Street Chant’s Emily Edrosa on partying and playing with Mark E Smith

Mark E Smith, the singer and poet who led The Fall for over 40 years, has died. Emily Edrosa, solo musician and member of Street Chant, remembers playing and drinking with The Fall in 2010. The first time I ever saw Mark E Smith he was sitting in front of me on a plane snorting … Read more

Roger Shepherd on The Fall’s 1982 tour of NZ – and the live album that resulted

Mark E Smith, the singer and poet who led The Fall for over 40 years, has died. In this excerpt from his 2016 book In Love With These Times, Flying Nun founder Roger Shepherd recalls the band’s tour of New Zealand and the controversy surrounding the live album Fall In A Hole that was recorded … Read more