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Moss, Ivan 156–7
Moss, Janet 156–7, 192; cottage in Marple Bridge 176–7, 196
Moss, Joe: Johnny first meets 105–8; and Johnny’s plans for new band 114–15, 116; his philosophies and reminiscences 125–6, 287, 423; and The Smiths’ first gig 136, 139; manager of the band 139–40, 143, 149, 150–51, 333; encourages Johnny to open own shop 144, 148–9; Haçienda gig 149, 153, 155; Johnny moves into house of 155–8; recording of band’s first record 155, 158–9; first London gigs 155, 160, 172; record deal 155, 161; release of first single 166, 167; band’s TV debuts 183, 189, 190; and discussions on financial arrangements of band 185; resigns as manager 191–3, 198; Andy Rourke moves into house of 195–6; and Smiths’ High Court royalties case 333, 336; post-Smiths friendship and working life with Johnny 337, 338, 345, 362, 370–71, 379, 382, 384, 406, 415, 419; cultivation of new bands and establishment of Night & Day Café 338; death 422–3
Moss, Sarah 422–3
Moss Side, Manchester 86–7, 300, 330; Justin’s (clothes shop) 26
Motown (record label) 101, 119, 126, 213
Mott the Hoople (band) 63
Move, The (band) 10
Murphy family (Johnny’s uncle, aunt and cousins) 8, 17, 18
Nelson, Bill 52
New Order (band) 101, 146, 148, 196, 222, 298, 342, 371; ‘World in Motion’ 318
New Romantics (subculture) 123
New York 191, 192–6, 223–4, 289, 340–41; Brill Building 103; CBGB club 67, 191, 195; Danceteria club 193; Iroquois Hotel 194; Madison Square Garden 341, 384–5; We Buy Guitars (store) 194
New York Dolls (band) 55, 79, 116
New York Marathon (race) 399–400
New Zealand 357–9
Newcastle 183, 326; Red Wedge show 244–5
Nicholson, Jack 106, 283
Night & Day Café, Manchester (venue) 338, 371
Nirvana (band) 387
NME (New Musical Express) 116
Nolan, Christopher: Inception 401–3, 418
Nosebleeds, The (band) 45, 57, 68, 119
Notting Hill, London: Portobello Hotel 250–51
Nottingham 382
Nugent, Ted 63
Oakland, California 227, 282
Oasis (band) 319–26, 342
O’Brien, Ed 358, 359
O’Connor, Tony 86, 140–41, 143
Oldham, Andrew Loog 114, 158, 419
Only Ones, The (band) 71, 74, 95
Oregon City 394–5
Oscars (Academy Awards) 418
Ouspensky, P.D 344
Oxford, Mississippi 372–3
Page, Jimmy 342, 347
Palmer, David 293
Paris 273–5
Paris Valentinos (Johnny’s first band) 55–7, 70–71, 72, 80–81, 135; see also White Dice
Parker, Alan: Angel Heart 292
Partnership Act (1890) 332–3
Patton, Danny 75
Paul, Les 384
Pearl Jam (band) 358
Peel, John 167–8, 180, 196
Peloso, Tom 366, 367, 369
Pentangle (band) 348
Perry boys and girls (subculture) 86, 178
Pet Shop Boys (band) 300, 306, 312, 342
PETA (animal rights organisation) 284
Petralia, Mickey 339
Petty, Tom: ‘American Girl’ 56
Philippe (Decibel Studios owner) 92, 129
Philippines 308–9
Phoenix Records, Manchester (record shop) 63
Picasso, Pablo 211
Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester 416
Pickering, Mike 101, 189, 196, 286, 289
Piering, Scott 166, 168, 170, 173, 189, 207, 208, 215, 229, 235
Pips, Manchester (club) 123–4
Playland (solo album) 415–16, 417; tour 422–3
