Johnny Marr to score ‘Big Bang’ Film

Johnny is composing the original score for The Big Bang, “a neo-noir detective story” starring Banderas as a Los Angeles-based private detective, also starring are Delroy Lindo, Sam Elliott, William Fichtner and Snoop Dogg. “This will be Johnny’s first film score and he was just ranked the number one greatest guitarist of all time by Virgin Media,” producer Reece Pearson commented to MovieScore Magazine,
The director of The Big Bang is Tony Krantz, who was a producer on David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr. and Directed last year’s Otis. The music supervisor on the picture is Rudy Chung (Goal! The Dream Begins, Flicka). The film stars Banderas as a private detective who is searching for a burlesque performer who no one has ever seen. Banderas also faces a brutal Russian boxer, three LAPD detectives and an ageing billionaire looking to perfect the nuclear physics equivalent of the Big Bang.

Johnny Marr & The Cribs announce 2010 US Shows

Following their recent Stateside Shows where they appeared on The Letterman Show as well as packing out a couple of club shows in New York and Los Angeles, The Cribs are pleased to announce a quick return across the Atlantic in January 2010

Support comes from Adam Green and The Dead Trees on the first nine dates after which ex_'be Your Own Pet' frontwoman Jemima Pearl takes over ….

The band have confirmed the following dates
January 2010
13th Chicago,IL Lincoln Hall *
14th Ferndale,MI The Magic Bag*
15th Toronta,ONT Phoenix Theatre *
16th New York,NY Irving Plaza *
17th Boston,MA Paradise Rock Club *
19th Washington,DC 9.30 Club *
20th Atlanta, GA The Earl *
22nd Dallas, TX Granada Theatre *
23rd Austin, TX The Parish *
26th Pomona, CA The Glass House **
27th San Francisco, CA Bimbo 365 **
29th Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom **
30th Seattle, WA Showbox Theatre **
31st Vancouver, BC The Venue **
* Adam Green & The Dead Trees
** Jemima Pearl

Johnny Marr & The Cribs on Letterman video

On thursday 12th November Johnny and The cribs performed 'We Share The Same Skies'
on the David Letterman show.
You can watch here.
The Cribs on Letterman

Johnny Marr & The Cribs Bowery Ballroom review

Here's a review of Johnny & The Cribs Friday 13th November,
second and final sold out night at New York's Bowery Ballroom, which was the last gig of their US tour.

Bowery Ballroom review

Johnny Marr & The Cribs LA Roxy Spin review

Johnny & The Cribs played the Roxy on Sunset Strip on Monday 9th November.
Here is a spin review of the show

Spin Roxy review

Johnny Marr talking to Simon Mayo Friday 30 October 2pm

Johnny is going to be talking to Simon Mayo at 2pm this Friday 30 October on his bbc radio 5 live show

Johnny Marr & The Cribs Jackpot Records instore

Jackpot Records presents Johnny & The Cribs performing instore
Unless you’re wintering in Belgium or holding tickets to upcoming Letterman tapings, chances to see the The Cribs in person in the USA anytime soon, are minimal to nil.
Jackpot Records presents Johnny & The Cribs performing instore
Sunday, November 8th – 2 PM
Jackpot Records (Downtown location)
203 SW 9th Ave.
Portland, OR 97205 USA
2 pm
Free, All Ages

Live show to celebrate the release of THE CRIBS “Ignore the Ignorant.”
The brothers Jarman, along with new brother and guitar hero Johnny Marr (Modest Mouse, Smiths), will be rocking an absolutely free, all ages instore at our downtown location. Topping their previous honor of selecting Jackpot as one of three places IN THE WORLD to sell the deluxe Roses (they’ve really taken to their new Portland homes) Edition of their latest album “Ignore The Ignorant”, they’ve picked us as the launch pad for their upcoming tour. After this they’re off to a Letterman taping, a few coast dates and then the world. In all practicality, this is it for seeing them this year.
Come early to find a spot and brace yourself. We predict a swift transition from SRO to SOL. If you’re unfamiliar with a Cribs gig, it’s not exactly an evening with The Chordettes.
Be safe.

johnny Marr exclusive on BBC1 'Inside Out'

Johnny Marr exclusive on BBC1 'Inside Out'

See an exclusive interview and footage with Johnny from The Cribs'
recent gig at The Apollo in Manchester.
Johnny chats to Andy Johnson on BBC1's Inside Out North West programme
on Monday, November 2nd at 7.30pm.
Sky channel 978, satellite 101.

Johnny Marr & The Cribs Forum show Independent review

Independent review of Johnny & The Cribs show at the Kentish Town Forum, London.
When you bring together one of the finest Mancunian guitarists of his generation....
independent

Johnny Marr Pitchfork interview

PItchfork interviewed Johnny, he talks About the Cribs "I heard really smart people making smart music" and Modest Mouse, not about the Smiths.

