One of the most notable aspects of the career of The Fall has been the number of musicians to have passed through the group since their formation in 1976. The group has just one constant, vocalist Mark E. Smith

Mark E. Smith

Mark Edward Smith is the lead singer, lyricist, frontman, and only constant member of the English post-punk band The Fall.-Early life:...

. Aside from him, there have been about 66 members (with about a third lasting for less than a year) over the band's 35 year existence. This article lists all formal members of the group, starting with the current line-up before looking at previous members in chronological order of their first appearance with the band. A number of guests and people with brief stays in the group are listed afterwards.

Current group

Mark E. Smith - vocals, occasional keyboards and other instruments

• See Mark E. Smith
  Mark E. Smith
  Mark Edward Smith is the lead singer, lyricist, frontman, and only constant member of the English post-punk band The Fall.-Early life:...
  
  

Elena Poulou - keyboards, vocals (2002 -)

• Married Smith in 2001, joining the band in 2002. Can be heard on all albums from The Real New Fall LP forwards, taking a lead vocal on Reformation Post TLC
  Reformation Post TLC
  Reformation Post TLC is a studio album by The Fall - the band's 26th, released in the UK on February 12, 2007. The album features Mark E Smith and his wife, Elena, with Tim Presley and Rob Barbato , Orpheo McCord and Dave Spurr...
  
  , Imperial Wax Solvent
  Imperial Wax Solvent
  Imperial Wax Solvent is a studio album by The Fall – the band's 27th – released in the UK on April 28, 2008. The album featured a new British-based lineup after the departures of the American musicians involved in writing and performing 2007's Reformation Post TLC, with singer and...
  
  and Ersatz G.B..

Dave Spurr - bass (2006 -)

• Initially brought in during 2006 to cover for Rob Barbato when the latter was fulfilling commitments to Darker My Love
  Darker My Love
  Darker My Love is an indie psychedelic rock band based in Los Angeles, California. The band consists of 5 members. Tim Presley, a former member of the band The Nerve Agents and also a visual artist responsible for much of the band's imagery, formed the band in 2004 and contributes vocals and guitar...
  
  , he later played alongside him in a twin-bass line-up both at the group’s gigs and on the Reformation Post TLC
  Reformation Post TLC
  Reformation Post TLC is a studio album by The Fall - the band's 26th, released in the UK on February 12, 2007. The album features Mark E Smith and his wife, Elena, with Tim Presley and Rob Barbato , Orpheo McCord and Dave Spurr...
  
  album before becoming sole bassist in 2007.

Pete Greenway - guitar (2006 -)

• Initially appeared as stand-in for Tim Presley when Presley was unavailable although he also appeared alongside him. Guests on Reformation Post TLC and became sole guitarist during 2007. The song "Greenway" on Ersatz G.B. shares its name with the guitarist. According to Pete Greenway, Mark E. Smith's lyrics deal with Smith's "character of what Greenway should be", a mean "gangster
  Gangster
  A gangster is a criminal who is a member of a gang. Some gangs are considered to be part of organized crime. Gangsters are also called mobsters, a term derived from mob and the suffix -ster....
  
   type", rather than with the real Greenway. According to Smith, the song "Cowboy George" on Your Future Our Clutter
  Your Future Our Clutter
  Your Future Our Clutter is an album by The Fall, released in the UK on April 26, 2010. It is the group's twenty-eighth studio album, and their first for independent record label Domino. The album was recorded at The Chairworks, Castleford and Elevator Studios, Liverpool...
  
  is also about Pete Greenway. As of November 2011, Greenway is on paternity leave from the group, and Tim Presley is currently The Fall's live guitarist.

Keiron Melling - drums (2007 -)

• Originally stood in for Orpheo McCord (although the group did play one show with both) before becoming sole drummer for a series of UK shows in 2007. His first recording with the group was Imperial Wax Solvent
  Imperial Wax Solvent
  Imperial Wax Solvent is a studio album by The Fall – the band's 27th – released in the UK on April 28, 2008. The album featured a new British-based lineup after the departures of the American musicians involved in writing and performing 2007's Reformation Post TLC, with singer and...
  
  .

Founding Line-Up

Martin Bramah - guitar (1976–1979, 1989–1990)

• See Martin Bramah
  Martin Bramah
  Martin Bramah is a British musician best known as a founder member of both The Fall, Blue Orchids and Factory Star....
  
  

Tony Friel - bass (1976–1977)

• See Tony Friel
  Tony Friel
  Tony Friel is a bass guitarist known for his role in different New Wave bands.He attended Heys Boys Secondary School, where met Martin Bramah and got, along him, Art O Level. He and Bramah shared many interests. In mid-1970s, they were introduced, by their friend Barbara Smith, to her brother Mark E...
  
  .

Una Baines - keyboards (1976–1978)

• See Una Baines
  Una Baines
  Una Baines was best known as the keyboard player in the first line-up of British post-punk/new wave band The Fall. Her strong feminist ideals shaped the band's early political stance and she remains one of the very few Fall members, other than frontman Mark E...
  
