The Fall [bibliography]

______________________

intro | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004

______________________

Part Six: 2000 - 2004

date
pub
title
author
vol # / page(s)
notes
2 0 0 0
00jan? Independent Competition     Competition to win a "21st Century Masterpiece," one of which is a shameless ripoff by Simon Periton
00jan TBLY The Biggest Library Yet Rob Waite # 18  
00feb Mojo "Hello, Goodbye: Steve Hanley and the Fall" Mark Kendall #75, p. 130 link is to the photo only I'm afraid
00feb? Guardian "Bands I'd Pay a Fortune to See Again" Stuart Jeffries   He'd give £50,000 to see the Fall again...
00mar/apr TapeOp interview with Grant Showbiz   #16  
00mar? Ptolemaic Terrascope "The Fall: Hex Enduction Hour" Steve Hanson   album review (reissue on Voiceprint); scroll down the page a bit
00mar Uncut   Simon Goddard   album reviews: Early Years, Live '77
00mar When Saturday Comes "So You Call Yourself a Football Fan?"      
00mar? Melody Maker "The Fall: A Past Gone Mad" Phil Mongredien   album review
00apr TBLY The Biggest Library Yet Rob Waite # 19 final issue of the fantastic Fall fanzine
00apr? NME "The Fall: A Past Gone Mad" Sarah Dempster   album review. Also a bit about how the world has changed since the last Elastica LP.
00apr? Prop Magazine   Steven Blyth & Chris Hart # 8 includes the making of the City Life Book of MCR Short Stories. Link is to the press release for #8
00may Blow Up (Italy) "The Decline and Fall of English Empire"   # 24 8.5 page spread on the Fall in Italian
00may Q "Instant Karma" Mark E. Smith   review of A Past Gone Mad in the same issue. Also one of Rock's most folly acts: IAKO
00may Select "You Can Laugh If You Want" Ian Harrison pp. 74-77 Mark meets Gavin Rossdale of Bush. Also reviews of APGM and Early Years
00may Uncut

"Our Fiend in the North"

Simon Goddard   piece on Hex Enduction Hour, mostly
00may? NME "The Fall Hit the North!" News section    
00may? NME "The Five Most Important Manc Pop Acts"     brief Fall entry
00jun The List (Scotland) "Interview with Mark E. Smith" Rodger Evans    
00jun01 NME "The Fall, London, WC2 LA2" Siobhan Grogan   gig review: London Astoria 2, May 24, 2000
00jul12 SF Weekly article about Triple Gang's recreation of This Nation's Saving Grace     doesn't appear to be in their online archive. Does anyone have it?
00sep26 Fallnet "Interview with Simon Spencer of D.O.S.E." Odran Smith    
00sep?? NME "The Fall / Dick Dale" Jim Alexander   gig review: Royal Festival Hall, London, Sept. 22, 2000
00sep26 The Independent "Twangs for the Memory" Nick Hasted p. 12 of Tuesday Review gig review: Royal Festival Hall, London, Sept. 22, 2000
00oct Q "The Fall: I Am Pure As Oranj" John Aizlewood   album review
00oct13 Indie Planet "Highsmith Teeth" Mark E. Smith # 1

Mark had a very brief collaboration with this short-lived website. I've dug up the first submission (faxed in from Manchester, sorry about the quality), but can't find the one or two that followed. Can anyone help?

00oct31 Indie Planet "Highsmith Teeth" Mark E. Smith # 2  
00nov?? Mojo "The Fall, The Unutterable" John Mullen   album review
00nov?? Time Out "The Fall, The Unutterable" Sharon O'Connell   album review
00nov? Uncut "The Fall, The Unutterable" Simon Goddard   album review
00nov03 The Guardian "The Fall, The Unutterable" Dave Simpson   album review
00nov24 The Guardian "The Fall, Dingwalls, London" Jonathan Romney p. 22 gig review: Dingwalls, London, Nov. 22, 2002
00nov?? NME "The Fall, The Unutterable" Piers Martin   album review
00nov?? NME "The Fall, Dingwalls, London"     gig review: Dingwalls, London, Nov. 22, 2002
00dec?? The Echo "The Man Who Made His Mark with The Fall" Paddy Shennan    
00dec?? Telegraph "Fashion Junkie: Brix Smith, TV Presenter" Brix Smith    
00dec?? The Times "Just Who Does Mr. Grumpy Think He Is?" Tom Cox    
00dec?? De Volkskran "The Fall, The Unutterable" Gijsbert Kamer   album review, translated by Arjan Plug

