| The Fall was his favourite band.Formed in early 1977, they've released about 50 singles, 25 studio albums, and around 50 compilation and live albums (although it seems like more).If you're just finding out about this band, you've found the perfect place to conduct some serious research; there's a huge amount of material on the Fall at your fingertips.Then you'll want to check out the discography, the Lyrics Parade (those will keep you busy for a while), the circa 200 editions of the Fall News and, if you're completely insane, perhaps even my gigography.There are even some old photos of the band lurking around somewhere.The site links together a variety of resources:
The Lyrics Parade, one of the first Fall resources on the internet (ca.In 1998, at the urging of Fallnet stalwart Steve Dean, I added the Fall bibliography to my site.Fallnet to keep up on the latest gossip.Smith to call our collected pages the Official Fall Website.In October 2001 Rich decided to pass the Fall News on to me.The full back catalogue is on the Fall news archive page.I'm in the USA, Conway is in New Zealand).This partnership lasted until Valentine's Day 2006, when Mark demanded that the site's forum be taken offline immediately.Finally, many thanks indeed to Arid Al Angen for providing the server space on visi.Comments, questions, brickbats, etc.Look up fall, Fall in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.Fall or Autumn is a season of the year.If an internal link for a specific person referred you to this disambiguation page, you may wish to add the given name(s) to that link.This page was last modified 00:38, 23 December 2007.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.This article is about the band.For the Camus novel, see The Fall (novel).The band has existed in some form ever since, and is essentially built around its founder and only constant member Mark E.The band is noted for its prolific output: as of February 2007 they have released 26 studio albums, and more than triple that counting live albums and other releases.They have never achieved widespread public success beyond a handful of minor hit singles in the late 1980s, but have maintained a strong cult following.BBC disc jockey John Peel, who championed them from early on in their career and cited The Fall as his favourite band, famously explaining, "They are always different; they are always the same."The Fall formed in Prestwich, Greater Manchester during 1976, taking their name after Albert Camus' novel The Fall (1956).From their first live lineup of Mark E.The session was funded by Richard Boon, manager of Buzzcocks, and he planned to release the tracks on his New Hormones label.Two tracks, "Stepping Out" and "Last Orders", were released on the compilation Short Circuit: Live at the Electric Circus in June 1978 on Virgin Records, a compilation album recorded at the Manchester venue The Electric Circus on Sunday, 2 October 1977.Founder member and bassist Tony Friel left to form The Passage after a gig on Friday, 23 December 1977, at Stretford Civic Centre, Manchester.Friel's replacement Jonnie Brown lasted from January 1978 to March 1978 appearing at several gigs and taking part in the Granada TV show So It Goes hosted by Tony Wilson.The Fall were filmed by Granada for the show in Prestwich on Monday, 13 February 1978 performing "Psycho Mafia", "Industrial Estate" and "Dresden Dolls".In early April 1978 Una Baines left The Fall.He and Baines struck up a relationship and when Brown left Baines followed soon after.She also added that Brown said if they were going to get together then he had a secret and to be with him she'd have to share it...Eric's departure was due to the Fall's then van driver and conga player Steve Davis showing up to take the band to London to record their first John Peel session in an Hawaiian shirt.New bass player Marc Riley joined and appeared with The Fall on Sunday, 11 June 1978 at Band on the Wall, Manchester.August 1978 on Step Forward Records but did not include "Frightened" from the recording sessions.Smith asked for it to be left off as he felt that it was a dull version; a copy of this recording has never been officially released.The second single from The Fall was "It's the New Thing" released November 1978 and featured the new line up of Mark E.Their debut album Live at the Witch Trials was recorded in one day at Camden Sound Suite, London on Friday, 15 December 1978.Further line up changes were afoot with the departure of Karl Burns.His last appearance was on Saturday, 30 December 1978 The Venue, Manchester.The debut LP by The Fall, Live at the Witch Trials was released on 16 March 1979.This created a significant shift in band dynamics, with the replacements Steve Hanley and Craig Scanlon first appearing live on Wednesday, 9 May 1979 at Music Hall, Aberdeen.Yvonne Pawlett's last appearance with The Fall came on Saturday, 28 July 1979 at the Mayflower Club, Gorton, Manchester.She left to look after her sick