  

Steve Ormrod - drums (1977)

• Performed with the group for their first gig and was dismissed shortly afterwards. For several years, his exact name was unknown and he was usually referred to as "Dave" or "Steve" but with no surname. However, research by biographer Dave Simpson eventually led to his identity being resolved in 2010 following a correspondence with a former associate of Ormrod. http://thefallenblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/revealed-after-34-years-identity-and.html. It was reported that he had died following a battle with mental illness and it has now been confirmed that Ormrod died in 1994. When interviewed for Simon Ford's biography, Hip Priest, Bramah recalled that the drummer offered the group a song - "Landslide Victory" was a pro-Conservative composition somewhat at odds with the group's left-wing political stance and was never performed.

Following Members

Karl Burns - drums, bass, guitar (1977–1979, 1981–1985 and intermittently between 1993 and 1998)

• See Karl Burns
  Karl Burns
  Karl Burns is a British musician best known as drummer for The Fall, featuring in many incarnations of the band between 1977 and 1998....
  
  

Marc Riley - bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals (1978–1983)

• See Marc Riley
  Marc Riley
  Marc Riley is a British musician, alternative rock critic and radio DJ on BBC 6 Music. Formerly a member of The Fall, he had his own record label, In-Tape, and also worked as a record plugger...
  
  

Yvonne Pawlett - keyboards (1978–1979)

• Replaced Baines, can be heard on Live At The Witch Trials
  Live at the Witch Trials
  Live at the Witch Trials is the debut album by The Fall, first released on 16 March 1979. It is not, despite its title, a live album, but was recorded in the studio in one day and mixed by producer Bob Sargeant the next. In 2004, bassist Marc Riley told the BBC that the group had been booked into...
  
  and the "It's The New Thing" and "Rowche Rumble" singles. Ford reports that she now works in horticultural and environmental studies.

Kay Carroll - additional vocals, percussion (1979–1983)

• The group’s manager from late 1977, she contributed musically to all albums released from Dragnet
  Dragnet (album)
  Dragnet is the second album by The Fall, released on 26 October 1979. It was recorded 2nd-4th August of that year.The album was recorded less than 8 months after its predecessor, Live at the Witch Trials, establishing at an early stage two key patterns of the group's work; that of high productivity...
  
  to Room to Live
  Room to Live
  Room to Live, subtitled Undilutable Slang Truth!, is the sixth studio album by The Fall. First released September 27, 1982, it was recorded as a quick follow-up to Hex Enduction Hour which had been released in March. It was to be Marc Riley's last album with the group.The group had originally...
  
  inclusive, co-producing the latter. She was Smith’s partner and left the group when they split as a couple during a US tour in early 1983. Carroll opted to stay in the US where she settled. She now works with people suffering short-term memory problems and learning difficulties.

Mike Leigh - drums (1979–1980)

• Replaced Karl Burns, can be heard on "Rowche Rumble" and "Fiery Jack" singles; plus Dragnet, Early Years 77-79 and Totale's Turns (It's Now or Never). Returned to the cabaret circuit then into insurance (as reported by Ford) in 1982. Recorded a single with Scottish band Twisted Hand and stayed as a part-time musician until the early 1990s. Became a sales trainer and manager for Prudential Assurance and gained an MBA in 1997, whilst working full time in construction sales. Now employed as regional sales manager for a leading roofing systems manufacturer and also teaches English as a foreign language and scuba diving in his spare time. Leigh returned to music in late 2009 as drummer for the Salford based band Pearl Divers. He left the band in September 2010 and joined Stockport band The Blimp of which Spencer Birtwistle was the previous drummer.

Steve Hanley - bass (1979–1998)

• See Steve Hanley (musician)
  Steve Hanley (musician)
  Steve Hanley is an Irish-born English musician, based in Manchester. He is best known for playing bass guitar in The Fall from 1979 to 1998, and afterwards in The Lovers....
  
  

Craig Scanlon - guitar (1979–1995)

• See Craig Scanlon
  Craig Scanlon
  Craig Scanlon is a British guitarist, best known as a member of The Fall between 1979 and 1995. During this period he co-wrote over 120 of the group's songs; Mark E. Smith excepted, this tally is unmatched by any other musician to have passed through the group.-Career:Scanlon joined the band...
  
  

Paul Hanley - drums, keyboards, guitar (1980–1984, early 1986)

• See Paul Hanley (musician)
  Paul Hanley (musician)
  Paul Hanley is an English musician, based in Manchester. He is best known for playing drums in The Fall and The Lovers.-Career:...
  
  

Brix Smith - guitar, vocals (1983–1989, 1994–1996)

• See Brix Smith
  Brix Smith
  Brix Smith-Start is an American singer, guitarist and television presenter, best known for being a member of post-punk band The Fall, and as lead singer and songwriter with The Adult Net.-Biography:Brix grew up in Los Angeles and Chicago...
  
  

Simon Rogers - bass, keyboards, guitar (1985–1987), production (1987–88, 1993)

• See Simon Rogers
  Simon Rogers
  Simon Rogers is a British musician and composer, notable for his chart success both as a musician and as a producer as well as for his considerable portfolio of television soundtrack work.-Biography:...
  
