Entered my real age, Couldn't possibly write it here!

-Quinn (Moz in GIAC)

www.myspace.com/girlfriendinacomabaltimore

Right on. One of six people on the site so far actually going though the Moz-helped-me-so-much-through-the-awkward-teenage- years phase.

And almost 3/4 of us are between 25 and 39.

I love the fact that Morrissey wrote the lyrics to "Rubber Ring" 20 odd years ago and it makes more sense now than it did then.

But don't forget the songs
That made you cry
And the songs that saved your life
Yes, you're older now
And you're a clever swine
But they were the only ones who ever stood by you

tender age of 14 at the "Wherehouse" music store. I will be thirty in a few months and from the looks of it the majority of the fans according to the vote percentages are from the Kill Uncle, Your Arsenal era. Not surprising.

So I guess I'm about average age on this site...I wasn't too happy about the b-day but I'm not the only who is slowly losing their youth...so I feel better! Temporarily....sigh....

After this age thing, how about repeating the poll about being a vegetarian, then a poll about who's already got a mortgage and stuff, huh?

happy easter holidays :P

motherfuckers. hahaha. daang. BUT in my defense, i've listen to Morrissey since i was two. Go work old ppl. I'm 20 btw. :)

-DAVIDismyHERO

...I remember the day I purchased the "Hand in Glove" single when it came out. I rank the memory of hearing the song for the first time as second only to the birth of my son. THAT'S how important the Smiths are.

Let's win this thing people!

is just too old....

I'm talking to Billy Bud
in my head.
Be happy with someone Morrissey!

I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour,
But heaven knows i'm miserable now......
30-34....yet I am finally going to see Moz for the very first time!!!
Boston June 26th!!!

i became 42 past week

As we know.....age means nothing....it is as meaningless/insignificant as the size of your shoes...(or something like that...I forget....I am old!!)

Sheridan 39 on 06/04/07

Sheridan

I started listening to Morrissey in high school in 1987. 20 years on and not one of Morrissey's solo records or Smiths records are burnt out. I have listened to them each thousands of times and they never grow old or tiresome. It still sounds as exciting as the first day I heard it. I am 34 now and Morrissey's music is like a fine wine it gets even better with age. I can't think of any other artist, for me, that comes close to this extraordinary feat.

In 1986. Detroit, Michigan. Fox Theatre. It changed my life FOREVER! At last I was born. I am 39 now.

I was 12 when I heard ' Stop me ' on the radio and the Dj said he would never stop a song like that. I still remember that moment like yesterday and it changed my life. I bought ' Strangeways ' and 'Rank ' and started making Smiths-like coverphotos for my compilationtapes.
Now I think ' Rubber Ring ' is the best lyric Moz has ever written, it' s so clever and it' s so true.

I remembering riding in my friend's care when I was 18 and he was playing "How Soon is Now?" I asked him who that group was and he said to me, "Duh, it's Morrissey, and this is The Smiths. Don't you know anything?" So, I took the bus to the mall the next day to buy this tape with that song and not knowing anything about this band, I somehow chose the correct tape, "Meat is Murder." After listening to the whole tape, I fell in love with Morrissey's voice and his lyrics. I have then been a fan. I'm 33 now and I'm still blasting Morrissey and The Smiths on my stereos!

The first time I heard The Smiths, I lived in Las Vegas in the mid 80'z.. (1986), and I heard the song I don't owe you anything playing on the radio. We were outside building a skateboard ramp with my friend Michele and her brother and all his friends... I had never heard anything like it them before.. I've been in love every since.. with Morrissey.

that age is just a number for statistics...

a good poll . 1985 in the north of england . was it the oxford gig shown on tv ? really robust and aggressive - headmaster ritual i think . First single bought the yellow and blue sleeve of pat phoenix - young bones did indeed groan ! a borrowed copy of meat is murder (title track never converted me - sorry ) Here i am 22 years later and still to be shown anything different! An olive branch from johnny marr in this weeks NME - we can but dream !!!

if you look at the previous poll and compare it to this one, it looks like this website has retained its original audience!

I'll be 36 in about two weeks. That means I was around when the Smiths were still a band and when you could see Smiths and early Morrissey-solo videos on MTV! I even remember seeing them on during the day! Anyway, I was glad to see a lot of fans "my age" (and some older/some younger) at the last Moz show I was at. Moz is for everyone- all ages. That's one of the many great things about him. Happy Easter and God Bless.
thetexasbloke

One day, I was in my room doing my homework and my brother walked in and threw these cds at me. He said, "I know you're going to like the way this guy sings. Listen to the cds." The cds were singles of "The Loop," and "There is a Place in Hell for me and my Friends." He was so right. I eventually kept those cds and have added an abudance to my Moz collection throughout my 15 years of being a fan.

my age is going to be 28 years by next 27 April, and times is gone so fast, too fast for us...God bless us all

I was listening all alone
but I know now that we all share the
memory of the Smiths.
Beautiful memories with tunes.

Who's pretending to be under 9?

I, myself am 28 for at least another couple of months.

And yes, like others have said "Rubber Ring" was spot on. Because whilst The Smiths are my favourite band and always will be, I would say that these days I am dancing and laughing, and finally living and often hear his voice in my head and think of him kindly.

You get older, you get more comfortable in your skin. Ever the old soul, Morrissey already knew that at 26.

Did anyone here go to Fountain Valley High School/Mater Dei?

About 50% of users here are in their 30s - around ten years or more younger than Morrissey himself. Surprising that his own generation seems not to have taken to him, but following ones have. Maybe it's the fact that most people first got hooked in their 'teen angst' stage?

I was 40 in April, so am very much in the minority by now, it would seem. I somehow managed to miss 'Hand in Glove' and 'This Charming Man'at the time, only to buy 'What Difference...' immediately after seeing The Smiths, for the first time, on Top of the Pops performing said song for the second time (NHS specs et al etc). It completely blew me away, and among other things I followed that up in June 1984 by going to the gig at Edinburgh's 'Calais Palais' (it's now a nightclub, but you can still see the front of the balcony in the ceiling above the dance floor, where I sat-£4 a ticket, I didn't quite go the additional 50 pence for a standing ticket, fuckwit!)- I saw them another 3 times, culminating in their last Scottish gig at Glasgow's Barrowlands in July 1986- to this day the best gig I have attended- the words 'riotious', 'emotional', 'spellbinding' spring to mind- by then the onstage empathy among the band members was incredible, they were almost as one, and I'll never forget it. The latter gig was as a five-piece, wi' Craig Gannon.

It was a little weird going to see Morrissey in Edinburgh in August 2004, seeing all those younger, fresher faces, and being able to boast that I had first seen the Smiths over Twenty years previously! I still listen to them and Moz much to the exclusion of everything else, basically- it's completely over the wife's head!

Just had to post this- it achieves nothing more than a trip down memory lane....

I am 8 years and 10 months old. I Love horses! Do you like Morrissey because he loves animals? I do.

By lil veg

I'm sixteen. Seems I'm not in the majority...

DXS

I think the question is humourous.. how old am I NOW. When else would I answer for?