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Johnny Marr - The Messenger

Review by Neil Ashman

The one indelible impression that The Messenger leaves you with is an obvious one – that Johnny Marr needs a foil.»

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having initially found fame as guitarist and 'curator' of all things music with the smiths, the ever pragmatic and effortlessly cool johnny marr did not take long to find his feet post smithsdom. having kick-started a (britpop) generation of guitarists with his rickenbacker-esque fretwork in the smiths, johnny went on to find fame in super-group electronic before eventually joining both modest mouse and the cribs respectively as a semi-permanent member, performing on and touring at least one record with both acts. somewhere in between all of this, with a fleeting appearance as a member of the the, marrs first foray into solo territory began - a debut record from johnny marr and the healers. now, 10 years on - and this time sans the healers, marr returns with his most accomplished work to date.
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