  

Simon Wolstencroft - drums, keyboards, programming (1986–1997)

• See Simon Wolstencroft
  Simon Wolstencroft
  Simon Wolstencroft is a musician from Manchester, England, best known for playing drums with The Fall between June 1986 and August 1997.Wolstencroft was a member of an early incarnation of The Stone Roses; having previously been a member of The Weeds and The Colourfield. He was also drummer for...
  
  

Marcia Schofield - keyboards (1987–1990)

• Originally played alongside Rogers before the latter ceased performing with the group in 1987 (this 7 piece line-up was pictured in the gatefold sleeve of the "Hit The North" single). Can be heard on The Frenz Experiment
  The Frenz Experiment
  The Frenz Experiment is a 1988 album by The Fall. It was released on Beggars Banquet Records, and like the group's other albums with the label, it has a different track listing across the various formats on which it was released: LP, CD and cassette. A number of the tracks are credited exclusively...
  
  , I Am Kurious Oranj
  I Am Kurious Oranj
  I Am Kurious Oranj is a 1988 album by British rock band The Fall. The album was written as the soundtrack for the ballet "I am Curious, Orange", produced by contemporary dance group Michael Clark & Company, and themed loosely around the 300th anniversary of William of Orange's accession to the...
  
  , Seminal Live
  Seminal Live
  Seminal Live is a 1989 album by British rock band The Fall, recorded partly in the studio and partly at live performances in 1988. The album was the last to be released by the group through Beggars Banquet Records, and as such is often seen as a "contractual obligation" album. It was also the last...
  
  and Extricate
  Extricate
  Extricate is a 1990 album by post-punk band The Fall. It was made immediately after bandleader Mark E. Smith divorced Brix Smith. Brix's departure influenced more than just the subject matter of the album, it also helped define the sound of this album: her background vocals and post-punk guitar,...
  
  as well as one song on Shift-Work
  Shift-Work
  Shift-Work is a 1991 LP by the British rock band The Fall. Released through Phonogram Records, it marked, in the opinion of critic Ted Mills, a change in direction for the group, as "repetitious grooves became interspersed with pop song structures." Non-vinyl versions of the record feature the...
  
  . Resigned during the Australian leg of the Extricate tour, at the same time as Martin Bramah. Now a palliative care doctor.http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/thekhmerrouge/marcia.html&date=2009-10-25+23:00:04

Dave Bush - programming, keyboards (1991–1995)

• Can be heard on Code: Selfish
  Code: Selfish
  Code: Selfish is a 1992 LP by British rock band The Fall which entered the chart at number 21. It is characterised by its harsher sound, in relation to the previous year's Shift-Work, and draws influence from techno music. This was probably due to the addition of techno fan Dave Bush to the line-up...
  
  , The Infotainment Scan
  The Infotainment Scan
  The Infotainment Scan is an album by The Fall, released in 1993 on Permanent Records in the UK and by Matador Records in the US. It was considered at the time of its release as the band's most accessible album, and came when the band were experiencing unprecedented recognition in the media...
  
  and Middle Class Revolt
  Middle Class Revolt
  Middle Class Revolt is an album by The Fall, released in 1994 on Permanent Records. It spent one week on the UK album chart at number 48, a marked contrast to the top 10 debut of their preceding album The Infotainment Scan. The album's full title is Middle Class Revolt A/K/A The Vapourisation Of...
  
  . Claims to have been removed from Cerebral Caustic
  Cerebral Caustic
  Cerebral Caustic is an album by The Fall, released in 1995 on Permanent Records. It spent one week on the UK charts at number 67, 19 places lower than its predecessor Middle Class Revolt, marking the end of one of the group's relatively more successful periods.The album was most notable for the...
  
  during the mixing process. Joined Elastica
  Elastica
  Elastica were an English alternative rock band that played punk rock-influenced music. They were best known for their 1995 album Elastica, which produced singles that charted in the US and the UK.-History:...
  
   after being sacked by Smith by letter in early 1995, staying with them until their split in 2001. Went on to study web design http://elasticated.org/.

Julia Nagle - keyboards, guitar, programming (1995–2001)

• See Julia Adamson
  Julia Adamson
  Julia Adamson is a composer/musician and current label manager of Invisiblegirl Records. In 1967 her family moved to Manchester, England....
  
  

Lucy Rimmer - vocals, keyboards (1995–1996)

• Can be heard on The Light User Syndrome
  The Light User Syndrome
  The Light User Syndrome is an album by The Fall, released in 1996 on Jet Records. It was preceded by 8 minute, 3-part single "The Chiselers" and was the group's first album to feature keyboard player and guitarist Julia Nagle, It was the last to feature Brix Smith and the group were without Craig...
  
  but is not pictured as a group member on the sleeve. Smith’s partner at the time, she also ran the group’s fan club.

Tommy Crooks - guitar (1997–1998)

• Can be heard on Levitate as well as providing the artwork for that album and the single "Masquerade". Left, alongside Burns and Steve Hanley, after the onstage bust up in New York in April 1998.

