The Smiths members Morrissey and Johnny Marr shared an appreciation for Smith's Horses, and reveal that their song " The Hand That Rocks the Cradle " is a reworking of one of the album's tracks, " Kimberly ".

Other celebs to have been featured in their own strips include Jonathan Ross, Russell Brand, Esther Rantzen, Stephen Fry, Noel Edmonds, Jimmy Savile ( as the headmaster of " Pop School ", as " Sir Jimmy Savile, the Owl " and in " Jimmy Savile's Haunted Head "), Johnny Vaughan, Adam Ant, Jimmy Hill, Noddy Holder, Boy George, Freddie Garrity, Steve McFadden, Morrissey ( constantly finding daffodils stuck into the seat of his trousers, parodying his appearances on Top of the Pops ), Busted, Eminem, Big Daddy and plenty more.

Based on the song writing partnership of vocalist Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr, the band also included bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce.

Maher changed his name to Johnny Marr to avoid confusion with Buzzcocks drummer John Maher, and Morrissey performed under his surname alone.

Perry was uncomfortable with the situation, stating " it was like they wanted another Johnny Marr ", and the sessions ended with ( according to Perry ) " Morrissey running out of the studio ".

Both Johnny Marr and Morrissey have repeatedly said that they will not reunite the band.

The closest Marr or Morrissey has come to any kind of reunion was in January 2006 when Johnny Marr and The Healers played at Andy Rourke's Manchester v Cancer benefit concert.

" Street says his enthusiasm must have rubbed off on Morrissey and Johnny Marr because they took his name and number.

Street went on to co-write and produce two more top ten singles for Morrissey which appeared on Bona Drag before the singer ended their association apparently because of disputes regarding the royalties and alleged conversations between Street and author of controversial Morrissey texts, Johnny Rogan.

* Johnny Morrissey, English footballer

It is speculated that the addition of " The Draize Train " was a peace offering from Morrissey to guitarist Johnny Marr ; as Marr has the sole writing credit for the song, he receives all royalties from its addition.

According to Smiths biographers Johnny Rogan and David Bret, Morrissey originally titled the album The Smiths in Heat.

All tracks written by Johnny Marr and Morrissey except " His Latest Flame " ( Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman ), " The Draize Train " ( Marr ) and the very beginning of " The Queen Is Dead " where an audio recording of Sergei Prokofiev's classical piece " Montagues and Capulets " was played to introduce the band.

All tracks written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr ( including " Oscillate Wildly ").

* Johnny Marr, Morrissey and Stephen Street – producers ( B6 )

In an audience of less than 42 people, several key members of Manchester's future music scene were present: Tony Wilson ( Granada TV presenter and creator of Factory Records ), Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner ( Joy Division and New Order ), Morrissey ( later to form The Smiths with Johnny Marr ), producer Martin Hannett, Mark E Smith of The Fall, Paul Morley later to become an influential music journalist, and Mick Hucknall of Simply Red.

* Prizefighter Johnny Morrissey is the hero in a popular Irish ballad called " Morrissey and the Russian Sailor ".

Up spoke Johnny Morrissey with heart both brave and true

Begod sez Johnny Morrissey this battle will be mine

To noble Johnny Morrissey who came from Templemore

-featuring: The Smiths & Morrissey & Johnny Marr and the Healers

* Alan Morrissey as Johnny

After recording several demo tapes with Simon Wolstencroft ( later of The Fall ) on drums, Morrissey and Marr recruited drummer Mike Joyce in the autumn of 1982.

In July 1987, Marr left the group permanently because he thought an NME article entitled " Smiths to Split " was planted by Morrissey, when in fact it was not.

That article, written by Danny Kelly, alleged that Morrissey disliked Marr working with other musicians, and that Marr and Morrissey's personal relationship had reached breaking point.

The breakdown in the relationship has been primarily attributed to Morrissey becoming annoyed by Marr's work with other artists and Marr growing frustrated by Morrissey's musical inflexibility.

It received a lukewarm reception from critics, but both Morrissey and Marr name it as their favourite Smiths album.

In 2007 they released the documentary DVD Inside the Smiths, a surprisingly affectionate memoir of their time with the band, notable for the absence of Marr, Morrissey, and their music.

Since the band broke up, Morrissey and Marr have attracted criticism over the division of royalties with Joyce and Rourke ; recurring speculation about a reunion, often fuelled by the pair themselves ; and their apparent efforts to maximise returns on the band's modest back-catalogue by continually repackaging the same material.

Morrissey and Marr each took 40 percent of The Smiths ' recording and performance royalties, allowing 10 percent each to Joyce and Rourke.

Morrissey and Marr had accepted the previous year that Joyce and Rourke were partners.

" Morrissey and Marr – who were represented separately at the trial – insisted that the royalty split had been explained to Rourke and Joyce, even if they were no longer sure when.

But Morrissey and Marr acted throughout on the basis that they would be getting 40 percent each of the net profits from The Smiths earnings.

The judge also ranked the band members by IQ, with Marr " probably the more intelligent of the four ", Rourke and Joyce " unintellectual ", and Morrissey presumably somewhere in between.

Morrissey appealed against the verdict ; Marr did not.

Morrissey responded with a statement three days later revealing that Joyce had received £ 215, 000 each from Marr and Morrissey in 1997, along with Marr's final back-payment of £ 260, 000 in 2001.

At the same time, however, Marr and Morrissey routinely boast about the efforts of others to reunite them and the astronomical sums they have been offered to perform together ( with or without Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke ).

In August 2007, it was widely reported that Morrissey had that summer declined an offer of $ 75 million – nearly £ 40 million at the time – from a " consortium of promoters " to reunite with Marr for a fifty-date world tour under the Smiths ' name in 2008 and 2009.

Through the end of 1991 and early 1992, Suede received a number of favourable mentions in the music press, garnering them slots at shows hosted by NME and attended by significant musical figures such as former Smiths singer Morrissey.

The musical director was David Gilmour of Pink Floyd and musical guests included Roger Daltrey Dave Stewart, Seal, Spinal Tap, Tom Jones, Morrissey, EMF, Jason Donovan, Rick Astley, Daryl Hall, Lisa Stansfield.

Boz Boorer ( born Martin James Boorer, 19 May 1962 in Edgware, Middlesex ) is a British guitarist and producer most known for his work founding the new wave rockabilly group, The Polecats, and later for his work as a co-writer, guitarist and musical director with Morrissey.