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Dec 9, 2020 · A light that never goes out: influence and legacy. Since their demise in 1987, The Smiths’ influence has been all too easy to spot in successive generations of nascent stars, with their DNA clearly detectable in bands of a jangly pop persuasion, ranging from The Stone Roses to The Cranberries and Blur, through to The Libertines and US ...
Feb 20, 2024 · This One Is Different Because It’s Us: The Smithsat 40. On this day in 1984, four Manchester boys put out an album that would change the destiny of rock and pop music forever. By Elise Soutar ...
— Marr, on arriving at Morrissey's door By late 1982, Morrissey had chosen the band name the Smiths. He said later that "it was the most ordinary name and I thought it was time that the ordinary folk of the world showed their faces". Around the time of the band's formation, Morrissey decided that he would be publicly known only by his surname, with Marr referring to him as "Mozzer" or "Moz ...
Mar 22, 2013 · Fletcher, 48, born in Yorkshire, England, was an active participant in the UK independent music culture and present for the pandemonium that enveloped The Smiths. He moved to New York in the late ...
Sep 20, 2024 · the Smiths, one of the most popular and critically acclaimed English bands of the 1980s. The original members were lead singer Morrissey (original name Steven Patrick Morrissey; b. May 22, 1959, Manchester, England), guitarist Johnny Marr (original name John Maher; b. October 31, 1963, Manchester), bassist Andy Rourke (b.
Mar 1, 2021 · March 1, 2021. 1 Comment on The Smiths, Aestheticised Misery, and the British Nostalgia Identity. Written by: Ewa Bialoglowska /Edited by: Lila Ovington. Once upon a time, a band from the North came with a sound so fresh and vigorous it took the nation by storm. The sound was rock, but crucially it was pop, too: concise, punchy, melodic, shiny.
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Sep 16, 2021 · The Smiths, ‘How Soon Is Now?’. With its engulfing, molten guitar intro and enormous drums, “How Soon Is Now,” which began life as a B side, grew to become a bona fide club hit for the Smiths. Guitarist Johnny Marr wanted a riff that would be inescapably recognizable: “When [it] plays in a club or a pub,” he said, “everyone knows ...