Karen Leatham - bass (1998)

• Brought in by Nagle who knew her from Manchester band Wonky Alice. Left to participate in their reunion but can be heard on The Marshall Suite
  The Marshall Suite
  The Marshall Suite is a 1999 LP by The Fall, which builds on the techno-influenced beats of its predecessor Levitate , while also returning to a more rockabilly influenced sound reminiscent of earlier Fall line-ups...
  
  .

Tom Head a/k/a Tom Murphy - drums (1998–2000)

• Can be heard on The Marshall Suite
  The Marshall Suite
  The Marshall Suite is a 1999 LP by The Fall, which builds on the techno-influenced beats of its predecessor Levitate , while also returning to a more rockabilly influenced sound reminiscent of earlier Fall line-ups...
  
  and The Unutterable
  The Unutterable
  The Unutterable is an album by British rock band The Fall, released in 2000. It was recorded with much the same line-up as had appeared on the group's previous album, 1999's The Marshall Suite...
  
  . Left as his acting work took precedence.

Neville Wilding - guitar (1998–2001)

• Can be heard on The Marshall Suite
  The Marshall Suite
  The Marshall Suite is a 1999 LP by The Fall, which builds on the techno-influenced beats of its predecessor Levitate , while also returning to a more rockabilly influenced sound reminiscent of earlier Fall line-ups...
  
  and The Unutterable
  The Unutterable
  The Unutterable is an album by British rock band The Fall, released in 2000. It was recorded with much the same line-up as had appeared on the group's previous album, 1999's The Marshall Suite...
  
  , taking lead vocals on “Hands Up Billy” on the latter. Left following a legal dispute with the group's record company.

Adam Helal - bass (1998–2001)

• Can be heard on The Marshall Suite
  The Marshall Suite
  The Marshall Suite is a 1999 LP by The Fall, which builds on the techno-influenced beats of its predecessor Levitate , while also returning to a more rockabilly influenced sound reminiscent of earlier Fall line-ups...
  
  and The Unutterable
  The Unutterable
  The Unutterable is an album by British rock band The Fall, released in 2000. It was recorded with much the same line-up as had appeared on the group's previous album, 1999's The Marshall Suite...
  
  . Left for the same reasons as Wilding.

Ed Blaney - guitar, vocals (2000–2001, 2003–2004)

• Previously a member of Trigger Happy (alongside Jim Watts and Dave Milner), he was initially the group’s tour manager, later becoming their overall manager and assuming a musical role - he co-wrote several songs and contributed guitar and vocals to Are You Are Missing Winner
  Are You Are Missing Winner
  Are You Are Missing Winner is an album by British rock band The Fall, released in November 2001 on CD and in January 2002 as a vinyl picture disc. Since the previous year's release of the critically acclaimed The Unutterable, Fall front man Mark E...
  
  and other releases from this period before resigning. Returned to a managerial role in 2003 (with the title “broker”) and contributed guitar to the group’s final Peel Session in 2004 before leaving again. In early 2008 it was announced that he had recorded new material with Mark E. Smith for a project outside of The Fall and the Voiceprint
  Voiceprint Records
  Voiceprint Records is a company and record label based in England, founded in 1990 by Rob Ayling. They specialise in re-releasing old material, especially progressive rock, but also have new releases, all under the Voiceprint and other imprints....
  
   label has now released 2 albums by the duo; Smith And Blaney and The Train Part 3. He is currently managing The Fall again.

Spencer Birtwistle - drums (2000–2001, 2004–2006)

• Previously a member of Laugh
  Intastella
  Intastella were an alternative rock band from Manchester who evolved from the earlier band Laugh. They had four top-75 hits in the UK during the 1990s.-History:...
  
  , The Bodines
  The Bodines
  The Bodines were a British rock group from the mid- to late-1980s.-Core line-up:*Michael Ryan - vocals, guitar*Paul Brotherton - guitar*Tim Burwood - bass guitar*John Rowland - drums-Other members:*Paul Lilley - drums*Ian Watson - bass guitar...
  
  , and Intastella
  Intastella
  Intastella were an alternative rock band from Manchester who evolved from the earlier band Laugh. They had four top-75 hits in the UK during the 1990s.-History:...
  
  . Replaced Head on drums for Are You Are Missing Winner
  Are You Are Missing Winner
  Are You Are Missing Winner is an album by British rock band The Fall, released in November 2001 on CD and in January 2002 as a vinyl picture disc. Since the previous year's release of the critically acclaimed The Unutterable, Fall front man Mark E...
  
  but was sacked before the end of the year. Collaborated with MES on “(Birtwistle’s) Girl In Shop” on the group’s (We Wish You A) Protein Christmas EP in 2003 before returning in 2004 to perform on the group's final Peel Session and the Fall Heads Roll
  Fall Heads Roll
  Fall Heads Roll is an album by The Fall, released in 2005. It was recorded at Gracieland Studios in Rochdale, UK and Gigantic Studios in New York, NY. The US vinyl edition of the record is pressed on two discs and contains an alternate version of the track "Blindness". Fall Heads Roll is an album...
  
  album. Left during the group’s US tour of 2006 following an altercation with MES. After the Fall Birtwistle joined Stockport based band "The Blimp" which he subsequently left in 2009. His current band is Spencer Cloud and the Range Brothers.

