The Smiths
Artist Type: Group
Group Formed:
1982
Group Dissolved:
1987
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Played By
| Rob and Nick | |
| The Road to Nowhere.... | |
| S's & Em | |
| Chris, Zaid and Matt | |
| Lip Service |
Artist Biography
The Smiths were an English band from Manchester, UK formed in 1982 consisting of Steven Patrick Morrissey (Vocals, Lyrics), Johnny Marr (Guitar, Music), Mike Joyce (Drums) and Andy Rourke (Bass). Hugely influential, The Smiths lasted all of five years from 1982 to 1987, releasing during this period four studio albums ( The Smiths , Meat Is Murder , The Queen Is Dead and finally Strangeways, Here We Come ) and three compilation albums ( Hatful Of Hollow , The World Won't Listen and Louder Than Bombs ). Meat Is Murder went on to enter the British charts at number one in February of 1985, and The Queen Is Dead further confirmed the band's popularity with its release in spring 1986. Greeted with enthusiastic reviews and peaking at number two on the U.K. charts, the album also developed The Smiths' cult following in the U.S., breaking into the Top 100.
Artist Discography
Albums
Meat Is Murder (15 November 1993)
Strangeways, Here We Come (15 November 1993)
The Queen Is Dead (15 November 1993)
The Smiths (October 1986)
EPs
Sheila Take a Bow (April 1987)
Singles
Ask (1986)
Barbarism Begins at Home / Shakespeare's Sister (1985)
Girlfriend in a Coma (14 August 1987)
Hand in Glove (1983)
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (25 May 1984)
How Soon Is Now? (28 January 1985)
I Started Something I Couldn't Finish (6 November 1987)
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (11 December 1987)
Panic (1986)
Shakespeare's Sister (1985)
Sheila Take a Bow (1987)
Shoplifters of the World Unite (1986)
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (1986)
Still Ill (1984)
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before (1987)
Sweet and Tender Hooligan (23 May 1995)
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (1985)
The Boy With the Thorn in His Side (28 November 1988)
The Headmaster Ritual (1988)
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (12 October 1992)
This Charming Man (1983)
What Difference Does It Make (1984)
William, It Was Really Nothing (20 August 1984)
William, It Was Really Nothing / How Soon Is Now (1987)