Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith

Mark Edward Smith, E. D. Smith, Austin Collings

Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, 2009 - 240 pages

Still going after thirty years, The Fall are one of the most distinctive British bands, their music - odd,spare, cranky and repetitious - an acknowledged influence on The Smiths, The Happy Mondays, Nirvana and Franz Ferdinand. And Mark E. Smith IS The Fall - 47 members have come and gone over the years yet he remains its charismatic leader, a professional outsider and all-round enemy of compromise, a true enigma. There have been a number of biographies of the legendary Smith, but this is the first time he has opened up in a full autobiography. For the first time we get to hear his full, candid take on the ups and downs of a band as notorious for its in-house fighting as for its great music; and on a life that has endured prison in America, drugs, bankruptcy, divorce, and the often bleak results of a legendary thirst.

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Review: Renegade

Avis d'utilisateur  - Guy Mankowski - Goodreads

The memoir takes the form of a 250 page rant, in which a loose narrative following The Falls career is interjected with sequences in which Smith vents his spleen at critics, former band mates and ...

Review: Renegade

Avis d'utilisateur  - Shoma - Goodreads

Some very funny bits, but kind of repeated itself once too many times.

À propos de l'auteur

Mark E. Smith was a founder member of Manchester band The Fall in 1977, one of a great trio of bands (with Joy Division and the Buzzcocks) to come out of the city at that time. They have released a remarkable 79 albums and still continue to tour at a punishing rate. Having survived punk, 80s indie, Madchester and Britpop, they continue to have a near-religious following. When not on the road, Mark E Smith lives in Manchester.

Informations bibliographiques

• Titre: Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith
• Auteurs: Mark Edward Smith, E. D. Smith, Austin Collings
• Photos de: Tom Sheehan
• Édition: illustrée, réimprimée
• Éditeur: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, 2009
• ISBN: 0141028661, 9780141028668
• Longueur: 240 pages