The Fall: LA2, London
Gavin Martin, NME, 10 January 1999
BACK AT GROUND Zero, having sacked/been deserted by the foot soldiers of his old Rythm Revue, riffmeister General M Smith returns to the London stage. And Mark E's got a brand new bag. Of songs 'n' slogans. Of musical friends and theatrical tricks. Of withering invective and cranky eccentricity. And a few jokes.
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