Johnny Marr, the post-punk guitar hero who teamed with Morrissey to make the Smiths one of modern rock's great bands, is flying solo now with a new album called "The Messenger," and a tour that will ...

Johnny Marr has spent years playing guitar as a hired gun for acts The The, Modest Mouse, the Cribs, and, most recently, Dinosaur Jr., but now the former Smiths guitarist is finally releasing his ...

The post Johnny Marr on His Favorite Guitars, Solo Cuts, and Signature Sound appeared first on Consequence. The Smiths guitarist discusses all the times he lent his guitars to Radiohead, Oasis, and ...

There’s something about the British Isles that consistently produces musical greatness; it is inherent to the country, its people and its culture. Popular culture has been defined by bands and artists ...

The title of Johnny Marr’s debut solo album turns out to be a head fake in more ways than one. Due out on February 26, 2013, The Messenger might yet be a prophetic statement from the founding Smiths ...

Twenty-five years after he left the Smiths — perhaps the most influential British pop band of the 1980s — guitarist Johnny Marr has made a solo album. On The Messenger, out today, Marr has written not ...

Johnny Marr is ?modern rock’s Keith Richards. At 18, Marr played Keef to Morrissey’s Mick in The Smiths and redefined rhythm and riffs with his odd-but-poppy guitar work. While in his late 20s, the ...

Johnny Marr is one of the most talented guitar players of all time — and he has the resume to prove it. Marr’s intricate and dynamic guitar work can be heard in the works of The Smiths (of which he ...

Though the Smiths lasted a mere five years, from 1982 to ’87, they may be one of the most influential rock acts of their time. Much of this acclaim stems from the indelible fretwork of guitarist ...

At a sold-out Johnny Marr show in Chicago a week before the release of his new album, "Boomslang," fans milled about patiently, waiting for the guitar hero to emerge. But one word kept rising out of ...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Johnny Marr, the former Smiths guitarist and songwriter, expects to start a world tour in October beginning with a show in New York. Currently he's working on two albums and ...

Johnny Marr was just 23 when the Smiths broke up, but it took him until he was nearly 50 to finally cut a solo record. “There were plenty of other things to do,” Marr, who has played with everyone ...