Years Active: 1986-2008
Band Members: Morrissey, Craig Gannon, Mike Joyce, Andy Rourke, Johnny Marr
Influenced by: New York Dolls, T. Rex, The Rolling Stones, Buzzcocks, The Kinks, The Beatles, David Bowie, Sandie Shaw, The Sex Pistols
Genre: Rock & Alternative
Photos
Getty Images
Shop for The Smiths Music
From Our Blogs
Oct 25 2009 8:15AM
by Liz Colville
Filed under: Concerts and Tours, News
Spinner: Morrissey is "stable" and has been discharged after spending the night in a hospital in Swindon, England. The singer, 50, collapsed on stage Saturday night while performing at the city's Oasis Leisure Centre. Medics told reporters that he had been ... Read moreOct 24 2009 16:00PM
by Liz Colville
Filed under: Concerts and Tours, News, Holy Hell
Spinner: Morrissey collapsed onstage during a Swindon, England, concert on Saturday. He was taken to the hospital for reported "respiratory problems" and is now in stable condition, according to medics. Morrissey began the evening with a performance of his ... Read moreSep 08 2009 11:00AM
by Spinner Staff
Filed under: The Hit List
Spinner: We're used to hearing the songs of summer to usher in the fun, but when it starts getting dark earlier and the school supplies overtake the beach toys aisle, fun seems like a pointless emotion. What about the anxiety, the dread, the clean slate and ... Read more
Albums (5)
ADVERTISEMENT
The Smiths News
All News
AOL Music News
Blogs
-
11/07/09
Morrissey Walks Off Stage After Being Hit By Drink At a concert in Liverpool's Echo Aren...
Spinner
-
11/06/09
Morrissey Called the Greatest Lyricist in British Pop History Morrissey is the greatest ...
Spinner
-
10/24/09
Morrissey Collapses -- Rushed to Hospital Morrissey -- the former lead singer of The Smi...
TMZ
-
10/13/09
Peter Hook Revives Rivalry With Morrissey Especially if New Order 's Peter Hook is invol...
Spinner
-
09/23/09
Johnny Marr Admits He Emails Morrissey If you believe some reports, the severed Smiths a...
Spinner
-
09/15/09
Morrissey Denies Sacking Smiths Member by Postcard Morrissey has denied sacking Smiths b...
Spinner
-
09/02/09
Marr Too Busy for Smiths Reunion - for Now All of this, he's made it clear in the past, ...
Spinner
-
07/01/09
Zooey Deschanel Channels Morrissey's Pain For her new film, ' 500 Days of Summer ,' Zooe...
Spinner
-
01/30/09
McCartney, Morrissey, Winehouse Lead Coachella Lineup The lineup for the tenth annual Co...
Spinner
-
12/15/08
Eva Mendes Wants to Get Naked With Morrissey Actress Eva Mendes wants Morrissey to join ...
Spinner
-
10:02 AM
http://www.nme.com/news/morrissey/48276 Morrissey brought the UK leg of his current tour...
Sputnikmusic
-
11/06/09
Morrissey Called the Greatest Lyricist in British Pop History Morrissey is the greatest ...
Spinner
-
10/30/09
Snubclub You'll hear Aretha Franklin but not Chubby Checker, Metallica but not Iron Maid...
New York Post - New York NY
-
10/24/09
Morrissey Collapses -- Rushed to Hospital Morrissey -- the former lead singer of The Smi...
TMZ
-
10/13/09
Peter Hook Revives Rivalry With Morrissey Especially if New Order 's Peter Hook is invol...
Spinner
-
09/28/09
Morrissey to Release Album of B-Sides 2009 has been quite a year for Morrissey.
TheCelebrityCafe.com
-
09/25/09
Morrissey to Release Album, Tour U.S. Swords , a new B-sides compilation out Nov. 3.
Spin.com
-
09/23/09
Johnny Marr Admits He Emails Morrissey If you believe some reports, the severed Smiths a...
Spinner
-
09/15/09
Morrissey Denies Sacking Smiths Member by Postcard Morrissey has denied sacking Smiths b...
Spinner
-
09/02/09
Marr Too Busy for Smiths Reunion - for Now All of this, he's made it clear in the past, ...
Spinner
-
07/14/09
The '500 Days of Summer' soundtrack offers romantic ruin Miserabalism makes a comeback o...
New York Daily News - New York NY
-
07/09/09
Lyrics As Shorthand: Songs Of '500 Days Of Summer' Audio for today's show will be availa...
NPR
-
07/01/09
Zooey Deschanel Channels Morrissey's Pain For her new film, ' 500 Days of Summer ,' Zooe...
Spinner
-
06/22/09
Exclusives:Morrissey Rising Morrissey drapes his right hand over the heart of a dead, ch...
Filter Magazine
-
06/13/09
Morrisey a fan of Girl in a Coma They befriended and recorded 2005 demos with Boz Boorer...
The Charlotte Observer - Charlotte NC
-
05/29/09
Music: Inventory: Caught in my shadow: 19 unjustly unheralded sidemen Bennett's sudden ...
The A.V. Club
-
05/23/09
Morrissey celebrates half-century Singer Morrissey has marked his 50th birthday with a s...
BBC Radio 1
-
05/21/09
Bands light candles for Morrissey's 'Unhappy Birthday' preview Corey Wittig's credential...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA
-
05/13/09
Ill Morrissey cancels another gig Indie icon Morrissey has cancelled another show, which...
BBC Radio 1
-
04/02/09
CD Review: The Moz's latest great record defies classification Twenty-one years ago, Mor...