PItchfork

Johnny Marr&The Cribs Live MTV session

Johnny & The Cribs performed a Live MTV session The band’s fourth album ‘Ignore The Ignorant’ has been widely hailed as one of 2009’s finest – check out exclusive live versions of 'Cheat On Me' 'City Of Bugs' 'We Share The Same Skies' and couple of Cribs classics 'Be Safe' and 'I'm A Realist'. watch here
Cribs MTV

Johnny Marr&The Cribs 'We Share the same Skies' Later video

Johnny & The Cribs release 'We Share the same Skies' as a single on Monday 9th November Single will be available as a limited edition 7" and digital

Johnny Marr&The Cribs Pat Graham Maida Vale photos

Johnny & The Cribs perform 'We Share the same Skies' on Jules holland's Later. watch here
We Share the same Skies

Johnny Marr&The Cribs on Later watch here

Johnny and the Cribs performed 3 songs on Jules Holland's Later. They did 'We Were Aborted', 'We Share the Same Skies' and 'Cheat On Me'. You can watch the show here.

Later

Johnny Marr&The Cribs 'We Were Aborted' on Later. Watch here

Video of Johnny and The cribs performing We Were Aborted on Jules Holland's Later

Later

Johnny Marr City Life interview

Johnny was in Manchester for The Cribs show at the Apollo and was interviewed for the Manchester Evening News City Life section.

City Life

Johnny Marr Japan Times interview

While Sonic Youth just keep getting older and Dinosaur Jr are now all seniors, The Cribs have taken a shortcut to making their own baby-based name sound ironic. The Wakefield, England, band — initially based around twins Ryan and Gary Jarman and their younger brother, Ross — were all in their mid-20s until, last year, they invited an older gent into their ranks.

This charming man was one Johnny Marr — best known as the cofounding guitarist and songwriter of legendary 1980s British band The Smiths and, more recently, a member of Washington indie band Modest Mouse. Luckily for The Cribs, the 45-year-old Mancunian is a genuine guitar icon. And anyway, you're only as old as you feel.


"No one notices the age difference until a journalist mentions it!" laughs Marr defensively. "It's not like I hang out in the over-40s club or anything like that. And also, The Cribs aren't boys either. The Cribs are very much men."

When Marr met Gary Jarman in both musicians' adopted home of Portland, Oregon, last year, he agreed to work with The Cribs on four songs for an EP. But something unexpected happened: When the band entered a studio that August to write songs, inspiration struck. The result of that inspiration is the band's fourth album, "Ignore The Ignorant," released earlier this month, with Marr as a fully fledged member of the band.

"When we got together to play, we wrote the opening song on the new record immediately," he says. "And then we built up this really inspired momentum. We just stayed on a roll, cos it sounded right. After we'd pretty much written all the songs for the album, I turned around to them and said, 'OK, if you wanna get a different guitar player in, I'll show somebody how to play the parts,' and they looked at me with expressions of horror and violence."

Marr was born John Martin Maher to Irish parents on Oct. 31, 1963, in the grim Manchester district of Ardwick. Despite childhood dreams of becoming a professional footballer, his fate was sealed in early 1982 when he formed a band with his friend Steven Patrick Morrissey.

The Smiths' rise and fall is well recorded; it ended acrimoniously in August 1987 when Marr left the band following creative quarrels with Morrissey. Their legacy, too, is common knowledge, with pretty much every guitar band of note since that time — from Oasis to Radiohead — citing The Smiths as a major influence.

Part of what made songs such as "How Soon is Now?" "There is a Light That Never Goes Out" and "Ask" such undying classics was Marr's inimitable guitar style. Expressive, expansive, experimental and exquisite, it featured the sort of jangly tones that would go on to define indie music but injected them with a sense of menace, of purity, of warmth all at once. As identifiable on "Ignore The Ignorant" as it was on "The Queen Is Dead," Marr's sound is 100 percent unique. And yet there was a time when the fear of being pigeonholed drove him to reject it.

"When I formed Electronic with Bernard Summers from New Order (in 1989), I literally erased almost every guitar part that (we recorded) that sounded like me," recalls Marr. "Bernard would have his head in his hands and be going, 'Nooo! Nooo! Everybody's gonna blame me!' And that was just a phase that I had to go through. When I came to be in Modest Mouse (in 2006), I got . . . I hope the word is wise enough to be cool with it.

"What is one of the advantages of there being an age difference in The Cribs: They aren't really hung up in that post-Smiths significance. They just grew up liking my guitar parts, so they kind of expect me to play that way, really," he laughs.

Since their inception in 2001, The Cribs' ragged American-inspired indie has carried a punkish energy and a pop sensibility, both of which seem to have struck a chord with Marr. And indeed, the chords Marr strikes on The Cribs' fourth album widen the band's sound tenfold, resulting in a mature but immediate album that has real substance.

