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Set the boy free : the autobiography / Johnny Marr.

by Marr, Johnny.

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Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, c2016.

781.66092 M358s

Smiths (Musical group)

Rock musicians -- England -- Biography.

Guitarists -- England -- Biography.

Lyricists -- England -- Biography.

Alternative rock music -- Great Britain -- History.

9780062438690 (hc.)

First U.S. edition.

ix, 463 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm

Reprint. Originally published: UK : Century, 2016.

Includes index.

Emily's -- Ardwick Green -- Petrol blues -- Terraces -- Wythenshawe -- West Wythy -- Town -- Angie -- Stagewear for the street -- X -- Crazy Face -- Morrissey and Marr -- The Smiths it is -- The Ritz -- Portland Street -- 'Hand in glove' -- London -- The heatwave -- Marple Bridge -- Top of the pops -- New York -- Earls Court -- Glastonbury -- Meat is murder -- America -- The queen is dead -- High on intensity, 1986 -- Crash -- Talking Heads: 88 -- Talk of the town -- The new thing -- 'Get the message' -- Nile -- Dusk -- Sonny -- High court -- Boomslang -- The end of a perfect day -- Portland -- The good ship Modest Mouse -- The new fellas -- 'We share the same skies' -- Inception -- Individual citizen -- Too late to stop now.

A memoir from the guitarist and cofounder of the British band The Smiths, a band which had a profound influence on a number of acts that followed - from the Stone Roses, Suede, Blur, and Radiohead to Oasis, The Libertines, and Arctic Monkeys. Marr recalls his childhood growing up in the northern working-class city of Manchester, in a house filled with music. He takes us back to the summer of 1982 when, at eighteen, he sought out one Stephen Morrissey to form a new band they called The Smiths. Marr invites fans on stage, on the road, and in the studio for the five years The Smiths were together and how after a rapid ascent, the working-class teenage rock star enjoyed and battled with the perks of success until ideological differences, combined with his much publicized strained relationships with fellow band mates, caused him to leave in 1987. But The Smiths' end was only the beginning for Marr. His solo career continues to this day, playing with Paul McCartney, Pretenders, Modest Mouse, Oasis and collaborating with today's most creative and renowned artists. Marr delivers the story of his music and his band, sharing the insights of a man who has made music his life.

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