SMITHS - PICTURES / TEXT BY HARRY HARRISON INSANE SOCIETY they restored passion and protest

they restored passion and protest to rock & roll

in particular the political economy of the independent record companies through which much of punk was distributed

but they also had one of the most inventive

had already got rid of drummer Topper Headon

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SMITHS - PICTURES / TEXT BY HARRY HARRISON INSANE SOCIETY they restored passion and protestBOOK The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester, UK during 1982, comprising vocalist Steven Patrick Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce. Critics have called them one of the most important groups to emerge from the British independent music scene of the '80s. NME named the Smiths in 2002 as "the artists to have had the most influence on the NME". The following year 4 of the band's L. Ps appeared