on the eve of the arrival of a brand new Smiths release hitting the record shops, Hot Press talks to the band's chief architect Johnny Marr about the music that inspired a generation.
Former Smiths drummer Mike Joyce talks about playing Dublin back in the day with Morrissey and co, his hugely impressive list of musical collaborations, and the joys of life behind the kit.
The Smiths: the band who helped re-write the book of guitar rock, the indie darlings who became mainstream legends, the dream of a group which gave the world the unique reality of Morrissey. guitarist Johnny Marr recalls the thrilling heyday of Manchester’s finest.
Hear this man carelessly and distractedly humming to himself, in the bathroom mirror: “And if a double-decker bus/crashes into us/To die by your side/ Such a heavenly way to die/ And if a ten-ton truck/Kills the both of us/To die by your side/ The pleasure and privilege is mine.”
Whether we're talking image or (does it exist?) artistic integrity, the ideal moment for a greatest hits compilation is not 8 months after your debut LP. Especially when said compilation contains, in largely similar form, 5/10th of said debut LP's contents.
Whether we're talking image or (does it exist?) artistic integrity, the ideal moment for a greatest hits compilation is not 8 months after your debut LP. Especially when said compilation contains, in largely similar form, 5/10th of said debut LP's contents.
