Name: Excavate!: The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall
ISBN: 9780571396139

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Excavate!: The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall

Bob Stanley

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THE LOUDER THAN WAR #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR

A ROUGH TRADE, THE TIMES, MOJO, UNCUT, THE HERALD BOOK OF THE YEAR

"To 50,000 Fall Fans: please buy this inspired & inspiring, profound & provocative, beautiful & bonkers Book of Revelations."

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"Mind blowing... brilliant."
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"A container sized treasure trove bursting at the hinges with strangeness and wonder ... I strongly advise you to buy it."
MAXINE PEAKE

A definitive insight into the ever-influential world of Mark E. Smith and the Fall, bringing together previously unseen artwork, rare ephemera and handwritten material, alongside essays by a slate of fans.

This is not a book about a rock band. This is not even a book about Mark E
Smith. This is a book about The Fall group - or more precisely, their world.

Over a prolific forty-year career, the Fall created a world that was influential,
idiosyncratic and fiercely original; it was an education. Who wouldn't want
to be armed with a working knowledge of M.R. James, contemporary dance
and Manchester City?

Bringing together previously unseen artwork, rare ephemera and handwritten
material, alongside essays by a slate of fans, EXCAVATE! is a vivid, definitive
record - an illumination of the dark corners of the Fall's wonderful and frightening world.

Book Details

Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publish Date: Jul 8th, 2025
Pages: 360
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 0.00in - 0.00in - 0.00in - 0.00lb
EAN: 9780571396139
Categories: • Individual Composer & Musician• History & Criticism - General• Genres & Styles - Rock

About the Author

Stanley, Bob: - Bob Stanley is the author of Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop (Faber, 2013), and Too Darn Hot (Faber, forthcoming), and has written for the Guardian, The Times, NME and The Face. He is also a filmmaker, and founding member of the group Saint Etienne. He was Writer in Residence at the British Library in 2017.

Norton, Tessa: - Tessa Norton writes regularly about art, books and music for various publications including The Wire, and for exhibitions and events including Liverpool Biennial and The Tetley. She published the artists' book The Fields Here Are Full of Ghosts with Wysing Arts Centre in 2019, and she is a Jerwood Arts Fellow at FACT gallery for 2020-21.