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Morrissey Relates, Music Industry Analysis by Haleh Stilwell - The Trades

Barring ego and arrogance, publicized asexuality, and heated feuds between the once seemingly-unstoppable duo Moz and Marr, Steven Morrissey's rock star status is indisputable. He was, and is, a mogul for the awkward youth of Britain and America alike. Almost two decades after The Smiths parted ways, kids are lying on their floors in the dark listening quietly to a smooth voice lilted with that Manchester accent relay their own problems back to them. That is what escalates Morrissey perhaps even past the status of star to god, and, more importantly, manages to lower him to level of peer, or friend. Moz relates.