Tony Friel
 Tony Friel (born in Birkenhead Wirral Cheshire 4 May 1958) is a bass guitarist known for his role in different New Wave bands.He attended Heys Boys Secondary School where he met Martin Bramah and got along with him Art O Level. He and Bramah shared many interests. In the mid-1970s they were introduced by their friend Barbara Smith to her brother Mark E. Smith and his friend Una Baines. Smith Baines Bramah and Friel shared interests in music and formed their first band The Fall.