UWIRE
-
04/01/09
Wham!’s Christmas Conundrums (Feature) As everyone knows, pop Christmas songs start gett...
PopMatters
-
03/19/09
CONCERT REVIEW: Morrissey is still boss of pop underground Leave it to Morrissey Morriss...
Asbury Park Press - Neptune NJ
-
03/18/09
Morrissey triumphant in return That's all Morrissey needed to say Tuesday night at Carne...
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA
-
03/16/09
CD Review: Morrissey melds old, new for 'Years' While the album certainly lives up to th...
UWIRE
-
03/16/09
Jigsaw Falling Into Place: Revisiting Radiohead's '90s Output (Feature) Whenever you ask...
PopMatters
-
03/14/09
In Richmond concert, Morrissey shows he’s still a crowd-pleaser Morrissey's fans bleed a...
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Richmond VA
-
03/12/09
Will Morrissey make it to Pittsburgh this time? To draw a rather unlikely comparison bet...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA
-
02/27/09
Music Notes: Whole Wheat Bread, Shawn Fisher, Morrissey and more Whole Wheat Bread is st...
The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville FL
-
02/26/09
Morrissey concert cancelled The Morrissey concert scheduled for Tuesday at Florida Theat...
The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville FL
-
02/26/09
CD Review: 'Years of Refusal' Morrissey, the infamous vegetarian, PETA supporter and mel...
UWIRE
-
11/07/09
Morrissey Walks Off Stage After Being Hit By Drink At a concert in Liverpool's Echo Aren...
Spinner
-
11/06/09
Morrissey Called the Greatest Lyricist in British Pop History Morrissey is the greatest ...
Spinner
-
10/24/09
Morrissey Collapses -- Rushed to Hospital Morrissey -- the former lead singer of The Smi...
TMZ
-
10/13/09
Peter Hook Revives Rivalry With Morrissey Especially if New Order 's Peter Hook is invol...
Spinner
-
09/23/09
Johnny Marr Admits He Emails Morrissey If you believe some reports, the severed Smiths a...
Spinner
-
09/15/09
Morrissey Denies Sacking Smiths Member by Postcard Morrissey has denied sacking Smiths b...
Spinner
-
09/02/09
Marr Too Busy for Smiths Reunion - for Now All of this, he's made it clear in the past, ...
Spinner
-
08/28/09
Guest blogger: Remembering MTV’s '120 Minutes' While she's gone, Pop Candy is being writ...
Pop Candy
-
07/15/09
'(500) Days of Summer': A tale of dangerous rock 'n' roll romanticism? It's also part of...
Buzz Bands
-
07/01/09
Zooey Deschanel Channels Morrissey's Pain For her new film, ' 500 Days of Summer ,' Zooe...
Spinner
-
04/18/09
Paul McCartney Pays Tribute to Lost Beatles, Plus Cohen and Morrissey Impress at Coachella
Rock and Roll Daily
-
04/18/09
Coachella 2009: Two lions in winter -- Leonard Cohen and Morrissey Tonight, Coachella ha...
Buzz Bands
-
04/14/09
Coachella: Morrissey and the Smiths’ influence is apparent The Smiths formed at a time w...
Buzz Bands
-
04/05/09
Concert review: Morrissey at the Aragon Morrissey returned to the scene of his first Chi...
Turn It Up - Chicago Tribune
-
03/03/09
The Smiths "We hadn't even proper-sounding tapes of them ourselves, except for a few dir...
Mojo
-
01/30/09
McCartney, Morrissey, Winehouse Lead Coachella Lineup The lineup for the tenth annual Co...
Spinner
-
01/29/09
The Top 11 Most Depressing Songs of All Time There's just something about a depressing s...
iFilm
-
01/28/09
Paul McCartney, Neil Young Usher In Coachella's Year Of The Geezer [Coachella] UPDATE: R...
Defamer
-
01/05/09
Morrissey Is Not A Yes Man [Leak Of The Weekend] ONE-LISTEN VERDICT : Remember When I Wa...
Idolator
-
01/02/09
NYC Morrissey tickets are not on sale, but the afterparty is Tickets are on sale for a M...
Brooklyn Vegan
-
12/28/08
The Top 10 Reissues of 2008 NEW ORDER Movement; Power, Corruption & Lies; Low-Life; Brot...
Ear Infection
-
12/15/08
Eva Mendes Wants to Get Naked With Morrissey Actress Eva Mendes wants Morrissey to join ...
Spinner
-
12/11/08
Mantenna - Thursday, December 11 Who knew that a healthy sex life actually keeps you hea...
iFilm
-
12/09/08
Andy Rourke of The Smiths Is A Wanker If He Stands Me Up Again I know that people in ban...
Ear Infection
-
11/13/08
Music Review: The Smiths - The Sound of the Smiths (2-CD Deluxe Edition) The Smiths are ...
Blogcritics.org Music
-
11/12/08
Free Smiths Song! It's one of 23 tracks on the current The Sound Of The Smiths compilati...
Mojo
-
11/04/08
This Week’s New Reviews: The Smiths, Hinder, Travis and More This week's eclectic batch ...
Rock and Roll Daily
-
10/29/08
The Smiths Meat Is Murder vs The Queen Is Dead The general belief is that Meat is Murde...
Blogcritics.org Music
-
10/26/08
Smiths Reunion Merely A Rumor The Smiths star Johnny Marr has quashed speculation the ro...
Starpulse News Blog
-
10/24/08
Stop Us If You Think You've Heard This One ... [Morrissey] Stop Us If You Think You've H...
Defamer
