Paul Hanley (musician)

Paul Hanley
Paul Hanley c.2012
Background information
Birth name	Paul A. Hanley
Born	18 February 1964 Manchester, England
Origin	Ireland
Genres	Indie rock, punk rock, hip hop
Occupation(s)	Musician, Songwriter
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
Associated acts	Factory Star The Lovers The Fall ARK Shout Bamalam
Website	The Lovers

Paul Hanley (born 18 February 1964) is an English drummer, best known for playing drums in The Fall and The Lovers.

Career

Paul Hanley was the drummer in The Fall between 1980 and 1985.^[1] 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 Hanley, who remained in the band for a further 18 years before forming ARK, which again featured Paul on drums. They subsequently moved on to Tom Hingley and the Lovers. Hingley, himself, was the erstwhile singer with Manchester alumni Inspiral Carpets. The Lovers' first album, Abba Are The Enemy was released in 2004. Their second, Highlights, was released in March 2008.

He was also briefly a member of fellow ex-Fall member Martin Bramah's group Factory Star, as was his brother Steve Hanley. Bramah ejected them from the group in April 2010 without explanation.

Personal life

Paul Hanley is married with three children.

Discography

With The Fall

Studio albums

Album Date of Release Label Grotesque (After the Gramme) 17 November 1980 Rough Trade Records Slates 27 April 1981 Rough Trade Records Hex Enduction Hour 8 March 1982 Kamera Records Room To Live (Undilutable Slang Truth!) 27 September 1982 Kamera Records Perverted By Language 12 December 1983 Rough Trade Records The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall 8 October 1984 Beggars Banquet Records Bend Sinister 29 September 1986 Beggars Banquet Records Live albums 1982 Live in London 1980 1983 Fall In a Hole (Live Auckland 1982) 1998 Live To Air In Melbourne 1982 2001 Austurbaejarbio (Live In Reykjavik 1983) 2005 Live From The Vaults – Glasgow 1981 2005 Live From The Vaults – Hof Alter Bahnhof 1981 Compilation albums 1985 Hip Priest And Kamerads 1986 North West Gas 1987 Palace Of Swords Reversed 1990 458489 A Sides 1990 458489 B Sides 1993 The Collection 1994 Backdrop 1998 Smile – It's The Best Of The Fall 1999 The Peel Sessions 2000 Psykick Dancehall 2002 Totally Wired – The Rough Trade Anthology 2002 The Rough Trade Singles Box 2002 Early Singles 2003 Words Of Expectation – BBC Sessions 2003 It's The New Thing – The Step Forward Years 2003 Rebellious Jukebox 2004 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong – 39 Golden Greats 2005 The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004 2007 The Fall Box Set – 1976–2007 EPs 1984 Call For Escape Route 1993 Kimble Singles 1980 How I Wrote "Elastic Man" 1980 Totally Wired 1981 Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul 1982 Look, Know 1982 Marquis Cha Cha 1983 The Man Whose Head Expanded 1983 Kicker Conspiracy/Wings 1984 Oh! Brother 1984 C.R.E.E.P. 1986 Living Too Late VHS/DVD 1981 Perverted By Language Bis (VHS) 2003 Perverted By Language Bis (DVD) 2004 Live At The Hacienda 1983–1985 (DVD) With Marc Riley Albums 1984 Cull 1984 Gross Out Single 1983 Favorite Sister/Carry Mi Card With Shout Bamalam EP 1987 Ambition, The Groover & Greed With ARK Album 2002 Brainsold With Tom Hingley and The Lovers Albums 2004 Abba Are The Enemy 2008 Highlights Single 2003 Yeah References 'Reformation - The Family Tree and Alumni') External links Interview Paul Hanley 2002 The Lovers' Official site The Lovers at Myspace The Lovers at Discogs