Brian and Murdock answer a letter asking for the backstory on what went down between the two big personalities inside The Smiths - Steven Morrissey and Johnny Marr.

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SHOW NOTES

https://consequence.net/2025/06/johnny-marr-smiths-reunion-vibes/

https://www.vinylmeplease.com/blogs/music-industry-news/johnny-marr-rejects-smiths-reunion-offer-a-look-at-artistic-integrity-and-band-dynamics

https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/the-smiths-johnny-marr-reunion-offer-turned-down-1236003199

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/morrissey-turned-down-mega-bucks-smiths-reunion-offer-over-johnny-marr-96578/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/26/morrissey-accuses-johnny-marr-clickbait

Johny Marr’s book: Set the Boy Free: https://www.amazon.com/Set-Free-Autobiography-Johnny-Marr/dp/0062438697

Morrissey’s book: Autobiography: 

https://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Morrissey/dp/014310750X/ref=sr_1_1

Tony Fletcher’s book: A Light That Never Goes Out:

https://www.amazon.com/Light-That-Never-Goes-Out/dp/0307715965

Chuck Klosterman’s IV (which contains the August 2002 SPIN article): https://www.amazon.com/Chuck-Klosterman-IV-Curious-Dangerous/dp/0743284895

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/morrissey-johnny-marr-hate/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cilla_Black

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_Is_a_Four-Letter_Word

https://www.rhino.com/article/deep-dive-cilla-black-the-smiths-work-is-a-four-letter-word

https://smiths.fandom.com/wiki/Joyce_v_Morrissey_%26_Ors#:~:text=In%20March%201989%2C%20Joyce%20and,and%20understood%20the%20royalty%20deal.

https://www.morrissey-solo.com/news/news1296.htm

https://www.salon.com/2024/08/30/a-history-of-the-smiths-beef-morrissey-and-johnny-marrs-political-divide/

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/morrissey-claims-johnny-marr-acquired-trademark-intellectual-property-rights-for-the-smiths-name/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CJ%20Marr%20has%20successfully%20applied,yet%20another%20Smiths%20best%2Dof.

https://x.com/Johnny_Marr/status/1836103851666993170

https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/does-the-mexican-american-community-still-love-morrissey-despite-everything/

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