Paul Hanley (musician)

Paul Hanley
Hanley performing in February 1981
Background information
Birth name	Paul A. Hanley
Born	(1964-02-18) 18 February 1964 (age 57) Manchester, England
Genres	Indie rock, punk rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, Songwriter, Writer
Instruments	drums percussion Keyboard
Years active	1980–present
Labels	Beggars Banquet, Castle, Chaos Tapes, Cog Sinister, Cottage, Flying Nun, Kamera, Newmemorabilia, Receiver, Rough Trade, Sanctuary, Strange Fruit, Blang Records, Grit Over Glamour
Associated acts	Brix & the Extricated Factory Star The Lovers The Fall Shout Bamalam
Website	https://paulhanleyblog.wordpress.com/

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, and Brix & the Extricated, all alongside his brother Steve Hanley.^[1]

Career[]

Paul Hanley was the drummer in the Fall between 1980 and 1985.^[2] For much of that time he was part of a two-drummer line-up with Karl Burns 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.^[3]

In 2001 Paul began playing with his brother Steve again, this time as part of former Inspiral Carpets singer Tom Hingley'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's group Factory Star. They subsequently joined Brix & the Extricated, (fronted by ex-Fall member Brix Smith Start), who released three albums: Part 2 (2017), Breaking State (2018) and Super Blood Wolf Moon (2019).

Hanley's first book Leave The Capital,^[4] a treatise on the rise of Manchester's recording industry, was published in November 2017 by Route Books.^[5] His second book Have a Bleedin Guess, which describes the making and impact of The Fall's Hex Enduction Hour, was published in October 2019, also by Route Books.^[6] 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.^[7]

Personal life[]

Paul Hanley is married with three children. In 2018 he gained a B.A. (Hons) in English Literature with the Open University.^[8]

He once appeared as a contestant on the ITV 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[]