The Fall - Softcover

Middles, Mick; Smith, Mark E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0711997624 ISBN 13: 9780711997622

Publisher: Omnibus Pr & Schirmer Trade Books, 2003

Synopsis

Having known Fall leader Mark E. Smith since 1977, Manchester based music writer Mick Middles is ideally placed to pen the first ever authorized biography of this most inscrutable of bands led by one of the few genuine characters in rock today. Middles' biography, written with the full co-operation of Smith, will detail some 26 years on the fringe of the Manchester punk scene, three dozen albums, endless touring, two successful staged plays and numerous spoken-word events. Enigmatic, highly quotable, and adored by the music press, Smith s distinctive brand of working class intellectualism and unpretentious broadsides make for a biography that is highly entertaining and wholly illuminating.

About this title

About the Author

Manchester based Mick Middles has written for Sounds and about rock for the Manchester Evening News. He has written books on Oasis, the Stone Roses, New Order and Joy Division and also on sport, including the authorised biography of Viv Richards, the outstanding batsman and former captain of the West Indies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Omnibus Pr & Schirmer Trade Books
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0711997624
• ISBN 13: 9780711997622
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400