dog.Years later she appeared in The Shy Tots releasing a single "Gallery" in 1982.On 30th July 1979 "Rowche Rumble", The Fall's third single, was released featuring the new line up of Mark E Smith, Craig Scanlon, Marc Riley, Steve Hanley, Yvonne Pawlett and Mike Leigh.Mark E Smith, Craig Scanlon, Marc Riley, Steve Hanley and Mike Leigh.January 1980 The Fall release their fourth single, "Fiery Jack", their last record for Step Forward.Paul Hanley, Leigh's replacement and Steve Hanley's younger brother, first plays live with The Fall on Friday, 21 March 1980 Electric Ballroom, London.May 1980 Totale's Turns LP released on Rough Trade.In mid June 1980 The Fall tour The Netherlands with drummer Steve Davis.The Fall release their fifth single on 11 July 1980 titled "How I Wrote Elastic Man" and is the first release to feature the line up of Mark E Smith, Craig Scanlon, Marc Riley, Steve Hanley and Paul Hanley
November 17th 1980 Grotesque Lp released.The Fall played the Deeply Vale Festivals and Mark E Smith said in a 2004 TV interview that the Deeply Vale events were his all time favourite festivals despite in later years having performed at many larger festivals.Slates, the mini 10" album, released 24 April 1981 their last recording for Rough Trade.Several of the tracks include Dave Tucker on clarinet, he had appeared with The Fall on numerous occasions in a live capacity.July 1981 The Fall tour America with the line up of Mark E.Smith, Craig Scanlon, Marc Riley, Steve Hanley and Karl Burns on drums.On 13th November 1981 The Fall release their sixth single called "Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul" on Kamera Records featuring the line up Mark E.The Fall's seventh single is released 19 April 1982 titled "Look, Know" on Kamera.May 1982 A Part of America Therein live LP released on Cottage Records, having been recorded during their last tour of America.September 1982 Room to Live album released on Kamera.Marc Riley's final appearance with The Fall is on Wednesday, 22 December 1982 at the Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester.The Fall Perverted By Language Tour, Hamburg (Markthalle), 13.The Fall camp, firstly it was the first time The Fall had recorded and gigged after the expulsion of guitarist Marc Riley a band member for the previous 4 years.The Fall's return to Rough Trade Records, after being promised better treatment this time around.On 7 June 1983, Rough Trade Records issued The Fall's 9th single The Man Whose Head Expanded and on 19 September 1983 issued the 10th single and double pack Kicker Conspiracy.Marquis Cha Cha, the release date having been put back due to Kamera's financial troubles in late 1982, making it The Fall's 11th single issue.Brix's first live appearance being on Wednesday, 21 September 1983 at the Hellfire Club, Wakefield.Rough Trade Records, before the friendship soured, (Perverted by Language, released 5th December 1983) was the first record by The Fall to feature Brix E Smith.Also released in December 1983 was the live album In A Hole, recorded during The Fall's tour of New Zealand in 1982, on Flying Nun Records.This era found The Fall scoring a few modest hits with singles from a string of highly acclaimed albums: The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall (1984), This Nation's Saving Grace (1985), Bend Sinister (1986), The Frenz Experiment (1988).Am Kurious, Oranj is notable as the fruit of a ballet project between Smith and dancer Michael Clark.With Brix's departure in 1989, Bramah returned briefly for 1990s Extricate, the first of the Fall's three albums for Phonogram Records.Dave Bush joined on keyboards for 1992's Code: Selfish, followed by the band's return to an independent record label for The Infotainment Scan (1993), Middle Class Revolt (1994) and Cerebral Caustic (1995).That year also saw the start of a torrent of compilations of live, demo and alternate versions of songs, on the Fall's new label Receiver Records.Simon Wolstencroft left halfway through the recording sessions, and was replaced by Karl Burns).Steven Wells in the NME (11 October 1997) wrote, "Imagine pop without perimeters.Imagine art without the wank.If you've never heard The Fall then Levitate will be either the best or the worst record you've ever heard."April 1998 with a violent onstage row and the departure of Hanley (bassist for 19 years), Burns and guitarist Tommy Crooks.The following day, Smith was arrested and charged with assaulting Nagle in their hotel.From this nadir, the Fall achieved another comeback with Smith and Nagle being joined by Neville Wilding on guitar, Karen Leatham and later Adam Halal on bass, and Tom Head on drums for the albums The Marshall Suite (1999) and The Unutterable (2000).Further rifts followed in 2001, in which the new lineup of Smith, Ben Pritchard (guitar), Jim Watts (bass) and Spencer Birtwistle (drums) released Are You Are Missing Winner to mixed reviews.The Real New Fall LP (reputedly renamed from Country on