14. I Know It’s Over (from The Queen Is Dead, 1986) The backing may be sparse – hesitant guitar strums over barely-there bass and drums – but the morose melodrama of Morrissey’s lyric create a gothic ...

The indie trailblazers’ second album turns 40 this month and sealed their status as one of the best British guitar groups ...

Tearing up the blueprint with an octave G string, Johnny Marr’s new seven-string Martin signature model is a distillation of ...

Angus Batey remembers how 40 years ago the classic Smiths second album helped change the direction of his life ...

The Smiths did things in a hurry. The Manchester quartet had only released their debut single, the chiming, urgent guitar-pop of Hand In Glove, in May 1983. By the time their second album Meat Is ...

The Smiths (L-R; Andy Rourke, Mike Joyce, Morrissey, and Johnny Marr), perform live on stage, 1984. CREDIT: Pete Cronin/Redferns/Getty Images John Porter, the producer of The Smiths‘ debut self ...

Queen legend Brian May and Gibson have teamed up for a new limited-edition SJ-200 12-string acoustic guitar. Only one hundred ...

The Smiths Ltd was formed in Manchester, UK the hometown of The Smiths. If you never saw The Smiths then this is your chance to experience the thrill of those great songs played live. If you were ...

“From then on, we didn’t work with a producer on albums.” (Engineer on Meat Is Murder – also worked with The Smiths on The Queen Is Dead and Strangeways, Here We Come) On first meeting The Smiths in ...

But it can't go on forever — especially because astronomers now think the comet is "dead". It's hard to be specific, but it should be visible Thursday night and Friday night at the very least.

From their home in Pukekohe, the Smiths watched the devastation on TV and online. Three days later they made a “life-changing decision” to uproot their lives to Napier. The initial plan was to ...