Mark Linkous RIP

by on March 8, 2010 with 12 Comments in Radiohead News

Saturday the music world was shocked with the death of Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse. The frontman took his own life at the age of 47.

Sparklehorse toured with Radiohead on their OK Computer Tour in 1997 and for a EMI compilation album the band recorded Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ with Thom Yorke.

Colin Greenwood posted a message on Dead Air Space Today.

I was very sad to hear the news that Mark Linkous has died. He and his band toured with us in Europe, at the start of OK Computer, and they were great every night. His first two records were very important to me, and I carried his music from the tour into my life, and my friends’ lives too. He was softly spoken, with an Old South courtesy I hadn’t heard before: he introduced me to Daniel Johnston’s music, and the West Virginian writing of Pinckney Benedict. Mark wrote and played some beautiful music, and we’re lucky to have it. Rest in Peace.


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  • :(

    So sad :( what a waste. rip, Mr Linkous, I can’t wrap my mind around this, many many condolences to his family.

  • p n t r s

    respect and love__please creative artist people, when you reach a point in your life where everything seems to be so bad that you want to take your life, look around, try to find someone, something, at least one person, someone has to be able to give you a hand __please_

  • Bal

    I got into Sparklehorse’s music just before I became a Radiohead fan and Mark’s music has been with me for over 16 years (That’s slightly more than half my life). His song ‘Saturday’ was said to have inspired ‘No Surprises’ and I’m sure his music has inspired many other artists. I had the pleasure of meeting him once and he really was a gentle soul. Rest In Peace Mark Linkous – Wish You Were Here.

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  • reverse engines

    Sparklehorse was something different. Viva was out of this world and made me think about music as both an art and a science. Though I hate to highlight a cover song with so many fantastic originals, the Wish You Were Here cover, along with the story, is undeniably part of music history. It will be something many of us keep in our favorites list our entire lives.

    Rest in peace

  • benj

    I was really sad to hear this too. I discovered Sparklehorse during the “OK Computer” concert in Paris (18/10/97, my first concert ever) and I have always been impressed by the constant quality and depth of his music. I hope he rests in peace.

  • stefano

    Wasn’t Thom supposed to make a solo concert on March 25th? Where’s that news?

  • tyler

    very sad. i saw sparklehorse open for REM a few years ago and they were really good. i was a fan before then too. very sad.

  • wofting wailing winking

    no offense to mark, but can we get some new news? I’m kinda sick of seeing this. It just get’s depressing after a while. If I wanted to feel depressed I’d go listen to radiohead ;)

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