{"product_id":"smith-mark-e-renegade","title":"Smith, Mark E. - Renegade","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Fall are one of the most distinctive British bands ever, their music - odd, spare, cranky and repetitious - an acknowledged influence on The Smiths, The Happy Mondays, Nirvana and Franz Ferdinand. And Mark E.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSmith IS The Fall - 66 members came and went over the years yet he remained its charismatic leader until his death in 2018. 'If it's me and yer granny on bongos, it's The Fall.' - Mark E. SmithMark was a professional outsider and all-round enemy of compromise, a true enigma.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere have been a number of biographies of the legendary Smith, but this is the first time he opened up in a full autobiography. For the first time we hear his full, candid take on the ups and downs of a band as notorious for its in-house fighting as for its great music; and on a life that endured prison in America, drugs, bankruptcy, divorce, and the often bleak results of a legendary thirst.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback Book","offer_id":67622549815574,"sku":"RMX-75897","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/9780141028668.jpg?v=1790778545","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/smith-mark-e-renegade","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}