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About Morrissey

Steven Patrick Morrissey was born on May 22, 1959. He is an English singer and songwriter of Irish ancestry from Manchester, England. He achieved prominence in the 1980s as the vocalist of the English band The Smiths.

Morrissey, at an early age developed various interests and role models that made him different among his peers, including '60s girl groups, and female singers such as Sandie Shaw, Marianne Faithfull and Timi Yuro. He also showed some interest in the kitchen sink dramas of the late 1950s and early 1960s, Coronation Street's Elsie Tanner, as well as the playwright, novelist and poet Oscar Wilde. The Moors Murders of the early 1960s influenced him largely during his childhood.

He developed an interest for punk rock at an early age, Morrissey briefly fronted The Nosebleeds, writing several songs and gathering a New Musical Express review before the band broke up less than a year later. In 1978, Morrissey briefly substituted Slaughter & the Dogs singer Wayne Barrett, recording four songs with the band before proceeding further.

In 1982, Morrissey along with guitarist Johnny Marr formed The Smiths. This band came to be known as one of the most popular and influential bands of the alternative rock movement. The works of this band included some of Morrissey's darkly witty lyrics and Marr's melodic and densely layered music. The band achieved prominence in the UK, Ireland, and Australia, and developed into a cult phenomenon in the United States of America. The band came to be known on college radio charts with songs such as "How Soon Is Now?" and "Panic". This band broke up in 1987 when Marr and Morrissey acknowledged that their interests started differing.

When the band broke up in 1987, Morrissey started a successful solo career, racking up ten Top 10 singles in the UK. Morrissey's first solo album came in 1988 in the form of Viva Hate. To create this album, Morrissey collaborated with former Smiths producer Stephen Street, Vini Reilly of Durutti Column and drummer Andrew Paresi. Your Arsenal achieved a Grammy nomination for best alternative album. Morrissey's released his latest albumin 2006 titled as Ringleader of the Tormentors, which debuted at number one in the UK album charts.