Ben Pritchard - guitar (2001–2006)

• Guested on The Unutterable
  The Unutterable
  The Unutterable is an album by British rock band The Fall, released in 2000. It was recorded with much the same line-up as had appeared on the group's previous album, 1999's The Marshall Suite...
  
  before joining full time the following year. Left briefly in 2004, rejoining around a fortnight later. Can be heard on Are You Are Missing Winner
  Are You Are Missing Winner
  Are You Are Missing Winner is an album by British rock band The Fall, released in November 2001 on CD and in January 2002 as a vinyl picture disc. Since the previous year's release of the critically acclaimed The Unutterable, Fall front man Mark E...
  
  , The Real New Fall LP and Fall Heads Roll
  Fall Heads Roll
  Fall Heads Roll is an album by The Fall, released in 2005. It was recorded at Gracieland Studios in Rochdale, UK and Gigantic Studios in New York, NY. The US vinyl edition of the record is pressed on two discs and contains an alternate version of the track "Blindness". Fall Heads Roll is an album...
  
  . Walked out during the group’s US tour in 2006 claiming poor treatment by MES http://www.visi.com/fall/news/pritchardint2006.html.

Dave Milner - drums, keyboards (2001–2004)

• Replaced Birtwistle for The Real New Fall LP but left before the follow-up could be recorded. Was replaced by the returning Birtwistle.

Jim Watts - bass, guitar, keyboards (2001–2003, 2004)

• Replaced Helal on bass, performing on Are You Are Missing Winner
  Are You Are Missing Winner
  Are You Are Missing Winner is an album by British rock band The Fall, released in November 2001 on CD and in January 2002 as a vinyl picture disc. Since the previous year's release of the critically acclaimed The Unutterable, Fall front man Mark E...
  
  and The Real New Fall LP. Was sacked after a bust up in 2003. Rejoined the following year on his preferred instrument - guitar - contributing to the group’s final Peel Session but argued with Smith and left before the end of the year.

Simon Archer - bass, banjo, production, engineering (intermittent, 2003 - present)

• Usually known as either "Ding" or "Dingo". Replaced Jim Watts on bass in 2003 but left around a year later to join P J Harvey’s touring band - he can be seen throughout her Please Leave Quietly DVD and is heard on a handful of Fall tracks from this period including the "Theme From Sparta FC #2" single. Returned to co-produce and appear on some tracks on Fall Heads Roll as well as briefly being the group’s soundman. Later toured as bassist for Frank Black
  Frank Black
  Black Francis is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the influential alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis. Following the band's breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career under the name Frank Black...
  
  . He engineered some tracks on Imperial Wax Solvent
  Imperial Wax Solvent
  Imperial Wax Solvent is a studio album by The Fall – the band's 27th – released in the UK on April 28, 2008. The album featured a new British-based lineup after the departures of the American musicians involved in writing and performing 2007's Reformation Post TLC, with singer and...
  
  and his (now disbanded) group, Bobbie Peru, supported The Fall on their March 2008 tour. He also performed with The Fall for around half their set at most shows. Although he has not performed with the group since, he produced the group's 2009 single "Slippy Floor", some other tracks on Your Future Our Clutter
  Your Future Our Clutter
  Your Future Our Clutter is an album by The Fall, released in the UK on April 26, 2010. It is the group's twenty-eighth studio album, and their first for independent record label Domino. The album was recorded at The Chairworks, Castleford and Elevator Studios, Liverpool...
  
  and co-produced Ersatz G.B. with Mark E. Smith.

Steve Trafford - bass, guitar (2004–2006)

• Replaced Archer, can be heard on Fall Heads Roll
  Fall Heads Roll
  Fall Heads Roll is an album by The Fall, released in 2005. It was recorded at Gracieland Studios in Rochdale, UK and Gigantic Studios in New York, NY. The US vinyl edition of the record is pressed on two discs and contains an alternate version of the track "Blindness". Fall Heads Roll is an album...
  
  . Left at the same time as Birtwistle and Pritchard for the same reasons. Has more recently worked with Paul Heaton
  Paul Heaton
  Paul David Heaton is an English singer-songwriter. He was a member of The Housemartins, who disbanded in 1988, and a member of The Beautiful South, who disbanded in 2007. He is currently pursuing a solo career....
  
  .

Tim Presley - guitar (2006-2007, 2011),
Robert Barbato - bass (2006-2007)

• Both members of Darker My Love
  Darker My Love
  Darker My Love is an indie psychedelic rock band based in Los Angeles, California. The band consists of 5 members. Tim Presley, a former member of the band The Nerve Agents and also a visual artist responsible for much of the band's imagery, formed the band in 2004 and contributes vocals and guitar...
  
