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No Smiths fued, but no Smiths reunion
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 23 September 2009
Johnny Marr has denied that a feud between him and Morrissey is what’s stopping a Smiths reunion from happening. He just doesn’t want to do it. Speaking to Norwich Evening News, he said that the pair are occasionally in touch with each other, and work together on non reunion-related Smiths projects, but neither have any desire to go back to something that finished a long time ago.
Marr said: “I like The Smiths’ songs, but I like playing [in bands] with two [guitarists] and writing new songs. Unfortunately a reunion would go against both those things.
It’s not necessarily the case that we’re not talking. We have email. We worked on that [2008 deluxe edition re-release of greatest hits compilation] ‘Sound Of The Smiths’ together. That came out about a year ago”.
He added: “Who’s got time for a feud? Right now I have got screwdrivers inside guitars, my car broke down yesterday. I’ve got no time for a feud. [But] I am still really, really proud of [The Smiths]. It would be pretty churlish to be annoyed by how much people like your group”.