Plummer, Joe 367, 369, 382
Pluto Studios, Manchester (recording studios) 184–5, 333
politics 85, 86, 212–13, 214, 242–4, 317, 405–9, 416
Polsky, Ruth 193, 207–8
Polydor (record label) 173
Pomfret, Steve ‘Pommy’ 117–18, 120, 128
Pop, Iggy 79, 88, 154, 217, 281; see also The Stooges
Porter, John 180–81, 182, 188, 209, 210, 217–18
Portland, Oregon 362–3, 364–70, 377–8, 381, 420–21
Portland Hotel, Manchester 217
pot/hash (marijuana) 66–7, 80, 130, 234
Powell, Phil 198, 228, 241, 245, 251, 261
Pratt, Guy 255
Presley, Elvis 14, 116, 276; birthplace 374–5, 383; ‘A Fool Such As I’ 269
Pretenders, The (band) 280–85, 330, 346
Prince (musician) 338
prog rock 63–4
Prokofiev, Sergei: ‘Montagues and Capulets’ 256
Psychedelic Furs (band) 79, 112
punk 53, 55, 64–5, 68, 84, 109, 186
Pye (record label) 119
Q Magazine: lifetime achievement award 386
Quando Quango (band) 196
quiff (hairstyle) 119, 177–8, 190, 204
Quinlan, Mr (school teacher) 11–12
Radiohead (band) 358, 359
Rafters, Manchester (club) 153, 156
RAK Studios, London (recording studios) 233
Ramones, The (band) 65, 194
Rare Records, Manchester (record shop) 62–3, 126
Rattle and Hum (film) 281
rave music 286–7
Reading Festival 398
Red Wedge shows 242–5
Reed, Lou 237
Reeder, Mark 326
Reflex, Manchester (clothes shop) 110
REM (band) 383–5
Reno’s, Manchester (guitar shop) 29
Richards, Keith 50, 202, 251–2, 344–5
Riley, Christina 260
Ritz, Manchester: Smiths’ first gig 132–3, 136–40
Riviera, Jake 81–3
Robertson, Clive 71
Robinson, Smokey: ‘The Tracks of My Tears’ 107
Robot, King’s Road, London (shoe shop) 88
Rock Garden, Covent Garden, London 160–61, 172
rockabilly 100, 128, 178
Rodgers, Nile 64, 153, 314
Rogan, Alan 341
Rohde, Shelley 102–4, 120, 124, 155, 382
Rolling Stone (magazine) 227
Rolling Stones, The 52, 79, 107, 202, 232, 318, 345; ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’ 51, 56; ‘The Last Time’ 48; ‘Not Fade Away’ 149; The Rolling Stones No.2 113; Through the Past, Darkly 52
Ronettes, The (group) 205
Ronson, Mick 52
Rossi, Mick 45, 46
Rough Trade Records (record label) 123, 131, 155, 170; The Smiths signed to 161–4, 165–6, 168, 173–4, 185, 264; legal dispute 235–6, 239–40, 242, 245–6, 250, 254; sale of Smiths’ catalogue and bankruptcy 389
Rourke, Andy: Johnny first meets 60; Johnny’s early friendship with 60–61, 69–70, 77–8, 80, 96, 100, 157; in Paris Valentinos/White Dice 71, 72, 81; in Freak Party 93–4, 96, 97; drug use 96–7, 195–6, 247–8, 254; joins The Smiths 130, 141–2, 177; rehearsal and recording sessions 151–2, 154, 158–9, 169, 209, 216, 218, 233, 240; accompanies Johnny to Rough Trade offices 161, 162, 163; first London gigs 170, 172; at signing of band’s recording contract 174; Johnny buys bass stack for 179; and financial arrangements of band 185–6; band’s first appearance on Top of the Pops 186–90; moves into Joe Moss’s house 195–6; GLC ‘Jobs for Change’ concert 213; Meat Is Murder American tour 223; moves into new flat 228–9; Red Wedge shows 244–5; temporarily leaves band 247–9; 1986 American tour 254–6, 258; final recording sessions 268–9; break up of the band 266–8, 270–72; in Morrissey’s post-Smiths band 276; Smiths’ High Court royalties case 333, 334, 336; reconnects with Johnny 370–71; plays with Johnny again 371–2, 420; and remastering of Smiths’ catalogue 391