top of page

date
pub
title
author
vol # / page(s)
notes
2 0 0 1
2001 Mojo "The Mojo Collection"     600 most important albums ever. Link is to the Fall's entry (TNSG)
2001 Grove's Dictionaries, Inc. "New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians" Dave Laing (wrote the Fall bit, anyway) 20 vols, 25,000 pages, $4,580 pricetag link is to the risible Fall entry
2001 Highwater Books "Pan" Camden Joy and Colin B. Morton   Novella that takes place around the time of the Fall's infamous Brownies gig (New York, April 7, 1998). The link is to my brief review.
01jan Select "Need to Know: the Legend of the Fall" Stuart Muirhead pp. 34-35 PDF
01jan The Wire "Invisible Jukebox: Mark E. Smith" Edwin Pouncey #203, pp. 50-53  
00jan? New York Observer "The Fall: What's It All About, Mark E?" Jay Stowe    
00jan? Oor (The Netherlands) "The Fall, The Unutterable" Bert van der Kamp   album review
01feb Q "Cash for Questions" David Cavanagh #173, pp. 10-14  
01mar/apr Heaven (Netherlands?) "The Fall, The Unutterable" Harry Prenger   album review
01mar Music 365 (website) "The Fall: A World Bewitched" Luke Turner   album review
01mar?? Observer "The Fall: A World Bewitched"     album review
01mar?? Sunday Times combined album review Stewart Lee   AWorld Bewitched; Backdrop; Austurbæjarbíó
01mar09 Guardian "Home Entertainment: Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley" Will Hodgkinson    
01apr? Q "The Fall: A World Bewitched"     album review
01apr?? Telegraph "Fashion Junkie" Brix Smith    
01apr09 Fallnet "Interview with Kazuko Hohki of the Frank Chickens" Odran Smith    
01may Spin "A Brief History of Gobbing" Douglas Wolk    
01may18 Guardian "Home Entertainment: Mark E. Smith" Will Hodgkinson p. 22  
01summer Mojo Collections "Celebrity Tape" Mark E. Smith #3 Mark fills a C90 with his favorite tunes
01jul Q "Rider of the Month: No. 39 - The Fall, Bar Cuba, Maccesfield, 25 April 2001"
Anonymous #178, p. 167  
01sep Spex "Henry Rollins: Rock'n'Roll Ninja" Harry Streng pp. 38-39 link is to the Fall excerpt
01oct Study Bees website interview with MES Penny Broadhurst   sadly gone - did anyone save the page?
01oct Artforum "A Thousand Words" Michael Clark XL (2), p. 141  
01oct14 Independent on Sunday "In Clark's Shoes" Marcus Field pp. 8-13  
01oct26 Guardian "Michael Clark Company" Judith Mackrell   dance review: Before and After: The Fall
01oct28 Observer "Is He Really Onan the Barbarian" Sarah Frater   dance review: Before and After: The Fall
01oct29 Speigel online "The Fall, Are You Are Missing Winner"     album review, translated by Gerhard Pichler
01nov Q online "The Fall, Are You Are Missing Winner"     album review
01nov Time Out New York "The Fall Rises Again" Jay Ruttenberg    
01nov-dec Knitting Factory Knotes "Mark E. Smith of the Fall: Still Cranky after All These Years" Matthew Carlin    
01nov? Sefronia (France) "The Fall, Are You Are Missing Winner"     album review, translated by Matt Bryden
01nov05 Schallplattenman "The Fall, Are You Are Missing Winner"     album review, translated by Gerhard Pichler
01nov15 The Stranger "God, I Love You: A Personal Dedication to The Fall" Evan Sult    
01nov15 Vorlaut "Bier Trinken with Mark E. Smith" Jasmin Luetz   Babelfish translation, sorry.
01nov17 Oor (Netherlands) "The Fall, Are You Are Missing Winner" Bert van der Kamp #23 album review, translated by Rutger Kuijer
01nov25 Sunday Times "The Fall, Are You Are Missing Winner" Stewart Lee   album review
01nov28 Village Voice "His-Uh Way-Uh" E. McMurtrie    
01dec10 London Student "The Fall, Are You Are Missing Winner" Jane Hamlett # 6 album review

