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Post by felixdeburgh on May 19, 2023 7:25:11 GMT
Shocking news from Johnny Marr this morning that the former bassist for The Smiths has died after battling pancreatic cancer. A very sad loss.
RIP.
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Post by McCann on May 19, 2023 8:00:49 GMT
Indeed. That reunion will certainly never happen now. Not on this earth anyhow.
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Post by brinylonshirt on May 19, 2023 8:24:32 GMT
THE band of the 80s and my generation. RIP
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Post by joshmel on May 19, 2023 9:07:58 GMT
Sad news. What a band thanks for all the wonderful songs Andy
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Post by daz on May 21, 2023 15:35:06 GMT
Morrissey had the clever lyrics and Marr provided the guitar licks, but it was the rhythm of Rourke and Joyce that propelled the songs to greatness.
Such sad news.
RIP
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Post by billymedhurst on May 21, 2023 18:15:25 GMT
Terrible and shocking news; taken way too soon; and the same cause of death as Terry Hall.
The Smiths were THE indie band; all the others were just copycats.
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Post by jno on May 22, 2023 19:45:23 GMT
Sad news, RIP
During the pandemic I got the sound of that train type noise on 'How Soon Is Now?' into my stomp pedal, took an age. Started playing that at rehearsal and the band loved it. The Smiths were clever and had a lot of tricks up their sleeves, massively underappreciated talent.
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Post by felixdeburgh on May 22, 2023 20:59:50 GMT
I think even Johnny Marr couldn’t remember exactly how he got that sound so you did well! He’d had the guitar bit for a while but couldn’t find a use for it and decided to record it as a backing track with Rourke and Joyce anyway. Eventually, Morrissey wrote some lyrics for it but, amazingly, it still ended up as a b-side initially.
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Post by chopper on May 23, 2023 19:55:15 GMT
Very sad news, brilliant bass player from a phenomenal band.
I used to follow Ian McNabb , from The Icicle Works on FB, he paid tribute to him, but on the flip side, basically stated that Marr was a limited guitarist ( what a load of rubbish) and basically sounded jealous that a band from the nearest City on musical perspective to his Liverpool were more successful and iconic from his decent, but short lived band.
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Post by mybodyguard on May 26, 2023 23:36:49 GMT
Just heard this. Sad that a reunion never happened before he passed. RIP
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Post by chopper on May 30, 2023 12:42:29 GMT
Just heard this. Sad that a reunion never happened before he passed. RIP Marr was never going to re unite with Morrissey due to their very differing political opinions now. He put that on record, too - pardon the pun! |
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Post by thewoodster on Nov 25, 2023 8:29:23 GMT
Great bassist Rip.
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