Excavate!: The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall

THE LOUDER THAN WAR #1 BOOK OF THE YEARA ROUGH TRADE, THE TIMES, MOJO, UNCUT, THE HERALD BOOK OF THE YEAR"To 50,000 Fall Fans: please buy this inspired & inspiring, profound & provocative, beautiful & bonkers Book of Revelations."DAVID PEACE"Mind blowing... brilliant."TIM BURGESS"A container sized treasure trove bursting at the hinges with strangeness and wonder ... I strongly advise you to buy it."MAXINE PEAKE A definitive insight into the ever-influential world of Mark E. Smith and the Fall, bringing together previously unseen artwork, rare ephemera and handwritten material, alongside essays by a slate of fans.This is not a book about a rock band. This is not even a book about Mark ESmith. This is a book about The Fall group - or more precisely, their world.Over a prolific forty-year career, the Fall created a world that was influential, idiosyncratic and fiercely original; it was an education. Who wouldn't wantto be armed with a working knowledge of M.R. James, contemporary danceand Manchester City? Bringing together previously unseen artwork, rare ephemera and handwrittenmaterial, alongside essays by a slate of fans, EXCAVATE! is a vivid, definitiverecord - an illumination of the dark corners of the Fall's wonderful and frightening world.

• | Author: Bob Stanley
• | Publisher: Faber & Faber
• | Publication Date: Jul 08, 2025
• | Number of Pages: 00360 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0571396135
• | ISBN-13: 9780571396139