Craig Scanlon

Quick Facts

Full Name	Craig Scanlon
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Dec 7, 1960(1960-12-07)
Age	64
Birthplace	Manchester
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Craig Scanlon Biography

Craig Scanlon is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on December 7, 1960 in Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Former guitarist of The Fall, the British post-punlk band The Fall from 1979 to the year 1995.

The group The Fall was heavily influenced by Velvet Underground and His band The Fall was heavily influenced by Velvet Underground and Lou Reed..

Scanlon joined the band following the departure of previous guitarist Martin Bramah. He and guitarist Marc Riley had previously played together in The Sirens before Riley joined the Fall. Scanlon and bassist Steve Hanley then formed Staff 9 who supported the Fall several times. Whilst Riley was dismissed by Smith in early 1983, Scanlon and Hanley would form the Fall’s musical backbone throughout the 1980s and well into the 1990s with Scanlon occasionally adding vocals and keyboards to his role as well as being a strong songwriting presence. In 1992, in an interview with Volume magazine (issue 4), Mark E. Smith described Scanlon and Hanley as “fuckin’ hard as nails…very super-intelligent fellows, but they’re really reticent…I just love them to death. Jesuit lads, you know…Steve and Craig are brilliant”. A supporter of Manchester City, Scanlon appeared on John Peel’s radio programme in 1993 to discuss the club’s form after attending a game he described as “grim” – an excerpt of this can be heard on the group’s 1994 album Middle Class Revolt.

In the mid 90s, Scanlon’s relationship with Smith deteriorated, culminating in Smith wiping his contributions from the group’s 1996 single “The Chiselers”. He was sacked shortly afterwards, though there are differing opinions as to how this came about. Steve Hanley told Simon Ford that Smith sacked the whole group, informing them that if they wanted their jobs back, they would have to ask him; Scanlon refused. In 1996, Smith told Sunday Times journalist Stewart Lee, that Scanlon had been “trying to play jazz or Sonic Youth-style stuff over good simple songs that he’d written himself.” Smith gave a different version of events in his 2008 autobiography Renegade, stating “He was a bit of a sacrificial lamb. The group was getting a little too big and nobody was actually doing anything…he may have burnt himself out”. He also admits that “it was a big mistake getting rid of him” Smith had previously publicly regretted dismissing Scanlon, telling Q “it was a bad decision…I do miss him”. On this occasion, Smith continued “one thing I don’t do is have people back. I’ve done it before and it’s a real mistake.” However, it was long rumoured that Smith had invited Scanlon to return in 2001; a story confirmed by Scanlon in his only known interview since leaving the group, conducted by Dave Simpson for The Guardian in 2006. However, no reunion was forthcoming, with Scanlon commenting “after three hours in the pub with him I realised I was better out of it”.

His family to study music.

Craig Scanlon Net Worth

Craig Scanlon is one of the richest Guitarist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Craig Scanlon 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a member of a brief-lived group known as The Sirens.

His inspiration was to learn to play guitar like Sonic Youth.

Craig Antony Scanlon (born 7 December 1960 in Manchester) is an English guitarist, best known as a member of the Fall between 1979 and 1995. Despite his surname being spelled ‘Scanlon’ he was wrongly credited as ‘Craig Scanlan’ on every record he featured on for the Fall up until and including the 7″ single “Lie Dream of a Casino Soul” in 1981. During his tenure he was a stalwart member for 17 albums and co-wrote over 120 of the group’s songs; singer Mark E. Smith excepted, this tally is unmatched by any other musician to have passed through the group.

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Facts & Trivia

Craig Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Craig Scanlon celebrates birthday on December 7 of every year.