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 ".

Moreno's influences include such bands as The Cure, Bad Brains, The Smiths, My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins, Duran Duran, The Smashing Pumpkins, Depeche Mode, Helmet, Jawbox, Faith No More, Hum, Kool Keith, Alice in Chains, Tool, Jane's Addiction and Weezer, and claims that Deftones ' 2006 album, Saturday Night Wrist, is more of a compromise between all of the members ' influences, ranging from their brutal and brooding heavy signature seen on Adrenaline and Around the Fur to the more experimental sound heard on White Pony and Deftones.

In addition, members of Oasis have cited The Stone Roses, T. Rex, Sex Pistols, Slade, Small Faces, The Who, Nirvana, The Rolling Stones, The Stooges, The La's, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, R. E. M., Humble Pie, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, The Kinks, The Jam, Pink Floyd, The Verve, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, The Velvet Underground, Talking Heads, and The Smiths as an influence or inspiration.

Manchester art student Mick Hucknall was one of the many young music fans present, along with Mark E. Smith of The Fall as well as original members of the bands Joy Division, The Smiths and Buzzcocks.

It featured former Smiths members Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce, Philip Oakey, Denise Johnson ( A Certain Ratio ) and Ray Dorset ( Mungo Jerry ).

Category: The Smiths members

Category: The Smiths members

Category: The Smiths members

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.

Other members included early Smiths producer Troy Tate.

The original members appeared together on stage for the first time in nearly 13 years, performing a five-song set that ended with their cover of The Smiths ' " How Soon Is Now ?".

The group evolved from " The Smiths " ( not to be confused with later English band " The Smiths "), which featured two of the same members, and had attempted a hit single with " Now I Taste The Tears ", produced and arranged by Ron Budnik.

Half Life Half Death inevitably derived its musical style from its main influences, mostly New Wave and Postpunk British bands which became popular in the Philippines, especially in Metro Manila, during the members ' highschool days, in the 1980s ; bands that included The Cure, Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Lotus Eaters, The Smiths, and The Wild Swans.

After three years and an album recorded with members of The Smiths, The Adult Net released The Honey Tangle in 1989 on Phonogram Records.

* 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

* 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?

" During the same interview, Love said she was greatly influenced by guitarists Will Sergeant of Echo and the Bunnymen and Johnny Marr of The Smiths.

* Johnny Marr, member of The Smiths.

In 1988, Bernard Sumner teamed up with former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr for the Electronic project ( also enlisting the help of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of the Pet Shop Boys ).

Johnny Marr was exhausted and on the verge of alcoholism, and took a break from the band in June 1987, which he felt was negatively perceived by the other Smiths.

" To me, The Smiths were a beautiful thing and Johnny left it, and Mike has destroyed it.

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.

: This article is about Johnny Marr, guitarist of The Smiths, The Cribs, and Modest Mouse, whose birth name was John Maher.

Butler names former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr as his major inspiration.

Guitarist Johnny Marr ( formerly of The Smiths ) joined the band in May 2006, along with percussionist Joe Plummer ( formerly of the Black Heart Procession ) and multi-instrumentalist Tom Peloso, to work on the album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.

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.

* Johnny Marr: Former guitarist with The Smiths

In 1989, Sumner joined up with former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr to form Electronic.

) to Les Fradkin and Johnny Marr ( The Smiths ).

Thirty-five years later ( in 2006 ) fellow Mancunian Johnny Marr of English alternative rock band The Smiths said:

Many modern day musicians, including The Edge from U2, Slash of Guns N ' Roses, Johnny Marr of the Smiths, Davy Knowles, Janick Gers of Iron Maiden, Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest, Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard, Gary Moore and Joe Bonamassa, cite Gallagher as an inspiration in their formative musical years.

* 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

As a contemporary of Johnny Marr of The Smiths, Squire was amongst the most accomplished British rock guitarists of the 1980s, known for his chiming melodies, spiraling riffs and live solos.

Johnny Marr ( The Smiths ), though normally opting for Rickenbackers and Telecasters in the studio, used a 355 fitted with a bigsby vibrato for most of his early live performances with the band.

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

* Boomslang is the title of a 2003 album by former Smiths guitarist and songwriter Johnny Marr, credited to Johnny Marr and the Healers.