  , they initially joined the group to complete The Fall’s 2006 US tour - DML were out of action due to their drummer having a broken wrist. They balanced membership of The Fall with their commitments to DML for around a year and can be heard on the Reformation Post TLC
  Reformation Post TLC
  Reformation Post TLC is a studio album by The Fall - the band's 26th, released in the UK on February 12, 2007. The album features Mark E Smith and his wife, Elena, with Tim Presley and Rob Barbato , Orpheo McCord and Dave Spurr...
  
  album. Continue to record and perform with Darker My Love http://darkermydudes.blogspot.com/. Presley also records and performs as White Fence, and Barbato plays with Cass McCombs
  Cass McCombs
  Cass McCombs is an American songwriter and performer. Called "unobtrusively brilliant" by John Peel, he has received widespread critical acclaim for his five LPs and one EP.- History :Cass McCombs was born in Concord, California...
  
   among others. Presley returned to the group in 2011 to stand in for Pete Greenway on a UK tour while the latter was on paternity leave.

Orpheo McCord - drums

• Also brought in for the group’s 2006 US Tour, McCord was and remains a member of experimental duo The Hill. He can be heard on Reformation Post TLC
  Reformation Post TLC
  Reformation Post TLC is a studio album by The Fall - the band's 26th, released in the UK on February 12, 2007. The album features Mark E Smith and his wife, Elena, with Tim Presley and Rob Barbato , Orpheo McCord and Dave Spurr...
  
  . Is now playing with Cass McCombs
  Cass McCombs
  Cass McCombs is an American songwriter and performer. Called "unobtrusively brilliant" by John Peel, he has received widespread critical acclaim for his five LPs and one EP.- History :Cass McCombs was born in Concord, California...
  
  .

Additional Members

This section lists people who only worked with group for a short time or who were only brought in on a temporary basis.

Chris Horrie - guitar (c. 1977)

• See Chris Horrie
  Chris Horrie
  Chris Horrie is a journalist and writer specialising in investigative journalism, finance and profiles of major public figures.As a freelance feature writer his work can be found in the following British newspapers: The Independent, Independent on Sunday, Evening Standard, Mail on Sunday, The...
  
  - claims that he played guitar in an early incarnation of the group, having met The Fall co-founder Una Baines while they were working at the same hospital. He states that he performed once with the group but that he "didn't fit in", because he "was much too normal". Horrie is now a journalist.

Johnnie Brown - bass (1978)

• Replaced Tony Friel and lasted around 6–8 weeks - this was long enough to design the sleeve for the “Bingo Master’s Breakout” single but he does not appear on any recordings.

Rick Goldstraw a/k/a Eric McGann a/k/a Eric the Ferret - bass (1978)

• Replaced Brown and was equally short-lived. Filmed the group's first television appearance (for Granada) and co-wrote the song “Mess Of My” before joining John Cooper Clarke
  John Cooper Clarke
  John Cooper Clarke is an English performance poet who first became famous during the punk rock era of the late 1970s when he became known as a "punk poet"...
  
  's band.

Steve Davies - percussion, drums (1978, 1980)

• Can be heard on the group’s first Peel Session playing congas; Simon Ford reports that Goldstraw quit because he took exception to Davies playing on the session. Later stood in on drums for a Dutch tour when Paul Hanley was unable to travel with the group.

Dave Tucker - clarinet, keyboards (1980 - 1981)

• Can be heard on Slates
  SLATES
  SLATES is an initialism that describes the business impacting capabilities, derived from the effective use of Web 2.0 technologies in and across enterprises...
  
   and played live with the group during this era - he can be seen on the DVD Perverted by Language Bis / Live at Leeds.

Richard Mazda - saxophone (1981-2)

• see Richard Mazda
  Richard Mazda
  Richard Mazda is a record producer, writer and musician. In later life he also became an actor and director.-Music career:Mazda was one of the co-founders of Poole punk/mod band Tours, singing and playing lead guitar. They signed to Virgin Records in 1979 after selling large quantities of their...
  
  - produced the “Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul” single and the Hex Enduction Hour
  Hex Enduction Hour
  Hex Enduction Hour is a 1982 album by The Fall. It was the first album to feature both Karl Burns and Paul Hanley in a two-drummer lineup and was partly recorded in Iceland during the group's 1981 visit, with the remainder being completed in a disused cinema in Hitchin, England...
  
  album. Contributed saxophone to the former.

Arthur Kadmon - guitar (1982)

• Played on one song on Room to Live
  Room to Live
  Room to Live, subtitled Undilutable Slang Truth!, is the sixth studio album by The Fall. First released September 27, 1982, it was recorded as a quick follow-up to Hex Enduction Hour which had been released in March. It was to be Marc Riley's last album with the group.The group had originally...
  
  (possibly "Hard Life in Country"). Is credited as "Arthur Cadman".

Adrian Niman - saxophone (1982)

• Played on the title track of Room to Live
  Room to Live
  Room to Live, subtitled Undilutable Slang Truth!, is the sixth studio album by The Fall. First released September 27, 1982, it was recorded as a quick follow-up to Hex Enduction Hour which had been released in March. It was to be Marc Riley's last album with the group.The group had originally...
  
  and received a co-writing credit for "Hexen Definitive / Strife Knot" on Perverted By Language
  Perverted by Language
  Perverted by Language is a 1983 album by The Fall. It was the first Fall album to feature Brix Smith, then wife of Mark E. Smith, who performs lead vocals on "Hotel Blöedel"...
  
  .

