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 ".

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.

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.

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 ".

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 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.

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

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.

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.

* The former singer of The Smiths and solo artist Morrissey mentions each Kray brother by name in his song " The Last of the Famous International Playboys " saying, " Reggie Kray do you know my name?

In the 2007 edition of Canada Reads, an " all-star " competition pitting the five winning advocates from previous years against each other, Morrissey returned to champion Anosh Irani's novel The Song of Kahunsha.

" I don't know why it is that each of us receives our messages from the Presence a little differently ," Morrissey wrote.

Many fans took exception to the song as they believed that it had a pro-racism message, and Morrissey himself was seen on stage flailing a Union Jack, which is often used by far-right groups.

Since TOTP featured live vocals at that time, Cobain took the opportunity to sing in a low, dramatic opera voice, later claiming he was trying to impersonate Morrissey.

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

Although the scheme paid £ 23. 50 a week and took young people off unemployment benefits, Morrissey reflected in 2009 that many of the participants were just used as lackeys.

Morrissey developed his directing techniques by watching the directors on films and television series that he acted in ; he took the minor role of Tom Keylock in Stoned so that he could watch Stephen Woolley at work.

Following the Christmas EP, O ' Hara took on several acting roles and appeared as a vocalist on recordings by a variety of other artists, including Morrissey (" November Spawned a Monster "), John & Mary, Bruce Cockburn, Holly Cole, Bob Wiseman, Meryn Cadell, The Henrys and Neko Case.

What is known is that the inclusion of " The Draize Train " as the twelfth track gives the listener a sense of the rhythm and pacing of a Smiths show, as the band typically played an instrumental while Morrissey took a quick break backstage before returning to belt out the electrifying set-closers.

Mary Morrissey writes that in 1979, she and her husband took the family and their ministry on the road, offering workshops on building self-esteem in churches around the country.

One unit of the De Mariscos ( Morris or Morrissey in modern terms ) moved into this area, took over the territory and built a stone castle and manor house guarded by a moat surrounding the dwelling.

One such memorable duel took place in the 1980s at London's 100 Club with British tenor Dick Morrissey.

Morrissey took it upon himself to get a monument for every soldier that has been POW / MIA, including the over 800, 000 soldiers still classified as POW / MIA.

* Steven Morrissey, singer, member of The Smiths.

The Union Flag also became a prominent symbol of the movement, and its use as a symbol of pride and nationalism contrasted deeply with the controversy that erupted just a few years before when former Smiths singer Morrissey performed draped in it.

Look at those tracks, I'm gonna drive my motorcycle up those saggy glad bags, get your sh * t together, sucking a good stiff will do you good " Despite all this, as well as the fact that Tesco Vee had performed a song called " Morrissey Must Die " about the Smiths ' self-identified asexual frontman and referred to him as a " fag ," they later contributed a cover of the song " How Soon Is Now?

The Smiths were formed in early 1982 by Steven Patrick Morrissey, a writer who was a big fan of the New York Dolls and briefly fronted punk rock band The Nosebleeds ; and John Maher, a guitarist and songwriter.

In a 1984 interview Morrissey said that he chose The Smiths " because it was the most ordinary name " and because he thought that it was " time that the ordinary folk of the world showed their faces.

In 2006, Morrissey declared, " I would rather eat my own testicles than reform The Smiths, and that's saying something for a vegetarian.

In March 2006, Morrissey revealed that The Smiths had been offered $ 5 million for a performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which he turned down, saying, " No, because money doesn't come into it.

Morrissey and Johnny Marr dictated the musical direction of The Smiths.

In 1986, when The Smiths performed on the British music programme The Old Grey Whistle Test, Morrissey wore a fake hearing-aid to support a hearing-impaired fan who was ashamed of using one, and also frequently wore thick-rimmed National Health Service-style glasses.

Yet even while leading bands from the Britpop movement were influenced by The Smiths, they were at odds with the " basic anti-establishment philosophies of Morrissey and The Smiths ", since Britpop " was an entirely commercial construct.

Morrissey: Scandal and Passion ( Robson 2004 ; ISBN 1-86105-787-3 ; covers both Smiths and Morrissey's solo career )

* Vulgar Picture – an illustrated discography of The Smiths and Morrissey.

In 1983 Morrissey of The Smiths stated that " there was nothing more repellent than the synthesizer ".

The Smiths ' Morrissey and R. E. M.

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 former singer of British band The Smiths, Morrissey has also talked of his love for Elizabeth Smart.