Johnny Marr
Birthday: 1963-10-31 Place of Birth: Ardwick, Manchester, England, UK
Synopsis
Johnny Marr (born: John Martin Maher) is an English musician, songwriter and singer, best known as the guitarist and – with Morrissey – co-songwriter of the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Description above from the Wikipedia article Johnny Marr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting
Last Shop Standing
Last Shop Standing, inspired by the book of the same name by Graham Jones, takes you behind the counter to discover why nearly 2000 record shops have already disappeared across the UK. The film charts the rapid rise of record shops in the 1960's, 70's and 80's, the influence of the chart, the underhand deals, the demise of vinyl and rise of the CD as well as new technologies. Where did it all go wrong? Why were 3 shops a week closing? Will we be left with no record shops with the continuing rise of downloading? Hear from over 20 record shop owners and music industry leaders as well as musicians including Paul Weller, Johnny Marr, Norman Cook, Billy Bragg, Nerina Pallot, Richard Hawley and Clint Boon as they all tell us how the shops became and still are a part of their own musical education, a place to cherish and discover new bands and new music.
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
A documentary on the influential musician Scott Walker.
