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The Fallen: Life In and Out of Britain´s Most Insane Group
Dave Simpson
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Description for The Fallen: Life In and Out of Britain´s Most Insane Group
Paperback. The only book to collect together interviews with every member of The Fall, past and present. Num Pages: 336 pages, integrated b&w illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: AVGU; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232. Life in and Out of Britain's Most Insane Group. 336 pages, ill. The only book to collect together interviews with every member of The Fall, past and present. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGU; AVH; BGFA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight: 282.
Ever been thrown off the bus in the middle of a Swedish forest or asked to play at one of the UK's biggest music festivals with musicians you've just met who are covered in blood? If so you've probably been in The Fall. Dave Simpson made it his mission to track down everyone who has ever played in Britain's most berserk, brilliant group. He uncovers a changing Britain, tales of madness and genius, and wreaks havoc on his own life.
Ever been thrown off the bus in the middle of a Swedish forest or asked to play at one of the UK's biggest music festivals with musicians you've just met who are covered in blood? If so you've probably been in The Fall. Dave Simpson made it his mission to track down everyone who has ever played in Britain's most berserk, brilliant group. He uncovers a changing Britain, tales of madness and genius, and wreaks havoc on his own life.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847671448
SKU
V9781847671448
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Dave Simpson
Dave Simpson writes on music and the arts for the Guardian newspaper from an isolated base in the North of England. He has been a fan of the Fall since 1979, and once admitted to hating The Beatles.
Reviews for The Fallen: Life In and Out of Britain´s Most Insane Group
Riveting stuff
Q magazine
Three decades of personal stories, of social change, shifting cultural landscapes and musical minimum wage slavery, seen through the eyes of a random collection of people whose only constant is that at some point, for some reason, they were members of The Fall. A Canterbury Tales for the MP3 generation.
Stewart Lee
A tremendous read. I warmly recommend it.
Stuart Maconie
Radio 2
A great book - a fucking amazingly great book . . . a simple but excellent concept . . . Absolutely brilliant. It has made me race back to all 554 Fall songs and put them on repeat.
Everett True
The best book yet on a band that have evolved into a cross between a large Victorian family and a rehab unit.
The Times
I read The Fallen for the second time. Wow. It just does your head in. It's one of the best rock or music books i've ever read. I recommend it without hesitation. It is a monster
HENRY ROLLINS A right riveting read.
Simon Reynolds
Blissblog
I hate that f
ing t
t! I just f
ing burned it!
Mark E. Smith Brilliant and bloody awkward. Just like its subjects.
The Word
A British, provincial take on Apocalypse Now! where Kurtz (Smith) is encountered by Capt. Willard (Simpson) before the latter gets on the boat
John Doran
The Quietus
Q magazine
Three decades of personal stories, of social change, shifting cultural landscapes and musical minimum wage slavery, seen through the eyes of a random collection of people whose only constant is that at some point, for some reason, they were members of The Fall. A Canterbury Tales for the MP3 generation.
Stewart Lee
A tremendous read. I warmly recommend it.
Stuart Maconie
Radio 2
A great book - a fucking amazingly great book . . . a simple but excellent concept . . . Absolutely brilliant. It has made me race back to all 554 Fall songs and put them on repeat.
Everett True
The best book yet on a band that have evolved into a cross between a large Victorian family and a rehab unit.
The Times
I read The Fallen for the second time. Wow. It just does your head in. It's one of the best rock or music books i've ever read. I recommend it without hesitation. It is a monster
HENRY ROLLINS A right riveting read.
Simon Reynolds
Blissblog
I hate that f
ing t
t! I just f
ing burned it!
Mark E. Smith Brilliant and bloody awkward. Just like its subjects.
The Word
A British, provincial take on Apocalypse Now! where Kurtz (Smith) is encountered by Capt. Willard (Simpson) before the latter gets on the boat
John Doran
The Quietus