The Fall - live The Knitting Factory, New York, USA. 2001 Post-Punk, Indie Rock

The Fall - live The Knitting Factory, New York, USA. 2001 Post-Punk, Indie Rock


The Fall are an English post-punk band, formed in 1976 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester. With an ever-changing line up, the Fall essentially consists of founder and only constant member, Mark E. Smith, who has quipped, "If it's me and your granny on bongos, then it's The Fall".

First associated with the late 1970s punk movement, the band's music has evolved through numerous stylistic changes, often concurrently with changes in the group's line-up. Nonetheless, the Fall's music is typically characterised by repetition and an abrasive guitar-driven sound, and is always underpinned by Smith's typically cryptic lyrics, described by Steve Huey as "abstract poetry filled with complicated wordplay, bone-dry wit, cutting social observations, and general misanthropy."

The Fall have been called "the most prolific band of the British post-punk movement." They have released thirty-one studio albums as of 2015, and more than triple that if live albums and compilations (often released against Smith's wishes) are taken into account.

While the Fall have never achieved widespread success beyond minor hit singles in the late 1980s, they have a maintained a strong cult following. They were long associated with BBC disc jockey John Peel, who championed them from early on in their career. Peel described the Fall as his favourite band, famously explaining, "they are always different; they are always the same."

The Knitting Factory, New York, USA. 23rd November 2001

01 - Cyber Insekt - Fall 0:00

02 - Two Librans - Fall 4:27

03 - And Therein. - Fall 8:31

04 - Touch Sensitive - Fall 12:39

05 - Crop-Dust - Fall 17:18

06 - Bourgeois Town - Fall 23:19

07 - Sons of Temperance - Fall 28:19

08 - Mr Pharmacist - Fall 31:40

09 - Kick the Can - F-'Oldin' Money (medley) - Fall 34:18

10 - My Ex-Classmates' Kids - Fall 42:22

11 - Enigrammatic Dream - Fall 42:31

12 - I Wake up in the City - Fall 49:25

13 - Way Round - Fall 53:13

14 - I am Damo Suzuki - Fall 59:52



The core lineup that performed in these concerts included the following members:

• Mark E. Smith – Vocals (the leader and the only constant member of the band)
• Ben Pritchard – Guitar
• Jim Watts – Bass
• Spencer Birtwistle or Dave Milner – Drums (Birtwistle was replaced by Milner during November 2001, right around the time of the American tour)
• Ed Blaney – The band's manager, who occasionally joined them on stage to provide backing vocals or play guitar.
Note: Julia Nagle (keyboards/guitar), who had been a key member in previous years, had left the band a few months earlier, in August 2001.

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