Brix Smith News & Updates

Brix Smith of The Fall preps first-ever solo LP (stream 3 songs), new band features MBV's Deb Googe

Former guitarist for The Fall (and former wife of the late Mark E Smith) Brix Smith will release her...

Feb 20, 2023 • brooklynvegan

Brix Smith Start pays tribute to ex-husband/bandmate Mark E Smith

Brix Smith Start met Mark E Smith in Chicago when The Fall toured America in 1983. They hit it off i...

Jan 25, 2018 • brooklynvegan

Brix Smith on the “whirlwind” 24 hours she spent as a member of Hole

Brix Smith has recalled her 24-hour stint as a member of Hole, describing it as “a super-intense w...

Nov 02, 2021 • NME

The Fall’s Brix Smith: Mark E. Smith ‘Defied Convention and Definition’

Brix Smith Start paid tribute to the Fall’s Mark E. Smith, her former bandmate and husband who die...

Jan 25, 2018 • Rolling Stone

There's A Ghost In My House: DiS Talks The Fall & The Extricated With Brix Smith Start

This is a ghost story. It’s about a woman, a girl, and a traveller. About regeneration and surviva...

Nov 13, 2018 • Drowned In Sound

Brix Smith-Start

Born Laura Elisse Salenger in 1962, musician, actress, TV presenter and fashion entrepreneur took he...

Nov 11, 2025 • Moviefone

Brix Smith: My 24 hours in Hole was a super-intense whirlwind

Brix Smith has claimed her brief Hole bandmate Courtney Love’s house felt "extremely charged" mont...

Nov 01, 2021 • Contactmusic.com

Brix Smith-Start’s top tips for holiday packing

As the schools break up this week, Brits will turn their thoughts to summer holidays, and start pani...

Jul 29, 2010 • Easier

Menace Beach – “Black Rainbow Sound” (Feat. Brix Smith)

Leeds duo Menace Beach have just announced that they'll release their third album, Black Rainbow Sou...

Jun 13, 2018 • Stereogum