Rock and Pop: The Fall @Koko
Published: 9 June, 2011
by NORMANDIE HOCHE
An efficient two-hour show and not a single drop of perspiration – Fall frontman Mark E. Smith is an alien.
He has fathered many descendants, including support act, the Gang of Four-inspired Scumbag Philosopher.
Sadly, opening for The Fall didn’t do them justice.
Smith, with his characteristic nonchalant attitude, was impervious to the great passion he engendered in a crowd composed of fans who know The Fall’s discography like the back of their hands. He roared through two microphones like a force of nature with his almost rap-esque mythical flow gliding over the brilliant instrumentals.
The most striking thing was the quality of his voice. John Peel once said about the band: “They are always different, they are always the same.”
Boy, was he right!