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Ex-Smiths Guitarist Johnny Marr Releases Video, Readies Album
Former lead guitarist for pioneering UK indie band gets back to his roots with The Messenger
By Alex Baker
As a member of the influential Eighties British indie group, The Smiths, Johnny Marr pioneered the alternately jangly, alternately jagged guitar style that is such an integral part of what we now regard as the indie rock sound.
The Smiths were regarded as one of the definitive British… Read More
Stone Roses Play First Show in Manchester Since 1996
Legendary English indie-pop dance-rockers the Stone Roses played their first gig in their hometown of Manchester since 1996 on Saturday night. The Roses were a sensation in the UK and an underground hit in the US back in the early 1990s when they first emerged with their “baggy” “Madchester” sound, a forerunner to the Britpop of Oasis and the Verve that conquered MTV and the… Read More








