Latest about The Smiths
“Many people think I was doing it all on the Rickenbacker in the ’80s, but a lot of the clean arpeggio stuff was done on a Les Paul”: Johnny Marr on the most prized guitars in his collection – and why they might not be what you expect
From his bonkers nine-pickup Strat to the Les Paul he gifted to Noel Gallagher, The Smiths great has traced his entire career through the prism of his amazing collection of guitars. Why don’t all our guitar heroes do this?
Andy Rourke: “If I wasn’t eating or in the bath, I had a bass in my hand. I played it constantly”
In this interview from 2016, the late low-end legend reflects on an influential career with The Smiths and beyond, why the Fender P-Bass won his heart, and how he developed his distinct playing style
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
