“You’d go round the house and Johnny would play some riff in his jimmy-jams”: Mike Joyce remembers the early days of The Smiths

Joyce initially got the Smiths gig through a friend of Marr’s and explains that in the band’s early days, he was in awe of ...

The two classic Smiths songs that Johnny Marr doesn’t care for: “I got tired”

While Johnny Marr is still proud of his work with The Smiths, he has grown to hate two classic songs that the band made ...
Yahoo

Johnny Marr Clarifies Smiths Reunion Reports: ‘I Didn’t Ignore the Offer – I Said No’

Last month, Morrissey dropped the rather stunning news that he accepted a “lucrative offer” from AEG Entertainment Group to reform the Smiths alongside Johnny Marr. “Marr ignored the offer,” Morrissey ...
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Oasis may have buried the hatchet, but Morrissey and Johnny Marr of The Smiths are still fighting, trade barbs over 2025 tour offer

Morrissey alleges his former bandmate, Johnny Marr, “ignored” an opportunity to reunite. While contentious Oasis bros Liam and Noel Gallagher have buried the hatchet to launch a wildly lucrative tour ...
Uproxx

Johnny Marr And Morrissey’s Feud Over The Smiths Trademark And A Reunion Tour Took Another Ugly Turn

Morrissey and Johnny Marr are the thorns in each other’s sides. On Monday, Morrissey wrote in a blog post titled “THE PLOT THICKENS” that his former The Smiths bandmate “successfully applied for 100% ...
AV Club

Morrissey claims that Johnny Marr owns name "The Smiths" now

Morrissey knows that his time as The Smiths’ main vocalist may soon be over. Yesterday, the artist posted a new update on his blog titled “The Plot Thickens,” claiming that guitarist Johnny Marr—who ...
Time

Johnny Marr on the Smiths, ‘The Messenger’ and Going Solo After All These Years

Johnny Marr is one of the most talented guitar players of all time — and he has the resume to prove it. Marr’s intricate and dynamic guitar work can be heard in the works of The Smiths (of which he ...
Entertainment Weekly

Johnny Marr slams Donald Trump for playing Smiths song at rally: 'Consider this s--- shut right down'

Emlyn Travis is a news writer at Entertainment Weekly. She has been working at EW since 2022. Her work has previously appeared on MTV News, Teen Vogue, and NME. Heaven knows Johnny Marr is miserable ...
Uproxx

Johnny Marr Supposedly Owns ‘100% Trademark Rights & Intellectual Property Of The Smiths Name,’ According To Morrissey

Last week’s trend of band tension (hi, Jane’s Addiction) propelled another group’s bad blood into public discourse. Today (September 16), Morrissey appears to have called out his former The Smiths ...
PunkNews

Johnny Marr says he actually said “No” to Smiths reunion and he wanted Moz to own 50% of trademark

Morrissey has been sending verbal barbs towards Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr over the past month. Moz stated that the Smiths were offered to reunite and he was into it, but Johnny Marr ignored the ...
New York Post

The Smiths’ Johnny Marr tries to stop Trump using their song: ‘Consider this s–t shut down right now’

He’s the boy with a thorn in his side. The Smiths’ guitarist Johnny Marr has become the latest artist to try to “shut down” former President Donald Trump from using one of his songs. Trump’s campaign ...
The Fader

Trump campaign rally plays the Smiths, Johnny Marr responds

Ahead of the New Hampshire primary earlier this week, political reporter Ben Jacobs attended a rally for former President Donald Trump and noted in a posting on X that the Smiths had been added to the ...