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Led Zeppelin
24th January 2009, 14:06
Short Biography:

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The Fall are an English post-punk band, formed in Prestwich, Greater Manchester in 1976. The band has existed in some form ever since, and is essentially built around its founder and only constant member Mark E. Smith. Initially associated with the punk movement of the late 1970s, the group's music has gone through several stylistic changes over the years, but is often characterised by an abrasive guitar-driven sound and frequent use of repetition, and is always underpinned by Smith's vocals and often cryptic lyrics.


Albums:

Live at the Witch Trials (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_the_Witch_Trials) (1979)
Dragnet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragnet_(album)) (1979)
Grotesque (After the Gramme) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque_(After_the_Gramme)) (1980)
Slates (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slates_(album)) (1981)
Hex Enduction Hour (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_Enduction_Hour) (1982)
Room to Live (Undilutable Slang Truth!) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_to_Live) (1982)
Perverted by Language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverted_by_Language) (1983)
The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_and_Frightening_World_of_The_Fall) (1984)
This Nation's Saving Grace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Nation%27s_Saving_Grace) (1985)
Bend Sinister (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bend_Sinister_(album)) (1986)
The Frenz Experiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frenz_Experiment) (1988)
I Am Kurious, Oranj (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Kurious,_Oranj) (1988)
Extricate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extricate) (1990)
Shift-Work (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shift-Work) (1991)
Code: Selfish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code:_Selfish) (1992)
The Infotainment Scan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Infotainment_Scan) (1993)
Middle Class Revolt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Class_Revolt) (1994)
Cerebral Caustic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_Caustic) (1995)
The Light User Syndrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light_User_Syndrome) (1996)
Levitate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levitate_(album)) (1997)
The Marshall Suite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marshall_Suite) (1999)
The Unutterable (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unutterable) (2000)
Are You Are Missing Winner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Are_Missing_Winner) (2001)
The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_New_Fall_LP_(Formerly_Country_on_the_Clic k)) (2003)
Fall Heads Roll (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_Heads_Roll) (2005)
Reformation! Post-TLC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation!_Post-TLC) (2007)
Imperial Wax Solvent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Wax_Solvent) (2008)
Videos:

The Fall - Totally Wired
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpWVk3h2SA8

The Fall - Reformation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3ZSXlNvAiI

The Fall - Fifteen Ways
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIT8El1NFoo

The Fall - Wings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m2lfk4Bm34

The Fall - Kicker Conspiracy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjyQkt04Urc


Links:

The Fall Online (http://www.visi.com/fall/)
Reformation Post TPM - The Fall Live (https://sites.google.com/site/reformationposttpm/Home/)

Pirate Utopian
24th January 2009, 15:18
Good band.
Cant seem to find their first album online. :(

Sam_b
24th January 2009, 20:48
Televised version of 'Blindness', off 2005's Fall Heads Roll:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy8la44yxWs&feature=related