Johnny Marr
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Age | 61 |
| Date of birth | October 31,1963 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Ardwick |
| Manchester | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Music groups | The Smiths |
| Height | 173 (cm) |
| Job | Guitarist |
| Singer | |
| Songwriter | |
| Record producer | |
| Film Score Composer | |
| Books | Set the Boy Free: The Autobiography |
| The Smiths: Complete Chord Songbook : Every Song Recorded by The Smiths | |
| The Singles Collection | |
| Best of The Smiths | |
| Movies/Shows | Hans Zimmer: Live in Prague |
| Freeheld | |
| The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | |
| The Big Bang | |
| The Smiths: Still Ill | |
| Neil Finn: 7 Worlds Collide: Live at the St. James | |
| The Queen Is Dead | |
| Awards | NME Award - Godlike Genius Award |
| NME Award for Best Book | |
| NME Award for Best Songwriter | |
| NME Award for Best Instrumentalist | |
| Listen artist | www.youtube.com |
| Spouse | Angie Marr |
| Groups | The Smiths |
| Songs | SongsHow Soon Is Now?Hatful of Hollow · 1984 There Is a Light That Never Goes OutThe Queen Is Dead · 1986 This Charming ManThe Smiths · 1984 View 25+ more |
| List | How Soon Is Now?Hatful of Hollow · 1984 |
| Albums | Fever Dreams Pts 1 ‑ 4 |
| Upcoming events | The O2 |
| Parents | John Joseph Maher |
| Frances Patricia Doyle | |
| Siblings | Claire Lockwood |
| Children | Nile Marr |
| Sonny Marr | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 443997 |
Johnny Marr Life story
Johnny Marr is an English musician, songwriter and singer. He first achieved fame as the guitarist and co-songwriter of the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. He has since performed with numerous other bands and embarked on a solo career.
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Andy Rourke: The Smiths bassist dies aged 59
By Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter
Andy Rourke, the bassist for Rock Band The Smiths , has died aged 59, The Band has announced.
Guitarist Johnny Marr confirmed " with deep sadness" that Rourke died after a long battle with pancreatic Cancer .
Marr said: " Andy will be remembered as a kind and beautiful soul by those Who Knew him and as a supremely gifted musician by music fans.
" We request privacy at this sad time, " he added.
Rourke played on The Smiths ' most famous songs including This Charming Man and There Is a Light That Never Goes Out, as well as solo singles for singer Morrissey after The Group broke up.
The musician also played as part of a supergroup called Freebass with two other Mancunian bass players, Gary " Mani" Mounfield from The Stone Roses and Peter Hook from New Order .
Across his decades-long career, Rourke recorded with The Pretenders , Killing Joke , Badly Drawn Boy, Aziz Ibrahim (formerly of The Stone Roses), and former Oasis guitarist Bonehead as Moondog One, A Band which also included Mike Joyce and Craig Gannon .
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