When did you become a Smiths/Morrissey fan?

[Aly Panic]

When did you become a Smiths/Morrissey fan?

 

[Tbevie]

27th December 2004. Yes it was that precise.

I wish I had discovered him sooner but I suppose it could be worse, I might not have discovered him yet.

 

[Aly Panic]

I had Panic, Shoplifters and Sheila Take A Bow singles but didn't get my 1st album until '89, I got The World Won't Listen.

 

[handsome devil]

It started when I first heard "Bigmouth strikes again"... The year was 1997

 

[Sammy Tregates]

All the way back in 1989

 

[Nikita]

1989 - heard Hatfull of Hollow and The Queen is dead

Quickly bought The world won't listen and Viva hate by curiositye, two weeks later, had all The Smiths albums and started buying Morrissey's singles

 

[sid james]

My cousin played me 'The Queen is Dead' when that was the current album and I couldn't quite get into it - I liked the music but Morrissey's voice was too weird compared to the other bog-standard rock/pop shite I was listening to as a child. What finally made me get The Smiths (and relegated every other band to useless pap) was hearing 'Panic' on the radio, especially the "Hang the blessed DJ, becuase the music they constantly play says nothing to me about my life" line.

 

[bored]

The current single was Ouija Board, Ouija Board.. which got massive airplay in Providence on WBRU (Brown University's Radio Station). The really odd thing about that time (89-90) was they even played b-sides in the rotation, specifically "Such A Little Thing..." and "Girl Least Likely To"

 

[Girl Racer]

1989, it was The Smiths I first got into, then Morrisseys solo work soon after. Been a fan ever since.

 

[mozmic_dancer]

In 1984: Hatful of Hollow was playing on my brother's stereo down in the basement. All I needed to hear was "This Charming Man" and I was hooked.

 

[vicarinatutugal]

27th December 2004. Yes it was that precise.

I wish I had discovered him sooner but I suppose it could be worse, I might not have discovered him yet.

aww thats my birthday! and your right its fantastic whenever you discover him for me it was about 15 years ago when i was 14 my brother was playing hatfull of hollow and it was what difference does it make, i was hooked. However I did not bother for a few years after that. I guess till my early 20s then it was true love forever.

 

[mjj_kop]

I bought Cigarettes and Alcohol, a double compilation cd in 2001, and really loved the song Panic, by a band I'd never heard of called the Smiths. I then bought their greatest hits and loved that too and have been expanding my collection ever since with Smiths and Morrissey albums and have seen Morrissey twice. I love it all, saw him in Sheffield this tour and he was amazing, makes you love him even more!
Shows you how compilation cds are a good marketing tool coz I think they introduce people to bands they wouldnt otherwise never have heard. I owe a lot to Cigarettes and Alcohol!

 

[hool']

spring 1992 when i was still in school and i've heard 'We hate it when our friends become successful' on the radio
since then i still ill )))

 

[Maradona]

spring 1992 when i was still in school and i've heard 'We hate it when our friends become successful' on the radio
since then i still ill )))

Me too! Ended up getting Your Arsenal the day it came out; the same week a friend made me a Smiths compilation tape, and that was that.

 

[DAnn Coulter]

For me it was weird, but thank god it happened..... I'm 25 and back in the late 90's I used to hang out with different kinds of people [from gays to skinheads] then there were these super-snobbish dudes who used to play Morrssey/Smiths all the time and I totally hated them....therefore the music too....everything they did I just couldn't tolerate! I wanna vomit just thinking about them!! anyway, it wasn't till a couple years ago that I discovered my love for Moz, it happened while watching the Suede Head vid on VH1 Classic....I just loved it immediatly.....went out and bought the Viva Hate record and loved it, then Quary ....then from there I just worked my way all the way back to the Smiths.

 

[kill_uncle]

in 1986,but the first album i bought from them was Meat Is Murder.

 

[~El Boydelz~]

1986 also, bought Queen Is Dead on cassette for my birthday and everything before and since.

 

[Oh my god. it's Robby!]

can we kill whoever says 2006?

 

[DAnn Coulter]

can we kill whoever says 2006?

Only if we eat them afterwards......I'm against killing animals as sport.
If you're gonna kill it ..you gotta eat it!

 

[pkw]

1985

i got into the smiths when i first met my g/f who was a big smiths fan, she lent me hatful of hollow and that was it, been a fan ever since, the man is a genius.