Nostalgists of the World Unite : 20 Years of The Smiths

Posted on May 13, 2003 at 9:18 am | No Comments

Has it really been twenty years to the day since the release of “Hand in Glove”, the very first Smiths single? Sheesh. Well, now I know what I’ll be listening to for the rest of the day. From an article at BBC News Online…

“The songwriting partnership of Steven Patrick Morrissey and Johnny Marr may not often be talked about in quite the same terms as that of Lennon and McCartney. But to a generation of music fans, they were the only band that mattered. They hardly outstayed their welcome. Within five years of forming, The Smiths would be no more. But their four albums – The Smiths, Meat is Murder, The Queen is Dead and Strangeways, Here We Come – arguably redefined British guitar music.”

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