"A lot of the record is about personal philosophy and romance," considers Marr. "However, it has social comment that is skillfully done, I think. People have got so worried about earnestness or being sanctimonious, which we all know is a bad thing, but what's wrong with describing or lampooning or, for that matter, celebrating the culture that we live in?"

Marr's favorite song on the album is its title track, whose gruff melody and bouncing rhythm resemble a downbeat version of The Smiths' "Sheila Take A Bow" tackled by The Clash.

"It veers from celebration to disappointment — and somewhere in between that, you've got the reality of living in the U.K.," says Marr. "The band who are playing that song couldn't be from anywhere else."

The Cribs will tour Japan next month, and Marr says he's more excited to play here with The Cribs than he had been with any other band. His most recent shows here were with Modest Mouse, but he's also appeared in Japan with The The and his own band, The Healers, which featured Ringo Starr's son Zak Starkey and was active earlier in the noughties. He likes visiting guitar and clothes shops during his rare snatches of downtime here and wouldn't rule out someday joining a Japanese band.

"I would love to play with Ogre You Asshole," he says, referring to the Nagano Prefecture band who will open for The Cribs in Tokyo. "I love 'em. They're not afraid to be poppy. Some guitar bands just don't have the nerve to be poppy and second-guess themselves, you know.

"The Smiths never went (to Japan), which I think was one of our mistakes," Marr laments. "I can't for the life of me think why in that five-year period, no one organized it for us.

(A Smiths tribute band did headline Fuji Rock Festival on the Green Stage in 2004 after organizers failed to secure Morrissey; "What a waste of time," snorts Marr. "All the bands out there, and you get a Smiths tribute band! What a joke.")

Marr loves traveling, seeing it as enforced downtime. He describes his tour-bus bunk on Modest Mouse's last tour as being "like the Starship Enterprise with a pillow," loaded as it was with miniature recording equipment, a laptop, a DVD player and other gadgets. "I kind of associate travel with education and inspiration," he says.

But this was not always the case.

"I never liked touring until I went out with The Healers," he says. "All throughout The Smiths, I didn't like it. I was so hell-bent on making records, it always took whatever frontman I was working with to hit me with a stick to get out on stage and actually perform these songs. Frontmen can't wait to show off, y'know, whereas the guitarist is always sort of working earnestly on whatever their new creation is and then overdubbing it 50 times."

The Cribs have just embarked on what Marr reckons will be 18 months of touring. But then again, he's done plenty of the "making records" part this year already. His four 2009 releases include a Modest Mouse rarities collection, guitar and harmonica on Pet Shop Boys' "Yes," and "The Sun Came Out," a charity album released here in October.

This last release is a continuation of the 7 Worlds Collide series of live shows Neil Finn of Crowded House organized in 2001, in which Marr was also involved. Musicians including Finn and his son Liam, Lisa Germano, KT Tunstall and members of Radiohead and Wilco created a double album in support of aid charity Oxfam in just two weeks in December 2008.

"We had three floors of musicians all working on each other's songs," says Marr. "You'd get midway through doing a song with Lisa Germano, and then Neil would call you downstairs and you'd start working on one of his songs, and then the song that you'd been working on upstairs with Liam got changed around entirely by Ed O' Brian from Radiohead. . . . It was just a really amorphous, shape-shifting load of music."

Marr's enthusiasm for his various projects is as infectious as his unmistakable guitar riffs; but of all the bands he's worked with over the years, he lavishes the most praise on Modest Mouse and, of course, The Cribs, with whom he will remain for the next record and beyond. "The idea is that we try and stay on a roll and write songs as we can," he says. "Ryan's got a couple of new songs and I've got a couple and Gary's got a couple.

"I normally drive people around the bend when I finish a record and start getting ahead of myself thinking about the next one," he says, laughing. "But it seems I'm finally with people who are up to the same speed as me."

By DANIEL ROBSON
Special to The Japan Times

Johnny Marr & The Cribs Glasgow Barrowlands date change

Johnny & The Cribs play Glasgow Barrowlands on Sunday October 11th.
the original date was Tuesday September 29th.

Johnny Marr & The Cribs Later With Jools Holland

Johnny & The Cribs, Hot footing it from their current UK tour, still basking in the success of their recent Top 10 album 'Ignore The Ignorant', have been confirmed for BBC2's Later With Jools Holland on Tuesday September 29th and Friday October 2nd.

For those who have yet to witness the live experience that is The Cribs, you can catch the band on TV when they appear on Tuesday September 29th, 10pm (Later Live - live half hour show) and Friday October 2nd, 11.35pm (hour show).

Meanwhile they criss cross the UK throughout the remainder of September and midway into October with live dates before making a whistle stop visit to Japan for some club shows followed by a brief Stateside stopover after which they return to Europe to play as guests of Franz Ferdinand.

