Tom Smith, founding member of noise band To Live and Shave in L.A., has died at 65

Tom Smith, a relentless musical experimenter and prominent figure in the international noise scene for decades, died on Jan. 20 in Hanover, Germany. He was 65. His partner, Claudia Franke, confirmed to NPR that the cause was colon cancer. As word of Smith's passing spread, friends and colleagues — …
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