Renegade
The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith
$25.99
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
17 April 2009
Summary
“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 compro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141028668 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141028661 |
| Author: | Mark E. Smith |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 17 April 2009 |
| Weight: | 188g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
Ranting, raging, burning…relentlessly splenetic, a long and sustained rant…may also be the funniest music book ever written * Observer *
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 *
Remarkable, brilliant. A provocative joy. Smith’s rant gushes like a furious fountain of razor-sharp invective over his childhood and the early days of The Fall, relationships/ marriage, the record industry/ musicians and his views on everything from football to mobile phones, from drinking and drugs to driving, from books to bankruptcy, from Paul Morley to pubs. Unbeatable’ Time Out
Engrossing, exhausting, dense with fascinating detail. As both memoir and cultural history, Renegade is a remarkable achievement * Daily Telegraph *
A hoot * Hot Press *
Stuffed with crazy wisdom * London Lite *
Hilarious * Scotland on Sunday *
A wide-ranging, eccentric set of fugitive opinions, a smart marshalling of numerous rambling pub conversations * The Times Literary Supplement *
Vicious, funny, always contrarian * Daily Telegraph *
Smith’s about as reliable a narrator as the members of Motley Crue were in their depraved memoir The Dirt. And just as entertaining. Delving into Renegade is like listening to Smith hold court down the pub…it contains far too many astute, poetic observations to be dismissed as colourful ramblings from a committed curmudgeon * Scotsman *
About The Author
Mark E. Smith
Mark E. Smith
Mark E. Smith founded the Manchester band The Fall in 1977, alongside Joy Division and the Buzzcocks, forming a notable trio of bands to emerge from the city during that era. The Fall released an impressive 111 albums and saw 66 different members pass through the band during its 41-year history. The sole constant throughout this period was Mark E. Smith, who continued releasing music and touring until his death in January 2018.
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