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'Possibly the funniest music book ever written'


Synopsis
'Reams of stuff have been written about me in the past, but never in my own words: this is the proper one' - Mark E. Smith. Still going after thirty years, The Fall are one of the most distinctive British bands, their music - odd, spare, cranky and circular - an acknowledged influence on The Smiths, The Happy Mondays, Nirvana and Franz Ferdinand. And Mark E. Smith is The Fall. For the first time we get to hear his full, candid take on the ups and downs of a band as notorious for its in-house fighting as for its great music; and on a life that has endured prison in America, drugs, bankruptcy, divorce and the often bleak results of a legendary thirst.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: Curmudgeon speaks !, 3 May 2008 By  Wilf Trauma Spinach (Sheffield, UK) - See all my reviews I devoured this in one sitting and loved every page of it. It'll never be thought of as a brilliant opus, but I feel sure I'll read it again very soon. I find myself agreeing with much of what he has to say. Nice to see that he isn't as one-sided in his attitudes as I previously suspected. I could have read another couple of hundred words of it without trouble. Absorbing. Crucial. Significant. Can't wait to hear his new CD.  Comments (2) | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   4 of 5 people found the following review helpful: The "SS Frappuccino", 29 April 2008 By  Dederrida (Scotland UK) - See all my reviews It's great - easily readable and very funny. There's musings on everything from Rigsby to Kurt Cobain, Knut Hamsun's train surfing habits ["it cleared his cough..."], very perceptive comments on Burroughs and Ginsberg, why New Labour's election footage will be seen as future Nazi propaganda, Lindsay Anderson films, the differences between tarot and poker... oh, and lots of tales about being [in] The Fall. His telling of the New York incarceration incident and 9/11 is as scary as "Cropdust". Dylan's Chronicles was one of those rare rock bio's that's worth reading; this is even better. All in all, a good week for Fall fans, this, and Imperial Wax Solvet, both corkers!  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   4 of 6 people found the following review helpful: Mere Pseud Biography-ah, 28 April 2008 By  Shelby Mustang "Shelby Mustang" (Scotland) - See all my reviews I agree with the other gentleman's review...this ISN'T an autobiography, it's basically a collection of 'conversations' stuck together by a not so invisible ghost writer (previews in the Guardian/Observer suggested to me it was self-penned) it is a collection of ramblings about his life and gripes about ex band members (can you imagine working with him?!) some of it makes no sense what-so-ever (well, not to me) That said, I devoured it in an afternoon, reading it with a frown and the occasional giggle. He is an intriguing character who has consistently gone against the musical grain for thirty years now, the music is always fresh and challenging as are a lot of his creative ideas. How many other carmudgeons can you think of who have penned avant-garde ballets or written plays about deceased popes? So if you like the Fall and you've got a spare £15 stuffed round the back of the clock on the mantle-piece then buy the book!  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)