Gavin Friday - vocals (1984)

• see Gavin Friday
  Gavin Friday
  Gavin Friday is an Irish singer and songwriter, composer, actor and painter.-Career:Gavin was born in Dublin and grew up in Finglas, a neighbourhood located on Dublin's Northside...
  
  - guested on three songs recorded in 1984, all of which can be found on the current CD edition of The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall
  The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall
  The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall is an album by The Fall, released in October 1984. It was the band's first album with the relatively large Beggars Banquet label, and was produced by John Leckie. Paul Hanley left the band immediately after the accompanying UK tour, ending the group's...
  
  .

Craig Leon - keyboards, vocals, production (1989–1992)

• Renowned US producer, first contributed when Smith used a track from his Nommos LP as a backing track ("Mollusc In Tyrol" on Seminal Live
  Seminal Live
  Seminal Live is a 1989 album by British rock band The Fall, recorded partly in the studio and partly at live performances in 1988. The album was the last to be released by the group through Beggars Banquet Records, and as such is often seen as a "contractual obligation" album. It was also the last...
  
  ). Went on to produce tracks on Extricate
  Extricate
  Extricate is a 1990 album by post-punk band The Fall. It was made immediately after bandleader Mark E. Smith divorced Brix Smith. Brix's departure influenced more than just the subject matter of the album, it also helped define the sound of this album: her background vocals and post-punk guitar,...
  
  , Shift-work
  Shift-Work
  Shift-Work is a 1991 LP by the British rock band The Fall. Released through Phonogram Records, it marked, in the opinion of critic Ted Mills, a change in direction for the group, as "repetitious grooves became interspersed with pop song structures." Non-vinyl versions of the record feature the...
  
  and Code: Selfish
  Code: Selfish
  Code: Selfish is a 1992 LP by British rock band The Fall which entered the chart at number 21. It is characterised by its harsher sound, in relation to the previous year's Shift-Work, and draws influence from techno music. This was probably due to the addition of techno fan Dave Bush to the line-up...
  
  , providing additional vocals and instrumentation on each album.

Cassell Webb - vocals, keyboards (1990–1992)

• Long-time associate of Craig Leon with a lengthy recording career in her own right. Contributed to the same records as Leon with the exception of Seminal Live
  Seminal Live
  Seminal Live is a 1989 album by British rock band The Fall, recorded partly in the studio and partly at live performances in 1988. The album was the last to be released by the group through Beggars Banquet Records, and as such is often seen as a "contractual obligation" album. It was also the last...
  
  .

Mike Edwards - guitar (1990)

• Played on the single "Popcorn Double Feature" from the Extricate
  Extricate
  Extricate is a 1990 album by post-punk band The Fall. It was made immediately after bandleader Mark E. Smith divorced Brix Smith. Brix's departure influenced more than just the subject matter of the album, it also helped define the sound of this album: her background vocals and post-punk guitar,...
  
  before returning to his own group Jesus Jones
  Jesus Jones
  Jesus Jones are a British rock band. The Wiltshire-based group, formed in late 1988, recorded and performed in the late 1980s, throughout the 1990s, and into the 2000s. They are best remembered for their track, "Right Here, Right Now", an international hit and subsequently globally appropriated for...
  
  .

Charlotte Bill - flute (1990)

• Can be heard on Extricate
  Extricate
  Extricate is a 1990 album by post-punk band The Fall. It was made immediately after bandleader Mark E. Smith divorced Brix Smith. Brix's departure influenced more than just the subject matter of the album, it also helped define the sound of this album: her background vocals and post-punk guitar,...
  
  and toured with the group in the UK.

Kenny Brady - violin, keyboards (1990–1991)

• Can be heard on Extricate
  Extricate
  Extricate is a 1990 album by post-punk band The Fall. It was made immediately after bandleader Mark E. Smith divorced Brix Smith. Brix's departure influenced more than just the subject matter of the album, it also helped define the sound of this album: her background vocals and post-punk guitar,...
  
  and Shift-Work
  Shift-Work
  Shift-Work is a 1991 LP by the British rock band The Fall. Released through Phonogram Records, it marked, in the opinion of critic Ted Mills, a change in direction for the group, as "repetitious grooves became interspersed with pop song structures." Non-vinyl versions of the record feature the...
  
  but is credited as a guest throughout.

John Peel - voice (1994)

• See John Peel
  John Peel
  John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
  
  . The group's most famous supporter, an edited section of Peel discussing a Manchester City game with guitarist Craig Scanlon
  Craig Scanlon
  Craig Scanlon is a British guitarist, best known as a member of The Fall between 1979 and 1995. During this period he co-wrote over 120 of the group's songs; Mark E. Smith excepted, this tally is unmatched by any other musician to have passed through the group.-Career:Scanlon joined the band...
  
   (as broadcast on Peel's Saturday afternoon show) was used on the song "Symbol of Mordgan" on the Middle Class Revolt
  Middle Class Revolt
  Middle Class Revolt is an album by The Fall, released in 1994 on Permanent Records. It spent one week on the UK album chart at number 48, a marked contrast to the top 10 debut of their preceding album The Infotainment Scan. The album's full title is Middle Class Revolt A/K/A The Vapourisation Of...
  
  album.

