The Smiths: Better than the Beatles? by David Daley - Salon
No band captured the tormented teen soul like The Smiths. The author of a new 700-page bio explains why they matter.
The terrific British music writer Tony Fletcher has just published the definitive biography of the group, “A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of The Smiths,” taking almost 700 pages to tell the story of just 70 songs and this essential slice of the 1980s.
No band captured the tormented teen soul like The Smiths. The author of a new 700-page bio explains why they matter.
The terrific British music writer Tony Fletcher has just published the definitive biography of the group, “A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of The Smiths,” taking almost 700 pages to tell the story of just 70 songs and this essential slice of the 1980s.
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