Steve Hanley

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

Steve Hanley (born May 29, 1959 in Dublin , Ireland ) is a musician from Manchester , England . He became known as a longtime bass player for the English band The Fall .

Life

At the beginning of his musical career in 1976, Steve Hanley played bass in the punk band The Sirens. After their only concert, they broke up as the singer left the band. Steve Hanley moved to Staff 9, which u. a. played as support for Joy Division and The Fall . At The Fall, Steve Hanley was employed as a roadie at the time and took over bass there in April 1979. He stayed in the band until 1998 and shaped their sound significantly. Due to his persistence and his calm, balanced manner, he formed the backbone of the band until he left. He left The Fall after a band argument on stage during a performance on April 7, 1998 in New York. This makes Steve Hanley the musician who has lasted the longest in the group after singer Mark E. Smith . The Fall are known for their wear and tear on band members, over 50 musicians have played there in 30 years of band history. Steve Hanley's younger brother Paul Hanley also played there for a while, from 1980 to 1985 he was their drummer.

Steve Hanley wrote over 100 songs on The Fall in nearly 20 years. He has recorded over 30 singles, 20 albums and countless live and compilation albums. He has played around 850 live concerts. And he recorded a total of 19 John Peel sessions with The Fall .

After The Fall and a break, he decided to only practice music as a sideline and took a job in administration at a school in Didsbury / Manchester. He also played in his new band, ARK , which he founded . Here u played a. former case members with Steve's brother Paul Hanley joined ARK as a drummer. In 2002 the only and quite underrated CD Brainsold was released . Steve Hanley's sons Matthew and Paul also played on this CD. His son Paul already has his own musical career, first he played drums with The Forest, now with Sacred , previously Pooler. In September 2007 they released their debut EP Snowmen Always Die , which was still released under their old name Pooler.

In 2001 Steve Hanley joined the Lovers , a band reformed by Tom Hingley , lead singer for Inspiral Carpets and Too Much Texas . In addition to Kelly Wood on keyboards and Jason Brown on guitar, Steve Hanley's brother Paul plays the drums again. After the single Yeah (2003), the acclaimed debut album ABBA Are The Enemy was released in 2004 . The successor Highlights was released in March 2008 .

Discography

The Fall

Singles	Studio albums	Live albums
1979 Rowche Rumble 1980 Fiery Jack 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 ... 1983 Kicker Conspiracy 1984 Oh! Brother 1984 CREEP 1984 Call For Escape Route 1985 Couldn't Get Ahead 1985 Cruisers Creek 1986 Living Too Late 1986 pharmacist 1986 Hey! Luciani 1987 There's A Ghost In My House 1987 hit The North 1988 Victoria 1988 Jerusalem 1989 Cab It Up! 1990 Telephone Thing 1990 Popcorn Double Feature 1990 White Lightning 1990 High Tension Line 1992 Free Range 1992 Ed's Babe 1993 Why Are People Grudgeful? 1993 Behind the Counter 1994 15 ways 1996 The Chiselers 1998 Masquerade	1980 Dragnet 1980 Total Turns (It's Now Or Never) 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 1985 This Nation's Saving Grace 1986 Bend Sinister 1988 The Frenz Experiment 1988 I Am Kurious, Oranj 1989 Seminal Live 1990 Extricate 1991 shift work 1992 Code Selfish 1993 The Infotainment Scan 1994 Middle Class Revolt 1995 Cerebral Caustic 1995 The Twenty Seven Points 1996 The Light User Syndrome 1997 Levitate	1982 Live In London 1980 (The Legendary Chaos Tape) 1982 A Part Of America Therein, 1981 (Live in USA) 1983 In A Hole (Live Auckland 1982) 1993 BBC Radio One Live in Concert 1997 In The City 1997 15 Ways To Leave Your Man, Live 1998 Live To Air In Melbourne 1982 1998 Live Various Years 1998 Nottingham 92 2000 I Am As Pure As Oranj 2000 Live In Cambridge 1988 2001 Austurbaejarbio (Live In Reykjavik 1983) 2001 Live in Zagreb 2003 The Idiot Joy Show 2003 Live At The Phoenix Festival 2005 Live From The Vaults - Retford 1979 2005 Live From The Vaults - Los Angeles 1979 2005 Live From The Vaults - Glasgow 1981 2005 Live From The Vaults - Hof Alter Bahnhof 1981
Peel sessions	DVD / Videos	The Fall Compilations
1983 Kicker Conspiracy / Wings and Container Drivers / New Puritan (Peel Session) (double single) 1987 Peel Sessions 2 (EP) 1993 Kimble 1999 The Peel Sessions 2003 Words Of Expectation - BBC Sessions 2005 The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004	DVDs: 2003 Perverted By Language Bis 2004 Live At The Hacienda 1983-1985 Videos: 1981 Perverted By Language Bis 1990 VHS8489 1991 Shift-Work And Holidays Contributions for video samplers: 1984 video bongo 1986 Not Television 1990 Snub TV Vol. 1 1991 Snub TV Vol. 2	1981 Early Years 77-79 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 1995 Sinister Waltz 1996 Fiend With A Violin 1996 Oswald Defense Lawyer 1997 The Archive Series 1997 The Less You Look The More You Find 1997 oxymoron 1997 Cheetham Hill 1998 Smile - It's The Best Of ... 1998 Northern Attitude 2000 A Past Gone Mad 2000 Psykick Dancehall 2001 A World Bewitched 2002 Totally Wired - The Rough Trade Anthology 2002 The Rough Trade Singles Box 2002 High Tension Line 2002 Listening In - Lost Singles Tracks 1990-1992 2002 Early Singles 2003 It's The New Thing - The Step Forward Years 2003 The War Against Intelligence - The Fontana Years 2003 Rebellious Jukebox 2004 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong 2006 The Permanent Years (Paranoia Man in Cheap Shit Room) 2007 The Fall Box Set 1976-2007

Marc Riley

Singles
1983 Favorite Sisters / Carry Mi Card
Albums
1984 Cull 1984 Gross Out

ARC

Albums
2002 Brainsold

Tom Hingley and The Lovers

Singles
2003 Yeah
Albums
2004 Abba Are The Enemy 2008 highlights

The Reclaimers

Songs
2006 Onwards The Few (Download Exclusive)

Trivia

Steve Hanley starred in the play Hey! Luciani played the role of John Paul II by Mark E. Smith . The performance took place in London from December 6-20, 1987 and received mixed reviews.

Web links

• The Lovers - Official Website
• The Lovers - MySpace Page
• The Lovers - German fansite
• Pooler - Official Website