The Fall
Not kidding. The Fall!
Music’s ultimate mavericks will be in Australia for the first time in… 20 Years. If you know The Fall, I don’t need to say anything more than that. If you aren’t familiar with any part of their tumultuous 34-year career, you might watch this, and then this and then this to gain a tiny insight into the Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall. “They are always different, they are always the same” – John Peel’s favourite band. ”One of the bands to see before you die” – Q Magazine. The Fall have had well over 30 different line-ups so far, but at the centre always is the NME Godlike Genius Award for Services to Music winner Mark E. Smith. The latest album (of over 30), Your Future Our Clutter is triumphantly magnificent. They are still mighty, spiky, urgent and fpunky live. They’ve had a profound influence on a million bands but nobody sounds like them. They are the ultimate pirate outfit, doing whatever they want, defying all logic and convention. “Post-punk” doesn’t scratch the surface. Is there anything more punk than The Fall?
