The Smiths

MOJO MAGAZINE – New Issue #359 With THE SMITHS As Cover Stars

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9 September 2023

Mojo #359 commemorates 40 Years since indie icons THE SMITHS burst onto the music scene and in tribute to their abundantly talented, recently departed bassist Andy Rourke, MOJO returns to 1983 to relive the freshness and wonder of The Smiths and their reinvention of guitars.

Also in the issue: Bob Marley – live, intimate and unseen; the incomparable Sinéad O’Connor; Gram Parsons’ Americana visions; Tony Visconti – a life in knob-twiddling. Plus: Hawkwind; Pulp; The Bee Gees; Bridget St John; Blake Mills; Pretenders; Yoko Ono; Neil Young; Herb Alpert; OMD; Paul Rodgers; The Coral; Betty Davis and more!

This month’s free CD titled ‘You’ve Got Everything Now!‘ features songs of The Sugarcubes, The Wedding Present, The Fall, The Pastels, The Three Johns, Red Guitars and more.

You can purchase a copy and let it be sebt to your home. Info here.

JOHNNY MARR Remembers His Very Good Friend And Former THE SMITHS Bassist ANDY ROURKE

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ANDY ROURKE, the highly praised bass player of immortal indie stars THE SMITHS
passed away two days ago, on 19 May, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer
at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He was born named Andrew Michael Rourke on 17 January 1964 in Manchester UK, 59 years ago.

Johnny Marr, his very good friend since their childhood, and
The Smiths‘ guitar hero posted this in memoriam on his socials.

Happy Birthday To Legendary Smith… JOHNNY MARR

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Memorable live performances…

To celebrate John Martin Maher aka Johnny Marr‘s 54 birthday – born 31 October 1963 – here’s a dazzling 2013 live version of HOW SOON IS NOW performed at the KRCW Studios in Los Angeles. The ex-Smith shows what a legendary guitar hero is all about…

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A year later ‘The Messenger’ played that same classic and several solo crackers in Belgium…