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Andy Rourke, bassist with The Smiths, dies aged 59
Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has led tributes to the man he says “reinvented what it is to be a bass guitar player”
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”
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
Learn Johnny Marr’s rhythm guitar secrets
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
Dave Keuning on Johnny Marr’s enduring influence: “We talked about countless Smiths songs in the early Killers days”
In his own words, Keuning explains how Johnny Marr blazed his own trail and found a new sound for guitar
Johnny Marr: “The guitar helps you stamp your own identity – on your band and ultimately on the world… I love that”
Johnny Marr: “The guitar helps you stamp your own identity – on your band and ultimately on the world… I love that”
Johnny Marr announces release date for Fever Dreams Pt 2, shares two infectious new singles
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
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
Johnny Marr shares a closer look at his bonkers 9-pickup Fender Stratocaster
The mind-bending Spirit Strat recently made its debut in the music video of Marr's new single, Spirit Power and Soul