Johnny Marr & The Cribs take over NME Radio

johnny & The Cribs will take over NME Radio from 2pm on Friday september 18th. They will choose the music on air for an hour, then at 4pm they will play a live session, and be interviewed by Iain Baker.
The show will be broadcast on , Sky Channel 0184, Virgin Media 975, Freesat 727, DAB in London or NME.COM/Radio.
This is the NME radio link.
NME radio

Johnny Marr & The Cribs Radcliffe & Maconie Show

Johnny Marr & The Cribs play three songs and chat on The Radcliffe & Maconie Show, Wed 16 Sep 2009 20:00 on BBC Radio 2
Radcliffe & Maconie

Johnny marr & The Cribs Takeover The Guardian

Johnny & The Cribs Takeover The Guardian.co.uk/music. Listen to 'ignore The Ignorant'.
Read Everett True debunk the myths of Riot Grrrl.
Cribs favourite Austin's Strange Boys.
Label of love: Wichita records and more.

Cribs Takeover The Guardian

Johnny Marr interviews Rough Trade founder Geoff Travis

Johnny interviews Rough Trade founder Geoff Travis, for the Cribs' takeover of guardian.co.uk/music

Guardian

Johnny Marr & The Cribs Cheat On Me live Video

Video of Johnny & The Cribs performing 'Cheat On Me' Live on BBC Radio 1 Zane Lowe show.

Cheat on Me

Johnny Marr & The Cribs XFM Evening session

Johnny & The Cribs performed an XFM Evening session, spoke to Xfm's Jon Hillcock and answered questions from the specially-invited audience of listeners.
Here's the link
XFM

Johnny Marr&The Cribs Rough Trade East Instore Session

The band released their fourth album, their first with Johnny, 'Ignore The Ignorant' today, 7th September, and will play London's Rough Trade East on Thursday 10th September, at 7pm. Wristbands are limited to one per person, and will be available on the day to those purchasing the album. Any remaining wristbands will be issued to fans on a first come first served basis

Johnny Marr & The Cribs Ignore The Ignorant Today

Johnny & The Cribs first album together, Ignore The Ignorant, is released today Monday 7th September
Play.com
HMV

Johnny Marr & The Cribs showcase new album

Johnny Marr & The Cribs showcased their new album 'Ignore The Ignorant', at an intimate London show at the London Barfly, Sunday Sept 6.
NME

Johnny Marr & The Cribs 'Ignore The Ignorant' OMM review

Johnny & The Cribs 'Ignore The Ignorant' is reviewed in this Sundays Observer Music Magazine

Observer Music Magazine

Johnny Marr Glasgow Sunday Herald interview

Johnny was interviewed by Richard Purdon for The Glasgow Sunday Herald Magazine

Herald

Johnny Marr & The Cribs 'Ignore The Ignorant' Guardian review

Johnny & The Cribs 'Ignore The Ignorant' Guardian review
The Jarman brothers have welcomed Johnny Marr into the Cribs family fold -

Guardian

Johnny Marr & The Cribs 'The Fly' cover story

Johnny & The Cribs are on the cover of 'The Fly Magazine' which has a great interview that starts on page 20.
There is also a review of just released album 'Ignore The Ignorant" on page 40.

The Fly

Johnny Marr: Cribs album my best for 25 years

NME reports that Johnny appeared on soccer AM this morning, saying 'Ignore The Ignorant' my best album for 25 years

NME

Johnny Marr & The Cribs 'Ignore The Ignorant' Times review

Here is a really good Johnny & The Cribs 'Ignore The Ignorant' Album review in the Times newspaper.
Times

Johnny Marr & The Cribs secret show Sunday 6th Sept

Johnny & The Cribs will perform a secret show on Sunday 6th September at the London barfly on Chalk Farm Rd

Johnny Marr & The Cribs Steve Lamacq session

Johnny Marr & The Cribs are doing a Steve Lamacq session on Monday 7th September 5.30pm -7pm BBC6music

Johnny Marr&The Cribs take over the TV again

The Cribs take over the TV again : Ryan and Johnny will be guests on Soccer AM on Saturday morning

Johnny Marr &The Cribs take over the TV

Tune into Channel 4 for a Cribs Documentary at 1am tonight, that's Saturday morning.

Johnny Marr Films Kevin Sampson Powder Cameo

Johnny Marr is set to make a cameo appearance in the film adaptation of Kevin Sampson's 1999 book 'Powder'. Johnny will appear alongside actors Liam Boyle, Ralph Little and Alfie Allen in the film, model Agyness Deyn is also due to make a cameo appearance.

Ignore The Ignorant iTunes pre-order link

The album iTunes pre-order link is live with an exclusive track is "Is Anybody There" and at special price of £4.99..

