Stewart founded The Pop Group in 1977 as a teenager in Bristol and worked with artists such as Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream and trip-hop group Massive Attack's Daddy G.
Mark Stewart, frontman of the experimental post-punk band The Pop Group, has died at the age of 62.
He had a"hugely confident and dominating presence" that was coupled with a"warm and sensitive nature". "He was always, vocally, on the side of the oppressed, and did all he could to ensure people were treated correctly."They disbanded the following year after one more album, the provocatively titled For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?, after a final performance at a Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament rally in Trafalgar Square in 1980.Stewart began to work with early hip-hop artists such as The Last Poets and members of Sugar Hill Records.
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