Mike Bennett - vocals (1994–1996)

• Producer of Cerebral Caustic
  Cerebral Caustic
  Cerebral Caustic is an album by The Fall, released in 1995 on Permanent Records. It spent one week on the UK charts at number 67, 19 places lower than its predecessor Middle Class Revolt, marking the end of one of the group's relatively more successful periods.The album was most notable for the...
  
  and The Light User Syndrome
  The Light User Syndrome
  The Light User Syndrome is an album by The Fall, released in 1996 on Jet Records. It was preceded by 8 minute, 3-part single "The Chiselers" and was the group's first album to feature keyboard player and guitarist Julia Nagle, It was the last to feature Brix Smith and the group were without Craig...
  
  , he contributed additional vocals and occasionally appeared live with the group in this capacity.

Adrian Flanagan - guitar (1996–1997)

• Played a handful of gigs but did not record with the group. Later recorded solo as Kings Have Long Arms
  Kings Have Long Arms
  Kings Have Long Arms are an English "rocktronica" act, formed in Sheffield and masterminded by Salford-born Adrian Flanagan . Kings Have Long Arms have collaborated with Philip Oakey from The Human League on the track "Rock and Roll is Dead", Marion from The Lovers and Mira from Ladytron...
  
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Keir Stewart - keyboards, Spencer Smith - guitar (1997)

• Formed production duo D.O.S.E. together. Released a single called "Plug Myself In" featuring MES and can be heard on Levitate. Both played live with the group in 1997, although never together. Argued with MES and the album was finished without them. Spencer Smith died in 2003 after falling ill at the Glastonbury Festival.

Andy Hackett - guitar (1997)

• Can be heard on the Levitate album but did not gig with the group. Longtime guitarist for Edwyn Collins
  Edwyn Collins
  Edwyn Stephen Collins is an Ivor Novello Award winning Scottish musician, playing mostly electric guitar-driven pop. Collins formed the musical group Nu-Sonics in 1976, which later became Orange Juice...
  
   and former member of UK country group The Rockingbirds, he runs a guitar store in London.

Damon Gough - guitar (1997)

• Better known as Badly Drawn Boy
  Badly Drawn Boy
  Damon Gough is an English alternative music singer/songwriter. He was born on 2 October 1969, in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. He grew up in the Breightmet area of Bolton, Lancashire, England....
  
  , he co-wrote and played on one song, "Calendar" which was released as a b-side to the "Masquerade" single. Met when Smith mistook Gough's car for a taxi (a story later recounted in the song "Susan vs. Youthclub".)

Kate Themen - drums (1998)

• Replaced Burns for three live commitments following events in New York.

Elspeth Hughes - sound effects (1998–99)

• Sound engineer who contributed additional sounds and effects to the group's 1998 Peel Session and to The Marshall Suite
  The Marshall Suite
  The Marshall Suite is a 1999 LP by The Fall, which builds on the techno-influenced beats of its predecessor Levitate , while also returning to a more rockabilly influenced sound reminiscent of earlier Fall line-ups...
  
  . Credited as "Speth".

Steve Evets - bass, vocals (occasional 2000 - 2002)

• See Steve Evets
  Steve Evets
  Steve Evets is an English actor and musician, who found fame in the leading role in the 2009 film Looking for Eric.-Personal life:...
  
  . A friend of MES who occasionally performed backing vocals with the group but also stood in on bass after Jim Watts was sacked in 2003, he appears on the A Touch Sensitive DVD. Evets is a professional actor, best known for his leading role in Looking for Eric
  Looking for Eric
  Looking for Eric is a 2009 French/Belgium/British film about the escape from the trials of modern life that football and its heroes can bring for its fans. It was written by screen writer Paul Laverty and directed by English director Ken Loach...
  
  .

Brian Fanning - guitar (2001)

• Originally the group's guitar technician, Fanning played second guitar for a handful of dates in late 2001 and co-wrote "The Acute" on Are You Are Missing Winner
  Are You Are Missing Winner
  Are You Are Missing Winner is an album by British rock band The Fall, released in November 2001 on CD and in January 2002 as a vinyl picture disc. Since the previous year's release of the critically acclaimed The Unutterable, Fall front man Mark E...
  
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Ruth Daniel - keyboards (2002)

• Played just one show with the group which was released as the A Touch Sensitive DVD. Alternated with Elena Poulou who joined the group full-time shortly afterwards.

Dougie James - vocals (2004–2006)

• Manchester soul singer and friend of MES who joined the group onstage to perform "Boxoctosis" on several occasions.

Safy a/k/a SNIPER- visuals (2006-present)

• Although included in the group photograph on the front of the US edition of Reformation Post TLC
  Reformation Post TLC
  Reformation Post TLC is a studio album by The Fall - the band's 26th, released in the UK on February 12, 2007. The album features Mark E Smith and his wife, Elena, with Tim Presley and Rob Barbato , Orpheo McCord and Dave Spurr...
  
  , he is not considered a member of the group but has been their regular support act with his 20-30 minute shows of video/audio, scratch/cutup performance (star search & destroy). Was also been seen filming many of the group's recent performances.