Johnny Marr & The Cribs HMV instores

The Cribs play free shows and meet fans at two HMV stores. You can expect free shows and signing sessions!
WHERE: HMV Leeds, Headrow Centre / HMV Reading, Oracle Centre
WHEN: HMV Leeds, Sunday 30th August at 12 noon / HMV Reading, Monday 31st August at 12 noon

Described by Q Magazine as "The biggest cult band in the UK", The Cribs celebrate the release of their new single, 'Cheat On Me', with two in-store appearances at HMV stores starting with a free show at HMV's Headrow Centre store in Leeds on Sunday 30th August 2009. Showtime starts at 12 noon, after which the band will remain in the store to meet fans and sign advance copies of the single which is officially released the following day, Monday 31st August 2009 through Wichita Records.

Next up the band head to HMV's Oracle Centre store in Reading on Monday 31st August 2009 for another in-store performance and signing session kicking off at 12 noon. 'Cheat On Me' features on the highly anticipated new album, 'Ignore the Ignorant', which will be their first musical foray with new guitarist Johnny Marr.

Due to anticipated demand, the events will be wristbanded. Fans can pick up free wristbands at HMV which allow them access to the event. Wristbands will be available only from the HMV Leeds Headrow store from 11.00am on Sunday 30th August onwards and from HMV Reading Oracle from 10.00 am on Monday 31st August. One wristband per customer maximum, in person only, while stocks last, subject to availability, at participating store only

Johnny Marr & The Cribs album playback

Several playbacks for The Cribs' "Ignore The Ignorant" have been announced. Here are the dates...

• AUGUST 2009
• THU 27TH CLUB NME AT RIVERMEAD, READING
• The Rivermead Centre
• Richfield Avenue,
• Reading
• RG1 8EQ
• 9pm - 3am
• The Cribs Album playback will be at 9.30pm
• SEPTEMBER 2009
• THU 3rd PROPAGANDA @ BLUSH, CHELTENHAM
• Blush
• Regents Street GL50 1HE
• www.thepropaganda.co.uk
• FRI 4TH PROPAGANDA @ GATECRASHER, BIRMINGHAM
• 182 Broad Street
• Birmingham B15 1DA
• www.thepropaganda.co.uk
• FRI 4TH RAMSHACKLE @ O2 ACADEMY, BRISTOL
• Frogmore Street
• Bristol BS1 5NA
• www.ramshackle.org.uk
• FRI 4TH THE SESSION @ THE COCKPIT, LEEDS
• Swinegate
• Leeds, LS1 4AG
• www.thecockpit.co.uk/session.aspx?ClbID=3
• FRI 4TH THE DUDES ABIDE @ CLWB IFOR BACH, CARDIFF
• 11 Womanby Street
• Cardiff CF10 1BR
• www.clwb.net
• SAT 5TH LOADED @ KRAZYHOUSE, LIVERPOOL
• 16 Wood Street
• Liverpool L1 4AQ
• www.thekrazyhouse.co.uk
• SAT 5TH SONIC BOOM @ THE LEADMILL, SHEFFIELD
• 6 Leadmill Road
• Sheffield S1 4SE
• www.leadmill.co.uk
• SAT 5TH PROPAGADA @ MOHO LIVE, MANCHESTER
• Tib Street, Northern Quarter
  
• Manchester
  M4 1LN
• www.thepropaganda.co.uk
• SAT 5TH MELTDOWN @ THE WATERFRONT, NORWICH
• 139 King Street
• Norwich NR1 1QH
• www.waterfrontnorwich.com
• MON 7TH DELIGHT @ ROUTE 66, PORTSMOUTH
• 37-9 Guildhall Walk,
• Portsmouth PO1 2RY
• www.delightuk.com/
• FRI 11TH EVOL @ FAITH, EDINBURGH
• Wilkie House Theatre
• Cowgate
• Edinburgh EH1 1JD
• www.liquidroom.com/clubs.aspx?Club_Id=4

Johnny Marr & The Cribs USA dates

Johnny Marr & The Cribs announce three USA dates :

• MON, Nov 9 The Roxy W. Hollywood, CA
• THU, Nov 12 Bowery Ballroom NYC
• FRI, Nov 13 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Johnny Marr & The Cribs USA release news

Johnny Marr & The Cribs will release the digital version of their new album, "Ignore the Ignorant", on September 8th. Fans can pre-order the album on iTunes beginning August 25th — the same day the first single, "Cheat On Me", goes on sale on iTunes. The actual physical CD release will street on November 10th.
"Ignore the Ignorant" will be sold in two configurations, a standard version and a deluxe edition, which will be available exclusively through iTunes. The deluxe version includes 20 live bonus tracks recorded at The Ritz nightclub in Manchester, England, in February 2009. Only those who pre-order the deluxe version will receive all 20 tracks. The deluxe version available on September 8th will feature 14 live bonus tracks recorded at The Ritz.

