“Tom Smith, founding member of noise band To Live and Shave in L.A., has died at 65.” (NPR, 1/22/2022, by Marc Masters) “Back from a long and heavy trudge through the cold contemplating the news that Tom Smith is no longer with us…” (Instagram post by Brian Turner, 1/20/2022
to live and shave in la always felt a bit heftier conceptually and spiritually than the noise tape trading culture that it emerged from. that interview I did with Tom lasted six hours, he loved to talk and was happy that his work was being appreciated by someone substantially younger. I was devastated that he passed just as I began to form a friendship with him.
TOM SMITH (1956 TO 2022 AND BEYOND)
to live and shave in la always felt a bit heftier conceptually and spiritually than the noise tape trading culture that it emerged from. that interview I did with Tom lasted six hours, he loved to talk and was happy that his work was being appreciated by someone substantially younger. I was devastated that he passed just as I began to form a friendship with him.