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Renowned as being one of Britain's great guitar heroes, Johnny Marr's legendary partnership with Morrissey produced the classic albums 'Meat Is Murder' (1985) and 'The Queen Is Dead' (1986) and made The Smiths so-called gods of the 1980s indie scene. Born and raised in Manchester, Marr started playing on a toy guitar as a four-year-old and developed a distinct signature sound inspired by the melodic pop of '60s beat bands, the twanging blues of Bo Diddley and the choppy funk of Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers. After The Smiths split in 1987, he played with The Pretenders and The The and teamed up with New Order's Bernard Sumner as Electronic, before seeing his playing style become a key influence on Brit pop in the 1990s. Returning in 2000 as Johnny Marr & The Healers (with a band that included Ringo Starr's son Zak Starkey), he took on vocal duties for the first time on the album 'Boomslang' in 2003 and has been highly active ever since, joining Modest Mouse and The Cribs and launching a solo career with the album 'The Messenger' (2013). His second solo album 'Playland' was released in 2014, the same year that he embarked on his first solo world tour. He began working on a collaborative project with composer Hans Zimmer, contributed lead guitar on Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds track 'Chasing Yesterday' and returned to the studio to work on his third solo album 'Call the Comet' which he released in 2018.Artist biography compiled by BDS/West 10. All rights reserved