Johnny Marr XFM 'razor-cuts' interview

Johnny's candid and informative interview with Pete Mitchell. He discusses in detail all his projects past and present and his relationship with Morrissey.

Johnny Marr talks about Les Paul guitars on Channel 4 news

You can read or view Johnny Marr speaking to the Channel 4 news about Les Paul.

Johnny Marr & The Cribs "Ignore The Ignorant" Portland Roses edition

Johnny Marr & The Cribs "Ignore The Ignorant" Portland Roses edition
Portland, Oregon's reigning sound merchants for Vinyl and CD's. Plus a record label, in-stores and whatever else they decide to do. Your exclusive U.S. source for The Cribs 'Ignore The Ignorant' Roses Edition. Here is a link to the Jackpot Records Roses edition of The Cribs "Ignore the Ignorant".

• Jackpot Records Hawthorne
  3574 SE Hawthorne Blvd
  Portland, OR, 97214
  (503) 239-7561
  www.jackpotrecords.com
• Jackpot Records Downtown
  203 SW 9th Ave
  Portland, OR, 97205
  (503)222-0990
  www.jackpotrecords.com

Complete version Jeffrey Lewis's Johnny Marr cartoon

See the great new Jeffrey Lewis cartoon of "Johnny's First Guitar, Memorable Show and Inspiration" !

Johnny Marr & the Cribs comic strip biog

A history of the Cribs, drawn by Jeffrey Lewis. Audio on the video is "Cheat On Me" by The Cribs

Johnny Marr being drawn by Jeffrey Lewis

Here's Johnny Marr being drawn by Jeffrey Lewis! Watch the video after the jump !

Johnny Marr & Modest Mouse EP review

Here's a brand new review of the new Johnny Marr & Modest Mouse EP.

Johnny Marr & Modest Mouse 8 track EP

The Modest Mouse EP "No One's First, and You're Next" includes previously unreleased tracks recorded during the sessions for the previous two albums, "Good News for People Who Love Bad News" (2004) and "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank" (2007).
The tracks on the EP are:

• Satellite Skin
• Guilty Cocker Spaniels
• Autumn Beds
• The Whale Song
• Perpetual Motion Machine
• History Sticks To Your Feet
• King Rat
• I've Got it All (Most)

Johnny co-wrote and plays on "Satellite Skin", "Autumn Beds", "The Whale Song", "Perpetual Motion Machine", "History Sticks To Your Feet" and "King Rat"

Johnny Marr & The Cribs cover artworks

Here's the artwork for The Roses edition of "Ignore The Ignorant".

Johnny Marr & Modest Mouse Heath Ledger Video

The video for "King Rat" by Modest Mouse, was conceived by heath Ledger to raise awareness of commercial whaling off the coast of Australia. The song, originally a bonus track from "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank", can be viewed after the jump.
Ledger died in January 2008 before the video could be finished although a company in which he had been a partner completed it in his honour. Isaac Brock, explained how the pairing came together. "Heath and I have a mutual friend and when we were in Australia, we went out on a boat with him and his family and friends and talked about the idea. The idea sort of dropped, but then he sent me an email saying that he wanted to do it."

Proceeds from downloads of the video on the US iTunes store during its first month on sale will go toward Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organisation. The video is being released the same day as Modest Mouse's new EP "No One's First, And You're Next". Ledger died in January 2008 from an accidental drugs overdose, midway through filming "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"

Johnny Marr & The Cribs - 'The Roses Edition'

The Cribs have announced details of a very limited version of their forthcoming album 'Ignore The Ignorant" on 7th September. For the first time ever, a band has chosen to make their album available in a regional only format. The Cribs will make this exclusive version of their album available in Yorkshire, Lancashire and Portland only.
Yorkshire - Ryan / Ross Jarman , Lancashire - Johnny Marr and Portland Oregon - Gary Jarman, hence the title 'The Roses Edition'. The 'Roses Edition' will consist of an exclusive black box which houses a special edition of the CD album a "Making of..." documentary DVD plus an exclusive live (audio only) bootleg from the band's show at Manchester Ritz earlier this year.

This version of the album will only be made available in stores throughout Yorkshire, Lancashire and Portland and can be pre-ordered through Normans/Yorkshire and Townsends / Lancashire, and will be available from Jackpot Records in Portland.

For Yorkshire white rose click to preorder from Normans.
For Lancashire red rose click to preorder from Townsends.

Johnny Marr & The Cribs 'Cheat On Me' download

The Cribs are releasing the single 'Cheat On Me' a month early on the 3rd of August. 'Cheat On Me' is physically released on 31st August with new b sides, but they have released it early digitally.
Ryan Jarman said, "We’re releasing it almost a month early on the 3rd of August to beat the leakers of poor quality illegal downloads. It’s still coming out physically on the 31st August with exclusive new b sides and artwork, but if you want it now then get it from us, the people who made it."