Rourke, John 80, 96
Rourke, Phil 61, 70, 96
Roxy Music (band) 27, 123, 181, 253, 288
Royal Albert Hall, London 296, 3
46, 382
Royal Festival Hall, London 364
running, Johnny’s 360–61, 369, 381, 395–7; New York Marathon 399–400
Russ (X-Clothes assistant) 99, 101
Russell, Marcus 291, 324–5
Ryder, Mitch 281
Sad Cafe (band) 46
sailing 306–7
St John’s Wood, London: RAK Studios 233
St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester 330
Salford, Manchester 246–7
Salford University: Johnny’s honorary degrees 419
San Francisco 191, 224–7, 264, 288
Sassoon’s see Vidal Sassoon (hairdressers)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film) 203
Saville, Peter 101, 288, 291
Scala Cinema, London (venue) 349–50
Scott, Jimmy 280, 284
Section 25 (band) 101; ‘Looking from a Hilltop’ 196–7
Selway, Phil 358
Seven Worlds Collide (musical project) 357–9
Sex Pistols (band) 53
S’Express (dance music group) 305
Shangri-Las, The (group) 103, 106, 114, 116, 120
Shaw, Sandie 120, 123, 202, 232; ‘Message Understood’ 119
Sheffield 101
Shepherd’s Bush, London 251
Shirelles, The (group) 120
Shoreditch, London 292, 315
Showbiz, Grant 172–3, 190, 195, 254, 268
Silver Jubilee (1977) 56
Simple Minds (band) 109
Sinatra, Frank 101
Siouxsie and the Banshees (band) 79, 88, 109
Sire Records (record label) 194, 257, 264
Sister Ray (band) 70–72, 130, 170
Sisters of Mercy, The (band) 170–71
Slaughter and the Dogs (band) 42, 45–6, 68
sleeves, Smiths’ records’ 165, 166, 202, 246–7, 255
Smith, Elliott 363, 377
Smith, Mark E. 170
Smith, Patti 67–8, 71, 194, 363–4, 414; ‘Kimberly’ 121
Smiths, The: formation and line-up 127–35, 140, 141–2, 364; name 128; demos and early promotion 130–32, 140–41, 142–3, 155; first gig 132–3, 136–40; Joe Moss becomes manager 139–40, 149, 333; second gig 140, 145–7; rehearsal sessions 151–2, 154; first Haçienda gig 149, 153; supporting Richard Hell 153, 156; recording of first record 155, 158–9; first London gig 155, 160–61; record deal with Rough Trade 155, 161–4, 165, 166, 168, 173–4; release of first single 165–7; The John Peel Show sessions 167–9, 180–81; more London gigs 170–72; development of image and style of band 170, 177–8, 187, 190, 199–200, 203, 204, 247, 262–3; writing and recording of first album and next singles 174–5, 179–83, 184, 201–2, 205–7, 208–211, 265; TV debut 183; discussions on financial arrangements 184–6, 207, 333; second single enters charts 186; first appearance on Top of the Pops 186–90; Joe Moss resigns as manager 191–3, 198; first American tour 192–6; American record deal 194; first UK headline tour 195, 198–200; GLC ‘Jobs for Change’ concert 212–13, 215, 243; Glastonbury Festival 213–15; recording and release of second album 216–21, 250, 379; Meat Is Murder American tour 222–7, 229; writing and recording of third album 231–40; legal dispute with