- 1982-1987 Morrissey (igama lokwenyani: uSteven Patrick Morrissey)Amazwi UJohnny Marr (igama lokwenyani: uJohn Maher)Isiginci Andy RourkeIBass UMike JoyceAmagubu UCraig GannonIsiginci
- Indoda engaphambili, uMorrissey, wadibana nomdlali wegitare, uJohnny Marr, ngo-1982. UMarr uxelele Imeyile yosuku Ngo-2009: 'Ukuqala kwam ukuya emnyango wakhe ngo-1982, unxibelelwano lwalukhawuleza, nangona sasichasene ngokupheleleyo.'
- Igama elipheleleyo likaMorrissey nguSteven Patrick Morrissey. Igama lokwenyani likaJohnny Marr nguJohn Maher, kodwa walitshintsha ukunqanda ukubhideka kunye nedrummer yeBuzzcocks yegama elifanayo.
- UMorrissey wathi iqela lazibiza ngokuba yi-Smiths kuba 'yayilelona gama liqhelekileyo' ababenokucinga ngalo, bongezelela: 'Ndicinga ukuba lixesha lokuba abantu abaqhelekileyo behlabathi babonise ubuso babo.' Oku kwafika ngexesha apho kwakukho amagama amaninzi akhohlisayo kwi-pop, kuquka i-Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, i-Depeche Mode kunye ne-Spandau Ballet.
- Onke amalungu ebhendi avela eManchester, eNgilani, nangona bonke beyinzalelwane yaseIreland. UMorrissey wakha wathi: 'Singabantu base-Irish ngaphezu kwe-U2.'
- UMarr watshata nesithandwa sakhe esikwishumi elivisayo, uAngie, ngowe-1986. Esi sibini sinentombi, uSonny, nonyana, uNile. Ngo-2013, bobabini baba negalelo kwi-albhamu yokuqala kaMarr, UMthunywa .
- Ubuni bukaMorrissey kudala buyingxoxo-mpikiswano. UMorrissey wathi ulahlekelwe buntombi bakhe ebutsheni bakhe, kodwa wathi 'yisiganeko esizimeleyo, ingozi.' Abalandeli babecinga ukuba wayengatshatanga de kwangowe-2006, xa wathi NME : 'Anditshatanga kwaye andikahlali ixesha elide.' Intelekelelo yokuba ulifanasini iye yaxhaphaka, ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yeengoma ezininzi zikaSmith ezinokubonwa njengeengxelo zesini ('Hand in Glove,' 'This Charming Man,' etc), nangona kunjalo uMorrissey akazange akuqinisekise okanye akukhanyele oku. Abaninzi bacinga ukuba akanazini.
- AbakwaSmith lelinye lamagcisa ambalwa aza kucula kwiZiqithi zaseShetland ezikude, kude nonxweme olusemantla eSkotlani. Ibhendi yacula kwiziko leClilimin, eLerwick, ngoSeptemba 1985.
- U-Bassist, u-Andy Rourke, wagxothwa okwethutyana kwi-The Smiths ngo-1986, ngenxa yesityholo sokuba likhoboka le-heroin. U-Rourke ubanga ukuba uMorrissey ushiye inqaku kwi-windscreen yemoto yakhe ethi, 'Andy, ngoku uyishiyile i-Smith. Ithamsanqa,' nangona uMorrissey ephika ukuba ukhe wayibhala le nto. UCraig Gannon waqeshwa ukuba angene endaweni kaRourke. Noko ke, kwiiveki nje ezimbini, uRourke wabuyiselwa waza uGannon wafuduselwa kwikatala yesingqisho.
- I-albhamu yesine kunye neyokugqibela yesitudiyo sikaSmiths, Ngokungaqhelekanga, Naku Sisiza , ithiywe ngentolongo yaseStrangeways, eseManchester. UMorrissey uxelele Q ngowe-1987: 'Ukuba bendinokuphelela eStrangeways bendingayi kumangaliswa konke konke.'
- Ngasekupheleni komsebenzi we-The Smiths, uMarr waxhomekeka kakhulu etywaleni. UMarr utyhilelwe Imeyile yosuku Ngo-2009: 'Ngokusisiseko ndandisebenzisa utywala ukunciphisa ubunzima obunganyamezelekiyo endandiphantsi kwabo. Andizange ndilindeleke ukuba ndiqhubeke ndibetha i-hit single emva kokubetha enye; Bendililawula kakuhle iqela.' Kule mihla, uMarr usezingqondweni: 'Isizathu sokuba ndingaseli kukuba indlela yokuphila yokusela indenza ndingakwazi ukucula nobukhali.'
- Xa abakwaSmith bedlalela iArtist Against Apartheid eBrixton Academy nge-12 kaDisemba, 1986, yayiza kuba ngumdlalo wabo wokugqibela.
AbakwaSmith bahlukana ngo-1987, emva koko onke amalungu alandela iiprojekthi zomculo ezahlukeneyo. Ngaphandle kwezibonelelo ezininzi zokuphinda bahlangane, bobabini uMorrissey noMarr baye bathi abacwangcisi ukudlala kunye kwakhona. - UMarr urekhode kwaye ukhenketha kunye naBazenzisi, The, Iintloko eziThethayo, iMouse eModest kunye neCribs. Ngo-2010, waba negalelo kwi Ukuqaliswa Ingoma yemovie kwaye ngo-2013, wakhupha icwecwe lakhe lokuqala, UMthunywa .
