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English rock band (1982–1987) the band|The Smiths (album)!''The Smiths'' (album)|other uses|Smiths (disambiguation)!Smiths November 2019 Use British English November 2019 Infobox musical artist | name = The Smiths | image = The Smiths (1984 Sire publicity photo) 002.jpg | caption = The Smiths in 1984. From left to right: Andy Rourke, Morrissey, Johnny Marr and w:Mike Joyce (musician)|Mike Joyce. | image_upright = 1.2 | origin = Manchester, England | genre = hlist| Indie popcite web |last1=Monroe |first1=Jazz The Smiths Bassist Andy Rourke Dies at 59 https://pitchfork.com/news/the-smiths-bassist-andy-rourke-dies-at-59/amp/ Pitchfork 19 May 2023 23 May 2023|indie rockcite web https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-smiths-mn0000899530/biography The Smiths ! Biography & History Erlewine Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine AllMusic 25 February 2020 15 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181215175459/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-smiths-mn0000899530/biographylive|jangle popcite book Bannister Matthew White Boys, White Noise: Masculinities and 1980s Indie Guitar Rock https://books.google.com/books?id=Lt2hAgAAQBAJ|year=2013 Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-4094-9374-7|pages=71–72, 87, 124–125|author-link=Matthew Bannister (musician)|post-punkcite magazine https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/5915487/the-smiths-at-30-classic-track-by-track-review 'The Smiths' at 30: Classic Track-By-Track Review Payne Chris 20 February 2014|magazine=Billboard (magazine)|Billboard 25 February 2020 23 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201123225148/https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/5915487/the-smiths-at-30-classic-track-by-track-reviewlive|alternative rock | discography = hlist|The Smiths discography Albums and singles|List of songs recorded by the Smiths|songs | years_active = 1982–1987 | label = hlist|Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade|Sire Records|Sire | website = URL|officialsmiths.co.uk | past_members = plainlist| * Morrissey * Johnny Marr * Andy Rourke * Mike Joyce (musician)|Mike Joyce * (see #Members|Members for others) ''The Smiths'' were an English Rock music|rock band formed in Manchester in 1982, composed of Morrissey (vocals, Johnny Marr (guitar, Andy Rourke (bass) and Mike Joyce (musician)|Mike Joyce (drums). Morrissey and Marr formed the band’s songwriting partnership. The Smiths are regarded as one of the most important acts to emerge from 1980s British independent music. The Smiths signed to the independent label Rough Trade Records in 1983 and released their debut album, ''The Smiths (album)|The Smiths'', in 1984. Their focus on a guitar, bass and drum sound, fusing 1960s rock and post-punk, was a rejection of the synth-pop sound predominant at the time. Several Smiths singles reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart, and all their studio albums reached the top five of the UK Albums Chart, including the number-one album ''Meat Is Murder'' (1985). The band achieved mainstream success in Europe with ''The Queen Is Dead'' (1986) and ''Strangeways, Here We Come'' (1987, which both entered the top 20 of the European Albums Chart.cite magazine European Hot 100 Albums Chart|magazine=Music & Media 26 July 1986 https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1986/M&M-1986-07-26.pdf 14 Oct 2019|page=26 10 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210110024750/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1986/M&M-1986-07-26.pdflive
cite magazine European Hot 100 Albums Chart|magazine=Music & Media 31 October 1987 https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-10-31.pdf 14 Oct 2019|page=26 10 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210110024751/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-10-31.pdflive In 1986, the band briefly became a five-piece with the addition of guitarist Craig Gannon. Internal tensions led to the Smiths' breakup in 1987, followed by public lawsuits over royalties. The members each said that the band would never reunite and refused all offers to do so. Rourke died in 2023.

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