Johnny Marr | Guitar World

’90s alt-rock giants unite and blink-182 make a surprisingly heavy return: this week’s essential guitar tracks

By Matt Owen, Michael Astley-Brown, Matt Parker, Jackson Maxwell published 22 September 23

Tasty new guitar tracks that need to be on your radar from Johnny Marr, Yasmin Williams, Art of Anarchy, The Vaccines, Bleachers, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Chelsea Wolfe and more

Johnny Marr is publishing gear retrospective book Marr's Guitars

Johnny Marr’s new book documents the guitars he’s loved, lost and given away, including Nile Rodgers’ Strat, Bert Jansch’s acoustic and a Les Paul used by Ed O’Brien

By Matt Parker published 19 April 23

The Smiths icon says his new tone tome ‘Marr’s Guitars’ has “been a long time coming and is a labour of love”

Joey Santiago, Robert Smith, Johnny Marr and Peter Buck

22 guitar heroes who shaped the sound of '80s indie and alternative rock

By Andrew Daly last updated 14 November 22

The '80s proved to be a pivotal and eclectic time for the electric guitar – one defined by its role in coaxing new sounds from the instrument. From The Smiths and The Cure to Pixies and R.E.M., here are some of the era’s biggest guitar stars

From psychedelic blues explosions to electrifying all-star collaborations: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Matt Owen, Sam Roche published 3 November 22

The days are getting shorter, unlike our list of top-notch new guitar-led tunes. Hear the best of the best from Maya Delilah, Yo La Tengo, Matt Heafy, Johnny Marr & Noel Gallagher, David Knudson and more

Noel Gallagher teams up with Johnny Marr on new High Flying Birds single, Pretty Boy

By Sam Roche published 1 November 22

The Mancunian indie rock legends link up on the first track from Gallagher's new album, which arrives next year

Fender partners with Johnny Marr for limited-edition Fever Dream Yellow version of his Jaguar signature model

By Sam Roche published 27 September 22

The highly anticipated six-string is named after the guitarist's latest solo album, Fever Dreams Pts 1 - 4

Watch Johnny Marr play Rory Gallagher’s iconic 1961 Fender Stratocaster

By Matt Owen published 23 September 22

Marr – who described Gallagher’s 1971 album Deuce as “a complete turning point” for him as a player – ran the instantly recognizable instrument through Rory’s Fender Bassman amp

Brandon Flowers of The Killers performing with Johnny Marr at Glastonbury 2019

Watch Johnny Marr perform classic Smiths tracks onstage with The Killers

By Matt Parker published 22 August 22

The British indie guitar hero has been performing There Is A Light That Never Goes Out and other hits from his old band

Johnny Marr: “If there’s a room full of guitar players, I’m the last to leave, man. I’m just as hooked as everybody else, and I have been since I was 5 or 6”

By Joe Bosso last updated 28 July 22

The British guitar legend on his enduring love affair with the instrument, choosing projects and chasing tones, and why there is something noble about the idea of a guitar hero

Watch Johnny Marr perform Neil Young’s Throw Your Hatred Down and The Who’s Baba O’Riley with Pearl Jam

By Sam Roche published 11 July 22

The veteran Seattle rockers brought the former Smiths guitarist onstage during their second night set at BST Hyde Park, London

John Frusciante and Johnny Marr recall their collaborations on The Empyrean

By Michael Astley-Brown, Jenna Scaramanga published 30 May 22

How the kindred spirits connected for the unorthodox six-string genius of the Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist’s 2009 solo album

Learn Johnny Marr’s rhythm guitar secrets

By Jon Bishop published 20 May 22

From the sophisticated slash chords sounds of The Smiths to funky two-note dyads and capo’d strums, Marr’s playing style is a feast of different techniques and approaches

Johnny Marr teases new ‘Fever Dreams Yellow’ signature Fender Jaguar

By Matt Parker published 11 May 22

A new finish or a new guitar? Something is afoot as Marr’s signature model hits its 10th anniversary

Dave Keuning on Johnny Marr’s enduring influence: “We talked about countless Smiths songs in the early Killers days”

By Jenna Scaramanga published 5 May 22

In his own words, Keuning explains how Johnny Marr blazed his own trail and found a new sound for guitar

The genius of John McGeoch: John Frusciante, Johnny Marr and more pay tribute to the unsung hero of post-punk guitar

By Matt Parker last updated 29 April 22

Read exclusive excerpts from The Light Pours Out of Me, the new authorized biography of the late Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Public Image Ltd guitarist

Johnny Marr: “The guitar helps you stamp your own identity – on your band and ultimately on the world… I love that”

By Rod Brakes published 21 April 22

Johnny Marr: “The guitar helps you stamp your own identity – on your band and ultimately on the world… I love that”

Johnny Marr teams up with Primal Scream’s Simone Marie for moody new single, Night and Day

By Matt Owen published 11 January 22

It’s the latest track to be released from Marr’s “inspired” Fever Dreams Pts 1-4 double-album, which is due February 25

Nile Marr, son of the Smiths' Johnny Marr, shares “liberating” new single, Only Time Can Break Your Heart

By Matt Owen published 10 January 22

A second song, How We Drift, has also dropped as part of Marr’s newest two-track 7”

Johnny Marr announces release date for Fever Dreams Pt 2, shares two infectious new singles

By Matt Owen published 9 November 21

Tenement Time and Sensory Street both appear on the four-track EP, which is due December 17

Johnny Marr reveals details on upcoming double-album release, Fever Dreams Pts 1-4

By Matt Owen published 13 October 21

The Smiths guitarist’s fourth solo studio effort will be released in its entirety on February 25 2022 via BMG, with the first four tracks due to drop October 15