Johnny Marr

40 Years On: The Smiths’ Meat Is Murder Revisited

Angus Batey looks back at The Smiths' second album and how this record changed his life. This piece was originally published in 2015

They Don’t Know: Jude Rogers On Kirsty MacColl

When asked to write the sleeve notes for a new box set covering the two decade-long career of Kirsty MacColl, Jude Rogers realised that most people tended to associate the singer with two things, yet the story told by See The Girl, is one of artistic richness and talent in the face of an industry that barely cared

Manchester Will Haunt Itself: The British Pop Archive Reviewed

At the launch of the British Pop Archive at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Lottie Brazier asks what it means to exhibit Ian Curtis's handwritten lyrics next to Shakespeare and the Gutenberg Bible

Quit Your Jingle-Jangle: The Smiths’ Strangeways Here We Come Revisited

The Smiths’ last studio album was their most ambitious, adventurous and experimental, too. Thirty years on, Ben Hewitt looks back on the forward-thinking record that could have been the start of a new chapter, rather than a full-stop

I Know It’s Overrated: The Queen Is Dead Turns 35

In the three decades since its release, The Smiths' The Queen Is Dead has repeatedly been hailed as the band's crowning achievement, and regularly features in lists of the greatest albums ever made. Lifelong Smiths fan Simon Price, however, is not so sure

Rubber Rings: Johnny Marr’s Favourite Albums

As he embarks on a world tour, Johnny Marr talks to John Freeman about how his 13 favourite albums have provided career-spanning inspiration for everything from The Smiths to his latest solo record, Playland

35 Years On: The Smiths’ Meat Is Murder Revisited

Angus Batey looks back at The Smiths' second album and how this record changed his life

Scorched Earth: The The’s Mind Bomb Revisited

Matt Johnson may have set out to blow your mind on The The's third LP in 1989 - but the effects ended up being much more devastating, says David Bennun

Various Artists: Why I Love Wire

As Drill:London gets into gear, we asked some Quietus favorites why they love Wire. Our flies in the ointment: Nik Colk Void (pic), Johnny Marr, Gazelle Twin, Dinos Chapman, Comanechi, Matmos, Malka Spigel, Tortoise, Teeth Of The Sea.

30 Years On: Morrissey’s Viva Hate Revisited

Thirty years after its release, John Freeman looks back at an album fuelled by hatred which contains some of the finest songs of Steven Patrick Morrissey’s solo career

Remake/Remodel: Karl Bartos Interviewed

Matt Lindsay talks to the former robot about his new album Off The Record. Photographs by Al Overdrive

“I Went Much Further Than I Ever Thought I Could” Johnny Marr Interviewed

Taylor Parkes talks to the formidable guitarist about why he's been happy since The Smiths just doing a bit of this and a bit of that

Morrissey & Marr: 25 Years Since The Alliance Was Severed

This year sees the 25th anniversary of the split of The Smiths. Johnny Rogan's masterful book The Severed Alliance has itself just had a 20th anniversary reprint by Omnibus. Here, reprinted in full, is the chapter that deals with the band's last few weeks

An Extract From John Robb’s Manchester Music City 1976-1996

A Jeffrey Lewis Comic: The History Of The Cribs

Jeffrey Lewis' comic book interpretations of musical history are among his finest work, so it's with pleasure we present to you Jeffrey Lewis on The Cribs