Johnny Marr

Born: Manchester, UK, 31st October 1963

First solo single: The Last Ride (with The Healers, October 2001)

Album Discography: The Messenger (February 2013); Playland (October 2014); Call The Comet (June 2018); Fever Dreams Pts 1-4 (February 2022)

Smiths cover stars: Sgt Michael Wynn in Vietnam; Jean Marais in Orphee; and Joe Dallesandro and Louis Waldon in Andy Warhol's Flesh: Smiths cover stars.

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Morrissey onstage in 1984; the Chernobyl disaster in 1986

How the Chernobyl disaster inspired one of The Smiths' best songs

Singles that don't appear on an album by The Smiths, Joy Division, Oasis, The Cure, The Stone Roses and New Order

10 of the greatest indie standalone singles

Classic Rock live albums including Live at Leeds by The Who; Queen's 70s concert album, Live Killers; Thin Lizzy's Live And Dangerous; and the Stones' Get Yer Ya Ya's Out!

The 30 best Classic Rock live albums

Thom Yorke onstage in 2001

The best song lyrics for World Poetry Day

The Smiths and some of their classic standalone singles

10 Smiths singles that didn’t appear on a Smiths album

The Best Books About Music

The best books about music for World Book Day

Indie Love Songs: The Killers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Florence + The Machine and Blur

The 50 Best Indie Love Songs

Johnny Marr tracks

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The 25 best Classic Rock comeback albums

Paul McCartney would have been "28 IF" he'd kept his shoes on crossing Abbey Road... or something.

The most famous musical conspiracy theories and hoaxes

Ian Curtis in 1980 and New Order in 1984

Why Joy Division changed their name to New Order

Joy Division

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