About Steve Hanley (musician)
Stephen Hanley is an Irish-born English musician best known as the bass guitarist in the Fall from 1979 to 1998 and with House Of All since 2022. His distinctive and muscular basslines were a signature part of their sound, often carrying the songs' instrumental melodies. Hanley is second only to Mark E. Smith in longevity in the band. With Peter Hook, Andy Rourke and Gary Mounfield, he is widely considered one of the pre-eminent Manchester bassists of his generation. He has always been very private and rarely interviewed; for this reason his 2014 autobiography The Big Midweek: Life Inside The Fall was highly anticipated. On publication it was met with widespread acclaim for its frank honesty and dry, no nonsense humour. During the first half of the 1980s, Hanley's brother Paul was also a member of the Fall, playing drums and keyboards. Jesuit lads, you know...Steve and Craig are brilliant". In a late '80s interview, Smith said that "the most original aspect of The Fall is Steve...I've never heard a bass player like him. He was also a member of Brix & The Extricated alongside brother Paul, Steve Trafford and Jason Brown.
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