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Born John Martin Maher on 31 October 1963 to Irish immigrants in Ardwick Manchester. Johnny Marr is a guitarist, singer, song-writer and producer.

He is best known for being the founder member and guitarist in eighties cult band The Smiths.

The Smiths released 4 studio albums between 1984 and 1987 when Marr broke the group up.

Their major hits in the UK, were Heaven knows I’m miserable now which reached #10 in 1984 and Sheila Take a Bow which reached the same number in 1987. Whilst their popular songs include This Charming Man, How Soon is Now and There is Light that Never goes out.

When he ended the band in 1987, Marr focused mainly on contributing to the work of established bands. He played session guitar and or wrote music for artists such as The Pretenders, Talking Heads, Billy Bragg and Kirsty Maccoll (among others).

He also became a member of The The briefly due to his friendship with singer Matt Johnson.

In 1989 He teamed up with New Order lead singer Bernard Sumner to form synthesiser/guitar super group Electronic. Combining at first with Pet Shop Boys Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe the duo released Getting Away with it which peaked at #12 in the Uk charts.

The foursome then released the song Disappointed. This attained them their top UK chart placement of #6, as well as featuring on the soundtrack to the Brad Pitt film Cool World.

Electronic soon solidified as just Sumner and Marr and between them they released three albums. Self titled debut, Electronic, Raise the Pressure and Twisted Tenderness were released in 1991, 1996 and 1999 respectively. As Sumner returned to fronting New Order Electronic dissolved.
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  • blazikens

    hottie

    January 2012

  • alliedbakeries

    CHIC at Warehouse Project,Manchester. At the end Johnny Marr comes on to play guitar on Le Freak. Is it one of Manchester music's great moments ? Or just a bit odd ? No-one seems to care. MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS. 14.11.2011

    November 2011

  • alliedbakeries

    "Dennis Tueart was my favourite player as a kid but I treasured a framed photo of Colin Bell that I'd bought from some dodgy market stall." JOHNNY MARR Manchester City supporter June 2002

    August 2011

  • comicvictim

    best guitarist of all time

    May 2011

  • marryssey

    The Big Band soundtrack out in Summer.

    March 2011

  • RatBatSpider

    Check out Johnny Marr at amoeba in Hollywood, doin some shoppin and hangin out. It's good stuff. http://www.amoeba.com/whats-in-my-bag/index.html#/detail/2011-02-17_johnny-marr

    March 2011

  • arturobandini2

    Written by Johnny Marr/Jeff Tweedy http://www.7worldscollide.com/7worldscollide/tracks/1-1

    February 2011

  • Diothalamus

    i think those who cannot appreciate his huge contribution to the smiths are probably not musicians. he is an incredibly tasteful, underrated guitarist, and just as important to the band as morrissey, in my opinion. however, i am going to pretend the modest mouse thing never happened.

    January 2011
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