Why does every single Morrissey/Smiths article always begin with "we know he's now an awful, horrible person and we loathe and despise his views, but.." (and then they get on with the article). This is so cowardly, hypocritical and PC-toolish. Just stop talking about his politics if you don't...
My thought on Craig Gannon is: if Johnny Marr thinks you are good enough to be in his band, you must be effing epic compared to a normal lawnwower musician.
Sarcasm I hope. Morrissey's second best studio album was completely written by Stephen Street (Viva Hate) as was all his excellent singles in 1988-1990, including b-sides Will Never Marry and Hairdresser on Fire. Rourke played bass on Interesting Drug, and Playboys, and wrote Lucky Lisp and...
No he wrote "Die, Wanker" on Morrissey's garage. And this did happen according to Simon Goddard.
As a bass player myself, my opinion is that Jonny Bridgwood was a definite upgrade from Gary Day. And Morrissey should have kept Jonny and paid him what he was worth. Compare the bass playing on...
Morrissey has released four good albums as a soloist. There could have been so many more if he had kept Gannon, Rourke, Street in the line-up. He wasted decades of possibility.
I don't know if Morrissey records still sell. If they don't, then in my opinion it is because they don't measure up to the Morrissey of classic years (1987-1994). If he makes a quality album, the fans will be there regardless of politics. I believe that the number of fans who have or would...
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