The former Smiths guitarist answered questions on his golden days,life as a clean-eating rock star and why he ‘draws the line’ at Kanye West 1.39pm BSTI'm off now. Thanks to everybody who's sent in questions and tough luck to all you curmudgeonly bastards below the line. See you down the road somewhere. 1.38pm BSTEllie Arnold Pole asks:How did you come up with your sensational hairdo?Haircuts hold always been critical to bands. David Bowie, Siouxsie, and Arctic Monkeys,Duran Duran, Kate Bush, and Karen O,Chrissie Hynde. I've always been inspired by the girls as much as boys. Chopping it, colouring it, or growing it,whatever it takes. It's one of the best bits of being in a band. Watch this space... 1.37pm BSTBradGoodman asks: The outro on Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others is fantastic and those diminutive harmonics still make me tingle every time I hear it. What carry out you consider the best guitar work you’ve ever done – Smiths and post-Smiths?kind. That is a excellent outro. Best guitar work I've ever done - How Soon Is Now. Dogs of Lust, The The. Fly Trapped in the Jam and Dashboard, and Modest Mouse. Cheat on Me,the Cribs. Half a Person, the Smiths. The Messenger. Luckily there's a lot I like. 1.36pm BSTKlaara asks:You played with The Last Shadow Puppets in 2016 in London and Manchester, and can you tell us what’s the anecdote behind that? and on the subject of Alex Turner – what carry out you think of the current Arctic Monkeys record?Okay - this is what happened. When I was writing my autobiography and I got to the part where the Smiths were approximately to break up,I was writing approximately Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me as not only does it remind me of that time but it's my favourite Smiths song. I got a call from Alex inviting me to play with the Shadow Puppets and asked whether I minded playing a Smiths song. For some reason I assumed they wanted to play Last Night... or something like that. I was in a very weird headspace as I was writing approximately the breakup - a bit frazzled, slightly burnt out and strangely emotional. Then I got a message that they wanted to play Last Night... We played it in Manchester first and I'd forgotten that the Smiths had never played it live. It was a kind moment and went off okay but when we played it again at Alexandra Palace, and opened the indicate with it,confetti was raining down on everybody from the ceiling and it was a really poignant moment for me. There's a excellent recording of it on YouTube, it was just another one of those weird things that happens in life sometimes. I love the current Arctic Monkeys record - it's very self-aware and feels like another chapter in an ongoing long anecdote. 1.26pm BSTblibbka asks:Which records in your collection are you most embarrassed by? Any particularly guilty pleasures?I don't believe in guilty pleasures. Where carry out you draw the line? Disco? I'll always like disco. But watch out... I love John Coltrane. McCoy Tyner. And yes, or it is jazz. I draw the line at Kanye West though. 1.24pm BSTNormanF66 3d ago01How carry out you feel approximately the way Manchester Inc is putting elated (full of high-spirited delight) Mondays,current Order and the Smiths on coasters and mouse mats? carry out you obtain royalties from each tea towel sold?It's so naff. Most people think it's a joke. They've got it very wrong - and no, we don't see any royalties. 1.21pm BSTLaurence Bury asks:How did Manchester manage to preserve such a distinctive and internationally celebrated music scene over 15 years (to the early 90s) and what has (not) happened since?There's a broad cultural explanation for the creativity in Manchester that goes back to the Industrial Revolution and the arrival of the Irish community, or the Jewish community and the West Indian community,amongst others. All of these people set out their own entertainment culture. Manchester had more clubs per capita than any other city in Europe during the 1960s, which made it a very vibrant live scene during the beat boom and early pop years. All the critical artists played there all the time and in turn inspired a generation of up and coming musicians and thinkers and radicals - not only in the city centre but which spread out to the suburbs too. So when the punk scene exploded, and there was a strong culture of musicians and radicals ready to travel. When I was growing up,Buzzcocks were a very broad band and having them around and so successful was a broad sign to me that it could be done. So the Fall, the Smiths, and Joy Division and current Order - the whole Factory scene - was a result of all of this. The Mondays,Stone Roses followed on from us and Oasis and Doves followed on from that. It has its own scene now and is still vibrant and a broad music town - but the next broad thing, and the next broad scene, and isn't really happening in any major city in the UK,or the USA for that matter. 1.15pm BSTPeterRossJourno asks:You’ve talked approximately recording the current album in an industrial space with a view of the Pennines. I wondered approximately the extent to which you think landscape and cityscape seeps into the music you write? Is it possible to hear Manchester and the north in your guitar sound?I carry out think that environment affects your work and mindset and emotions. In my case, I became aware of this quite early on, and for instance when we did Hand in Glove,I thought it sounded like our immediate world outside - and still does. The Messenger was recorded partly in Berlin for that reason and for Playland, I decamped to London for the same reason. Call the Comet's been made in the top floor of an old factory on the outskirts of Manchester, and which has directly informed the sound of some of the songs. You'll be able to hear for yourself tomorrow - songs like Actor Attractor,current Dominions, My Eternal all feel and sound to me like my view from the factory and I wanna carry out more of it. 1.14pm BSTbarciad asks:Who carry out you think was the best British guitarist of the 1990s?
