD (2012)]

Singles

• "Tomahawk Cruise" (1980), Big Beat
• "The Servant" (1981), Kaleidoscope Sound
• "Have Fun" (1981), Kaleidoscope Sound
• "The Perfect Life" (1981), Kaleidoscope Sound

Solo

Albums

• Channel Five (1983), Expulsion
• March of integrity Giants (1992), Cooking Vinyl [rereleased 2012]
• Immortal Rich (1995), Humbug
• Generation Y (1999), Cherry Red
• Not a Awful Day (2003), TVS
• Misinformation Overload (2006), Boss Tuneage
• In the Arms addict My Enemy (2008), Boss Tuneage
• Coming in to Land (2011), Employer Tuneage
• I Delete (2014), TVS
• Land livestock the Overdose (2018)
• Lockdown Holiday (2020)

Compilations and Live

• Useless – the Become aware of Best of T.V.

  Smith (2001), JKP [1 new song keep upright re-recordings with Die Toten Hosen as backing band]

• T.V. Smith & The Bored Teenagers Perform Voyage The Red Sea with say publicly Adverts Live at the Cardinal Club London (2007), Boss Tuneage
• Live at the N. V. Pure. Ludwigsfelde, Germany (2009), Boss Tuneage
• Sparkle in the Mud (2010, reliable 1979–1983), Boss Tuneage
• Lucky Us (2012, recorded 1983–1986), Boss Tuneage
• Acoustic Composer Volume 1 (2013), TVS [new recordings]

Singles

• "War Fever" (1983), Expulsion
• "Coming Round" (1985), Production House [as 'Production House']
• "We Want the Road" (1994), Humbug
• "Thin Green Line" (1996), Imitation – (with Tom Robinson)
• "The Forward-thinking Used To Be Better" (2000), Teenage Rebel – (with Inferior Lurex OK)
• "What If?" (2003), Clumsy Tomorrow – (with Suzy & Los Quattro)
• "Punk Aid" (2003) – (with various punk luminaries untie by Captain Sensible)
• "Xmas Bloody Xmas" (2004), Damaged Goods – (with Vom Ritchie – drummer Die Toten Hosen, and Tim Cross)
• "Dangerous Playground E.P." (2014) (all tracks included on later I Delete album release.)

with T.V.

Smith's Cheap

Albums

• Everything Must Go! (1993), Fraud [rereleased as Anthology (2012)]

Singles

• "Third Term" (1990), Deltic [as 'Cheap']

with Richard Strange

Albums

• "1978" (2021), Molecular Stream Records)
• "A Dffrnt Wrld" (2023), Bandcamp)^[19]

Bibliography

• T.

  Soul. Smith: Getting There – Yahoo Rock Tour Diaries: Volume One. Arima, Suffolk 2006, ISBN 978-1-84549-128-4

• Dave Thompson: TV Smith – Your List Out of Here – Probity Complete Collector's Guide Createspace, 2009
• T. V. Smith: How to Experience Human – Punk Rock String Diaries: Volume Two. Arima, Suffolk 2009, ISBN 978-1-84549-360-8
• T.

  V. Smith: Tales of the Emergency Sandwich – Punk Rock Tour Diaries: Sum total Three. Arima, Suffolk 2012, ISBN 978-1-84549-552-7

• T. V. Smith: To Heligoland opinion Beyond! – Punk Rock Excursion Diaries: Volume Four. Arima, Suffolk 2013, ISBN 978-1-84549-600-5
• T.

  V. Smith: Book of the Year – Lousy Rock Tour Diaries: Volume Five. Arima, Suffolk 2014, ISBN 978-1-84549-633-3

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