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Johnny Marr

English musician (born 1963)

b. 1963

44 works in the index

Born
1963
Birthplace
Manchester
Citizenship / historical state
United Kingdom
Period (estimated from birth year)
Contemporary

Biography

John Martin Marr (né Maher; born 31 October 1963) is an English-born Irish musician, singer and songwriter. He first achieved fame as the guitarist and co-songwriter of the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. He has since performed with numerous other bands and embarked on a solo career.

Born and raised in Manchester, England, to Irish parents, Marr formed his first band at the age of 13. He was part of several bands with Andy Rourke before forming the Smiths with Morrissey in 1982. The band attained commercial success and were critically acclaimed, with Marr's jangle pop guitar style becoming a distinctive part of their sound, but separated in 1987 due to personal differences between Marr and Morrissey. Since then, Marr has been a member of the Pretenders, the The, Electronic, Modest Mouse, and the Cribs, and he has become a prolific session musician, working with names such as Everything but the Girl, Bryan Ferry, Talking Heads, Pet Shop Boys, Crowded House, Noel Gallagher, Blondie, Billie Eilish, and Franz Ferdinand.

Having released an album titled Boomslang in 2003 under the name Johnny Marr and the Healers, Marr released his first solo album, The Messenger, in 2013. His second solo album, Playland, was released in 2014, followed by a third, Call the Comet, in 2018, and a fourth, Fever Dreams Pts 1–4, in 2022. Marr's autobiography, Set the Boy Free, was published in 2016.

Described by Alexis Petridis of The Guardian as "the 1980s' most inventive and distinctive guitarist", Marr was voted the fourth-best guitarist of the last 30 years in a poll conducted by the BBC in 2010. Phil Alexander, editor-in-chief of Mojo, described him as "arguably Britain's last great guitar stylist". In 2013, NME honoured Marr with its "Godlike Genius" award.

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Life and musical career

Occupations
guitarist; poet; singer; songwriter; record producer; rock musician; composer
Education
The Manchester College
Career institutions / employers
University of Salford
Recorded memberships
The Smiths; Modest Mouse; Electronic; The The; Johnny Marr & the Healers; The Cribs
Instruments played
guitar; voice
Genres
alternative rock; indie pop; indie rock; jangle pop; alternative dance
Awards
MOJO Awards
Official website
http://johnny-marr.com/
Birth name
John Martin Maher
Pseudonym
Johnny Marr
Native languages
Mancunian
Languages used
English
VIAF ID
24798124
ISNI
0000000078391591
GND ID
119415070
Library of Congress ID
n93028393
MusicBrainz ID
ff621094-2a76-401f-8398-b75b5fd2be24

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Guitar, Voice
Genres represented
Rock, pop
Works with composition dates
0 of 44

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
This Charming Man — —— Guitar, VoiceRock 2
What Difference Does It Make? — —— Guitar, Voice— 1
Hand In Glove — —— Guitar, Voice— 1
How Soon Is Now? — —— GuitarRock 1
Upstarts — —— —— 2
Sun And Moon — —— —— 2
The Right Thing Right — —— —— 2
The Crack Up — —— —— 2
I Want The Heartbeat — —— —— 2
New Town Velocity — —— —— 2
The Messenger — —— —— 2
Generate! Generate! — —— —— 2
Word Starts Attack — —— —— 2
European Me — —— —— 2
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before — —— Guitar, Voicepop 1
Say Demesne — —— —Rock 1
Lockdown — —— —— 1
Bigmouth Strikes Again — —— —— 0
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now — —— —— 0
Panic — —— —— 0
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side — —— —— 0
Get The Message — —— GuitarRock 1
Draize Train — —— GuitarRock 1
Money Changes Everything — —— GuitarRock 1
Concrete Sky — —— Guitar— 1
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle — —— Guitar, Voice— 1
I Don't Owe You Anything — —— Guitar, Voice— 1
Miserable Lie — —— Guitar, Voice— 1
Pretty Girls Make Graves — —— Guitar, Voice— 1
Reel Around The Fountain — —— Guitar, Voice— 1
Still Ill — —— Guitar, Voice— 1
Suffer Little Children — —— Guitar, Voice— 1
You've Got Everything Now — —— Guitar, Voice— 1
Hallelujah / I Know It's Over — —— Guitar— 1
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out — —— —— 0
Ask — —— —— 0
Girlfriend In A Coma — —— —— 0
I Started Something I Couldn't Finish — —— —— 0
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me — —— —— 0
Shakespeare's Sister — —— —— 0
Sheila Take A Bow — —— —— 0
Shoplifters Of The World Unite — —— —— 0
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore — —— —— 0
William, It Was Really Nothing — —— —— 0

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 24798124. Portrait: University of Salford Press Office, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.