![]() International Tracked: £12.00 per order up to £50, £15 per order between £50.01 & £100, then an additional £5 per £50 extra spent (Secure Delivery Service) ![]() This service is also available to the Channel Islands, Northern Ireland, Isle of Wight, Isle of Man and the Scottish Highlands however your order may take an extra day to be delivered to these destinations. Please note that no deliveries are made on UK Bank Holidays. All orders placed on a Friday after 2PM will be delivered the following Tuesday. The order cut off for this service is 2PM. If you need your order in a hurry we offer a next day service by courier to mainland Britain. Please order with confidence as we offer a full free no quibble returns policy (Subject to our normal terms and conditions – see here ).Īll standard UK orders are tracked upon dispatch. Dispatch details are the same as UK but please allow a little extra time for delivery. Please note we ship safely worldwide so please order with confidence. We aim to dispatch all orders within 3 business days.ĮIRE/EUROPE/REST OF THE WORLD – WE SHIP WORLDWIDE! Switch on BBC 6Music, and at some point during the day you are likely to hear echoes of Rourke, Marr, Morrissey and Joyce.ORDER WITH CONFIDENCE – FREE RETURNS AND FULL MONEY BACK GUARANTEE! From the Stone Roses to Suede, Blur to Oasis, The Libertines to Belle & Sebastian, or even The XX and The Killers, the longstanding effect of The Smiths has yet to show signs of abating. Much emulated, the sound of Rourke’s bass still resonates loudly from the 80s to the present day. The much-documented split between the band (encompassing Rourke’s dismissal for a longstanding battle with heroin addiction) was still just a speck on the horizon.Īlthough his career was by no means over after the band split (Rourke went on to play with Morrissey, Sinead O’Connor and Killing Joke), it was his outstanding work on Smiths tracks such as “Bigmouth Strikes Again”, or the potent “Barbarism Begins at Home” that came to influence a generation of indie musicians. ![]() In the legendary photograph, which was ubiquitous for a time, Morrissey manages a smirk with his arms folded, and behind him Joyce and Marr lurk in the shadows.īut it is Rourke who stands to the front, wearing stonewash jeans, self-assured, confidently glancing out towards the sky. Stephen Wright’s image of the band standing outside Salford Lads Club in 1985 was a poster pinned to numerous adolescent bedroom walls across the land. Rourke’s basslines were a cornerstone of the band’s sound over five classic albums, The Smiths, Hatful of Hollow, Meat is Murder, The Queen is Dead and Strangeways, Here We Come.Ĭulture Morrissey accuses Johnny Marr of using him as 'clickbait' and tells him to 'move on' Read More On paper, this mix shouldn’t have worked, but it did. The deep funk underbelly of Rourke contrasted against the hilariously mournful vocals of Morrissey, the punk drumming of Mike Joyce and the shimmering guitar melodies of Johnny Marr. Elevating their sound with his exquisite tunnelling rhythm, he was their unsung hero. In many respects, Rourke was The Smiths’ secret weapon. Learning to play bass from listening to David Bowie’s Low on repeat, he developed a rich and distinctive style of playing from Japan’s Mick Karn, Chic’s Bernard Edwards and Return to Forever’s Stanley Clarke. Originating from an Irish Catholic background, Rourke was a schoolfriend of Johnny Marr, and like his bandmate, was infatuated with music from a young age. Their bass player, Andy Rourke, helped define this distinctive sound of northern England in the 80s. Rising from the collapsing industrial backdrop of Manchester in the Thatcher era, The Smiths were a band who spoke for a generation of teenage outsiders from working-class backgrounds. Johnny Marr, Morrissey, Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke of The Smiths (Photo: Ross Marino/Getty Images)
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