top of page

date
pub
title
author
vol # / page(s)
notes
2 0 0 2
2002 Hit Records "The Fall en Concert" Luz # 1 great French cartoon. Olli Czoske kindly translated it for the Fall News.
02jan Q "Adam Buxton's Guide to the Fall" Adam Buxton p. 51  
02feb Wire "The Fall, Are You Are Missing Winner" Edwin Pouncey   album review
02mar Record Collector "Smith's Moanin' Institution" Piper Terrett pp. 60-64 PDF
02mar Tangents (website) "You Don't Have to Be Beautiful, to Be Beautiful" William Crain    
02apr Gadfly Online "The Fall, Are You Are Missing Winner" James Lindbloom    
02apr Mojo Collections "The Smithsonian Institute: How to Buy the Fall" Ed Clarke   page 1; page 2
02apr05 Manchester Evening News "Passport Fiasco Causes Fall to Axe Tour"      
02apr17 Guardian "Roll over, Beatles - Smiths Top the Pops" Angelique Chrisafis   on the NME's top 50 "music icons" list (Fall at #21; Oasis #6; Neil Young #49, etc.)
02may The Wire "Primal Scenes" Simon Ford

# 219

 
02jun? Viceland (website) "10 Seminal Bands - That You Say You Love But Never Actually Listen To" Vice Staff Vol 9, # 5 link on left is to the Fall entry (#3). Full article here.
02jul Q interview with Badly Drawn Boy     link is to an excerpt re: the Teeth Incident
02jul19 Boston Phoenix "Wired for Sound: The Fall, Old and New" Douglas Wolk p. 23 album review: Totally Wired compilation
02aug? Rocking Vicar (email list) "The Bard of Salford" Jody Thomspon   Other RV submissions follow Thompson's
02nov Tangents website "Pander! Panda! Panzer!" Matt Bryden   album review and transcription!
02nov? Manchester Online "Fallout for Manchester Punk Icons" plus follow up articles     on Ed Blaney's departure
02nov? Mark Prindle.com interview with Paul Hanley Mark Prindle    
02dec Time Out (UK) "The Fall: Susan Vs. Youth Club" Sharon O'Connell   single review
02dec? Uncut   Simon Goddard   album reviews: PPP, 2G+2
02dec? Manchester Online "Mark E. Smith Is Reader's Greatest Mancunian"      
02dec The Wire "Death Row: How Would Mark E. Smith Spend His Last Day on Earth" Mark E. Smith    
02dec01 Observer Celebrities' books of the year     "Pan" is one of Stewart Lee's picks
02dec07 The Independent Mark E. Smith interview ?   with a terrific photo
02dec07 NME "The Fall: Susan Vs. Youth Club"

