Review
"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
Product Description
Ever been held hostage in a dressing room with your parents? Ever been thrown off the bus in the middle of a Swedish forest or abandoned at a foreign airport? Ever been asked to play at one of the UK’s biggest music festivals with musicians you’ve just met who are covered in blood, or taken part in a ‘recording session’ in a speeding Transit? 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 personal life.
