Book description
Steven Patrick Morrissey is one of the most original and
controversial voices in the history of popular music. With The Smiths,
he led the most influential British guitar group of the 1980s, his
enigmatic wit and style defining a generation. As a solo artist, he
has continued to broach subjects no other singer would dare.
Worshipped by some, vilified by others, Morrissey is a unique rock
and roll creation. The 300,000 words of Mozipedia make this the
most intimate and in-depth biographical portrait of the man and his
music yet. Bringing together every song, album, collaborator, key
location, every hero, book, film and record to have influenced his
art, it is the summation of years of meticulous research. Morrissey
authority Simon Goddard has interviewed almost everybody of any
importance, making Mozipedia the last word on Morrissey and The Smiths.
Simon Goddard is a regular contributor to
Q
Magazine
and has also written for the
Guardian
,
Independent on Sunday
,
Sunday Herald
and
Uncut
. Dubbed '
the
Smiths authority' by
NME
, his 2002 book
The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life
was described as a 'mighty achievement' by both
Time
Out
and
Mojo
and is recognised as one of the key works on the group by fans and
critics. It is also the only Smiths book to earn the approval of group
founder and guitarist Johnny Marr.