Steven Wells

  single review

top of page

date
pub
title
author
vol # / page(s)
notes
2 0 0 3
2003 Editions les Requins Marteaux "The Joke" Luz   terrific comic book on MES
2003 Quartet "Hip Priest: The Story of Mark E. Smith and The Fall" Simon Ford    
2003 Omnibus "The Fall" Mark E. Smith and Mick Middles    
2003 Helter Skelter "A User's Guide to the Fall" Dave Thompson    
03jan Record Collector "Top 25 Punk LPs"   p. 31 LATWT at #17, FWIW
03feb? Fallnet email Q&A with Steve and Paul Hanley Yousef Sheikh    
03feb? Shredding Paper "The Fall: 2G+2" Michael Layne Heath   album review
03feb? Uncut "Overdue Collector's B-Sides Bonanza" Simon Goddard   album review: Listening In
03mar Playlouder (website) "The Fall Guy: Sacked Bassist Tells Us What Happened"     on Jim Watts' dismissal
03mar29 Guardian "The Fall: Touch Sensitive"     single review
03apr? Sound Collector Audio Review "The Fall: Palace of Swords Reversed" Bob Nickas #3 (?) album review
03may13 Billions Corporation "The Fall Needs a Tour Manager" David Viecelli (Boche Billions)    
03may BBC 6FM Newsletter "Smiths Week"      
03may02 Guardian "The Fall: It's the New Thing: The Step Forward Years" Dave Simpson   album review
03jun18-24 Seattle Weekly "The Fall" Richard Meltzer    
03jun Pitchfork website "Worst Post-Breakup Debacles"     The Adult Net made #15
03jun Terrorizer It's the New Thing / Time Enough At Last     album reviews
03jun LA Weekly   Franklin Bruno   gig review: The Echo, Los Angeles, June 20, 2003
03jun Variety   Steven Mirkin   gig review: The Echo, Los Angeles, June 20, 2003
03jun The Stranger (Seattle) "The Fall: KRMTX (Graceland)" Jon Pruett   gig preview
03jun City Pages (Minneapolis/ St. Paul) "Legends of the Fall" Chris Zielger    
03jun22 New York Times "The Fall"     Perverted By Language DVD review
03jun27 Guardian combined Simon Ford book / DVD review Stuart Jeffries    
03jun29 Chicago Tribune "The Fall Rewards Fans with Jagged, Snarled Sounds" Bob Gendron   gig review, Empty Bottle, Chicago, June 28, 2003
03jul Record Collector "The Fall: Perverted by Language / Live at Leeds" Chris Mugan p. 121 DVD review
03jul Uncut "The Fall: Perverted by Language / Live at Leeds"     DVD review
03jul The Wire "A User's Guide to the Fall: Dave Thompson" Simon Ford # 233 book review
03jul01 Cleveland Free Press "The Fall, This Moment in Black History: Beachland Ballroom" Matthew Wascovich   gig review, Cleveland, July 1, 2003
03jul07 New Yorker MES illustration and Knitting Factory preview      
03jul12 Washington Post "At the Black Cat, the Fall Gets Down" Michael Little C05 gig review, Washington DC, July 10, 2003
03jul Creative Loafing website interview with Ben Pritchard, before Atlanta gig     did anyone save the page?
03jul Mark Prindle.com interview with Ben Pritchard Mark Prindle    
03aug-sep Flux "The Fall" Simon Ford   on 25th anniversay of Bingo Master's Breakout
03sep Fall News Simon Ford: Hip Priest Paul Hanley   book review
03sep Manchester Online "Falling Under a Spell" Paul Taylor   on the Middles and Thompson books
03sep Record Collector "A User's Guide to the
Fall"
Daryl Easlea p 131 book review
03sep 3 a.m. Magazine "Literature Review: Simon Ford, Hip Priest" ?   book review
03sep21 Independent "Sometimes I'm a Fascist, Sometimes I'm a Nazi" Peter Carty p. 16 book review (Middles and Ford)
03oct City Life "The Fall: TRNFLP (FCOTC)" Neil Young (no, not that one)   album review
03oct Jack article about Debbie Harry     link is to the very short quote from Mark
03oct Mojo combined book review Ian Harrison p. 136  
03oct Playlouder website news about the long-awaited TRNFLPFCOTC      
03oct Q "The Fall: Words of Expectation (BBC Sessions)"   p. 127 also a User's Guide Review in the same issue (p. 139)
03oct Rockscene "Hip Priest" Luther Blissett    
03oct Uncut "Northern Uproar" Simon Goddard pp. 103-106 MES interview
03oct Wire "Hip Priest" by Simon Ford Brian Morton   book review
03oct Wire "The Fall: Perverted by Language / Live at Leeds" Tony Herrington   DVD review
03oct18 NME "War Against Intelligence: The Fontana Years" Stephen Dalton   album review
03oct24 Guardian "The Fall: TRNFLP (FCOTC)" Helen Pidd   album review
03nov01 Guardian His most embarrassing moment (his 1:1 with Mark at the ICA in 1994) Michael Bracewell   didn't save the text from the Guardian site - please send it in if you have it.
03nov09 Sunday Times "The Fall: TRNFLP (FCOTC)" Stewart Lee   album review
03nov27 Birmingham Post "The Thinking Person's Dour Rock Iconoclast" Al Hutchins   MES interview
03nov29 Birmingham Post "Whirlpool of Horror, Hilarity, and Mystey" Al Hutchins   album review (TRNFLP)
03dec Bullitt combined book review Rob Hollingworth   Ford and Middles
03dec Mojo "The Fall: TRNFLP (FCOTC)"

