A series of never-seen-before letters have offered a rare insight into what life was like touring with The Smiths. The haul ...

The Mountain Goats, Don Letts, photographer Mick Rock, Hanoi Rocks' Michael Monroe, Kid Congo Powers, and more also paid tribute to Johansen who died Friday at age 75 ...

One of those musicians was the singer-songwriter Morrissey of the Smiths, who first witnessed the band as a 13-year-old living in Manchester, England. It was 1973, and the BBC was broadcasting a ...

One Redditor mused: "The Smiths influenced so many great bands, but so many awful ones ... Smiths' 1987 hit "Panic" played a role, thanks to Morrissey crooning "burn down the disco" feeding ...

David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls, has died.

One person said: "The Smiths influenced so many great bands, but so many awful ones ... The chorus sees Morrissey singing the line "burn down the disco", which some people think encouraged the ...

I bring this up because the Dolls frontman David Johansen, one of rock music’s great minor figures, died Friday at the age of 75, and music fans have been wondering about the Dolls' performance in ...

Fans of The Smiths and Morrissey are in for a treat next month when the highly regarded tribute band, These Charming Men, ...

Even the band members themselves recognised the brilliance of the album, which contained one of Marr’s favourite Smiths tunes, ‘Unhappy Birthday’. Speaking about the appeal of the often-overlooked ...