Johnny Marr Talks Soundtracks Albums and Guitars

Johnny recently spoke to Phil Gallo of Billboard Magazine.
Johnny Marr  who is currently working on two albums  and scoring the second season of David Cross's British TV series, "The Increasingly Poor Decision of Todd Margaret," plans to release music from his new edition of his band the Healers early next year, soon after Fender's release in January of a Johnny Marr edition guitar.

"I just want to write more than enough material to avoid ducking back into the studio to record a follow-up album," Marr tells Billboard, His  previous solo album, "Boomslang," was released in 2003.

Marr has toured with the Healers, Modest Mouse and the Cribs over the past several years. Having recently left the Cribs, he figures that once he starts touring again, there will be no stopping.
"I want to take advantage of this point and when I set sail I want to set sail for awhile," he said.
 Johnny Marr was nominated for an Academy Award last year for his work with Hans Zimmer on "Inception."
His first full-length film score can be heard May 24 when the detective thriller "The Big Bang" -- starring Antonio Banderas, James Van Der Beek and Sam Elliott --  is released. Marr wrote the score last year, which meant working on the film while he was touring.
"The discipline of finishing a few scenes in a day was useful in writing the record that I am now writing," he says,  "There was not a lot of time for indulgence or experimentation - and I like to deliver when I say I'm going to deliver."
As for that Fender guitar, based on a 1962 Jaguar, Marr says " the model has to be perfect. You can see I'm spinning a lot of plates." 

You can listen to the Big Bang Dig in the sidebar.

Johnny Marr Sarrencia plant at The Chelsea Flower Show

Horticulturist Matthew Soper’s carnivorous plant named after Johnny  is in the running for a prize at this year's Chelsea Flower Show.   Matthew said “ Johnny Marr is a musician whose work I greatly admire and has given me so much pleasure over the years, this is my way of saying thank you." The Johnny Marr Sarrencia hybrid plant will be available to buy in a year or two.