Brix Smith (born Laura Elisse Salenger; November 12, 1962) is an American singer and guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist and a major songwriter for the English post-punk band the Fall during two stints in the band (1983–1989, and 1994–1996).
Acknowledging her importance to the band, and noting she co-wrote several songs for the band's most widely acclaimed album This Nation's Saving Grace (1985), some critics break the Fall's career and evolution into the pre-Brix years, the Brix years, and the post-Brix years.[1]
She is currently the lead vocalist and guitarist with Brix & the Extricated, along with brothers Steve and Paul Hanley, both of whom were long time musicians in the Fall. She published her memoir The Rise, The Fall, And The Rise with Faber & Faber in May 2016, noting that "writing the book freed my creativity to play again."[2]
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BrixSmith (born Laura Elisse Salenger; November 12, 1962) is an American singer and guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist and a major songwriter...
album Shiamachy, along with William Parker and Laurie Anderson. In 2022 BrixSmith announced that Googe would be part of her new, all women, live band. In...
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altercation with Smith, playing his final Fall show in December. After several months with just one guitarist, the Fall added BrixSmith in the summer of...
feature keyboard player and guitarist Julia Nagle and the last to feature BrixSmith, while longtime guitarist Craig Scanlon was fired in late 1995 during...
band; Mark E. Smith was increasingly dependent on alcohol and speed, and his marriage to Fall lead guitarist, songwriter and vocalist BrixSmith was coming...
romantically involved with singer/guitarist BrixSmith after she had broken up from and divorced husband Mark E. Smith in 1989. Kennedy currently divides his...
modern 'Guns of Brixton'". BrixSmith Start (born Laura Salenger), a former member of the Fall and the ex-wife of Mark E. Smith, derived her name from the...
Perverted by Language is the first Fall album to feature BrixSmith, then-wife of Mark E. Smith. However, the majority of the album was recorded before...
guitarist BrixSmith. "My New House" (Mark E. Smith) "Rowche Rumble" (Craig Scanlon, Steve Hanley, Mark E. Smith) "Psycho Mafia" (Mark E. Smith, Tony Friel)...
on which it appears as a bonus track on the CD and cassette formats. BrixSmith of Record Mirror panned this version he called a "massacre", adding that...
by the lift that he came close to walking off the project. Guitarist BrixSmith claimed she co-wrote a number of the tracks but was largely omitted from...
member BrixSmith returned to the lineup, having rejoined the group for live shows in 1994 after quitting in 1989. She and ex-husband Mark E. Smith had come...
Wonderful and Frightening World Of.... Bandleader Mark E. Smith and his then-wife BrixSmith visited Disneyland on the day of the incident, and rode the...
thereafter as 'The Fifth Smith'. After leaving the Smiths, Gannon joined BrixSmith in The Adult Net and Blue Orchids. He reunited with Morrissey at his debut...
Fall. The lyrics are by vocalist Mark E. Smith accompanied with music written by Simon Rogers and BrixSmith. It was released as a single in October 1987...
Retrieved 19 October 2021. O'Brian, Lucy (4 January 1998). "How We Met; BrixSmith and Katie Puckrik". Independent. Retrieved 30 December 2022. "History:...
R.E.M. Paul Weller of the Jam & the Style Council BrixSmith of the Fall Johnny Marr of the Smiths Wendy Melvoin of Prince and the Revolution The Edge...
who also appears. Much of the music is by The Fall, and Mark E. Smith and BrixSmith appear in a mock interview with Clark. Additional music is provided...
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