You can get it direct from here.

Watch the Cribs video for 'Cheat On Me' right below:

Johnny Marr interview - Observer Magazine Body & Soul

Observer Magazine Body & Soul published a brand new interview with Johnny Marr.


What's your general attitude to health?

I'm pretty healthy. People think that I live a rock'n'roll lifestyle, but I've either missed doing all that stuff or I've done it and can't remember.

Have you ever spent a night in hospital?

No, not a full one. I crashed a BMW into a wall when I was in the Smiths, even though I couldn't actually drive at the time. I did my back and neck in pretty badly but checked out after a few hours. I wore a neck brace - Morrissey was very envious.

What exercise do you take?

I got into running in the early 90s. Now, wherever I am in the world, I just put on my hoodie and run for 20 miles.

How do you relax?

By staying up too late watching nonsense on YouTube.

How much do you drink?

I've had no interest in alcohol for the past 10 years. We had quite a dark time with the Smiths when there was a lot of drink. But we were recording The Queen Is Dead, and it turned out great, so I can't be too evangelical.

What's your attitude to smoking?

I used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day. It took me about three attempts to stop - and it was tortuous, to say the least.

And drugs?

I don't have any problem at all with psychedelics - they seem to unlock creativity. I really don't like being around people who are on cocaine, though. They just seem stupid.

Do you worry about your weight?

Not at all. I became a vegan in 1985 when the Smiths were making the album Meat is Murder and I figured that it wasn't very cool eating meat.

Is sex important to you?

Yes. Life would be easier for some people if it wasn't such a big deal. My wife and I have been together since we were kids, since 1979. We both feel pretty lucky. I'm not an idiot; I know when I'm on to a good thing.

Are you happy?

I work on it. As a teenager I had a lot of things on a checklist that I feel blessed that I've achieved, such as: get to play with your heroes, be in a really important band, stay up for days ... But what's next? Either sit around listening to your old records, which doesn't interest me, or carry on travelling without a map. I have a compulsion to move forward. It's the only way to live.

Johnny Marr & The Cribbs review (Mojo)

Here's a very nice review of "Ignore the ignorant". Read it after the jump
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Johnny Marr & The Cribbs interview (Mojo)

Mojo published a short but rather delicious interview with Johnny Marr & The Cribbs. You can read it after the jump.

Johnny Marr & The Cribs on tour with Franz Ferdinand

The Cribs have announced eight European Shows with Franz Ferdinand. See the dates section for complete info.

Johnny Marr on Smiths controversial Glastonbury

Johnny is featured on the BBC 6 Music podcast celebrating the Smiths appearance at Glastonbury. He tells the story of the band's legendary appearance which Emily Eavis has explained as 'We think that Jay Z was controversial but The Smiths was so controversial on the same level in 1984,".
A lot of people who expected Hawkwind every year really wanted it and fought for that. They didn’t believe that The Smiths should be playing.

You can listen to or download the podcast at bbc.co.uk

Johnny Marr & The Cribs 'Ignore The Ignorant'

Johnny Marr & The Cribs have announced that their new album will be titled 'Ignore The Ignorant'. The album, the first recorded with Johnny as part of the band, will be released on September 7 and will be preceded by a single, 'Cheat On Me', on August 31.
'Ignore The Ignorant' was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Nick Launay, Ryan Jarman explained that the title was partly inspired by the British National Party winning a seat in the recent European Parliament elections in Yorkshire.

"There were a bunch of titles we could have gone with including 'Ignore The Ignorant', then in Yorkshire the BNP got a seat and we were like, 'Fuck.' It's harsh to accept that it can happen in your town."

The tracklisting of 'Ignore The Ignorant' will be:

'We Were Aborted'
'Cheat On Me'
'We Share The Same Skies'
'The City Of Bugs'
'Hari Kari'
'Last Year's Snow'
'Emasculate Me'
'Ignore The Ignorant'
'Save Your Secrets'
'Nothing'
'Victim Of Mass Production'
'Stick To Yr Guns'

Johnny Marr receives Mojo Classic Songwriter Award

Johnny was awarded the Classic Songwriter Award at The Mojo Awards held on Thursday 11th June at The Brewery in London’s East End.
Among the other winners were,
Lifetime Achievement Award: Yoko Ono
Best Album: Paul Weller

Vision Award: Joy Division
Catalogue Award: Miles Davis
Maverick Award: Manic Street Preachers
Hero Award: The Pretty Things
Inspiration Award: Blur
Icon Award: Phil Lynott

Johnny Marr reveals secret of Smiths' success on NME radio

johnny Marr, former guitarist with The Smiths, has revealed why he thinks the Manchester legends were so successful. Marr was speaking in a video interview with NME Radio as the station counted down the top 30 Manchester anthems as voted for by NME.COM users.
"For a start they're [Smiths songs] quite strong tunes," he said. "There's a lot of emotion in them. I think emotive music shoots through trends and fashions and changes in style because it's something people can relate to. Emotion's emotion whether you dress it up or not.

