Description
DESCRIPTION
The Fall were an English post-punk band, formed in 1976 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester. They underwent many line-up changes, with vocalist and founder Mark E. Smith as the only constant member. First associated with the late 1970s punk movement, the Fall's music has always pushed & challenged boundaries, with Mark. E. Smith at the helm on and off stage, the band has always been characterised by an abrasive, repetitive guitar-driven sound and tense bass and drum rhythms, along with Smith's caustic lyrics, described by critic Simon Reynolds as "a kind of Northern English magic realism that mixed industrial grime with the unearthly and uncanny, voiced through a unique, one-note delivery somewhere between amphetamine-spiked rant and alcohol-addled yarn." The Fall have been called "the most prolific band of the British post-punk movement." From 1979 to 2017, they released thirty-two studio albums. They were long associated with BBC disc jockey John Peel, who championed them from early on in their career and described them as his favourite band, famously explaining, "they are always different; they are always the same." Earlier this year, Smith died at the age of 60, effectively putting an end to the group. This live boxset features 10 CDs of The Fall tours in the USA, PLUS one bonus disc that will not be released in future through Cog Sinister.
TracksCredits
- Disc 1 -
1 Live at Al's Bar, la, Ca 4th July 1981
- Disc 2 -
1 Live at the City Gardens, Trenton, NJ 12th June 1981
- Disc 3 -
1 Live at the New Ritz, NYC 18th May 1990
- Disc 4 -
1 Live at the Exit Club, Chicago, Il 4th April 1985
- Disc 5 -
1 Live at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Ca 1st Nov 1986
- Disc 6 -
1 Live at the Knitting Factory, la, Ca 13th May 2006
- Disc 7 -
1 Live at Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX 11th Sept 1993
- Disc 8 -
1 Live at Traxx, Detroit, Mi 22nd April 1983
- Disc 9 -
1 Live at the 9.30 Club, Washington DC, 4th March 1986
- Disc 10 -
1 Live at the Crocodile Café, Seattle, Wa 20th Nov 2001
- Disc 11 -
1 Live at Harry's Hideaway, Toronto, Canada 21st April 2983 (Bonus Disc)
