While the sonic juxtaposition between Marr and Morrissey is what made their sound so compelling, it was built on a very ...

From their self-titled 1984 debut up to their fourth and final record in 1987, Strangeways, Here We Come, the Smiths had managed to re-orient British rock. They established a poppier aesthetic ...

From their self-titled 1984 debut up to their fourth and final record in 1987, Strangeways, Here We Come, the Smiths had managed to re-orient British rock. They established a poppier aesthetic driven ...

Other Smiths gigs that March included Coaster ... before the release in September of the last studio album, Strangeways, Here We Come. * Morrissey plays the O2 Academy, Glasgow, on June 4 ...

Morrissey and The Smiths ... years we’ve raised tens of thousands of pounds. “Marriages have been made and babies born all thanks to chance meetings at the Star & Garter. Lots of us come ...

37. I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish (from Strangeways, Here We Come, 1987) Marr’s spangly racket and Morrissey’s crashing aural bathos rewarded The Smiths with a glam-rocking Number 23 single in ...

Within five years of forming, The Smiths would be no more. But their four albums - The Smiths, Meat is Murder, The Queen is Dead and Strangeways, Here We Come - arguably redefined British guitar music ...

Strangeways Here We Come). Lines like “No, I’ve never had a job because I’m too shy” are perfectly poised between precious and humorous. So, Hatful offers a route to recapturing The Smiths as they ...

The Smiths’ unique blend of introspective ... Is Murder” (1985), “The Queen Is Dead” (1986), and “Strangeways , Here We Come” (1987) solidified their status as musical icons.