The Smiths FAQ all that's left to know about the most important British band of the 1980s / John D. Luerssen.
| Author/creator | Luerssen, John D. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Milwaukee, WI : Backbeat Books, 2015. |
| Description | xiv, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Here began all my dreams : Morrissey's childhood -- He kicks me in the showers : Morrissey's adolescence -- Throw your homework onto the fire : Johnny Marr's childhood -- Young and alive : Johnny and Andy align -- Sixteen, clumsy, and shy : Morrissey makes the scene -- Now, today, tomorrow, and always : Johnny and Angie -- Oh hello! : the microphone or the typewriter -- Shoplifters of the world : Johnny finds his way -- The songs that saved your life : Marr calls on Morrissey -- If the people stare, then the people stare : the Smiths solidify -- This one is different; because it's us! : signing to rough trade -- The good life is out there somewhere : the smiths ascend -- The low life has lost its appeal : off the dole and on to the radio -- You're the bee's knees : the Smiths -- England is mine! : the top 30 and top of the pops -- Prudence never pays : handsome and popular -- Caligula would have blushed : a top 10 single, a Henke problem, a Thatcher thrashing, and more -- Good times for a change : from "how soon is now?" to hatful of hollow -- Cemented minds : meat is murder -- I want to be loved : the Smiths conquer America -- It sounds like a wonderful thing : the queen is dead -- Do you think you can help me? : Rourke fired, Gannon hired -- I left the north again : John Hughes, "panic," and the road -- Alabaster crashes down : Gannon goes, Marr flips -- Boot the grime of this world in the crotch, dear : a final performance, "Sheila," and a pair of compilations -- A rush and a push : strangeways, here we come -- If you think peace is a common goal . . . : the Smiths fall apart -- Life is very long : after the end -- At the record company meeting : reissues -- So I checked all the registered historical facts : the legacy of the Smiths. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references ( pages 293-294) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015027694 |
| ISBN | 9781480394490 paperback |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |