- Steven Patrick Morrissey, professionally known as Morrissey, is an English singer, songwriter and author
Born: | 22 May 1959 Comment | How old is Morrissey in 2024? / Age: | 64 years
| Zodiac sign: | Gemini |
Morrissey Net worth 2024 (estimated)
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Morrissey facts
- He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the indie rock band The Smiths, which was active from 1982 to 1987
- Since then, Morrissey has had a solo career, making the top ten of the UK Singles Chart on ten occasions
- Born in Davyhulme, Lancashire, to a working-class Irish migrant family, Morrissey grew up in Manchester
- As a child he developed a love of literature, kitchen sink realism and popular music
- Involved in Manchester's punk rock scene during the late 1970s, he fronted two punk bands, The Nosebleeds and Slaughter & The Dogs, with little success
- Beginning a career in music journalism, he authored a number of books on music and film in the early 1980s
- With Johnny Marr he established The Smiths in 1982, soon attracting national recognition for their self-titled debut album
- As the band's frontman, Morrissey attracted attention both for his intelligent, witty, and sardonic lyrics and his idiosyncratic appearance; deliberately avoiding rock machismo, he cultivated the aesthetic of a social outsider who eschewed drugs and embraced celibacy
- The Smiths released five further albums – including the critically acclaimed Meat is Murder and The Queen is Dead – and had a string of hit singles
- Personal differences between Morrissey and Marr resulted in The Smiths' separation in 1987
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