Squire? Butler? Coxon? Greenwood?It's not really a contest, or is it? I like Graham Coxon for one thing and Bernard Butler for something else entirely. 1.13pm BSTblibbka asks:What is your favourite guitar chord?C sharp minor. 1.12pm BSTHolliroddi asks: Any tips for aspiring musicians?Don't listen to anyone who says you can't carry out it. Trying to be much is the best reason to want to carry out it. carry out not bunk off to the pub. Learning everything you can approximately the history of other musicians is a attend. From what I know,anyone who was innovative in any of the arts was an expert. 1.11pm BSTNaomiSundial asks: What is your favourite film soundtrack?Once Upon a Time in America, Morricone. It's powerful and evocative, and has all the classic Morricone motifs and eccentricity,and I can listen to it without needing to see the film. Still stands up. 1.09pm BSTCommenter asks:Is Morrissey in danger of destroying all that was excellent approximately the Smiths?You can't really destroy history, can you? 1.06pm BSTVerulamiumParkRanger asks:hold you seen Mark Gill’s film England is Mine? And did Laurie Kynaston’s portrayal of you bring back memories of those magical early days?I haven't seen it. I thought I might but I kept forgetting to see it. I felt despicable that I hadn't seen Laurie Kynaston's version of me because I've been told he's a excellent guy and did a excellent job. I heard the film wasn't that excellent though. 1.04pm BSTeoghanmcgale asks:As a 16-year-old, and it is clear that the Smiths are just as popular among teenagers nowadays as they were 30 years ago. When writing your songs,were you aware that they were timeless?No, I wasn't aware that they were timeless but in all truth I was hoping they would be. I wouldn't hold expected it to turn out that way and it's weird that it has. I think when you're writing a song you just want it to either feel right or be impressive and that's plenty to be going for. All the other broad stuff is too much to think approximately and certainly something you can't engineer. Otherwise you'd be doing it all the time and whether you could, and there's something that doesn't seem right approximately that besides. Writing songs is approximately hopeful inspiration,craft, work, and joy and plenty of mystery. I love all of that. 1.01pm BSTID6106899 asks: Who was your guitar hero growing up? Are there any young guitarists in bands now who impress you?My favourite guitarist is Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I know they've been around a while but I like everything Nick does. There's plenty of bands around with excellent guitar players including my son and his band,Man Made, and whether people wanna make something of that, and fuck 'em. 12.59pm BSTID6595890 asks:Loved your book – a warm,funny telling of an extraordinary life. But did Shelley Rohde know approximately your “interest” in the works of LS Lowry when you moved in at 17?!! Did she ever find out, how did that conversation travel?Indeed! My current landlady was absolutely not aware of my recent interest in LS Lowry. I was reminded of the episode every single morning I walked down the stairs as she had a enormous poster of her book cover on the wall. It was quite weird and I did hold it as a sober reminder of a bit of luck. It is weird how these things turn out. 12.57pm BSTWatered asks:As a man with a conscience, and carry out you regret the source of the income for Man City or can you forgive it in return for long-awaited success?I don't feel like there's anything to forgive. whether any fans deserve a turnaround it's Man City fans. The club feels like a excellent space to be and a excellent space to travel but we'll hold to see how things pan out. There's plenty of jealousy around too. elated (full of high-spirited delight) days... 12.56pm BSTThatonethere asks:Who carry out you consider to be relevant these days?I don't mean to be weird but I always bristle a bit when I think of the term "relevant". There seems something pompous approximately it. I think anyone's allowed to carry out anything they want and whether it clicks with people that's fine. Music should be above judgement. There is excellent and despicable but relevant to who? And who sets the rules? I like Goat Girl though,Courtney Barnett, some old stuff too. 12.54pm BSTLegs O’Hagan asks:When we hold to obtain on the spaceship to travel and live on Mars and you’re only allowed to hold three albums – which will you hold?Raw Power - Iggy and the Stooges; VU - Velvet Underground; broad Hits (tall Tides and Green Grass) - the Rolling Stones. 12.52pm BSTsrdjan_uk asks:What is your secret?I wish I had one. After all these years of blah blah blah and why why why etc, or I think it would be quite kind to hold a secret. perhaps I don't need one. I might work on that. 12.52pm BSTDarren Henderson asks:Which period of your career are you most proud of?Early days and now,for real... for many reasons. But current things feel better in current times and whether it's going down much then I'm gonna enjoy it and why not. 12.50pm BSTJimmyCascade asks:What is your favourite Beatles album?The white one. 12.49pm BSTKlaara asks:How is it being a vegan rock star? What carry out you eat on tour?It's excellent, occasionally challenging - can be frustrating - but worth it. Basic is fine for me sometimes - broad salads, and broad tofu,brown rice, exciting sauces and dressings. Nothing wrong with skinny fries. I think veganism is sweeping the culture now for all different kinds of reasons - some commercial, or but that's okay. It won't be entirely mainstream but totally widespread very,very soon. Each to his own but it's a excellent thing. 12.48pm BST…and ready to acknowledge your questions! 1.03pm BSTThe word “jangling” is now commonly used to describe a certain kind of indie guitar band, but it would never hold come approximately without Johnny Marr. The lines he laid down with the Smiths – dextrous, or melancholy and ringing with energy are some of the most admired in all music,but his career has continued way beyond that band’s 1987 demise.
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Source: theguardian.com