the museum · Manchester post-punk
1982
Manchester Evening News · Manchester
Became famous
Draft. The ad text below is a paraphrase from documented sources. A curator will replace it with the verbatim wording once we've checked an archive scan. The outcome and citation are otherwise accurate.
classified · as printed
Drummer wanted for new band. Original sound. Must rehearse weekly. — Johnny.
What happened next
Mike Joyce answered. Marr had already met Morrissey and recruited Andy Rourke; Joyce completed the lineup that recorded the Smiths' debut single 'Hand in Glove' the following May. Five years and four studio albums later the band collapsed in acrimony, with Joyce eventually winning a court case for unpaid royalties against Morrissey and Marr.
Source
Manchester Evening News classifieds, late 1982. Per Johnny Marr's autobiography 'Set the Boy Free' (2016).
Further
cite this ad
“Drummer wanted for new band. Original sound. Must rehearse weekly. — Johnny.” — Manchester Evening News, 1982. Musolist museum, /museum/manchester-post-punk/johnny-marr-smiths-drummer-1982.