Joyce obtained a default judgement against Morrissey, revised his outstanding claim to £ 688, 000, and secured orders garnishing much of the singer's income.

A political conservative and self-described " right-winger ", who has publicly protested against what he perceives as immorality and " anti-Catholicism ", Morrissey's long-term collaboration with the low-keyed, apparently apolitical Warhol was viewed by many as " a successful mismatch ", although both men did share some traits, i. e. both were practising Catholics from " ethnic " backgrounds ( Warhol was of Rusyn descent and Morrissey is of Irish descent ).

* 20 October — John Morrissey at last defends the Championship of America at Long Point in Canada against John C. Heenan.

Bowker remembered Morrissey from Out of the Blue and wanted to build off the actor's sense of humour and to cast him against type.

Results of the boxing match were disputed, and Poole was against Morrissey being paid.

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.

It also hosts a rich rock / dance / dub culture ; in the 1960s The Rolling Stones played the Klubb Bongo, and in recent years stars like Morrissey, Nick Cave, B. B.

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.

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

Morrissey and Marr: The Severed Alliance ( Omnibus 1992, 1993² ; ISBN 0-7119-3000-7 )

* Bradford ( band ), late eighties indie band from Blackburn, UK ; championed by Morrissey

In the summer of 2004, it was announced that The Flaming Lips would appear among the headliners on the 2004 Lollapalooza tour, alongside such artists as Sonic Youth and Morrissey ; however, the tour was canceled because of lack of revenue.

The victims were: Stephen McCann ( 21 ), a Queen's University student murdered on 30 October 1976 ; Joseph Morrissey ( 52 ), killed on 3 February 1977 ; and Francis Cassidy ( 43 ), a dock-worker who died on 30 March 1977.

The globalised market for CDs pushed EMI into abandoning the HMV label in favour of " EMI Classics ", a name they could use worldwide ; however, it was revived in 1988 for Morrissey recordings.

Morrissey was the president of the Dolls ' UK fan club as a teenager, wrote a book about them, and produced their comeback show ; Stipe was a guest on One Day ....

* Ralph Morrissey 1931 ; Literary Editor The Nashville Tennessean

It was nominated, but did not win, in the Best Actor category again, for Morrissey ; in the Best Drama Serial category ; Best Original Television Music and Best Photography and Lighting.

Russell had a professional disagreement with the director Gordon Flemyng and producer Keith Richardson over the casting of 18-year-old Morrissey and Leigh ; he believed that the sympathy of 16-year-olds running away was lost by casting older actors.

The following years saw Morrissey cast in two high-profile feature films ; while filming the Brian Jones biopic Stoned ( Stephen Woolley, 2005 ), he got an audition for psychiatrist Dr Michael Glass, the male lead in Basic Instinct 2 ( Michael Caton-Jones, 2006 ).

Morrissey received approval for the role ; Andrea Mullaney wrote in The Scotsman, " Morrissey is never less than watchable and he brings a brooding presence to the role of Thorne.

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.

Current staff includes Sandy Robbins, a pet lifestyle expert ; Helen Jablonski, a cat behavior expert ; Elain Wexler-Mitchell, DVM ; and Cimeron Morrissey, Animal Planet's Cat Hero of the Year.

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.

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 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.