Original news article about Johnny Marr leaving The Smiths, from Melody Maker, 8th August, 1987.
The NME’s infamous “Smiths to split” news article, printed on August 1st, 1987, before the group actually officially disbanded.
Note: An English version of this interview was printed in i-D the same month. Read it here.
Post-split era career overview by The Smiths’ former press officer, Nancy Culp.
Short Morrissey interview from Company, October 1987.
Note: A lengthier feature based on the same interview was published the previous month in Melody Maker. Read it here.
Review of “Strangeways, here we come” by Steve Sutherland for the NME.
Note: This was actually the last Smiths-era interview Morrissey gave, and the one in which he officially announced the band’s break-up. A 25 second long audio excerpt (in English) was made available on the exclusive “Handsome Devils” French promo CD - listen here (CD rip, 256kps).
This interview was also reprinted in a Morrissey/Smiths special edition of Inrocks2 in March 2006: read here.