What genre are the Smiths? Depends on who you ask. Jangle pop. British alternative. Mope rock. In 1982, the Smiths formed in Manchester, a few years after Steven Patrick Morrissey and Johnny Marr ...

The Smiths were a British rock band that became one of the biggest music acts of the 1980s. But fans reckon the band wouldn't ...

No attribution required Shyness is nice, and Shyness can stop you From doing all the things in life You'd like to “Ask” by The Smiths (Morrissey-Marr), 1986 It’s now over 30 years since ...

The tropically breezy Ask presented a shocking repudiation of Morrissey’s ... out their leader’s animal rights manifesto on the malevolent, titular closer of The Smiths’ second LP. 46. Is It Really So ...

The Smiths' career halves into a kitchen-sink era ... the Thorn in His Side"), doomsayer ("Panic"), and kindly advisor ("Ask"). The point of the Smiths isn't that their songs were miserable ...

Morrissey alone created the musical unit name ‘The Smiths’ in May 1982 ... you go down the street and ask the general person, “Who’s Johnny Marr?” they won’t know who you’re talking ...

The Smiths fans are gushing over one band member, saying that they are one of the most underrated musicians of all time - and ...

I brought a marker, intending to ask Moz to sign my arm ... as well as a number of young ladies who fit the stereotype of Smiths fans, and a middle-aged woman, and a couple from California ...

You can’t do that, oh my god!’” he laughs. “It was cool.” Despite its instantly recognisable album art, The Smiths’ self-titled debut opened more ears than eyes when it was released 40 ...