Morrissey says the name of his former band, The Smiths, wasn't meant to be mysterious, revealing the true origin of it's name. The singer offered an explanation during a 1984 appearance on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Andy Rourke, bassist for the influential British rock band the Smiths, has died after a long illness due to pancreatic cancer. He ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

David Fincher‘s new film The Killer hit select theaters this weekend and stars Michael Fassbender as an unnamed hired assassin who loves The Smiths, classic ’70s and ’80s sitcoms, and sticking to his ...

In 1984, The Smiths released Hatful of Hollow, a compilation of singles, B-sides and BBC Radio sessions that would eventually become one of the most beloved albums of the band's career. More than 40 ...

The sort of platitudes that often accompany many retrospectives on classic albums, describing heroic narratives in which scenes are burst onto and names are cemented in history books, don’t ...

The Smiths were an influential English alternative rock band formed in Manchester in 1982, comprising lead vocalist Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke, and drummer Mike Joyce.

If you were looking for a Smiths reunion after Liam and Noel Gallagher from Oasis unexpectedly tabled their decades-long beef — you're out of luck. The Smiths changed the landscape of British rock in ...

Andy Rourke, the bassist and founding member of the iconic British rock band, The Smiths, has died of cancer. He was 59. Former band member and guitarist Johnny Marr broke the heartbreaking news of ...

That’s how Morrissey introduces his announcement today that he’d like to “offer for sale all of his business interests in ‘The Smiths’ to any interested party / investor.” His statement comes in the ...

Jeremy has more than 2800 published articles on Collider to his name, and has been writing for the site since February 2022. He's an omnivore when it comes to his movie-watching diet, so will gladly ...

Andy Rourke, bassist for the influential British rock band the Smiths, has died after a long illness due to pancreatic cancer. He was 59. The Smiths’ guitarist, Johnny Marr, posted on Twitter on ...