They decided on Wolstencroft ( who had turned down the job of drummer in The Smiths ) as drummer and Pete Garner as bassist ( despite his admission that he could not play anything but " Blockbuster ").

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?

Although they had limited commercial success outside the UK while they were still together, and never released a single that charted higher than number 10 in their home country, The Smiths won a significant following, and remain cult and commercial favourites.

In November 2005, Mike Joyce told Marc Riley on BBC Radio 6 Music that financial hardship had reduced him to selling rare Smiths ' recordings on eBay.

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.

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.

As early as 1985, " the Smiths had spawned a rash of soundalike bands, including James, who opened for the group on their spring 1985 tour ".

However, the American Point System standardized finally in 1886 is different from Hawks ’ original idea in that 1 pica is not precisely equal to < sup > 1 </ sup >⁄< sub > 6 </ sub > inch ( neither the Imperial inch nor the U. S. inch ), as the United States Type Founders ’ Association defined the standard pica to be the Johnson Pica which had been adopted and used by Mackellar, Smiths and Jordan type foundry ( MS & J ), Philadelphia.

Smiths Parlor, Soapy's base of operationsBy 1899, the stream of gold-seekers had diminished and Skagway's economy began to collapse.

Smith had a good friend who suggested the name Smithville, but Smith thought that there were too many Smiths in the world, and instead chose to give the town his middle name.

Smiths Grove had an infamous reputation for closing Kentucky State Highway 101 locally known as Main Street every Halloween night.

Together with Anderson's childhood friend Mat Osman, they decided they had a core of a band, and spent hours a day playing covers of The Beatles, The Smiths, and David Bowie.

He felt that by being in a band that had similarities to the Smiths, he would have done them more harm than good.

Not since the dawn of the Smiths had a British band caused such excitement with the release of just a few singles.

A March 1993 article in The Independent wrote that " Suede have had more hype than anybody since the Smiths, or possibly even the Sex Pistols.

The music scene in Manchester immediately before the Madchester era had been dominated by bands such as The Smiths, New Order, The Fall and James.

Smiths first appointment was Steve Guppy ex England International as his assistant, Guppy had spent the previous successful season at USL1 team Rochester Rhinos as their Player Assistant Coach.

In May 2006, Dann Gallucci ( who had left the band amicably in September 2004 ) was replaced on guitar by Johnny Marr, former guitarist for The Smiths.

If there had been more Smiths and Wallers, the war would have been over long ago.

The character of Red Green had appeared in all of the Smiths ' previous shows, including Me & Max.

Goswell and Halstead had known each other since early childhood in Reading, Berkshire, when Goswell was an obsessive fan of The Smiths.

At the 2011 Census, Smiths Gully had a population of 391.

On 21 January, while on a prison train that had departed Montreal, he jumped out of a window, again with the help of other prisoners, and ended up near Smiths Falls, Ontario, 30 miles from the St. Lawrence River.

By 1948 reputed Kansas City mobster Charlie Binaggio had rebuilt a powerful political machine from the ashes of the one originally created by Boss Tom Pendergast, which he used in Smiths favor.

WEA ( now the Warner Music Group ) had acquired the entire Smiths back catalogue in early 1992.

Belle and Sebastian are often compared with acts such as The Smiths, The members of the band see this as a landmark event, with Stevie Jackson saying, " This is the biggest thrill of my entire life ".

* 1980s-Bruce Springsteen, Beastie Boys, George Michael, Guns N ' Roses, Joy Division, Michael Jackson, Prince, Public Enemy, R. E. M., The Smiths

* Johnny Marr-Influential musician, with Morrisey formed the Smiths, his parents were born in the Athy area, his mother from Castledermot and his father from Kilkea

Stephen Street ( born 29 March 1960 ) is an English music producer best known for his work with The Smiths in the 1980s, as well as Blur and The Cranberries in the 1990s.

Morrissey, born Steven Patrick Morrissey, English singer-songwriter and former lead singer of The Smiths

Douglas Jack Wiseman ( born July 21, 1930 in Smiths Falls, Ontario ) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada.

Simon Goddard ( born 21 December 1971 ) is a British music journalist and author, best known for his writings on British indie band The Smiths and their former lead singer Morrissey.

Lyle was born in Smiths Falls, Canada West ( now Ontario ), to a family that had emigrated from Ireland in 1848.

The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982.

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.

A replica carved by Robert Kerr of Smiths Falls was placed atop the Courthouse in 1982.

The resulting album, Viva Hate ( a reference to the end of the Smiths ), was released in March 1988, reaching number one in the UK charts.