the Click after an earlier mix of the album appeared on Internet file sharing networks) followed in 2003, with a slightly different mix and some extra tracks for the US version.Interim, was released in November, 2004.In 2002 Q magazine named The Fall one of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die".In January 2005, The Fall (described as "one of the most enigmatic, idiosyncratic and chaotic garage bands of the last 30 years") were the subject of a BBC Four TV documentary, The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E Smith.Ben Pritchard (guitar), Steve Trafford (bass), Spencer Birtwistle (drums), all of whom played on Fall Heads Roll, left the group somewhat acrimoniously during the group's Summer 2006 tour of the US after just four dates.In a US radio interview, Smith described their departures as "the best thing that ever happened" to The Fall, although it was some months before he confirmed that they would not be returning to the group.From May 9, 2006, Smith and Poulou were joined by Tim Presley (guitar), Rob Barbato (bass) and Orpheo McCord (drums) who joined them for the remainder of the US tour, a flagship show in Manchester held in June 2006 and an appearance at the Oya Festival in Oslo, Norway in August 2006.With Barbato and Presley fulfilling Darker My Love commitments back in the US in late August, the first 'squad rotation system' of Fall musicians emerged with new members Pete Greenway (guitar) of West Midlands group Pubic Fringe (more recently known as Das Fringe), and Dave Spurr (bass) making their Fall debuts alongside Smith, Poulou and McCord at the Reading and Leeds festivals in August 2006.On 1st June 2007 Presley, Barbato and McCord played their most recent gig with The Fall.Although no official statement by the band has been made they are now assumed to have ceased being part of the Fall, with the line up of all gigs since having consisted of Smith, Poulou, Spurr, Greenway and Melling.America and New Zealand, which is only one indication of the size and dedication of their small, devoted fan base."Sonic Youth covered three Fall songs (and "Victoria" by the Kinks, also covered by the Fall) in a 1988 Peel Session, which was released in 1990 as the "4 Tunna Brix" EP on Sonic Youth's own Goofin' label.The 1990s indie acts Pavement and Elastica (Smith contributed vocals their final EP and album) showed an influence of The Fall, while Suede parodied the band with "Implement Yeah!"The Fall is referenced in the Jens Lekman song "Maple Leaves" with the lyrics "And when she talked about her fall, I thought she talked about Mark E.The Dutch indie band Seedling refers to The Fall in their song "The Upshot", singing "You make it sound so sexy, as if you're Mark E.Smith from the Fall".The Fall have also had a profound influence over groups such as Franz Ferdinand, The Smiths, LCD Soundsystem and Happy Mondays.Discography
For a detailed discography, see The Fall discography.Live at the Witch Trials (1979)
Dragnet (1979)
Grotesque (After the Gramme) (1980)
Slates (1981)
Hex Enduction Hour (1982)
Room to Live (Undilutable Slang Truth!"He's still the Fall guy"."The Fall's Mark E Smith".Retrieved on October 16, 2006.Bibliography
Smith, Mark E (1985).Paintwork: A Portrait of The Fall.Hip Priest: The Story Of Mark E Smith And The Fall.User's Guide To The Fall.Knitting Factory NYC April 9, 2004
Theme from Sparta FC video of The Fall performing on the last night at Hammersmith Palais on April 1, 2007
The Fall Live Gig repository An attempt to provide recollections of every The Fall gig
The Fall Live A web page dedicated to the band's live appearances and the songs they have played.Replaces the Fall Live Gig Repository from 1st January 2008
Atomic Soup The website of Tony Friel, founding member of The Fall.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.The Fall was his favourite band.In August 2004 they recorded their 24th and sadly final John Peel Session.New Musical Express Godlike Genius Award for Services to Music winner Mark E."Are you sure you want to delete this comment?"Leave an Opinion on Our Songs,its Appreciated Hip Priests!Thanks a lot for adding us!It was The Merchants from Glasgow who opened for Mark and the Fall at the Galtymore at the end of November and as usual despite the attempts of others Marks generosity both personal and financial is as big as always.WHAT DID I HAVE FOR BREAKFAST THIS MORNINGthis morning .WHY DO THEY CALL YOU BOBBY 12 ARMSthey dont .OH RIGHT NICE ONEBUT YOU ARE A MILKMAN ARE'NT YOUno .OH RIGHT SO WHY DID I THINK YOU WEREi dont know .SO WHAT ARE YOU THENim a doctorYOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE FALL...More so the Bermuda onions than the alphabet, Barry's rusty poodle caught Mustafio's scent and climbed the wall separating my boom cutout from the spoon, which was from a different part of the movie.Smith, yo te fui a ver con los putos Ratones Colorados al Primavera Club y ni apareciste...Porque eres un viejo