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The Smiths

Band, 1982-1987 GB, Manchester
Rock

The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. The band consisted of vocalist Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce. Critics have called them the most important alternative rock band to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s. Q magazine's Simon Goddard argued in 2007 that The Smiths were "the one truly vital voice of the '80s", "the most influential British guitar group of the decade" and the "first indie outsiders to achieve mainstream success on their own terms".The NME named the Smiths the "most influential artist ever" in a 2002 poll.

     
Members
PortraitJohnny Marr
g *1963 GB
PortraitCraig Gannon
g *1966 GB
PortraitMike Joyce
dr *1963 GB
PortraitAndy Rourke
b, eb *1964 GB
Dale Hibbert
PortraitSteven Morrissey
voc *1959 GB
Popular Tracks   
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out - 2011 Remaster on The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want - 2011 Remaster on Hatful of Hollow by The Smiths
Back to the Old House - 2011 Remaster on Louder Than Bombs by The Smiths
This Charming Man - 2011 Remaster on The Smiths by The Smiths
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now - 2011 Remaster on Hatful of Hollow by The Smiths
This Night Has Opened My Eyes - 2011 Remaster on Hatful of Hollow by The Smiths
Bigmouth Strikes Again - 2011 Remaster on The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
How Soon Is Now? - 2011 Remaster on Hatful of Hollow by The Smiths
I Know It's Over - 2011 Remaster on The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
Pretty Girls Make Graves - 2011 Remaster on The Smiths by The Smiths

