Original news article about Johnny Marr leaving The Smiths, from Melody Maker, 8th August, 1987.
News article about the controversy over ‘Suffer little children’ and the ‘Heaven knows I’m miserable now’ single, from Melody Maker, 15 September 1984.
Short, quote-based interview with Morrissey from Melody Maker, 11 October 1997 - considered a follow-up to Jennifer Nine’s earlier Morrissey interview, published a couple of months earlier.
Review of “The world won’t listen”, by Steve Sutherland for Melody Maker.
Review of Morrissey’s July 1991 at the Wembley Arena, by Simon Price for Melody Maker.
Part 2 of a two-part interview - the first half appearing in the 12th of March issue.
Part 1 of a two-part interview - the second half appearing in the 19th of March issue.
Note: A 7” interview disc comprised of audio from this interview was given away with issue #3 of Spiral Scratch magazine in December 1988. A vinyl rip of this disc (both sides in a single file) can be listened to/downloaded HERE (MP3 format, 256kps).
Frank Worrall interviews Morrissey for one of The Smiths’ earliest interviews in Melody Maker, 3 September 1983.
Read from scans only. (No transcript currently available.)
Or view in original double-page spread format HERE.
Extremely harsh review of “Viva Hate” by David Stubbs for Melody Maker, which ends up being as much an attack on Morrissey’s character as on the LP itself. :(