Ian Harrison

  album review
03dec Other Music "The Fall: TRNFLP (FCOTC)" GH   album review
03dec Q "War Against Intelligence: The Fontana Years" Keith Cameron   album review
03dec Wire "The Fall: TRNFLP (FCOTC)" John Mulvey   album review
03dec04 NME "Latest Garbled Mumblings from Original Trenchcoat Mafia " Stephen Dalton   album review (TRNFLP)
03dec13 Telegraph "Fashion Junkie" Brix Smith with Naomi West    

top of page

date
pub
title
author
vol # / page(s)
notes
2 0 0 4
04jan19 Guardian "Wild Thing" Tim Cumming   former and current band members on being in the Fall
04jan22 Pitchfork "The Fall: TRNFLP (FCOTC)" Alex Linhardt   album review
04jan26 Evening Standard "It's Magic, with Just a Hint of Beef" Pete Clark p. 53 gig review, London, Jan. 23, 2004
04jan28 Independent "The Fall / The Magic Band: Royal Festival Hall" Tim Cumming  

gig review, London, Jan. 23, 2004

04feb Vice "I'm Into C.B." Marc D. Bell   great cartoon
04feb Time Out (London) Barfly gigs preview Sharon O'Connell    
04feb Word "The Fall: Rebellious Jukebox" Ben Thompson   album review
04feb Word "Word of Mouth" Mark E. Smith    
04feb24 The Herald (Edinburgh)   Neil Cooper   gig review: Venue, Edinburgh, Feb. 22, 2004
04feb24 Edinburgh Evening News "Heroes of Punk Era Pure Poetry" David Pollock    
04mar Record Collector "The Fall: Mark E. Smith and Mick Middles" Daryl Easlea   book review
04mar05 Liverpool Echo "Rock Singer Is a Fall Guy"     on MES' fractured hip
04mar08 BBC website "Words and Music at the Bridgewater Hall" Phil Clifton   live review: Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, March 6, 2004
04mar08 Manchester Online "Words and Music at the Bridgewater Hall" Paul Cockerton   live review: Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, March 6, 2004
04mar14 Independent on Sunday "Nostalgia? Try Saying That to My Face" DJ Taylor   live review: Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, March 6, 2004
04apr Esquire (UK) "Mark E. Smith" Stewart Lee pp. 81-86  
04apr Record Collector "The Fall: LATWT/ Dragnet" Chris Mugar   album review (Sanctuary reissues)
04apr Word "The Fall: LATWT/ Dragnet" Andrew Harrison   album review (Sanctuary reissues)

to the beginning

 

Fall news
msg. board

gigography
links
photos
email me
guestbook