“”Oscar! Oscar! Great Britain Goes Wilde For The 4th-Gender Smiths”, a Morrissey interview by James Henke. This is the first interview to be published in the United States. It also is the controversial one which started with Henke claiming that Morrissey was gay. It prompted one of the first negative reaction by Morrissey to journalists. Other topics: his unhappy childhood, James Dean, Oscar Wilde, Margaret Thatcher.”
Author Archives: Nick Stuckenborg
Record Mirror – 4 February 1984
“Morrissey reviews the singles”
Record Mirror – 9 June 1984
“Johnny Marr interview titled “The smiths talk sex, celibacy, spots, glands”, conducted by Simon Mills. Many topics, including The Thompson Twins, his guitar style, money, fans, personal grooming, Sade, Sandie Shaw, and homosexuality. Photograph by Eugene Adebari.”
Record Mirror – 7 January 1984
“Brief article about Sandie Shaw’s collaboration with The Smiths, with Morrissey/Sandie fashion shoot pin-up.”
No. 1 – 22 September 1984
“Intimate Details”. A short Morrissey questionnaire.
No. 1 – 5 May 1984
“Hand In Glove”. Another article (with quotes) on the collaboration between Sandie Shaw and The Smiths.
No. 1 – May 1984
“Stuff and nonsense” – A short, only mildly interesting article about the discovery of Morrissey’s pre-Smiths letters to NME
“The Feast of St. Stephen” – 1984
“Please kiss me under the mistletoe.” A parody piece on The Smiths in the Christmas/New Year edition of NME
NME – 14 January 1984
Article on the Smiths and Sandie Shaw collaboration
NME – 4 February 1984
Article on the replacement cover for the “What Difference Does It Make?” single
Illness As Art 