Paul Hanley (musician)

Paul Hanley, April 13, 1984, "Perverted By Language" tour, Markthalle in Hamburg

Paul Hanley (born February 18, 1964 in Manchester , England ) is a British musician of Irish descent from Manchester. He became known as the drummer of the English cult band The Fall .

Life

Paul Hanley joined The Fall when he was still in school. At first he was the roadie for the band where his older brother Steve Hanley played bass. In 1980 he took over the drums when he was just 16 years old. Due to his age, he was unable to take part in some tours, so he missed a tour because he was just finishing school. He did not get the necessary papers from the authorities for a USA tour because he would have had to play in clubs that were only open to people aged 21 and over.

In The Fall, Paul Hanley played until March 1985. After that, he and school friends formed his own band, Kiss The Blade. Since there was already a band with this name, it was renamed Shout Bamalam. In 1988 they released an EP, the only release. The band broke up and he stopped making music for a few years, only when his brother Steve formed the band ARK . There he was first the keyboard player, but switched to drums when the drummer Karl Burns left the band. In 2002, ARK released their only and quite underrated CD Brainsold , on which Paul Hanley played the piano as well as the drums.

In 2001 Steve Hanley joined The Lovers , the band of Tom Hingley , the singer of the Inspiral Carpets, and caught up with his brother Paul, who has since played drums with The Lovers, alongside Kelly Wood on keyboards and Jason Brown on guitar. The first release was the single Yeah in 2003 , the debut album ABBA Are The Enemy was released in 2004 and the follow-up album Highlights was released in March 2008 .

In 1983 Hanley released a single with Marc Riley , and released two albums the following year.

Paul Hanley should not be confused with the musician of the same name from the English band Sacred , who is his nephew.

Discography

With The Fall

Studio albums

• 1980 Grotesque (After the Gramme)
• 1981 Slates
• 1982 Hex Enduction Hour
• 1982 Room to Live (Undilutable Slang Truth!)
• 1983 Perverted By Language
• 1984 The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall
• 1986 Bend Sinister

Live albums

• 1982 Live in London 1980
• 1983 Fall In a Hole (Live Auckland 1982)
• 1998 Live To Air In Melbourne 1982
• 2001 Austurbaejarbio (Live In Reykjavik 1983)
• 2005 Live From The Vaults - Glasgow 1981
• 2005 Live From The Vaults - Hof Alter Bahnhof 1981

Compilation albums

• 1985 Hip Priest And Comrades
• 1986 North West Gas
• 1987 Palace Of Swords Reversed
• 1990 458489 A Sides
• 1990 458489 B Sides
• 1993 The Collection
• 1994 backdrop
• 1998 Smile - It's The Best Of The Fall
• 1999 The Peel Sessions
• 2000 Psykick Dancehall
• 2002 Totally Wired - The Rough Trade Anthology
• 2002 The Rough Trade Singles Box
• 2002 Early Singles
• 2003 Words Of Expectation - BBC Sessions
• 2003 It's The New Thing - The Step Forward Years
• 2003 Rebellious Jukebox
• 2004 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong
• 2005 The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004
• 2007 The Fall Box Set 1976-2007

EPs

• 1984 Call For Escape Route
• 1993 Kimble

Singles

• 1980 How I Wrote "Elastic Man"
• 1980 Totally Wired
• 1981 Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul
• 1982 look, know
• 1982 Marquis Cha Cha
• 1983 The Man Whose Head Expanded
• 1983 Kicker Conspiracy / Wings
• 1984 Oh! Brother
• 1984 CREEP
• 1986 Living Too Late

VHS / DVD

• 1981 Perverted By Language Bis (VHS)
• 2003 Perverted By Language Bis (DVD)
• 2004 Live At The Hacienda 1983-1985 (DVD)

With Marc Riley

Albums

• 1984 Cull
• 1984 Gross Out

single

• 1983 Favorite Sister / Carry Mi Card

With Shout Bamalam

EP

• 1987 Ambition, The Groover & Greed

With ARK

album

• 2002 Brainsold

With The Lovers

album

• 2004 Abba Are The Enemy
• 2008 highlights

single

• 2003 Yeah

Web links

• List of songs Paul Hanley co-wrote on The Fall
• The Lovers - Official Website
• The Lovers - MySpace Page
• The Lovers - German fansite