Gerard Smith obituary

Bass guitarist with TV On the RadioGerard Smith, who has died from lung cancer aged 36, was the bassist with the acclaimed New York rock group TV On the Radio. He died little more than a week after the band released their fourth studio album, Nine Types of Light. TV On the Radio drew attention partly for their music's intelligence and complex layering of sound, but also because there are few popular black rock groups, and four of the five band members were African-American. They created a sp...

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