Category Archives: Fall, The

You Must Get Them All | Steve Pringle

Now Reading: Comprehensively immortalised in print by author Steve Pringle, You Must Get Them All is the first book to cover the entire catalogue of Britain’s post-punk colossus The Fall. The Fall produced a huge volume of high-quality work between … Continue reading

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The Fall – It’s On Forever

After the dissolution of his long term allies in 1998, Mark E Smith reinvented The Fall with arguably two of the band’s greatest recorded achievements.  “Where were you fuckers? The guy pulled a gun on us and you were nowhere … Continue reading

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More Album Cover Outtakes

The album cover for The Fall’s 1985 classic This Nation’s Saving Grace was designed by Danish painter Claus Castenskiold with British photographer Michael Pollard, brilliantly synthesising photography and drawing for one of the band’s strongest-ever releases. The band’s artistic confidence … Continue reading

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The Fall – I Wake Up In The City

A gob-smacking, ball-tearing, stick of rock ‘n roll gelignite best played exceedingly loud for the full exhilarating experience. This raucous b-side to the group’s bloody awful Flitwick Records 7″ single Rude (All The Time), is something of a companion piece … Continue reading

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The Big Midweek | Life Inside The Fall

Written by former bassist of seminal post-punk group The Fall, Steve Hanley (& his partner Olivia Piekarski) and published in 2014 to widespread critical acclaim for its intelligent, engaging, conversational style, revealing insights, and dry, stoical humour, The Big Midweek … Continue reading

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The Fall – Top 50 Songs Playlist

The Fall Top 50 Songs has now been posted as a Spotify playlist for your listening pleasure. Listen Here

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The Fall – Top 50 Songs

Mark E Smith: maverick singer, often combative front-man and lyricist of post-punk group The Fall exemplified attitude throughout their long and strange career. At times cantankerous, regularly funny and more often than not quite brilliant, John Peel, the groups most … Continue reading

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