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.