I, 1992 ; ... Best II, 1992 ; Singles, 1995 ; and The Sound of The Smiths, 2008 ), one miscellaneous compilation ( Stop Me, 1988 ), and two box-sets ( The Smiths Singles Box, 2008 ; and Complete, 2011 ).

* " Ask " ( song ), a song by The Smiths

* Selby's first work, " The Queen Is Dead " ( appearing as a chapter in Last Exit ), inspired the name of an album by Manchester pop group The Smiths.

In 2001, he released a live album / DVD ( 7 Worlds Collide ) consisting of songs recorded at St James Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand with the likes of Lisa Germano, Sebastian Steinberg ( Soul Coughing ), Ed O ' Brien and Phil Selway ( Radiohead ), Johnny Marr ( The Smiths ), Eddie Vedder ( Pearl Jam ), Paul Jeffrey, Tim Finn, and Betchadupa.

Paul Smiths Flora II: Additional Vascular Plants, Bryophytes ( Mosses and Liverworts ), Soils and Vegetation, Local Forest History, Paul Smith ’ s College, Paul Smiths, NY.

The band's last concert was performed on 18 September 1992 with the line-up of Lydon, McGeoch, Ted Chau ( guitar, keyboards ), Mike Joyce of The Smiths ( drums ), and Russell Webb ( bass ).

Released on July 25, 2006, the album featured guitarist Steve Conte, bassist Sami Yaffa ( ex-Hanoi Rocks ), drummer Brian Delaney and keyboardist Brian Koonin, formerly a member of David Johansen and the Harry Smiths.

At the request of Hyrum Smith ( Joseph Smith's brother ), he twice sang the song " A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief " in Carthage Jail just before the Smiths were killed.

* Shakespeare's Sister ( song ), a song by The Smiths

Alison Moyet ( Alf ), The Art of Noise, The Assembly, The Associates, Aztec Camera, Big Country, Bon Jovi, The Boomtown Rats, Cardiacs, Cliff Richard, Cocteau Twins, The Cramps, Culture Club, Cyndi Lauper, The Damned, Dennis Brown with Sly & Robbie, Depeche Mode, Dexys Midnight Runners, Die Ärzte, Dire Straits, Divine, Stephen Duffy, Duran Duran, Echo & the Bunnymen, Vow Wow, Elvis Costello, The Fall, Fatal Charm, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Charged G. B. H., Gregory Isaacs & The Roots Radics, Gun Club, Hanoi Rocks, Heaven 17, Howard Jones, The Human League, Icicle Works, Iggy Pop, INXS, Judas Priest, Killing Joke, Level 42, Lloyd Cole & the Commotions, Madness, Madonna, Magnum, Meat Loaf, Motörhead, Ofra Haza, Paul Young, Pet Shop Boys, The Pretenders, The Proclaimers, Propaganda, The Psychedelic Furs, The Rainmakers, Robert Palmer, R. E. M., Scraping Foetus off the Wheel, Silent Running, Simple Minds, Simply Red, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Soft Cell, Spear of Destiny, SPK, Squeeze, The Style Council, Tears for Fears, Terence Trent D ' Arby, Terry & Gerry, The Smiths, The Cult, The Cure, The Dream Academy, The Jam, The Mission, The Pogues, The Pretenders, The Stranglers, The Toy Dolls, Then Jericho, Thin Lizzy, Thomas Dolby, Tina Turner, Twisted Sister, U2, Ultravox, Voice of the Beehive, Tom Waits, Wall of Voodoo, Wham !, Whitney Houston, XTC, Yazoo, ZZ Top.

Inspired by contemporary dance music like Italo house and acts such as Technotronic ( Sumner even did a remix of Technotronic's " Rockin ' Over the Beat " in 1990 ), their initial concept was to release white label records on Factory and remain an anonymous entity, in contrast to their considerable reputations with The Smiths and New Order.

* Samuel Smith ( watchmaker ) ( died 1875 ), founder of Smiths Group

KKR's activity level would accelerate over the second half of the 1990s making a series of notable investments including Spalding Holdings Corporation and Evenflo ( 1996 ), Newsquest ( 1996 ), KinderCare Learning Centers ( 1997 ), Amphenol Corporation ( 1997 ), Randalls Food Markets ( 1997 ), The Boyds Collection ( 1998 ), MedCath Corporation ( 1998 ), Willis Group Holdings ( 1998 ), Smiths Group ( 1999 ) and Wincor Nixdorf ( 1999 ).