Thoughts on johnny smith from the smiths?

Thoughts on johnny smith from the smiths?

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Andy was a good smith, but their brother morris was a fuxk

I prefer his brother Morrissey smith desu

Quite shit with Morrissey tbqh.

pretty shitty fit

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What happened with Craig Smith? He showed up for a couple of singles then left. I think it was mean to betray their own brother like that.

He was part of Morrissey solo for a while along with Mike and Andy, but Morrissey kicked them to the curb after Mike threatened to sue Moz.

i didn't know that andy and mike were part of morrissey's touring band.
i don't know why morrissey would kick andy and craig because mike smith was being a faggot who stole all his money.

It was only very briefly at the start of his career, and on The Last of the Famous International Playboys. By the time there was the suing, they'd all moved on.

The album Bona Drag was essentially a Smith album without Johnny Marr it had Andy, Mike, Craig and Stephen Street (The Smiths' producer)

The best thing he did was get The Cribs noticed

the smiths always sucked and always will suck

And than make me dislike them because of the album he did with them.

One of the most influential guitarists for indie rock and probs my favorite

maybe to the millions

Does he have anything worth listening to outside of The Smiths sans that Modest Mouse album?

Not really no, he never had a good sense of musical direction.

how the hell did he churn out classic after classic with the mozzer and then languish in rock purgatory for the rest of his career?

I always wanted that Rasputin album

electronic were pretty good desu
shit name though

He doesn't have a good sense of musical direction.

the way he plays is really intricate, and one of a kind. he put serious restrictions on his style for the sake of producing something distinct to him (no generic leads, no distortion, etc..he was very anti-rockist). Although he takes a hint from bands like the chameleons and television, i think its safe to say his style (inb4 strangeways) is pretty original.

Its easier to be influential when you're popular too, isn't it?

Mostly because there was a long, long gap between his time in The Smiths and his solo career, and he didn't do a whole lot of songwriting in that time, just performing. The albums he performs on by Modest Mouse, The The etc. are all really good.

some other user pointed this out the other day, he was basically a session musician from 1988 to 2012. i have no idea why he would do this.

did johnny smith write all the musical bits to the smiths' work, or just the guitar parts?

He wrote the basic structure of the songs and the guitar parts, Morissey wrote the melodies I'm pretty sure.

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I'm pretty sure Morrissey/Stephen Street wrote the melodies for The Smiths, i mean if you were to tell me this is a Smiths song from Strangeways i'd believe you.

youtube.com/watch?v=7d0u4l0v4QE&ab_channel=just,Morrissey&TheSmiths

Best guitarist of the 80s, and all of indie rock.

He rejects the session musician label. "I don't work with just anybody" he says

All their songs are credited to Morrissey and Marr. He was definitely mostly responsible for The Smiths' sound. Usually Morrissey wrote words for Marr's music, not vice versa.

nahl get out of here ye ogly foker

The best thing he did was leave The Cribs. the whole idea was pretty cool but they got so much better as a band with the last two albums.

I don't see Marr as influential, I think he's a unique skill