Renegade

The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith

Mark E. Smith

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Penguin Books Ltd
17 April 2009

Rock & Pop music; Autobiography: general; Autobiography: arts & entertainment

""This might be the funniest music book ever written"" - Sean O'Hagan, Observer Music Monthly

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.

By: Mark E. Smith
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 183g
ISBN: 9780141028668
ISBN 10: 0141028661
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 17 April 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mark E. Smith founded 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 released a remarkable 111 albums, and went through 66 different members over their 41 year existence. There was just one constant- Mark E. Smith, who continued releasing and touring right up until his untimely death in January 2018.

Reviews for Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith

Unutterably funny...a riot of aimings and blamings and score-settlings. Smith manages to have a right laff, and reveal himself as a figure of dazzling sociological import Independent on Sunday