adam ant can shove it up his arse! didn't boz help morrissey write some new songs. why wouldn't he play with morrissey? their his songs.

Probably just making a reference to the fact that Moz hasn't done much recently.

if your reading this....youd better watch out!

Good riddance I say, it's about time Moz gets some new musicians. I hear Bernard Butler is free!

Why on earth would Morrissey be watching GMTV??
It shows the level which Mr Ant has stooped to, if he has to promote on this dreary programme.
I would rather have my pubic hairs plucked out one by one than be interviewed by Lorraine Kelly.

I think Adam Ant was just making a friendly little joke. God, I doubt he was serious. I'm sure he wasn't aware that someone was watching and going to pass the message onto morrissey-solo.com, where some uptight people with sticks up their asses will take him serious and make a stupid comment.

There goes next albums singles! Come on Alain write another great guitar solo like the one on "Youre the one for me, fatty"!

Uhhhmmm, am I missing something here? To me, all this says is "Watch out Morrissey, I might steal Boz from you." But it seems like he's just doing it as a joke. Not against Morrissey, just as a compliment to Boz...you know, like saying "He's so good, I want him to join my band."

and it certainly didn't seem as if Ant was joking. If he was, the joke was lost on me and the interviewer, who took the comments quite serious. He made a point of correcting himself, saying Boz "used" to work with Morrissey. Having said that, it could very well have been 'in jest' as the person above commented, with Ant threatening to steal Boz. But how can he steal Boz when he's already said Boz isn't working with Morrissey anymore?...

As Morrissey hasn't recorded anything or toured for 2 years then what is the difference between Boz saying he's working with Morrissey and saying he's not working with him? There is no work. It makes no difference. Its been 4 years since the last album.

Boz does seem to be putting it about though - I was watching Jools Holland last Friday and the reggae band Dreadzone were on - I could be wrong but I'm sure their guitar player was none other than...

I have to say though, Adam Ant??!!
Ridicule is nothing to be scared of..

Good luck to you Boz, see you on the next tour whenever it is.

From what I know, there's quite a lot of work coming up with Adam for Boz, but that doesn't mean he wouldn't be up for working with Morrissey again IF he EVER decided to do some more...... You can't expect a busy man like Boz to wait around for Moz to get his bum up. He's not only working with Adam, but with a million people at a time, and Morrissey is only one of them.

I doubt this ever happened. It's too unbelievable.

Lorraine Kelly (Interviewer): "Well, that's him told!"
That's the incisive, biting journalism that we've come to expect from Miss Kelly.

Morrissey and Boz are good friends... I don't see that Boz would ever just STOP working with Morrissey. Unless they have had a falling out, of course.

As far as Adam Ant goes - I think he was just being silly. I really don't think Adam would issue an open threat to Morrissey like that.

I'm certainly not taking this seriously. But if it is true...well, Morrissey can always find someone else to work with. I'd miss Boz, but at this point and time, I don't care who's in the band...I just wish Morrissey would record again.

I wouldn't be surprised if Boz really the band because Moz hasn't put a studio album out in five years so i wouldn't be bitter if Boz worked with Adam Ant.

Adam Ant certainly hasn't had an overabundace of new material and his latest offering is a rerelease of the first album, which only saw the light previously on an independent label. So maybe Adam is just warning Morrissey that he intends to retake his title as the king of british pop which he hasn't held since 1983. I belive Adam was just showing a little self-effacing sarcastic humor. "Desperate But Not Serious"

Well i never did like Boz, just never seemed like a cool guy, is it me or does he always look like hes drunk?? He always has that hang-over look on his face. PLus Moz dont need him he can do great without him, i mena really who was "Boz Boorer" before he met up with morrissey?

m'kay. boz and his family have to eat as well. Morrissey doesn't send him a check every month. He is paid based on work he has done. And even if he did, I can't imagine Boz sitting around on his butt and not playing in any band in case Morrissey might decide to go into the studio one of these eons. Which, given the track record at this point, it might be never.

It's all in jest peeps! Stay G'd up, don't fake the funk. Peace out!!

ADAM ANT WHO? It's more like what has that old guy done lately . He sucks really bad I think he is way overrated by people. The Smiths were better than him in the 80's and Morrissey is better than him in the 90's and whenever Morrissey decides to come out with an album he will be better than Adam Ant in the year 2001. Now for Boz I think it would be no big loss Moz can find someone else to play with him. TO be honest I would rather see him write songs with Johnny Marr again, but I know that won't happen. I would personnally love to see a Morrissey and Marr tour. Boz is just one man and can be replaced , so it doesn't matter . There is lots of talented guitarists and songwriters to be had.Having said all of this I hope Morrissey comes out with another album soon and does tour , I do deep down wish it could be with Marr but I know it won't happen.

