Neil morrissey autobiography book
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Morrissey's 'Autobiography': A charming alt-rock life
Alternative rock in the s was defined by a handful of great bands, all moody collectives who took the negative energy of punk and fashioned a freshly beautiful noise.
Neil morrissey autobiography book
While U2 were busy conquering the world, R.E.M. led the alt-rock surge in the U.S. But in Britain, The Smiths ruled, all too briefly, from to their breakup in At their height, they were nearly the alt-Beatles, and by the time they split, they were a cult passion everywhere.
In the course of four brilliant albums, the quartet voiced the disillusion and lovelorn confusion of Britain's youth.
More precisely, lead singer Morrissey voiced it in a mournful, angelic baritone that often rose to a ghostly falsetto, and with lyrics that seemed to take all the blame while stewing a bleak poetry of loss and no expectation ("Oh mother, I can feel, the soil falling over my head…").
Morrissey and his songwriting partner, a guitar genius named Johnny Marr, were the smiths who