- Ngo-1989, umbethi wamagubu, uMike Joyce, wamangalela uMorrissey noMarr ngentlawulo engahlawulwanga. Ijaji igwebe uJoyce, owathi wawongwa umonakalo ongaphaya kwesigidi seerandi. UMorrissey noMarr bobabini bala ukuthetha noJoyce ukusukela kwityala lenkundla.
- AbakwaSmith babehlala bekhupha iingoma njengezodwa kuphela. Ngenxa yoko, bangomnye wamagcisa anqabileyo anama-albhamu okudibanisa ngakumbi kunee-albhamu zestudiyo. Uninzi lwezi ndibano zakhululwa emva kokuba iqela lahlukene.
- UMorrissey, umgcini wemifuno ongqongqo ukusukela ebutsheni bakhe, waqinisekisa bonke abakwaSmith ukuba bazikhwebule kwinyama. Eli qela libongoze abalandeli balo ukuba batye imifuno kwingoma ethi, 'Inyama iyabulala.' UMorrissey kunye noMarr bazinikele kwimifuno kude kube namhlanje. UMorrissey ukwalitshantliziyo elilwela amalungelo ezilwanyana- ngo-2009, wagxwala eqongeni e-Coachella e-Indio kuba wayeyiva inyama, kwaye ngo-2013, wanyanzelisa ukuba iZiko laseStaples eLos Angeles livale isebe labo leMcDonalds ngorhatya lwekonsathi yakhe.
- AbakwaSmith bahlala bethetha ngokuchasene noMargaret Thatcher kunye norhulumente wakhe wasekunene weConservative. UMorrissey wayekhe wathi: 'Into kuphela enokuthi isindise ipolitiki yaseBrithani iya kuba ngumbulali kaMargaret Thatcher.' Ngo-2006, intloko entsha yeQela leConservative Party kunye neNkulumbuso yaseBhritane yangomso, uDavid Cameron, uxelele i-BBC Radio 4 ukuba ungumntu othanda abalandeli bakaSmith- kakhulu kukonwabisa abalandeli bephiko lasekhohlo. UMarr emva koko 'walela' uCameron ukumamela iThe Smiths.
- UMorrissey noRourke bangabalandeli beqela lebhola ekhatywayo, iManchester United, ngelixa uMarr noJoyce bengabalandeli beqela le-derby, iManchester City.
- Ngokutsho kophando lwezenzululwazi, abakwaSmith baziwa kakhulu phakathi kwabantu abadandathekileyo. Uphononongo lufumanise ukuba abadakumbileyo banxulumene-kwaye bavelana namazwi kaMorrissey, ajongana nemixholo enje ngokuzimela yedwa kunye nesithukuthezi. Omnye umntu ekwadliwan’ indlebe naye wathi: Umculo ‘weSmith’ ufana neengalo eziphuma kwibhokisi yomculo zikubambe.’ UMorrissey uye wavuleleka malunga nedabi lakhe lokudakumba, abathi waliqala ekwishumi elivisayo.
- Incwadi edumileyo kaSimon Goddard kwiThe Smiths, Iingoma Ezisindise Ubomi Bakho , ithiywe ngegama lengoma ekwicala lika-B, 'Iringi yeRubber.'
- AbakwaSmith babengabalandeli abakhulu becinema yee-1960s, kwaye umsebenzi wabo wobugcisa wawuhlala ubonisa imiboniso yeenkwenkwezi zefilimu. Ividiyo ethi 'Intombi ekwiComa' iinkwenkwezi zikaMorrissey zidlala ecaleni kwefilimu ka-1964, Amakhwenkwe Esikhumba . UMorrissey uhlala ecaphula kwi-cinema yaseBritane kumazwi akhe, kunye nengoma ethi, 'Ukumkanikazi ufile,' inesandi esiphuma kwifilimu ka-1962, Igumbi elimilise okwe-L .
- AbakwaSmith basondele kakhulu kwi-#1 kwilizwe labo lasekhaya kwakungo-2007, xa umvelisi waseNgesi-waseMelika, uMark Ronson, wafumana i-#2 hit ngeqweqwe elithi 'Ndiyeke Ukuba ucinga ukuba uyivile le ngaphambili. .'
- Ngaphandle kokuhlala iminyaka emihlanu kuphela, ikhupha ii-albhamu ezine zestudiyo kwaye yahlukana kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo, abakwaSmith basenabalandeli abanomdla nabazinikeleyo. Ngo-2002, iphephancwadi lomculo laseBritani, NME , wabiza iqela elithi 'Oyena Mculi unempembelelo Ever,' phezu kweeBeatles.
- Iingoma zokuqala uJohnny Marr wafunda ukudlala kwisiginci esineminyaka eyi-11 yayiyi-T. Rex's 'Jeepster' kunye ne-'Life's a Gas.'
