Renowned as being one of Britain's great guitar heroes, Johnny Marr's legendary
partnership in The Smiths with Morrissey produced the classic albums Meat Is
Murder (1985) and The Queen Is Dead (1986) and made The Smiths so-called gods of
the 1980s indie scene. Born John Maher on October 31, 1963, in Manchester,
England, Marr started playing on a toy guitar as a four-year-old and developed a
distinct signature sound inspired by the melodic pop of '60s beat bands, the
twanging blues of Bo Diddley and the choppy funk of Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers.
After The Smiths split in 1987, he...