"We didn't dress up the records in fashionable sounds and production," he added. "We tried to keep it classic. Guitar music, basically, which rarely goes out of style.That combination of strong tunes, emotion and the overall sounds of the records means it dates very well.

"We meant it, there's no faking it in there. That always stands the test of time."

Watch the full video interview with Marr, who currently plays in The Cribs, below.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1670076655?bctid=25295955001

Johnny Marr Reveals The Ultimate Manchester Anthems

Nme had 300,000 votes for the Manchester songs. You can listen to Johnny and Iain Baker on this link.

Johnny Marr & The Cribs add Dublin and Belfast to their autumn tour

The Cribs have added Dublin Academy on Monday 21 September 2009 and Belfast Mandela Hall Tuesday 22 September 2009 to their autumn tour.

Johnny Marr on NME Radio

Johnny is going to be in the studio with presenter Iain Baker for the NME Radio countdown of the 30 Ultimate Manchester Anthems as voted for by NME.com users and NME Radio listeners. The show is broadcast Friday 29th May at 5.30pm. NME Radio is broadcasting in Manchester on 87.7FM until May 31.

Nice words from the Manics

Here's what the Manics had to say about Johnny Marr: "But everybody really admires the comfort of melancholia way too much these days. Everybody loves their troubadour, and I love a good troubadour, but you need something else to counteract it. Everybody seems so disgusted by somebody just going, ‘You want a solo? I’ll give you a fuckin’ solo!’ ‘Ooo that’s disgusting.’ "
"Where I come from that’s not acceptable! That’s why The Smiths were so brilliant, because they were zestful, it was in your face, The Smiths were still an attack for me, Johnny Marr was a buccaneer, he was fuckin’ amazing. They were going, No, you will fuckin’ listen!’ It’s a big difference." (From interview with www.hotpress.com )

Johnny Marr joins Cribs on UK autumn tour

he Cribs have announced details of a UK tour set for autumn. The band will hit the road from September 24 – around the time they expect to release their forthcoming fourth album, the follow-up to 2007's "Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever". They are currently mixing the album – the first they will have recorded with their new guitarist Johnny Marr – in Los Angeles.
The Cribs will play:

Norwich UEA (September 24)
Cambridge Junction (September 25)
Liverpool Academy (September 26)
Hull University (September 28)
Glasgow Barrowlands (September 29)
Newcastle University (September 30)
Manchester Apollo (October 2)
Lincoln Engine Shed (October 3)
Leeds Academy (October 4)
Exeter Lemon Grove (October 6)
Southampton Guildhall (October 7)
Leamington Spa Assembly Rooms (October 8)
Bristol Anson Rooms (October 10)
London HMV Forum (October 15)

Johnny Marr Plays Coachella

On Sunday the 19th April Johnny joined Paul Weller onstage for a showstopping performance of the Weller classic 'Town Called Malice' . The Coachella Festival is held in the California desert town of Indio over three days

Johnny Marr returns to the UK for Cribs shows

Johnny has returned to the UK to play live shows with The Cribs.
He told jmnet "We've been writing songs in Portland and Manchester and we wanted to play some dates before going in the studio to record the new album. We'll probably play some of the new songs. We also thought it would be a good thing to celebrate the start of an new era with the fans."

The Cribs will be making the new album in Los Angeles with producer Nick Launay who worked with The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Public Image Ltd.

Johnny Marr interview in Feb. edition Mojo Magazine

Johnny appears in the new Mojo magazine choosing his top ten singles that most influenced his life and music. Amongst his picks are songs by Del Shannon, The Equals and T.Rex.
More info at www.mojo4music.com

Johnny Marr in New Zealand to work on Seven Worlds Collide project

johnny was in New Zealand in December and January to work on the Seven Worlds Collide project with Neil Finn and members of Radiohead and Wilco, amongst others.
Johnny : "I contributed a couple of new songs at Roundhead Studios in Aukland, one is called "Run In The Dust" that I recorded with Phil Selway of Radiohead on drums and Sebastian Steinberg from Soul Coughing playing bass. Lisa Germano sings backing vocals and Jeff Tweedy and Ed O'Brien played on it too.

The other song I wrote with Jeff Tweedy and is called "Too Blue". I came up with the music out at the beach on Christmas Eve and Jeff provided the words. We cut that song like an old Spector session with two Drummers and two Basses, five Guitars (three acoustic and two electric), Piano, Organ, Strings...the whole works."

Johnny also contributed guitar and vocals to songs by Liam Finn, Ed O'Brien and Don MacLeash.