cascarrabias, que si no me las pagabas!!ACEstrive to avoidthose conventional wayswhere the yesterday and tomorrowsmay as wellbe the todaysthe utter numbnessof the nine to fiveits not living the lifeits barely being aliveits all so safetidy and cleanselling your soul for a washing machinelooking forward to weekends that programme on tvits not living the life its not being freecut loose escapeany one cantry touring peru in a camper vancreate a picture a bad poem even write a songmake the most of time your not her for longbe big be bravestep away from the normgo wild in celebration at not having to conformOH KATE YOU ARE FANTASTIC A TRUE ONE OFF WELL ALMOST IT REMINDS ME OF A POEMWRITTEN BY HE SLEEPS ON THE STREET PETEthe majority is always rightleft right left right left yeah righti thought i was normaluntil i started to mixother peoples wayshow they get their kickseat sleep and a drink for occasional thrillsspend half their lives working just paying billshouse hair size of your carthats how they judge the person you areits like television has captured the soulfree of free thinking now thats mind controlthey say im strange off my cock madfor that i give thanks to the past ive hadwhy such a fear to celebrate the unknownit seems ignorance is bliss in the comfort zoneALL THESE WORDS ARE MAKING ME BUZZ IM GONNA HAVE A GO MYSELF TOP OF OUR VOICES KATE AFTER 3......WITH PHONES IN HANDTHE BLAND LEAD THE BLANDTHROUGH THIS SHALLOW LANDI'LL TAKE THE ETO SET ME FREEMINDLESS SPINELESS FRINGLESSUNDERSTANDTHEY SHOUT NGLANDESCAPEANY ONE CANACE FACE LETS GO TO SPACE........Zelig Concrete wishes you a merry xmas by presenting you the new christmas 2007 movie by your Hunton Quintet."Urgent Security Alert","Warning: You are submitting information to an outside site.Id + " Link: " + targetLink.The Fall, have released brand new material every year.Formed at the height of the punk rock movement in Manchester in 1976, The Fall has released around 50 singles, 25 studio albums and perhaps 50 live and compilation albums.Fall aficionados everywhere have been looking forward, with a degree of impatience, to the next album.It doesn't really sound like anything the Fall have done before, which bodes well for the future.As the stoic Fall fan knows, you write them off at your peril."Are you sure you want to delete this comment?"Still looking and sounding good after all these years.Visionary or time travellor?BRENTE GONZOLAS SAIDWHILST OF HER HEADWHY'S EVERY BODY SO STRAIGHTTHEN SHE SAIDWHILST SHARING MY BEDBETTER OF DEAD THAN DULLI REALLY MISS HERWHEN THE PARTIES OVERTHE ECSTASY IS NO MORETHE RUSH THE PUSH THE FLUSHTHE DEEP BLUE SEAONE FINAL JUMPONE LAST TRUE HIGHA TRULY ECSTATIC GOODBYE.....HAVE A MOST EXCELLENT GIGS THIS FALL!!!"Abstinence Makes The Church Grow Fondlers..."Great to see you guys are as active as always!I've been listening to you for more than 20 years now, and every new album is a good news amost every year !The only regret I have is to be in France : I haven't seen you yet...The Fall, section 25, A certain ratio, gang of four.....GLAD AND PROUD TO BE FRIENDS OF YOU, MARK!!Hex enduction hour at parties in rural New Zealand during the 80s was a good way to start an argument ...One of the most amazing songs I have ever heard...LOVE that frigging song.Camden Green Fair on Sunday 3rd June in Regents Park at 5."Urgent Security Alert","Warning: You are submitting information to an outside site.This is not a MySpace login page, please do not enter your MySpace login information (email address or password).Do you wish to continue your form submission?"Id + " Text: " + targetLink.Set : false,
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projects and more!The Fall's Mark E.Live at Hammersmith Palais: April 1st 2007 Label: Castle Release: 10.Music from The Kinks to The White Stripes.Add a link to your The Fall fan site on VH1.Keep tabs on The Fall!Lindsay Lohan
Think you know all about Ms.Writers (WGA):
Dan Gilroy (screenplay) andNico Soultanakis (screenplay) ...Tagline:
A Little Blessing In Disguise.As time goes by fiction and reality start to intertwine in this uplifting epic fantasy.Black Bandit's daughterJustine Waddell ...Governor Odious rest of cast listed alphabetically: Sean Gilder ...Hospital PatientEmma Maria LandbergAiden Lithgow ...Roy WalkerThe Black BanditAlexandriaBlack Bandit's daughterEvelynPrincess EvelynThe MysticOtta BengaLuigiSinclairGovernor OdiousWalt PurdyHospital PatientMessengerMr.Sorry, there was a problem collecting your vote.When I walked out of a TIFF screening of The Fall at the Elgin Theatre
in Toronto, I could not figure out why I could not have enjoyed this
film more.It has great visuals, costumes, above average acting from a
little girl, and 2, count them 2 stores that eventually merged
together.And they are
equally important.One take you away visually without connection to any
of the characters or emotions.The reality takes hold to your emotion
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