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Johnny Marr interviews (Designer Magazine, Manchester Metro News)

posted by davidt on Thursday September 06 2001, @09:00AM
A few interesting items in this one. Alex McCann writes:

***EXCLUSIVE JOHNNY MARR INTERVIEW***
Speaking exclusively to Designer Magazine we caught up with Manchester legend Johnny Marr to catch up on the all the latest Healers news. Over the past year he's been recording the Healers debut album, toured with Neil Finn and produced up and coming Manchester quartet Haven. Rather than run simply another retrospective piece on the Smiths we took time out to find about the fears and insecurities he had as a frontman, how it was Chrissie Hynde and the rest of the band who persuaded him he was up for the job and how he's taking it day by day. Read the full interview to find a man living in the present day with his sights set firmly on the future.

http://designermagazine.tripod.com

This week also featuring interviews from ED CASE, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, MANCHILD and LYRIC
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Excerpt:
"...The truth is I didn't speak to the press for ages because I didn't want to drag out any negativity. Then it got to the point 10 years after where there was the 5 years of the band and almost an entire industry built on back biting and negativity. I'd kind of had enough of it... The rest of the band without exception have dragged that thing out for publicity. I don't mind saying that because its a matter of record that I didn't talk for years about it, but they would just go out and do all this negative stuff just to keep themselves in the papers. That's their hard luck!!!
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No specific Morrissey / Smiths mentions in this one, but here it is. Mr_Biffo_2001 writes:

I’ve come across this interview with Johnny Marr from the Manchester Metro News from Friday 31 August, on page 10 (scan, from James Greenall). The Metro is a free paper, which everyone around Manchester gets delivered to them, like it, or not.

Here it is in full:


"Ex Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr is back with a new band. Healers first single, The Last Ride, is out on Sep 24 on Pacific Records.

Questionnaire

What would be your perfect day?
JM: Wake up in a hotel just outside San Francisco, drive my kids to the beach, back to the studio to record with my band, dinner with my wife.

What is your greatest extravagance?
JM: Shoes

What is the most exciting thing you ever received through the post?
JM: A letter Paul McCartney wrote to me.

What’s your idea of the perfect meal?
JM: Anything without meat.

Do you have a favourite cure for a hangover?
JM: Lot’s of Ibuprofen, complete quiet.

What vehicle, if any, do you own?
JM: AN old Mercedes SL convertible.

Do you have any irrational fears?
JM: They’re all rational.

What is the oldest item of clothing you still wear?
JM: A 1960s Levi Jacket.

Who do you love?
JM: My band, my friends and my family.

Who or what do you hate?
JM: I dislike the way huge corporations are running the world.

What magazines or newspapers do you read?
JM: Who can resist Hello?

What is your Desert Island book?
JM: The perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley.

What is your favourite television programme?
JM: Freakazoid.

Where do you go to relax?
JM: A place near the Catalena Mountains, Arizona.

What is your most annoying habit?
JM: Smoking.

What is your favourite journey?
JM: Los Angeles to San Francisco on Highway 1.

What is your favourite part of Manchester?
JM: Whythenshawe, maybe because it’s my roots.

What is your ultimate ambition?
JM: I live my dreams and I’m thankful for that.

Which person has most influenced you?
JM: My mother and father

Do you believe in God?
JM: Yes, but not as in that guy in the sky with a white beard.

Do you believe in love at first sight?
JM: Yes, I’ve known it happen…aww!

Do you know who’s no 1 in the charts?
JM: Yes, it’s Shakin’ Stevens isn’t it?

Do you support the death penalty?
JM: Of course not.

Do you understand how to use a video recorder?
JM: Yep.

Do you sing in the bath?
JM: Nah.

What would you like to be your epitaph?
JM: He loved his friends and played great guitar."
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  • I can't wait for The Healers album release. Johnny Marr is the Shit.
    Anonymous -- Thursday September 06 2001, @12:51PM (#18509)
    • Re:Johnny Marr by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday September 06 2001, @02:34PM
  • How about that "Anything without meat" comment.

    Think its a crack at Moz?
    GabrielGervais <[email protected]> -- Thursday September 06 2001, @04:13PM (#18548)
    (User #3553 Info)
    Jesus peut se compter chanceux de ne pas etre mort du tétanos
    • Re:What? by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday September 06 2001, @05:53PM
      • Re:What? by GabrielGervais (Score:1) Thursday September 06 2001, @06:44PM
        • Re:What? by Benji (Score:1) Thursday September 06 2001, @11:57PM
          • Re:What? by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday September 07 2001, @09:04AM
    • Re:What? by Anonymous (Score:0) Saturday September 08 2001, @11:17AM
  • The Manchester interview is great.

    I can't wait to see the man on stage again. God this "boy" (sorry!) has talent!
    Anonymous -- Thursday September 06 2001, @11:00PM (#18577)
  • Long live Johnny!!!!!
    Anonymous -- Friday September 07 2001, @12:50AM (#18584)
  • Marr looks more amd more Indian as the years go by.
    leedoggpimp <[email protected]> -- Friday September 07 2001, @10:39AM (#18608)
    (User #2789 Info | http://www.morrisseymusic.com/)
    True friends stab you in the front.
    • Re:chief marr by Anonymous (Score:0) Saturday September 08 2001, @01:54PM
      • Re:chief marr by JacquesTheLad (Score:1) Sunday September 09 2001, @12:19PM
  • How do you all think Johnny's new single will fare in the charts when it's released later this month? I can honestly say I can't see it making a big impression on the UK Charts at least - be lucky to scrape into the top 40 I reckon.

    Damn uncultured swines that are the public of Blighty...
    JacquesTheLad -- Sunday September 09 2001, @12:25PM (#18691)
    (User #3569 Info | http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/handinglove)
    "She doesn't even like me...And I know because she said so..."

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