In February 2017 John Doran asked Heidi Heelz to recruit a selection of non-male musicians who would be happy to play Fall songs while members of the public pretended to be Mark E Smith. One very frantic month later The Fallen Women performed for the first time at a Quietus celebration of MES’ 60th birthday, and thus The Fallen Women were born…
Since then they have played across the UK and Ireland with over a hundred different singers including celebrity guests such as Stewart Lee, Sharon Horgan, Vic Godard, Robin Ince, Lias Saoudi, Miki Berenyi, Viz’s Simon Donald, and even Brix Smith. Who will sing with them at Krankenhaus? That’s up to you…