The Fall In Fives

  S is for... Photo from www.invisiblegirl.co.uk Steve Saporito The lawyer who handled MES's case following the debacle at Brownies in 1998 (see B part 2 ). Smith was charged with third-degree assault and harassment charges relating to an argument that he and Nagle had had back at the hotel. A week later, he appeared in court and was ordered to undergo an alcohol treatment programme and anger-management counselling. Sargeant with Peter Hook & Shan Hira, 2009 (photo by  Lauren Hyde) Rex Sargeant Producer on The Infotainment Scan and Middle Class Revol t, he also produced a variety of remixes of Fall tracks, such as the latter LP's title track and ' Surmount All Obstacles '. Perhaps the most interesting one is this version of 'One Day'. Sargeant also manned the mixing desk for some mid-90s performances. He even got a mention on  The Twenty-Seven Points , being warned by MES (after an aborted first attempt at 'Idiot Jot Showland') that he’d better g...

  R is for... Rasputin Russian mystic who exerted extensive influence on Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra in the years leading up to the Russian Revolution before being assassinated by a group of noblemen.  He makes an appearance in ' Fantastic Life ': 'The Siberian mushroom Santa Was in fact Rasputin's brother' Lou Reed The Velvet Underground front man had a reputation for being a difficult, curmudgeonly interviewee that rivalled MES's. The Velvet Underground were a big influence on the first line-up of The Fall, something which can certainly be heard in much of Martin Bramah's guitar work on Live At The Witch Trials .  In December 1976, MES had drafted a potential setlist for the group’s first performance that included a cover of ‘You’re Driving Me Insane’, a pre-VU Reed song recorded by The Roughnecks.  'New Face In Hell' was indebted to VU's ' What Goes On ', and  Reed also pops up in 'Shoulder Pads' ('couldn'...