It looks like touring the United Kingdom had an affect on the guys in punk outfit Balance And Composure. During their tour of the UK the group banged out a stripped down cover of “Bigmouth Strikes Again”, one of The Smiths’ most enduring anthems culled from one of their greatest albums, The Queen Is Dead. Yeah, […]
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WATCH: Balance And Composure – “Bigmouth Strikes Again” (The Smiths Cover)
February 10th, 2013 
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Mike Joyce Still Thinks The Smiths Could Reunite
January 27th, 2013 Dan Bogosian Maybe it will happen one day, or maybe some people just can’t let go. Mike Joyce, former drummer for The Smiths, still believes the band could reunite. He told the Sun (via NME) that a promoter had recently asked him why the Smiths don’t get back together, saying “I said, ‘You’re asking the wrong man’. […]
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Morrissey Announces 2013 US Tour
November 12th, 2012 James Shotwell The one and only Morrissey will once again bring his ever-popular live show to the United States next Spring over the course of a newly-announced three month tour. The dates, which from January through early March, were released to the press this morning. You can now view the full routing below. If you are at […]
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October 2nd, 2012 Justin Proper Yesterday, a blog no one on our staff has ever read by the name of HolyMoly reported that they were absolutely sure they could confirm at least one reunion by The Smiths in 2013. We didn’t run the story because, well, we’ve learned from the last half decade of coverage that this rumor, much like […]
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Morrissey Plans To Retire In 2014, Claims “I’ve aged a lot recently”
June 5th, 2012 James Shotwell Give me a moment while I fight back tears. After 30 years in the business, Morrissey has announced that he plans to retire when he turns 55 in 2014. Speaking with JUICEonline, Morrissey spoke of the changes throughout his career. When the reviewer inquired as to Morrissey’s thoughts on a statement he once made regarding […]
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DAMMIT: Jonny Marr Comments On Smiths Reunion Rumors, “It’s Not Happening”
April 26th, 2012 James Shotwell Rumors have been swirling on line over the past week that The Smiths were in talks to reunite and this morning the official word arrived. Opening up to fans on his personal Facebook this morning, Smiths’ guitarist Jonny Marr posted: The rumour of the Smiths reunion is untrue. It’s not happening. Short and heartbreaking, right? […]
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Balance And Composure Cover The Smiths
September 4th, 2011 Grant Trimboli Balance And Composure performed a live acoustic cover of The Smiths’ “Big Mouth Strikes Again” at the Resist Records in-store. Check it out right here and let UTG know how the group did covering the song.
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May 26th, 2011 Tori Thomas William Beckett of The Academy Is… posted a cover of The Smiths’ “Ask.” Check out the cover below.
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May 8th, 2011 Tori Thomas While on tour in the UK, Panic! At The Disco are covering The Smiths’ “How Soon Is Now.” Check it out below.
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March 3rd, 2011 James Shotwell Deftones will be releasing a cover album on April 16th including cuts by The Cars, Drive Like Jehu, The Smiths, Sade, Jawbox, The Cardigans, Lynyrd Skynrd, and Duran Duran to name a few. The album will be pressed to a limited number of vinyl copies only.
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January 19th, 2011 James Shotwell According to his Twitter, Johnny Marr (The Cribs, The Smiths, and more) has been offered a book deal. Marr noted that this will mean less songs, but I think I speak for everyone when I say the untold tales of this legend will be well worth it.
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October 15th, 2009 Chris Courtesy: Pitchfork Johnny Marr came to prominence in the 80s playing guitar in a little band called the Smiths. When that little band broke up, he went on to work with the everybody from the Talking Heads and Pet Shop Boys to Beck and Oasis. He founded Electronic with Bernard Sumner and released a solo […]
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