An A-Z of The Fall - S (part 2)
S is also for... The Sirens Marc Riley, Steve Hanley and Craig Scanlon's first band only ever played one gig, at Pips , a venue on Fennell Street near Manchester Cathedral. Joy Division, then known as Warsaw, also made their debut there. You can read Sirens member Steve Murray's recollections here . Frank Skinner Skinner – as he explained on his 2010 Desert Island Discs appearance (from 32:53) - was a late convert to the group but soon became somewhat obsessed. He was tempted to just choose eight Fall tracks for his fictional exile, but plumped for ‘Rowche Rumble’ in the end. He used 'Jawbone and the Air-Rifle' as the them tune to his chat show in the 90s, but inevitably attracted a disparaging remark from MES: 'I mean what does he do now? Adverts for f*cking HP Sauce or something?' When MES died, he tweeted a rather touching statement: '‘I loved him. He was quite simply better than all the rest. I thought he’d live forever. He seemed too belligerent to