Paul Hanley (musician)
Paul Hanley | |
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 Hanley performing in February 1981 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Paul A. Hanley |
| Born | 18 February 1964 Manchester, England |
| Genres | Indie rock, punk rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Songwriter, Writer |
| Instrument(s) | drums percussion Keyboard |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Beggars Banquet, Castle, Chaos Tapes, Cog Sinister, Cottage, Flying Nun, Kamera, Newmemorabilia, Receiver, Rough Trade, Sanctuary, Strange Fruit, Blang Records, Grit Over Glamour |
| Website | https://paulhanleyblog.wordpress.com/ |
Paul Hanley (born 18 February 1964) is an English writer and drummer. He has been the drummer for the Fall (1980–1985);Tom Hingley and the Lovers, and Brix & the Extricated, all alongside his brother Steve Hanley.[1]
Career[edit]
Paul Hanley was the drummer in the Fall between 1980 and 1985.[2] For much of that time he was part of a two-drummer line-up with Karl Burns and also played keyboards. He was preceded as a member of the Fall by his brother, Steve, who remained in the band for a further 13 years.[3]
In 2001 Paul began playing with his brother Steve again, this time as part of former Inspiral Carpets singer Tom Hingley's group The Lovers. The Lovers' first album, Abba Are The Enemy was released in 2004. Their second, Highlights, was released in March 2008.
The Hanley brothers were briefly members of fellow ex-Fall member Martin Bramah's group Factory Star. They subsequently joined Brix & the Extricated, (fronted by ex-Fall member Brix Smith Start), who released three albums: Part 2 (2017), Breaking State (2018) and Super Blood Wolf Moon (2019).
Hanley's first book Leave The Capital,[4] a treatise on the rise of Manchester's recording industry, was published in November 2017 by Route Books.[5] His second book Have a Bleedin Guess, which describes the making and impact of The Fall's Hex Enduction Hour, was published in October 2019, also by Route Books.[6] In 2021 Paul and Steve began hosting the Fall podcast 'Oh! Brother', interviewing other Fall members, people involved with the group and fans from the world of music about their relationship with The Fall.[7] He is also a frequent guest on the Temporary Fandoms podcast, where he has appeared on episodes about Buzzcocks and Arthur Lee's Love.[8]
Personal life[edit]
Paul Hanley is married with three children. In 2018 he gained a B.A. (Hons) in English Literature with the Open University.[9]
He once appeared as a contestant on the ITV quiz show, The Chase, which was shown as a repeat on 9 August 2019, and again on 6 April 2021, but was eliminated, playing for £7000 in the first round.
Discography[edit]
With The Fall[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
| Album | Date of Release | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Grotesque (After the Gramme) |
17 November 1980 | Rough Trade Records |
| Slates | 27 April 1981 | Rough Trade Records |
| Hex Enduction Hour | 8 March 1982 | Kamera Records |
| Room To Live (Undilutable Slang Truth!) |
27 September 1982 | Kamera Records |
| Perverted By Language | 12 December 1983 | Rough Trade Records |
| The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall |
8 October 1984 | Beggars Banquet Records |
| Bend Sinister | 29 September 1986 | Beggars Banquet Records |
Live albums[edit]
- 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
EPs[edit]
- 1984 Call For Escape Route
- 1993 Kimble
Singles[edit]
- 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 C.R.E.E.P.
- 1986 Living Too Late
VHS/DVD[edit]
- 1983 Perverted By Language Bis (VHS)
- 2003 Perverted By Language Bis (DVD)
- 2004 Live at the Hacienda 1983–1985 (DVD)
With Marc Riley and The Creepers[edit]
Albums[edit]
- 1984 Cull
- 1984 Gross Out
Single[edit]
- 1983 Favourite Sister/Carry Mi Card (Daft Head)
With Shout Bamalam[edit]
EP[edit]
- 1987 Ambition, The Groover & Greed
With Tom Hingley and The Lovers[edit]
Albums[edit]
- 2004 Abba Are The Enemy
- 2008 Highlights
Single[edit]
- 2003 Yeah
With Brix & The Extricated[edit]
Albums[edit]
- 2017 Part 2
- 2018 Breaking State
- 2019 Super Blood Wolf Moon
Singles[edit]
- 2016 Something to Lose
- 2017 Damned for Eternity
- 2017 Moonrise Kingdom
- 2018 Valentino
References[edit]
- ^ "In depth interview with drummer Paul Hanley on his days in the Fall". Louder Than War, 3 December 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2017
- ^ 'Reformation - The Family Tree and Alumni')
- ^ Hoskyns, Barney. "The Big Midweek: Life Inside the Fall". The Guardian, 1 October 2016.
- ^ "Leave The Capital". Wordpress. Retrieved 3 February 2018
- ^ "Timperley drummer writes book on Manchester Musicians". The Messenger, 14 December 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018
- ^ Have a Bleedin Guess. www.route-online.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019
- ^ Oh! Brother. acast.com/oh-brother. Retrieved 21 August 2021
- ^ "You searched for • inFrequency". Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ " New Title – Leave The Capital". Wordpress, 15 June 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018
External links[edit]
- Paul Hanley in conversation at Library Lounge 2017
- Paul Hanley page at Route books
- Paul Hanley at Discogs
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