Sadly, Andy Rourke of The Smiths has passed away. He was 59. The death followed “a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer.” Rourke served as the Smiths bassist for the bands entire run. Following that ...

A look at the instrumental skills that Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce brought to The Smiths, and how seriously they took making music.

A real curio in the Smiths catalogue, unfurling into an extended funk coda where pained operatic wails meet Andy Rourke’s slap bass. IAN BROWN: I met Andy Rourke at a party when I was 16.

A Crowdfunder campaign has been launched to have a mural of late The Smiths bass guitar player Andy Rourke painted in the ...

then you might want to pay your respects by checking out the DJ set by former Smiths drummer Mike Joyce and bassist Andy Rourke at the Purple Onion on Wednesday (March 31). No doubt they'll be ...

The Smiths are arguably Manchester's most influential ... which included bass player Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce, becoming the most important alternative rock act of the 1980s.

Andy Rourke could soon be memoralised in a mural ... for Marr and Morrissey to weave their respective spells. Indeed the Smiths’ frontman – not noted for being generous in his praise ...

Recently, Morrissey issued a brief statement wherein he said he agreed to a Smiths reunion in June but Johnny Marr did not. Today, Moz issued another statement where he appears to say Johnn yMarr owns ...