Musician - Morrissey - Bigger Splash postcard c.1980s

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• Picture / Image:  Morrissey - musician - formerly with The Smiths - this card probably dates shortly after the split in the late 1980s
• Publisher:  A Bigger Splash, Manchester
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Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 22 May 1959), commonly known by his last name, Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the band the Smiths. The band were highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career, making the top ten of the UK Singles Chart on ten occasions. His first solo album, 1988's Viva Hate, entered the UK albums chart at number one.

Morrissey is widely regarded as an important innovator in the indie music scene;^[1] music magazine NME considers Morrissey to be ""one of the most influential artists ever"", while The Independent says, ""Most pop stars have to be dead before they reach the iconic status he has reached in his lifetime.""^[2] In 2004, Pitchfork Media called him ""one of the most singular figures in Western popular culture from the last 20 years.""^[3]

Morrissey's lyrics have been described as ""dramatic, bleak, funny vignettes about doomed relationships, lonely nightclubs, the burden of the past and the prison of the home"".^[4] He is also noted for his unusual baritone vocal style (though he sometimes uses falsetto),^[5] his quiff haircut and his dynamic live performances. Media controversies have been caused by his forthright and often contrarian opinions, and he has also attracted media attention for his advocacy of vegetarianism and animal rights.^[6] He describes himself in his autobiography as an animal protectionist.

Morrissey released his first solo album, Viva Hate, in March 1988, eight months after the dissolution of the Smiths. The album was recorded with former Smiths producer Stephen Street, Vini Reilly of Durutti Column (and, formerly, The Nosebleeds), and drummer Andrew Paresi. It reached number one in the UK upon release,^[25] supported by the singles ""Suedehead"" and ""Everyday Is Like Sunday"". The album was certified gold in the US on 16 November 1993.^[26]

	Everyday Is Like Sunday ""Everyday is Like Sunday"" taken from Morrissey debut album Viva Hate
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Morrissey initially planned to release a follow-up album entitled Bona Drag, after releasing a few singles during 1989: ""The Last of the Famous International Playboys"", ""Interesting Drug"", and ""Ouija Board, Ouija Board"". The first two of these became top ten hits.^[25] However, by the end of 1989 Morrissey had decided to scrap the idea of a full-length LP and to release Bona Drag as a compilation of singles and B-sides.

Morrissey recruited Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley to produce his next album, titled Kill Uncle, for which songs were written with Mark E. Nevin of Fairground Attraction. The album peaked at number eight on the UK charts.^[25] The two singles released in promotion of the album, ""Our Frank"" and ""Sing Your Life"", failed to break the Top 20 on the singles charts, reaching number 26 and number 33 respectively.^[25] Morrissey then released two non-album singles, ""Pregnant for the Last Time"" and ""My Love Life"".

The band Morrissey assembled in 1991 for his Kill Uncle tour went on to record 1992's hit album Your Arsenal. Composition duties were split between Mark E. Nevin and new guitarist Alain Whyte. Your Arsenal was produced by former David Bowie guitarist Mick Ronson, and earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Alternative Album. The album peaked at number four on the UK charts, with two of its three singles, ""We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful"" and ""You're the One for Me, Fatty"", debuting in the Top 20 in the UK.^[25]

Morrissey's 1994 album Vauxhall and I was his second solo number one album in the UK.^[25] Years after the release, Morrissey said that he had felt at the time that it would be his last album, that it was the best album he'd ever made and one that he would never be able to top. One of the album's songs, ""The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get"", reached number eight in the UK and number 46 in the US.^[25][27] That year, he also released a single, ""Interlude"", a duet with Siouxsie Sioux, followed by an EP, Boxers, in January 1995.

Morrissey began work on his first album on the RCA Victor label, Southpaw Grammar, in early 1995. When released in August, the album reached number four in the UK.^[25] However, both of its singles failed reach the Top 20. At the end of the year, a final single under his contract with Parlophone Records was released, ""Sunny"".

In 1996, a legal case against Morrissey and Johnny Marr, brought by Mike Joyce, came to court. Joyce claimed that he had not received his fair share of recording and performance royalties from his time as the Smiths' drummer. Morrissey and Marr had claimed 40% each and allowed ten percent each to Joyce and Andy Rourke. Composition royalties were not an issue, as Rourke and Joyce had never been credited as composers for the band. Morrissey and Marr claimed that the other two members of the band had always agreed to that split of the royalties as they had consented to an account of the royalties sent to Joyce during the band's existence, but the High Court and then the Court of Appeal found in favour of Joyce and ordered that he be paid over £1 million in back pay and receive 25 percent henceforth. Rourke had settled for a smaller lump sum to pay off his debts and continued to receive ten percent. The judge in the case described Morrissey as ""devious, truculent and unreliable"".^[28] Morrissey claimed that he was ""... under the scorching spotlight in the dock, being drilled ..."" with questions such as ""'How dare you be successful?' 'How dare you move on?'"" He stated that ""The Smiths were a beautiful thing and Johnny [Marr] left it, and Mike [Joyce] has destroyed it"".^[29] Morrissey appealed against the verdict, but was not successful.^[30]

Morrissey returned on Island Records in 1997 with the single ""Alma Matters"" and album Maladjusted. The album peaked at number eight in the UK album charts and its further two singles, ""Roy's Keen"" and ""Satan Rejected My Soul"" both peaked outside the UK Top 30.^[25]

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