Does anyone know where Morrissey gets his band members?

[Hellie]

Everyone seems to think that

But then, people seem to think Moz fancies all his musicians, as if it's the deciding factor in their employment. Boz, Alain, Gary, Spencer, Jesse, Solomon, Johnny etc etc.

I wonder if he'll ever have any female musicians.We'd all be so stunned.

 

[Corrissey]

Matt Walker (Filter, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage) was brought in as a session drummer after his work on Bowie's "Heathen" album. When Visconti was called in to produce ROTT, the drum tracks were already recorded, so Matt was not a Visconti pick, tho he knows him pretty well. Someone else in Morrissey's organization must have chose him. Good call either way.
Matt's band, The Most Dangerous Race rawks : www.themostdangerousrace.com

 

[Buzzetta]

He probably gets them at the Dixie Square Shopping Mall in Chicago...
Jake and Elwood tell me that place has everything...

 

[Corrissey]

^ LOL
The mall closed in 1979 & 'opened for the Bros' (but its history kept on rolling) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Square_Mall

Maybe he went shopping for The Smiths

 

[stephk817]

Matt Walker (Filter, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage) was brought in as a session drummer after his work on Bowie's "Heathen" album. When Visconti was called in to produce ROTT, the drum tracks were already recorded, so Matt was not a Visconti pick, tho he knows him pretty well. Someone else in Morrissey's organization must have chose him. Good call either way.
Matt's band, The Most Dangerous Race rawks : www.themostdangerousrace.com

Thanks for posting that link! I like them.

 

[Corrissey]

Thanks for posting that link! I like them.

You're welcome 'Ashes in Her Eyes' is cool. Reminds me of something I'd hear (in the old days) dancing at Smart Bar

 

[PregnantForTheLastTime]

He probably gets them at the Dixie Square Shopping Mall in Chicago...
Jake and Elwood tell me that place has everything...

It's actually in Harvey, not Chicago.

 

[CrystalGeezer]

So I guess he doesn't get his band members in the clothing shops of old town Pasadena.

 

[Buzzetta]

^ LOL
The mall closed in 1979 & 'opened for the Bros' (but its history kept on rolling) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Square_Mall

Maybe he went shopping for The Smiths

Check these two clowns out.
http://chicagoist.com/2006/03/01/blues_brothers_mall_demolished.php

Click at the bottem... these guys break into the mall with their replica car and drive around.

 

[Dave]

disused alleys by railway stations

 

[William4]

i heard he actually makes them in a lab to his EXACT specifications.. and if they arent perfect when they come out, he throws them away and starts from scratch

 

[Jamie]

Matt Walker (Filter, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage) was brought in as a session drummer after his work on Bowie's "Heathen" album. When Visconti was called in to produce ROTT, the drum tracks were already recorded, so Matt was not a Visconti pick, tho he knows him pretty well.

Though it is confusing since one Matt replaced another, Matt Chamberlain was the drummer on RotT, as well as Heathen and its follow-up Reality. He's also been the long-standing drummer for Tori Amos among many others. Chamberlain actually got his start as the drummer for Edie Brickell and New Bohemians way back in the late Eighties.

As to how Matt WALKER was picked, I seem to remember Boz writing about auditions in his diary from early 2006. This was the same way that Deano Butterworth was acquired (he answered an ad in Variety, if I'm remembering correctly).

Cheers,

Jamie

 

[Corrissey]

: d'oh! I stand corrected. And slightly (less) confused
I was wondering how Walker could've fit Bowie into his backing lineup...but I thought that's what I heard. Ah well... Thanx, Jamie

 

[Abrahan]

here is a video of his original band lineup interviewed.

boz, spencer, gary and alain.

about a minute and fourteen seconds in they are asked how they were chosen as the support group for morrissey.

alain says they had all known each other for years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-uDgk54Rlg

 

[Mel_Torment]

here is a video of his original band lineup interviewed.

boz, spencer, gary and alain.

about a minute and fourteen seconds in they are asked how they were chosen as the support group for morrissey.

alain says they had all known each other for years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-uDgk54Rlg

At the beginning of the youtube version of the clip, it's cut off, but Gia says she can't interview Morrissey because he's "got things to do" and at the same time, Spencer puts his hand down his pants and rummages around quite obviously. "Things to do", eh

 

[AHappyRocket]

here is a video of his original band lineup interviewed.

boz, spencer, gary and alain.

about a minute and fourteen seconds in they are asked how they were chosen as the support group for morrissey.

alain says they had all known each other for years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-uDgk54Rlg

Original and best for my money

 

[dom]

This is true say.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6989077451786662461

Interpretive dance though.

What a BLOODY AMAZING house! Grrrrr! I'm so jealous!

 

[Well I Wonder]

He picks the ones with the biggest willys!

 

[Well I Wonder]

here is a video of his original band lineup interviewed.

boz, spencer, gary and alain.

about a minute and fourteen seconds in they are asked how they were chosen as the support group for morrissey.

alain says they had all known each other for years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-uDgk54Rlg

Thats a great clip! The interviewer is a bit of an ejeit tho........

 

[the judge]

I wonder if he'll ever have any female musicians.We'd all be so stunned.

I don't want female musicians with Moz.