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The Fallen: Life in and Out of Britain's Most Insane Group
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.
Book Details
- Publisher: Canongate Books
- Publish Date: Aug 6th, 2009
- Pages: 323
- Language: English
- Edition: Main - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.70in - 5.00in - 1.00in - 0.50lb
- EAN: 9781847671448
- Categories: • Music• Genres & Styles - Punk• Genres & Styles - Rock
About the Author
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.
Praise for this book
"Riveting stuff." "--Q "magazine
"Riveting stuff." "Q "magazine"
"A great booka fucking amazingly great book . . . Absolutely brilliant. It has made me race back to all 554 Fall songs and put them on repeat." Everett True, author, "Nirvana: The Biography""
A right riveting read.--Simon Reynolds "Blissblog "
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 "
Hilarious... horror stories... Dave Simpson's written the book we've been waiting our entire adult life to read.--Peter Wild "Bookmunch "
A tremendous read. I warmly recommend it.--Stuart Maconie "Radio 2 "
I hate that f***ing t**t! I just f***ing burned it!--Mark E. Smith
"The best book yet on a band that have evolved into a cross between a large Victorian family and a rehab unit." --Times
"Riveting stuff." --Q magazine
"A great book--a fucking amazingly great book . . . Absolutely brilliant. It has made me race back to all 554 Fall songs and put them on repeat." --Everett True, author, Nirvana: The Biography
"Brilliant and bloody awkward. Just like its subjects." --The Word
"An amusing study of what is without exaggeration Britain's most uncompromising band." --Sunday Herald