The Smiths FAQ
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The Smiths FAQ

All That's Left to Know About the Most Important British Band of the 1980s

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eBook - ePub

The Smiths FAQ

All That's Left to Know About the Most Important British Band of the 1980s

About this book

Revered and massively influential, the Smiths have been called the most important band of the fertile U.K. 1980s music scene. While the group was only active for five years (1982 to 1987), the cult of the Manchester-reared foursome has ballooned in the three decades since its dissolution.

Despite a $75 million offer to reunite for a two month tour in 2007, Morrissey and Johnny Marr, the group's principals, refused, opting to leave their legend untainted. The Smiths have since influenced a who's who of alternative music, including Death Cab for Cutie, Radiohead, the Killers, Jeff Buckley, Pete Yorn, the Decemberists, and Oasis.

Featuring a foreword by guitarist and "Fifth Smith" who played with the band in 1986, The Smiths FAQ traces the band's history with clarity and detail, illuminating such questions as Who were the Nosebleeds? Why did Morrissey shun the Ramones? Who were the Paris Valentinos? What was Cult guitarist Billy Duffy's connection to the band? How was Morrissey injured during the group's U.S. debut performance? What Smiths single paid homage to T. Rex?. John D. Luerssen (author of FAQ series titles about U2, Bruce Springsteen, and Nirvana) gathers the indispensable early facts, the legendary stories, and inimitable anecdotes that make this a must-own tome for all fans.

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Information

Publisher
Backbeat
Year
2000
eBook ISBN
9781495045974
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword: The Fifth Smith
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction: Sweetness
  5. 1. Here Began All My Dreams: Morrissey’s Childhood
  6. 2. He Kicks Me in the Showers: Morrissey’s Adolescence
  7. 3. Throw Your Homework onto the Fire: Johnny Marr’s Childhood
  8. 4. Young and Alive: Johnny and Andy Align
  9. 5. Sixteen, Clumsy, and Shy: Morrissey Makes the Scene
  10. 6. Now, Today, Tomorrow, and Always: Johnny and Angie
  11. 7. Oh, Hello!: The Microphone or the Typewriter
  12. 8. Shoplifters of the World: Johnny Finds His Way
  13. 9. The Songs That Saved Your Life: Marr Calls on Morrissey
  14. 10. If the People Stare, Then the People Stare: The Smiths Solidify
  15. 11. This One Is Different—Because It’s Us!: Signing to Rough Trade
  16. 12. The Good Life Is Out There Somewhere: The Smiths Ascend
  17. 13. The Low Life Has Lost Its Appeall: Off the Dole and on to the Radio
  18. 14. You’re the Bee’s Knees: The Smiths
  19. 15. England Is Mine: The Top 30 and Top of the Pops
  20. 16. Prudence Never Pays: Handsome and Popular
  21. 17. Caligula Would Have Blushed: A Top 10 Single, a Henke Problem, a Thatcher Thrashing, and More
  22. 18. Good Times for a Change: From “How Soon Is Now?” to Hatful of Hollow
  23. 19. Cemented Minds: Meat Is Murder
  24. 20. I Want to Be Loved: The Smiths Conquer America
  25. 21. It Sounds Like a Wonderful Thing: All About The Queen Is Dead
  26. 22. Do You Think You Can Help Me?: Rourke Fired, Gannon Hired
  27. 23. I Left the North Again: John Hughes, “Panic,” and the Road
  28. 24. Alabaster Crashes Down: Gannon Goes, Marr Flips
  29. 25. Boot the Grime of This World in the Crotch, Dear: A Final Performance, “Sheila,” and a Pair of Compilations
  30. 26. A Rush and a Push: Strangeways, Here We Come
  31. 27. If You Think Peace Is a Common Goal . . . : The Smiths Fall Apart
  32. 28. Life Is Very Long: After the End
  33. 29. At the Record Company Meeting . . . : Reissues
  34. 30. So I Checked All the Registered Historical Facts: The Legacy of the Smiths
  35. Selected Bibliography