Rough Trade 235–6, 239–40, 242, 245–6, 250, 254; Red Wedge show 243, 244–5; Andy Rourke temporarily leaves 247–9; Craig Gannon temporarily joins 248–9, 256, 259; release of third album 250; signed to EMI 254, 257; 1986 American and UK tours 254–9; last ever show 262, 371; writing and recording of last album 263–6; break up of the band 265–72, 276, 280; High Court royalties case 332–7; sale of catalogue and reissue of albums 389–91; possibility of reformation? 392, 416–17
Albums: Meat Is Murder 216–21, 250, 379; The Queen Is Dead 231–40, 245–7, 250, 277, 326, 407; The Smiths 174–5, 181, 265; Strangeways, Here We Come 263–6
Songs: ‘Accept Yourself’ 156; ‘Back to the Old House’ 347; ‘Bigmouth Strikes Again’ 233, 244–5; ‘The Boy with the Thorn in His Side’ 236; ‘Cemetery Gates’ 250; ‘Death of a Disco Dancer’ 264–5; ‘Don’t Blow Your Own Horn’ 120; ‘Frankly, Mr Shankly’ 232; ‘Girl Afraid’ 194; ‘Hand in Glove’ 153–4, 155, 158–9, 165–7, 202, 390; ‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’ 121, 130–31, 132, 134–5; ‘Handsome Devil’ 132, 135, 139, 142, 143, 166; ‘The Headmaster Ritual’ 218; ‘Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now’ 194, 202, 407–8; ‘How Soon Is Now?’ 205–7, 209, 211, 220–21, 288, 371; ‘I Keep Mine Hidden’ 269; ‘I Know It’s Over’ 232, 239; ‘Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me’ 263–4, 265; ‘London’ 325; ‘Miserable Lie’ 142, 169, 407; ‘Never Had No One Ever’ 239; ‘Panic’ 256, 325; ‘Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want’ 205–7, 209, 414; ‘The Queen Is Dead’ 237–8, 250; ‘Reel Around the Fountain’ 179; ‘A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours’ 265;
‘Shakespeare’s Sister’ 244; ‘Shoplifters of the World Unite’ 262, 266; ‘Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others’ 250; ‘Still Ill’ 179; ‘Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before’ 264–5; ‘Suffer Little Children’ 121–2, 130, 132; ‘That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore’ 219; ‘There Is a Light That Never Goes Out’ 232, 233–4, 250, 359, 414, 423; ‘This Charming Man’ 180, 181–3, 186, 188, 202; ‘Unhappy Birthday’ 264–5, 347; ‘Well I Wonder’ 219; ‘What Difference Does It Make?’ 142, 143, 146, 184, 200, 235; ‘What Do You See in Him?’ 147; ‘What She Said’ 219; ‘William, It Was Really Nothing’ 205–7, 209, 212; ‘Work is a Four-Letter Word’ 268–9; ‘You’ve Got Everything Now’ 179
snowboarding 353–4
Sonic Youth (band) 387
soul boys (subculture) 49, 85–6
Soul Coughing (band) 358
South Bank Show (TV programme) 116
South Kensington, London 315
Spector, Phil 101, 158
Spencer, Lee 345, 353
Spinetti, Henry 276–7
Spirit Studios, Manchester (recording studios) 134
Springfield, Dusty 63; ‘Little by Little’ 119
Springsteen, Bruce 283; Born in the USA 220
Starkey, Zak 340–42, 344, 345, 359
Starr, Ringo 341
Status Quo (band) 245
Stein, Seymour 194
Steinberg, Sebastian 358
Sterling, Linder 146
Stewart, Rod 32
Stolen From Ivor, Manchester (clothes shop) 85–6, 87, 100
Stoller, Mike 116
Stone Roses, The (band) 300
