Mark E. Smith, the English songwriter and singer who since 1976 had led the Fall, a definitively uncompromising post-punk band, died on Wednesday at his home in England. He was 60. Mark E. Smith, the ...

Though initially influenced by Krautrock, the Stooges, and ’60s garage, Manchester’s The Fall almost immediately set itself apart by forging an identity mostly apart from punk. Founder and frontman ...

If you want to listen to the British post-punk band The Fall, it can be frustratingly perplexing. Which album do you select? In its 32-year career, The Fall released 31 studio LPs; five ...