The Smiths - Live (Hamburg 1984)

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The Smiths Formed in 1982. The principal Members were: Mike Joyce, Johnny Marr, Morrissey and Andy Rourke.

The Smiths were an English rock group active from 1982 to 1987. The group was based on the song-writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr, and were signed to the independent record label Rough Trade Records.

Considered by some critics to be the most important Indie/alt-rock band to emerge from the British indie scene of the 1980s, the Smiths have had a phenomenal influence on subsequent alternative music, including the Britpop genre with bands such as The Stone Roses, Inspiral Carpets, Radiohead, Blur, Suede, Oasis, Kula Shaker and The Verve..

Johnny Marr, The Smiths guitarist effectively established the key facets of the form. Almost singlehandedly, he showed everyone that the noodling of heavy metal in the 70s and 80s was fairly dull and that guitar playing did not necessarily have to be a form of artistic orgasm. It could be convoluted yet interesting and melodic without being constrained to the genre of pop.

A master of the arpeggio, he gave The Smiths the power and bite they needed to take the world by storm. Arguably his greatest stroke of genius came in the way that he was their lead and rhythm guitarist wrapped up in one, and unsurprisingly, without his work in the quartet the world of alternative rock would be a very different story.

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