Stooges, The (band) 71, 101, 191, 285; ‘1969’ 285; Raw Power 54–5, 154, 255
Strawberry Studios, Manchester (recording studios) 155, 158–9
Strawbs (band): ‘Lay Down’ 364
Stray Cats (band) 88, 89
Streatham, London 268
Street, Stephen 218, 233, 237
Stretford, Manchester 116; 384 Kings Road 117–18
Sue and Jeremy (X-Clothes owners) 98–9
Suicide (band) 157
Summerbee, Mike 34
Sumner, Bernard 177, 196–7, 217, 306–7, 318, 420; formation of Electronic with Johnny 288–9, 291; first album 297–310; second album 319, 326–7, 332, 337–8; final album 343
Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV programme) 10
Supremes, The (group) 32
Sutcliffe, Stuart 150, 163, 178
Sweeneys, The (band) 15–16
Sweet, The (band) 27, 32, 47
Sylvester: ‘You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)’ 288
Sztumpf, Matthew 229–30
Talking Heads (band) 67, 92, 109, 194; Johnny records with 273–5, 276, 277, 365
Tamla Motown (record label) 119
Tangier 360–61
‘Tanner, Elsie’ (Coronation Street character) 247
Taste of Honey, A (film) 203
Tate, Troy 174–5, 265
Teardrop Explodes, The (band) 174, 293
Television (band) 67
Temptations, The (group): ‘My Girl’ 106, 107
Tennant, Neil 300, 304, 312
Thatcher, Margaret 73, 85, 212,
243, 291, 416
The The (band) 113, 164, 342; Johnny as member 290–96, 309, 315–18
Albums: Dusk 315–17; Infected 263, 290, 293; Mind Bomb 293–5, 317; Soul Mining 290
Songs: ‘Armageddon Days Are Here Again’ 317; ‘The Beat(en) Generation’ 293; ‘Dogs of Lust’ 316; ‘Good Morning, Beautiful’ 293–4; ‘Heartland’ 292; ‘Helpline Operator’ 316; ‘I Saw the Light’ 317; ‘Infected’ 317; ‘Love Is Stronger Than Death’ 316; ‘Perfect’ 164, 292; ‘Slow Emotion Replay’ 316–17; ‘Sweet Bird of Truth’ 317; ‘This Is the Day’ 164; ‘This Is the Night’ 316; ‘Uncertain Smile’ 164
The The Versus the World (concert film) 296
Thin Lizzy (band): ‘Don’t Believe a Word’ 56
Thin Red Line, The (film) 402
Thompson, Richard 52
Thompson Twins, The (band) 188
Throbbing Gristle (band) 101
Thunders, Johnny 55, 71, 79, 88
Tibet 419–20
T. J. Davidson Rehearsal Rooms, Manchester 83
Toni & Guy, Manchester (hairdressers) 111
Tony (school friend) 43–5
Top of the Pops (TV programme) 29; Smiths’ appearances 186–90, 200, 236
Toronto 255, 351
Townshend, Pete 52, 325, 418
Toys, The (group) 119
Travis, Geoff 162–3, 165, 166, 173–4, 180, 185, 214, 235, 239–40
T.Rex (band) 27–9, 186; ‘Ballrooms of Mars’ 61; ‘Children of the Revolution’ 32; ‘Jeepster’ 27–8; ‘Life’s a Gas’ 29; ‘Metal Guru’ 29; ‘Ride a White Swan’ 32
Trinity College, Dublin: Philosophical Society 419
True Romance (film) 402
Tube, The (TV programme) 183
Tueart, Dennis 34
Tupelo Honey, Manchester (clothes shop) 106
Tupelo, Mississippi 374–5
Twigg, Carl 126
U2 (band) 281–2, 283
Union Jack (flag) 41
university tuition fees, protests against 408–9
Upsetters, The (band) 345
Valentinos (band) see Paris Valentinos
Van Halen (band) 338–9
Vedder, Eddie 358
vegetarianism and veganism 219–20, 277, 284, 381
Velvet Underground, The (band) 101, 129, 191, 217, 232, 413–14; ‘I Can’t Stand It’ 237
Verve, The (band) 321–2
Victim (band) 134, 137
Vidal, Gore 291