To this day, they were, their fans believe, the best band in the world. Critics and sales figures told a similar story. Yet for all their brilliance and adoration - their famously energetic live shows routinely interrupted by stage invasions - The Smiths were continually plagued by their reticence to play the game, and by the time of 1987's Strangeways Here We Come, they had split.
Tony Fletcher's A Light That Never Goes Out - part celebration, part paean - moves from Manchester in the nineteenth-century to the present day to tell the complete story of The Smiths. The product of extensive research and unprecedented access, it will serve to confirm The Smiths as one of the most important and influential rock groups of all time.
| ISBN: | 9780099537922 |
| Publication date: | 5th September 2013 |
| Author: | Tony Fletcher |
| Publisher: | Windmill Books an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 704 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography: arts and entertainment Music industry Popular music Musicians, singers, bands and groups |
To this day, they were, their fans believe, the best band in the world. Critics and sales figures told a similar story. Yet for all their brilliance and adoration - their famously energetic live shows routinely interrupted by stage invasions - The Smiths were continually plagued by their reticence to play the game, and by the time of 1987's Strangeways Here We Come, they had split.
Tony Fletcher's A Light That Never Goes Out - part celebration, part paean - moves from Manchester in the nineteenth-century to the present day to tell the complete story of The Smiths. The product of extensive research and unprecedented access, it will serve to confirm The Smiths as one of the most important and influential rock groups of all time.
A Light That Never Goes Out features in the following genres: Biography: arts and entertainment, Music industry, Popular music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups
A Light That Never Goes Out is available in Paperback, Hardback
A Light That Never Goes Out was written by Tony Fletcher and published by Windmill Books an imprint of Random House
A Light That Never Goes Out has 704 pages
£13.49