Nick Stuckenborg

Meat Is Murder Scotland Tour Programme

Tour Programme for the 1985 Scottish leg of the Meat Is Murder tour.

Uncut – December 2008

Alastair McKay gives a positive review of The Sound of The Smiths compilation, giving it four stars, and praising the band as a whole.

Hot Press – November 2008

A short interview with Johnny Marr about The Sound of The Smiths compilation, the legacy of The Smiths, Top of The Pops, and possible reformation of The Smiths.

I’m nearing the end of my initial archive of scans (it goes up to 2012). With that in mind, I’ve been working on other things to upload to the site once the initial run of scans are uploaded. Things I’m working on include: Uploading pre-Smiths articles mentioning or written by MorrisseyUploading missing Smiths & MorrisseyContinueContinue reading “The Future of Illness As Art”

Uncut – February 2008

A short Johnny Marr interview about the recording of Meat Is Murder and the tracks on it. Photograph by Lawrence Watson.

Hot Press – 2 July 2008

“Morrissey interview by Paul Nolan, titled “The Naked Truth”. Photos by Jake Walters. Topics: David Davis and Irish politics, current music scene and Morrissey’s position in it, producers Jerry Finn and Tony Visconti, the Eurovision song contest, the New York Dolls reunion, David Bowie, Nancy Sinatra, anti-depressants, Beck, Los Angeles, his back catalogue, sex and relationships, songwriting, being assassinated, Jack The Ripper and serial killers.” -PJLM

Mojo – March 2008

“This issue featured the Smiths on the cover and a 24-page special on the Smiths inside. The special included an interview with Mike Joyce talking about the band.” -PJLM
Photographs by Paul Slattery, Amy Halsey, Youri Lenquette (uncredited), Rex, Andy Fallon, Russell Young, Andrew Catlin, Kate Garner

The Word – February 2008

“”Morrissey & Me” / “The Man In The Ironic Mask” is a set of six articles in which different journalists relate their encouters with Morrissey. These six journalists are Cath Carroll, William Shaw, Adrian Deevoy, Stuart Maconie, Len Brown and Andrew Harrison. Morrissey on the cover.” -PJLM

NME – 1 December 2007

This interview has been written about as having been re-written by the paper’s editor to make Morrissey look worse, leading to Morrissey taking up a libel case with NME and getting an apology from the NME. Topics (sourced from Morrissey-scans): “looking back on the 80s, his relationship with Johnny Marr, the current music scene, privacy, immigration, and the British identity.”

Hot Press – 14 November 2007

“”Heaven knows they’re legendary now”. Johnny Marr and Stephen Street are interviewed by Paul Nolan about The Smiths career, exploring various songs, how it was in the studio, Stephen Street’s collaboration, and a brief section on Modest Mouse.”