The Smiths
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| Origin | Manchester |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Members | Morrissey |
| Johnny Marr | |
| Andy Rourke | |
| Mike Joyce | |
| Craig Gannon | |
| Dale Hibbert | |
| Genres | Indie Rock |
| Jangle Pop | |
| Post-punk | |
| Awards | NME Award for Best Band |
| NME Award for Best LP | |
| NME Award for Best Reissue | |
| NME Award for Best New Artist | |
| NME Award for Best Single | |
| Listen artist | www.youtube.com |
| Skos genre | Rock |
| Labels | Rough Trade |
| Songs | SongsThere Is a Light That Never Goes OutThe Queen Is Dead · 1986 This Charming ManThe Smiths · 1984 How Soon Is Now?Hatful of Hollow · 1984 View 25+ more |
| List | There Is a Light That Never Goes OutThe Queen Is Dead · 1986 |
| Albums | The Queen Is Dead |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 646742 |
About The Smiths
The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. Their line-up comprised singer Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce. They are regarded as one of the most important acts to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s.
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... He definitely made the most of it, playing a second, secret show with Stockport indie band Blossoms consisting entirely of The Smiths covers...
Andy Rourke: The Smiths bassist dies aged 59
...By Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporterAndy Rourke, the bassist for rock band The Smiths, has died aged 59, the band has announced...
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... The Smiths Horror Bags bacon flavour corn and potato claws were available for about five years in the 1970s and were reportedly criticised at the time for being potentially disturbing for children...
Seymour Stein dies: Music exec who signed Madonna, Talking Heads and more
... He introduced UK acts like The Smiths, Fleetwood Mac, Depeche Mode, Seal, The Cure and Madness to the US...
Hurricane Ian: They stayed for the storm - what happens now?
... But for families like The Smiths and hundreds of thousands of others, logistical and financial hurdles to evacuation meant that staying was the only option...
Glastonbury Festival: 50 Years Of Memories
... in 1984, Paul Clements This photo was taken by my good friend Anita Hambrook and shows us, waiting for The Smiths to enter, main stage, 1984...
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... The consortium also said it was the ramp-up of production from other existing design, The Smiths Group paraPAC, which is used for less acute patients...
Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage saved after £3. 5m campaign
... Derek Jarman transforms his traditional fisherman s cottage in Dungeness Jarman, who also directed pop videos for the Pet Shop Boys, the Sex Pistols and The Smiths, died of AIDS-related complications in 1994, at the age of 52...
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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