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Band Membership
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
The Boy With The Thorn In His SideThe Smiths2017Single
The Queen Is DeadThe Smiths2017Single
Some Girls Are Bigger Than OthersThe Smiths2017Single
The Many Faces Of The SmithsThe Smiths2017Compil.
Meat Is Murder / Strangeways Here We ComeThe Smiths2017Album
Some Girls Are Bigger Than OthersThe Smiths2017Single
30 Years Of The Queen Is DeadThe Smiths2016Album
The Pablo Cuckoo TapeThe Smiths2014Album
Lonely Planet BoysThe Smiths2014Album
The Troy Tate Recordings - Part IThe Smiths2013Album
The Troy Tate Recordings - Part IIThe Smiths2013Album
This Charming Man (Luis Leon Bootleg)The Smiths2013Single
SamplerThe Smiths2012Album
Panic!The Smiths2012Album
CompleteThe Smiths2011Album
CompleteThe Smiths2011Compil.
DVD Collector's BoxThe Smiths2011Album
Barbarism Begins At Home: Incomplete B-Sides Volume-OneThe Smiths2011Compil.
The Old Guard BBC Tapes Volume TwoThe Smiths2011Compil.
Unreleased Demos & InstrumentalsThe Smiths2010Compil.
The Old Guard - BBC Tapes 1983 - 1986The Smiths2010Compil.
I Stole And Then I LiedThe Smiths2009Album
CD Collector's BoxThe Smiths2009Album
Higher EducationThe Smiths2009Album
Live In EnglandThe Smiths2008Album
Still Ill / You've Got Everything NowThe Smiths2008Single
Songs That Changed Your LifeThe Smiths2008Compil.
Singles BoxThe Smiths2008Single
UntitledThe Smiths2008Album
The Sound Of The SmithsThe Smiths2008Compil.
The Queen Is Dead (A Classic Album Under Review)The Smiths2008Album
Red RosesThe Smiths2007Single
The SmithsThe Smiths2007Album
Lightning Strikes AgainThe Smiths2007Album
The Megatrax Mega-Mix / This Charming Man (The New York Mix)Pet Shop Boys / The Smiths2006Album
The Smiths And FriendsThe Smiths2006Compil.
The SmithsThe Smiths2006Compil.
Даёшь Музыку MP3 CollectionThe Smiths2006Compil.
Under Review (An Independent Critical Analysis)The Smiths2006Album
Brighter Sides To LifeThe Smiths2005Album
TrilogyThe Smiths2005Compil.
Europe 1983 & 1984The Smiths2005Album
Good TimesThe Smiths2005Single
Universal Music Publishing Group Presents Songs By The SmithsThe Smiths2005Album
Break My Spine EPThe Smiths2005Single
"There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" The Music Of The Smiths & MorrisseyThe Smiths & Morrissey2004Compil.
Maximum Morrissey & The Smiths (The Unauthorised Biography Of Morrissey & The Smiths)Morrissey & The Smiths2004Album
Troy Tate SessionsThe Smiths2004Album
The Ultimate RaritiesThe Smiths2004Album
Elvis Would Have Smiled...The Smiths2002Compil.
Rarities, B-Sides & The BeebThe Smiths2002Compil.
1983 Ninety Eighty ThreeThe Smiths2001Album
The Very Best Of The SmithsThe Smiths2001Compil.
The Queen Is Dead / Hatful Of HollowThe Smiths1999Compil.
In The ZoneThe Smiths / Morrissey1999Album
The Best OfThe Smiths1999Compil.
The InterviewThe Smiths1998Album
Hatful Of Hollow / Meat Is MurderThe Smiths1998Album
An Extraordinary OrdinarinessThe Smiths1997Album
SinglesThe Smiths1995Compil.
Sweet And Tender HooliganThe Smiths1995Album
Thank Your Lucky StarsThe Smiths1994Album
Reel Around The FountainThe Smiths1994Album
AsleepThe Smiths1994Album
Rest In Peace - The Smiths LiveThe Smiths1994Single
The Butterfly CollectorThe Smiths1994Album
UnloveableThe Smiths1994Album
Wonderful WomanThe Smiths1994Compil.
I SufferThe Smiths1993Album
BestThe Smiths1993Compil.
The Name Of Our Band Is The Smiths. May We Have A Record Contract, Please? (The Original Demos The Band Used To Get A Contract)The Smiths1992Album
Best ...IThe Smiths1992Compil.
...Best IIThe Smiths1992Compil.
The Complete PictureThe Smiths1992Album
The Blacksmith Mix / The Goldsmith MixThe Smiths1992Album
Handsome DevilsThe Smiths1992Album
Interview Picture Disc/AskThe Smiths1992Single
The Handsome DevilsThe Smiths1992Album
The BestThe Smiths1992Compil.
The Hand That Rocks The CradleThe Smiths1992Album
How Soon Is Now 85The Smiths1991Compil.
Live In MadridThe Smiths1991Album
A Rare Interview With The SmithsThe Smiths1990Single
Live At Amsterdam Meervaart, 1984The Smiths1990Album
CasualThe Smiths1990Album
Now Soon Is How RemixThe Smiths1990Album
Interview Picture DiscThe Smiths1989Album
Your Full Of SmithThe Smiths1989Album
The Bad Boy From A Good FamilyThe Smiths1988Album
The Peel SessionsThe Smiths1988Album
HaciendaThe Smiths1988Album
RankThe Smiths1988Album
The Conversation Disc SeriesThe Smiths1988Album
Devil's CharmThe Smiths1988Album
InterviewThe Smiths1988Album
HammersmithThe Smiths1988Album
LondonThe Smiths1988Single
How Soon Is Now?The Smiths1988Album
The 12" MixesThe Smiths1988Compil.
Stop MeThe Smiths1988Compil.
Half A PersonThe Smiths1988Album
Sheila Take A BowThe Smiths1987Single
There Is A Light That Never Goes OutThe Smiths1987Single
Louder Than BombsThe Smiths1987Compil.
Never Had No One EverThe Smiths1987Album
Girlfriend In A ComaThe Smiths1987Single
The SmithsThe Smiths1987Album
The SmithsThe Smiths1987Album
Shoplifters Of The World UniteThe Smiths1987Single
You Just Haven't Earned It Yet BabyThe Smiths1987Album
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One BeforeThe Smiths1987Single
I Started Something I Couldn't FinishThe Smiths1987Album
Interview Picture Disc - Limited EditionThe Smiths1987Album
The World Won't ListenThe Smiths1987Compil.
Strangeways, Here We ComeThe Smiths1987Album
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved MeThe Smiths1987Single
Girlfriend In A Coma / True FaithThe Smiths / New Order1987Single
Brixton Academy, Friday 20/10/86The Smiths1987Album
Ask / Il Garibaldi InnamoratoThe Smiths / Sergio Caputo1987Single
So This Is AmericaThe Smiths1986Album
The Queen Is DeadThe Smiths1986Album
PanicThe Smiths1986Single
The Queen Is DeadThe Smiths1986Single
Meat is Murder / The SmithsThe Smiths1986Album
Bigmouth Strikes AgainThe Smiths1986Single
AskThe Smiths1986Single
Some Girls Are Bigger Than OthersThe Smiths1986Single
That Joke Isn't Funny AnymoreThe Smiths1985Single
Barbarism Begins At Home / Shakespeare's SisterThe Smiths1985Single
The Warner Bros. Music ShowThe Smiths, The Blasters1985Compil.
How Soon Is Now?The Smiths1985Single
How Soon Is Now? / Shakespeare's SisterThe Smiths1985Single
In Concert-354The Smiths1985Album
Meat Is MurderThe Smiths1985Single
The Rusholme RuffiansThe Smiths1985Album
Shakespeare's SisterThe Smiths1985Single
The Headmaster RitualThe Smiths1985Single
The Boy With The Thorn In His SideThe Smiths1985Compil.
Meat Is MurderThe Smiths1985Album
The Boy With The Thorn In His SideThe Smiths1985Single
Still IllThe Smiths1984Single
Hatful Of HollowThe Smiths1984Compil.
The SmithsThe Smiths1984Album
Selections From The SmithsThe Smiths1984Album
What Difference Does It Make?The Smiths1984Single
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable NowThe Smiths1984Single
William, It Was Really NothingThe Smiths1984Single
Reel Around The Fountain / JeaneThe Smiths1983Single
Hand In GloveThe Smiths1983Single
This Charming ManThe Smiths1983Single
The Hand That Rocks The CradleThe SmithsAlbum
Paint A Vulgar PictureThe SmithsAlbum
Well I WonderThe SmithsSingle
HANDSOME DEVILThe SmithsAlbum
Miserable LiesThe SmithsAlbum
There Is A Band That Never Goes OutThe SmithsAlbum
InterviewThe SmithsAlbum
The Smiths Morrissey TalksThe Smiths / MorrisseySingle
Sorrow's SonThe SmithsAlbum
SmithsessionsThe SmithsAlbum
The Undisputed TruthThe SmithsAlbum
Peel Sessions 1983-1986The SmithsAlbum
The End: The Final Radio SessionsThe SmithsSingle
Ask Me, Ask Me, Ask Me... - Interview CDThe SmithsAlbum
Electric StarsThe SmithsAlbum
The Final GigThe SmithsAlbum
Live At The Electric BallroomThe SmithsAlbum
Новая Фонотека В КарманеThe SmithsCompil.
Wilde About MorrisseyThe SmithsAlbum
The PlayboxThe SmithsSingle
MP3 CollectionThe SmithsAlbum
Morrissey 1959-1986The SmithsAlbum
HeadmastersThe SmithsAlbum
Help! I Need SomebodyThe SmithsSingle
Shoplifters From Manchester (Brilliant Outtakes, Demos & Specials)The SmithsCompil.
Live Panic!!!The SmithsCompil.
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