{"id":1190,"count":2,"description":"The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. The group consisted of vocalist Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke, and drummer Mike Joyce. Critics have called them one of the most important bands to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s. In 2002, the NME named the Smiths \"the artist to have had the most influence on the NME\". In 2003, all four of their albums appeared on Rolling Stone's list of the \"500 Greatest Albums of All Time\". Johnny Marr left July 30, 1987, and the band broke up later that year due to internal tensions, and have since turned down several offers to reunite. Andy Rourke died from pancreatic cancer on May 19th, 2023. \r\n\r\nFinal lineup:\r\nMorrissey \u2013 lead vocals, percussion (1982\u20131987)\r\nMike Joyce \u2013 drums (1982\u20131987)\r\nAndy Rourke \u2013 bass (1982\u20131986, 1986-1987)\r\nIvor Perry \u2013 guitars (1987)\r\n\r\nFormer members\r\nJohnny Marr \u2013 guitars, piano, keyboards, harmonica (1982\u20131987)\r\nSteven Pomfret \u2013 guitars (1982)\r\nDale Hibbert \u2013 bass (1982)\r\nJames Maker \u2013 dancing, maracas, backing vocals (1982\u20131983)\r\nCraig Gannon \u2013 bass (1986), guitars (1986)\r\n\r\nSession and touring members:\r\nSimon Wolstencroft \u2013 drums (1982)\r\nGuy Pratt \u2013 bass (1986)","link":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/artista\/the-smiths\/","name":"The Smiths","slug":"the-smiths","taxonomy":"artista","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista\/1190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/artista"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?artista=1190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}