AP - Oct 19, 2007
Johnny Marr, the co-founder and guitarist of 1980s icons The Smiths, is turning to academia as a visiting professor of music. Marr, whose distinctive guitar style propelled hits by The Smiths including...
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Johnny Marr and Morrissey often hang out together but never talk about the Smiths, the legendary guitarist has revealed. The pair are known to have fallen out when the iconic indie group split 20 years...
More »Yahoo! Music - Apr 25, 2007
The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has helped to write a song for the new Crowded House album. The star has co-written the album track Even A Child with frontman Neil Finn for the band s first album in...
More »Reuters - Mar 9, 2007
Modest Mouse had been an indie rock standard-bearer for more than a decade when its single Float On suddenly became a mainstream hit in 2004. The Epic album from which it was drawn, Good News for People...
More »Reuters - Jan 1, 2007
Billboard presents a look at the music you ll be hearing a lot about in the first quarter: JOHN MELLENCAMP Freedom s Road (Universal, January 23) Mellencamp s first album of originals since 2001...
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During a public Q&A session March 16 at the South By Southwest Music & Media Conference in Austin, Texas, Morrissey revealed that his former band, pioneering 80s alt-rockers the Smiths, recently rejected...
More »AP - Jun 2, 2005
When discussing his beloved fantasy sports teams, Stephen Malkmus might as well be talking about his music persona: If I have a winning team, I act really cocky, and if I have a losing team, I act sort...
More »Reuters - Sep 19, 2004
Punk-era New York music icons Patti Smith and Television plan to share a stage for the first time since 1977. The artists will perform Oct. 2 at Gotham s Roseland Ballroom. The date is significant...
More »Reuters - Jul 17, 2004
It s the sound of the instrument and the way the neck feels. It s unlike any other instrument. So says Bryan Adams of the Fender Stratocaster. My pride and joy is a 1960 cherry sunburst that I bought...
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