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Steven Patrick Morrissey, better known as Morrissey, is a british singer and lyricist born in Davyhulme, Greater Manchester on May 22, 1959.
He was the lead singer of The Smiths, one of the most influential alternative bands in the 1980s. The group split up in 1987 and Morrissey started a successful solo career.
Morrissey is often noted as one of the key pop lyricists of his generation, with many subsequent artists hailing his influence. Themes on which he has touched include child murder, gang violence, domestic violence, prostitution, racism, drug use, homosexuality, disability, assassination, and terrorism. Unrequited love and a celebration of the outsider are a constant theme throughout his work.
His first solo album was released in 1988 and was entitled Viva hate. It was followed by Bona Drag (1990), Kill Uncle (1991), the Mick Ronson-produced Your Arsenal (1992), a live album Beethoven Was Deaf (1993), Vauxhall and I (1994), Southpaw Grammar (1995) and Maladjusted (1997).
Morrissey also recorded a one-off single with the singer Siouxsie : they both sang in duet on Interlude.
A period of musical inactivity followed in the late 90s and early 2000s, which was due to failure in finding a suitable label, according to a 2004 interview with Jools Holland. After seven years without a new album release, You Are The Quarry was released on May 17, 2004 (but one day later in the USA). The first single,
Irish Blood, English Heart, was released internationally on May 10, 2004. The single reached number three in its first week of sales in the UK singles chart.
He was the lead singer of The Smiths, one of the most influential alternative bands in the 1980s. The group split up in 1987 and Morrissey started a successful solo career.
Morrissey is often noted as one of the key pop lyricists of his generation, with many subsequent artists hailing his influence. Themes on which he has touched include child murder, gang violence, domestic violence, prostitution, racism, drug use, homosexuality, disability, assassination, and terrorism. Unrequited love and a celebration of the outsider are a constant theme throughout his work.
His first solo album was released in 1988 and was entitled Viva hate. It was followed by Bona Drag (1990), Kill Uncle (1991), the Mick Ronson-produced Your Arsenal (1992), a live album Beethoven Was Deaf (1993), Vauxhall and I (1994), Southpaw Grammar (1995) and Maladjusted (1997).
Morrissey also recorded a one-off single with the singer Siouxsie : they both sang in duet on Interlude.
A period of musical inactivity followed in the late 90s and early 2000s, which was due to failure in finding a suitable label, according to a 2004 interview with Jools Holland. After seven years without a new album release, You Are The Quarry was released on May 17, 2004 (but one day later in the USA). The first single,
Irish Blood, English Heart, was released internationally on May 10, 2004. The single reached number three in its first week of sales in the UK singles chart.
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yannluiz wrote:
long live Moz [2]
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Bolshevized wrote:
Sigh. Why do degenerates have to like Morrissey? I think I'd rather keep the Lady Gaga types away from him, really... they're mostly irredeemable.
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YuriBR wrote:
I wonder if many Lady GaGa fans will check out Morrissey's Years of Refusal, now that she said it was her favourite 2009 album.
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AvictimAtargetx wrote:
long live Moz
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allbadendsall wrote:
Okay, thanks yall.
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borntohang wrote:
Don't stick to The Smiths and don't start with the greatest hits either. Retarded advice. Start with Viva Hate and move upwards and onwards. Every album is a gem.
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Irryco wrote:
No, not the greatest hits. Never.
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pavlus777 wrote:
allbadendsall,you can start from Greatest Hits and then move to Viva Hate
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VEO15 wrote:
Stick to The Smiths
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allbadendsall wrote:
what's a good album to start with?
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beirut757 wrote:
todos queremos ver de nuevo a morrissey en tierras tapatias sera q se nos ara algun dia??
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beirut757 wrote:
ammm chicas q les guste morrissey quiero conocer!!!veamos si el romanticismo de morrissey a envuelto gadalajara.
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beirut757 wrote:
abra la posibilidad de q algun dia podamos vlver a morrissey en tierras mexicanas??se ve lejano pero no pierdo la esperanza q de minimo morrissey vendra una ves mas a guanatos......
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nicoomotion wrote:
this world is full of crashing bores <3
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EduardoMorato wrote:
Hear Morressey turns me on
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Nadissey wrote:
He's such a clever and handsome man..very wonderful singer and songwriter... Mozza forever!
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Sulphite wrote:
this guy is a genius, such a beautiful lyricist, born on my birthday too :)
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ar99 wrote:
http://turningthelightbulb.wordpress.com/
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WeFlyBalloons wrote:
I love you. Please do another UK tour soon.
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LudovicGiuly wrote:
I have so much love for this man.
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