Morrissey

Genres:	Documentaries • Music & Radio • Music Videos & Concerts • Pop / Rock
Descriptive "tags":	indie • alternative • british • rock • 80s • indie rock • singer-songwriter • pop • alternative rock • britpop
Decades Active:	1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Links online:	BBC Music • Fan Page • IMDb • MusicMoz • MySpace • Official Homepage • Wikipedia

Biography

Steven Patrick Morrissey, 22 May 1959, Davyhulme, Manchester, England. Morrissey began his career with the vague intention of succeeding as a music journalist. Unemployed in Manchester during the late 70s, he frequently wrote letters to the music press and was eventually taken on by Record Mirror as a freelance local reviewer. During this period, he also ran a New York Dolls fan club and wrote a booklet about them. Another small, illustrated volume, James Dean Is Not Dead, briefly catalogued the career of another Morrissey obsession. Two other projects, on girl groups and minor film stars, failed to reach the printed page. In the meantime, Morrissey was attempting unsuccessfully to progress as a performer. He had played a couple of gigs with local band the Nosebleeds and failed a record company audition with a relaunched version of Slaughter And The Dogs. In 1982, he was approached by Wythenshawe guitarist Johnny Maher (later Marr) with the idea of forming a...

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