synffFormed in Manchester in 1982, The Smiths fused Morrissey's wry, literate vocals with Johnny Marr's jangling, inventive guitar wizardry, backed by Andy Rourke's funky bass and Mike Joyce's supple drums.
Drawing from Elvis Presley's swagger, T. Rex's glam strut, and Joni Mitchell's folk precision,…
48 roots·95 legacies
Roots trace the artists and scenes that shaped The Smiths; legacies follow the artists carrying those ideas forward. The names below are the most-mentioned direct connections in the graph.
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David Bowie, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Alfred Hitchcock + 44 more
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6 releases·1988-2023
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