The Fall
A crucial inspiration to several generations of bands, the Fall virtually defined the late-1970s UK post-punk sound. Fall vocalist Mark E. Smith's sung/spoken rants may owe more to beat poetry than rock & roll, but his sociopolitical iconoclasm and the band's angular, cutting riffs and rhythms placed them squarely at the forefront of Britian's first major post-Pistols musical movement. In the '80s, their rough, guitar-based sounded expanded with the introduction of keyboards and more sophisticated production (largely due to the arrival of Smith's wife Brix as a band member), and personnel came and went, but Smith kept his ragtag rock army soldiering on all the way into the 21st century.
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Albums
- (2008) Imperial Wax Solvent
- (1985) This Nat-ion's Saving Grace
Top Tracks
- L.A.
- Cruisers Creek
- I Am Damo Suzuki
- Spoilt Victorian Child
- Bombast
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Comments
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progandother on 2008-05-19 05:57:42.613:
...haha...Mark E. Smith...you will always be Patricia Lamb in my fathers mind... -
doornail666 on 2007-02-17 10:44:49.660:
Mark E. Smith is a genius. His ability to manipulate, abuse, and capture the english language is amazing. I put him up there with Keats, Shelley, and Poe. A true living legend.