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The Fall, led by Mark E. Smith, were one of the most intriguing, influential, and prolific post-punk groups in British popular culture. Always Different, Always the Same: Critical Essays on The Fall is a thorough and critical account of the group, engaging with the often complex and challenging creative work. In this groundbreaking text, volume editors Eoin Devereux and Martin J. Power bring together contributions from a wide variety of disciplinary homes, including ethnomusicology, sociology, literary theory, linguistics, journalism, cultural studies, and film and media studies. Contributors Kieran Cashell, Brian Clancy, Matt Davies, Eoin Devereux, Samuel Flannagan, John Fleming, Gavin Friday, Mike Glennon, K. A. Laity, Ben Lawley, John McFarland, David Meagher, Michael Mary Murphy, Martin Myers, Martin J. Power, Suzanne Smith, Elaine Vaughan, Paul Wilson.

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At last! The brilliant, wry and acerbic Mark E. Smith gets a book that perfectly captures the multi-dimensional, complicated and always fascinating artist he was. Eoin Devereux and Martin Power's Always Different, Always the Same: Critical Essays on the Fall provide a well-rounded portrait of the Mancunian legend that will thrill die-hard fans and new converts alike. --Dr. Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, author of Being Britney and You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone

At last! The brilliant, wry and acerbic Mark E. Smith gets a book that perfectly captures the multi-dimensional, complicated and always fascinating artist he was. Eoin Devereux and Martin Power's Always Different, Always the Same: Critical Essays on the Fall provide a well-rounded portrait of the Mancunian legend that will thrill die-hard fans and new converts alike.

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Eoin Devereux is a Professor of Cultural Sociology at the University of Limerick, Ireland. He is also an Adjunct Professor in Contemporary Culture at the University of Jyvasklya, Finland. Professor Devereux is a co-director of the Centre for the Study of Popular Music and Popular Culture at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Martin J. Power is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Limerick, Ireland. He is a co-director of the Centre for the Study of Popular Music and Popular Culture at the University of Limerick, Ireland.

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