Have A Bleedin Guess

Of all The Fall's myriad long-players, Hex Enduction Hour remains one of their most highly regarded. Even the circumstances of its recording, purportedly in an abandoned cinema and a cave formed from Icelandic lava, have achieved legendary status among their ever-loyal fanbase. HAVE A BLEEDIN GUESS tells the full story of the album, including how each song was written, performed and recorded. It also includes new interviews with key players.

Author Paul Hanley, who was one of The Fall's two drummers when Hex was created, is uniquely placed to discuss the album's impact, both when it was released and in the ensuing years. Foreword by Stewart Lee

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'Could be profitably patented as a pragmatic template for art memoirs or biographies. Seldom has music been so well-written about.' – Dublin Review of Books

'Have a Bleeding Guess is the finest book about The Fall. For an insight from the inside on how a group like The Fall made an album like Hex Enduction Hour, it is a classic of rock music books in itself.' – International Times

'Full of very detailed factual information (including kit lists) while never at the expense of being really well written. Makes a superb companion piece to his brother Steve Hanley's 'The Big Midweek: Life Inside The Fall' for a rounded view of what it was like being in the greatest rhythm section of the world's greatest band while they recorded their greatest album.' – The Quietus