Six degrees of separation ...from The Fall

[Furtho]

Six degrees of separation ...from The Fall

Mark Radcliffe rang me up once. He was supposed to be asking me about a record my band had made, but we ended up mostly talking about his spell as a member of Frank Sidebottom's Oh Blimey Big Band. He did play us on his programme that evening, though.

[Sporting]

Apropos of very little (but I'm not starting a new thread just for this) here's a link to a paper ex-Fall member (well, I suppose they're all ex now) Kate Themen wrote about female football in England:

https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/606980/2/K...Submission.pdf

[Benjm]

I bought a shirt from Brix's husband's shop once. It was heavily discounted in the sale.

For extra Fall-ness I should have bought two of the same design and started going out wearing one on top of the other, unbuttoning the outer to reveal the second during course of the evening.

[IronSeaPower]

My one and only time as what, laughingly and loosely, was considered as a gig promoter, saw me inviting Wolfgang Press to play the small hall in Aylesbury Civic Centre in September of 1986. Having booked them a couple of months earlier, not to clash with anything nearby, The Fall suddenly appeared to be playing in Dunstable on the same night.

On the night, as they were doing a sound check, Wolfgang Press not unreasonably, asked about ticket sales and I mentioned the unfortunate and last minute clash. They then went into a blistering cover of Cruisers Creek.

[Nocturnal Submission]

As I've mentioned on here before, I used to work with Will Hung of I, Ludicrous who, I'm fairly sure, have supported The Fall on at least one occasion.

[IronSeaPower]

As I've mentioned on here before, I used to work with Will Hung of I, Ludicrous who, I'm fairly sure, have supported The Fall on at least one occasion.

Why, that's preposterous!

[Nocturnal Submission]

Now then, now then.

[Guy Profumo]

Steve Duffy is a mate of mine

Whose brother is Martin Duffy, formerly of Felt and currently of Primal Scream

Who released a single called "All Fall Down" in the early 80s

[Artificial Hipster]

Mrs H used to manage someone (as a social worker rather than a musician, though she still plays live) who claims to be a former member of The Fall although I've found no record of her online. Name is Carrie. Unfortunately Mrs H was never able to recall the name of the album she claimed to have played on. He was, "a right twat" of course. Didn't stop her attending his funeral, mind.

[andrew7610]

My mother-in-law used to be Radiohead's accountant, and Jonny Greenwood claims his first ever gig was The Fall in Oxford.

[Sporting]

Mrs H used to manage someone (as a social worker rather than a musician, though she still plays live) who claims to be a former member of The Fall although I've found no record of her online. Name is Carrie. Unfortunately Mrs H was never able to recall the name of the album she claimed to have played on. He was, "a right twat" of course. Didn't stop her attending his funeral, mind.

her online or his funeral, so what gender was this supposed ex-member?

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

Six degrees of separation ...from The Fall

I once met a fella at a Fall gig who ran his own record label which had once released a Fall single. He sent me a copy of it afterwards. Lovely fella.

I knew someone who once claimed to have acquired the rights to a Fall live album, without really knowing what to do with them and eventually sold them to someone else.

[Sporting]

There must be literally hundreds of Fall live albums. I've got most of them plus about 700+ more recordings of live shows. Don't ask why.

[Artificial Hipster]

her online or his funeral, so what gender was this supposed ex-member?

I guess I mustn't have made myself clear enough. Mrs H manages a team of social workers, one of whom until recently was a woman called Carrie who claims to have played on at least one Fall album, who still gigs and who attended Smith's funeral in spite of her less than favourable opinion of him.

[Sporting]

That narrows it down...

[Artificial Hipster]

You'd think so wouldn't you! I asked Mrs H to ask her again which album but, understandably, she didn't want to come across as though she was challenging her.

[delicatemoth]

As I've mentioned on here before, I used to work with Will Hung of I, Ludicrous who, I'm fairly sure, have supported The Fall on at least one occasion.

Either Bradford or Cambridge, 1992 or thereabouts. Only good band I've ever seen supporting The Fall. If it was Cambridge then Taylor's parents drove us, then went off to have parent fun while we went to the gig.

[Furtho]

“Parent fun”, dm...?

[Sporting]

You'd think so wouldn't you! I asked Mrs H to ask her again which album but, understandably, she didn't want to come across as though she was challenging her.

Any idea of her approximate age?

[Artificial Hipster]

She's 51, toured with them in her late teens or early 20's and married "an arsehole drummer or bassist from the band."

[Sporting]

Lucy Rimmer?

• Classically trained singer. Occasionally appeared with the group both live and in studio, including two Peel Sessions. Contributed vocals to several songs on Cerebral Caustic and The Light User Syndrome, most of them cover versions. Smith's fiancée at the time, she also ran the group's fan club.

As for arsehole drummers of her age, maybe Wolstencroft, though he doesn't seem an arsehole to me at all. Or the long-lost Karl Burns? I doubt both, but the plot thickens.

[Artificial Hipster]

Never engaged to Smith so far as Mrs H is aware.

[Sporting]

Of course, this lady could be bullshitting.

[Artificial Hipster]

I wondered that myself. Guess I'll never know.

[caja-dglh]

The Fall is a great band to bullshit about being in. Everyone just shrugs as it is so difficult to disprove.