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
Tom Hingley and the Lovers were a British alternative rock band formed by singer Tom Hingley (of Inspiral Carpets), brothers Steve Hanley (bass guitar) and Paul Hanley (drums) (both former members of The Fall), keyboardist Kelly Wood and gu ...
Louder Than War
''Louder Than War'' is a music and culture website and magazine focusing on mainly alternative arts news, reviews, and features. The site is an editorially independent publication that was started by journalist John Robb in 2010 and is now ru ...
, 3 December 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2017
Career
Paul Hanley was the drummer in the Fall between 1980 and 1985. For much of that time he was part of a two-drummer line-up with
Karl Burns
Karl Burns (born Carl Birtles,1958 in Manchester, England) is a British musician best known as the drummer for the Fall, featuring in many incarnations of the band between 1977 and 1998.
Although several musicians have rejoined the Fall havi ...
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.
In 2001 Paul began playing with his brother Steve again, this time as part of former
Inspiral Carpets
Inspiral Carpets are an English rock band, part of the late-1980s/early-1990s Madchester movement. Formed in Oldham in 1980, the band's most successful lineup featured frontman Tom Hingley, drummer Craig Gill, guitarist Graham Lambert, bassist ...
singer
Tom Hingley
Thomas William Hingley (born 9 July 1965) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the frontman of Inspiral Carpets.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 803
Early life
Hingley was born i ...
'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
Martin Beddington (born 18 September 1957 in Manchester),The Fall online – biography
Brix & the Extricated
Brix & the Extricated are a British post-punk band, formed in 2014 in Manchester, by ex-Fall members Brix Smith Start (vocals/guitar) and Steve Hanley (bass guitar).Brix Smith Start
Brix Smith (born Laura Elisse Salenger) is an American singer and guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist and a major songwriter for the English post-punk band The Fall during two stints in the band (1983-1989, and 1994-1996).
Acknowledging ...
), who released three albums: '' Part 2'' (2017), ''
Breaking State
Breaking or breakin' may refer to:
Arts
* Breakdancing (also breaking), an athletic style of street dance
* ''Breakin, a 1984 American breakdancing-themed musical film
* "Breakin, a twelfth-season episode of the American animated television se ...
'' (2018) and ''
Super Blood Wolf Moon
''Super Blood Wolf Moon'' is the third album by the post-punk group Brix & the Extricated, released on 25 October 2019 on Grit Over Glamour records. The album was released on CD and digital formats.
Critical reception
The album received positiv ...
'' (2019).
Hanley's first book ''
Leave The Capital
Leave may refer to:
* Permission (disambiguation)
** Permitted absence from work
*** Leave of absence, a period of time that one is to be away from one's primary job while maintaining the status of employee
*** Annual leave, allowance of time awa ...
'',Leave The Capital . Wordpress. Retrieved 3 February 2018 a treatise on the rise of Manchester's recording industry, was published in November 2017 by Route Books.
His second book '' Have a Bleedin Guess'', which describes the making and impact of The Fall's ''
Hex Enduction Hour
''Hex Enduction Hour'' is the fourth studio album by the English post-punk group the Fall. Released on 8March 1982, it builds on the low-fidelity production values and caustic lyrical content of their earlier recordings, and features a two-dr ...
'', was published in October 2019, also by Route Books.''Have a Bleedin Guess'' www.route-online.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019
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.''Oh! Brother'' acast.com/oh-brother. Retrieved 21 August 2021 He is also a frequent guest on the Temporary Fandoms podcast, where he has appeared on episodes about
Buzzcocks
Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton, England in 1976 by singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto. They are regarded as a seminal influence on the Manchester music scene, the independen ...
and Arthur Lee's
Love
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.
Personal life
Paul Hanley is married with three children. In 2018 he gained a B.A. (Hons) in English Literature with the
Open University
The Open University (OU) is a British public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study off- ...
. New Title – Leave The Capital . Wordpress, 15 June 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018
He once appeared as a contestant on the
ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
*Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
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
With The Fall
Studio albums
Live albums
* 1982
Live in London 1980
''Live in London 1980'' is a live album by The Fall (band), the Fall, released in 1982 on cassette on the Chaos Tapes label. Initially a limited edition of 4,000 copies, the album has since been reissued several times as ''The Legendary Chaos Ta ...
* 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
* 1984 Call For Escape Route
* 1993 Kimble
Singles
* 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
* 1983 Perverted By Language Bis (VHS)
* 2003 Perverted By Language Bis (DVD)
* 2004 Live at the Hacienda 1983–1985 (DVD)
Breaking State
Breaking or breakin' may refer to:
Arts
* Breakdancing (also breaking), an athletic style of street dance
* ''Breakin, a 1984 American breakdancing-themed musical film
* "Breakin, a twelfth-season episode of the American animated television se ...
* 2019
Super Blood Wolf Moon
''Super Blood Wolf Moon'' is the third album by the post-punk group Brix & the Extricated, released on 25 October 2019 on Grit Over Glamour records. The album was released on CD and digital formats.
Critical reception
The album received positiv ...
Singles
* 2016 Something to Lose
* 2017 Damned for Eternity
* 2017 Moonrise Kingdom
* 2018 Valentino
Discogs
Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the la ...