Here's a link to a video capture of the interview in question. Make your own mind up...

http://www.geocities.com/antlib8/atv281101kelly.rm
(Comments start at 2.10 mins)

I agree with a previous comment, I think he is referencing to the fact they haven't played in awhile...

I mean, I think both Boz and Alain have written some pretty decent tunes over the years. But I think juding by the last album, he really could do with a breath of fresh air on the music front. A lot of those tunes were starting to sound like re-writes of previous songs they'd written. Be nice if he would musically take a few more risks.

I always thought it'd be nice to see Moz collaborate with someone who's got a similar status and profile to himself.

Moz should take take a leaf of of Mark E Smith's book, start changing his band every 1-2 albums!!

If this is true,you have to question the ethics of
Boz...I mean this 80's revival tour is a sack of
crap,sad peolple who didn't make it then and are
making idiots of themselves this time round.
  If Boz has decided to branch off to due this at the cost of disrupting the Moz line up,well quite
frankly I know who should be feeling the happier!
.....and it aint Boz or desperate Dan himself
"Adam Ant".

If you think about it, the Boorer, White, Cobrain, Day think has been utterly poor. Ok, i can't do better, but Morrissey certainly could have. It's been a wasted decade for quiffy, 'King Leer' OMG :( I'm sure if Morrissey decided to do an 80's revival he could pull in better musicians than Adam Ant. Think Bernard Butler is busy again i'm afraid. I'm not saying the OBVIOUS one because it just isn't going to happen people.

Morrissey+Pet Shop Boys, camp electronica, could be interesting. They're in the same vein of musical interest lyrically i think. Something needs to happen now though, Morrissey needs to play the musical market a bit, do some collaborations, get back on Jools Holland. I'd rather see him with The Rythm+Blues Orchestra than Borrer+co anymore. It's just become too poor :(

What the idiot will have been referring to is that due to Mozzer's contractual demands he is preventing Boz from working - as for standing in a queue waiting to stab Boz in the back - show some respect and act like the proper fans that you are!

Adam Ant is completely immaterial anyway. Next...
If Morrissey is no longer working with Boz, then all the better! 'Maladjusted' was a piece of crap. The whole sound is just tired and could use a kick in the pants.

Morrissey solo is solo, without a fixed band, or the band would have a name. Morrissey is free as Boz is free, they are musicians working a bit here and a bit there. Maybe the era of fixed bands is over by now, times changed, just changed. And it would be great for Boz to develop his music and career playing with lots of people.

considering ant's recent efforts.. the only thing steven should be scared of is an ants reunion.

Morrissey would kick Adam's ass, PERIOD!

It's like being threatened physically by Truman Capote. How tall is Adam anyway, 4' 9"???? And what a Silly look. Boz must REALLY need the money.

At least Adam is off of his lazy ass and doing something! If you heard the last album of Adam's (with Boz on guitar), it was great! "Wonderful" is just as good as any song that Moz has put out in the past few years, maybe even better.

it seems to be in jest; however, in the event that adam ant was serious, i would be forced to thrash him. i think that much is Beyond question.

Aside from being a legend, the Man has a wife and kids. Don't kid yourselves, playing with Moz on a 50 city tour + writing a few songs doesn't make you rich. I admire Boz's efforts to keep his fan base happy.....He's playing solo acoustic gigs...He's actually keeping the Moz fans abreast of any news. Play it Man!! Also, this is one fan that bought his Polecats material and that would buy any solo albums.

Moz should worry.........because, pretty soon, the only "musician" that will be willing to work with him is a Casio keyboard hooked up to a Radio Shack PA system......

i wouldn't trust anyone that dresses like that.

but at last he released an album.

Boz has been with Morrissey for a long time..

Vauxhall and I is argueably Moz's best Solo work.. Your Arsenal, is good as well, excellent in fact..

I don't see how you are all bashing him.. Seroiusly, that's pretty shitty, considering he is more active with Morrissey fans than Morrissey himself is..

It seems to be Adam Ant was saying it in jest.. Since Boz played on his new album, kinda like he stole Boz from Morrissey..

That's what makes sense to me anyway..

I don't really think that bashing of Boz is needed though.

Flame away.

~LukeB