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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 15:26:21
From: Gerard Wood
Subject: Fall Reform!
Yep, it's true.
MES and SH have kissed and made up, and the band are back together as
before. The band's agent said that MES has 'apologized' (yeah right)
and
're-employed everyone again).
There's still tickets left; 8 quid + 50p booking fee from the venue 0161
950 4230. Lines now open...
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Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 17:30:08 +0000 (GMT)
From: AND004@unl.ac.uk
Subject: Fall Latest!
10 minutes ago, heard on Xfm (London Indie station) their latest News on
fall,
which whilst mainly a regurgitation of NME story (not surprising as it was
from
NME News Editor), but including in the last 30 secs this:
"Following a band meeting today, the Fall's PR say the tour will go ahead
(although it may me acoustic)".
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After 20 years in the music business,
Mancunian proto-punksters The Fall have
just notched up 30 albums with the
release of their new work Levitate.
So isn't famously grumpy frontman Mark
E Smith a bit bored of the band by now?
"Not at all," he replies, speaking from
his Salford home. "I just get a bit
narky every so often. It's hard work.
"I never want to be mainstream - though
the money would be nice for a while."
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"I'm very pleased with the new album,"
says Fall vocalist Mark E Smith. "The
songs are more up. It's something I've
been trying to achieve for two years.
It's a clearer, harder sound."
The first track dabbles in drum'n'bass
rhythms, so does this mean the original
lo-fi band have gone all techno on us?
"I'm very down on guitars right now,"
Mark explains. "A lot of British bands
irritate me. Guitars have endless
possibilities, but they're never used."
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"I've got a lot of Italian and German
dance records in my collection," says
Mark E Smith of The Fall, whose new LP
adds jungle to its scabrous sound.
"I used to go clubbing in Edinburgh two
years ago, but it's a bit passe now,
isn't it? I'm a hermit nowadays.
"I didn't go to the heavy, bangin'
dance or house clubs. It was more weird
clubs, like rockabilly, experimental
sounds and the slow, heavy stuff. They
call it Industrial I think."
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Fall frontman Mark has a reputation for
being a curmudgeon, often running into
spats with reporters. "I'm used to it,"
he responds. "Snarling Mark and so on."
"A lot of journalists wind me up, but a
lot of them are illiterate or incapable
anyway. Most of them say more about
themselves than me by what they write.
So would Mark consider writing himself?
"I've been thinking about that lately,"
he ponders. "About half of my lyrics
actually begin life on a prose basis."
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Mark E Smith has been through myriad
musicians in 20 years of The Fall, and
even sacked his latest band on Saturday
"I like my groups," he insists. "But
I'm not a great fan of musicians. I
tend to find them too staid and normal.
"My lads never audition. They're mostly
mates. Even ex-member Mark Riley (aka
Mark Radcliffe sidekick Lard)? "When he
went 10 years ago I told him he'd be
better on kids' TV," laughs Mark. "And
I saw him on Live & Kicking last week!"
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The Fall made an impression in the '80s
with Curious Orange, a collaboration
with avant-garde dancer Michael Clarke.
"It was brilliant," remembers Mark. "I
liked the discipline of being totally
in sync with the ballet dancers.
"I've just got in touch with Michael
Clarke again - he's been living with
his mother in Aberdeen for a few years,
and there's talk of doing another show.
He appeared live with us recently. He
played a lion-tamer-type character."
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Mark E Smith has worked with many
artists, from Inspiral Carpets to
Coldcut - and now it's Elastica's turn.
"I've done the vocal for three songs,"
he says. "Well, two-and-a-half really!"
"Our press office is over the road from
Elastica's studio, and Dave Bush, who
was once in The Fall, is now with them.
"We met them all in the pub, and it all
happened from there. The songs I heard
are quite Fall-ish. I liked them."
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Totally Wired is a famed Fall song, so
we couldn't resist asking if singer
Mark is into cyberculture!
"We've got a web site, but when people
try to explain how it works I go blank.
"There are a lot of voyeurs on the
thing. What do people use it for?
"Take e-mail: it takes so long to send
one it's like etching a gravestone. It
takes an hour! You can write a letter
in a tenth of the time. I don't get it"
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The Fall are currently touring the UK
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