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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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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.
Support the show on Patreon
See the show on YouTube
Visit the show on Instagram
Visit the show on Facebook
Sign up for Brian's daily FIVE SONGS email! (It's free!)
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/
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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