Morrissey

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author human lyricist musician singer songwriter

Morrissey is an English singer, songwriter, and former frontman of the influential alternative rock band The Smiths, known for his distinctive baritone voice, literate and melancholic lyrics, and significant impact on indie and alternative music.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Morrissey canonical 11
Steven Patrick Morrissey 1

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf author ⓘ
human ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd present ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1970s ⓘ
1982 ⓘ
associatedAct Johnny Marr ⓘ
Stephen Street ⓘ
The Smiths NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName Morrissey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Steven Patrick Morrissey
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1959-05-22 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
indie pop ⓘ
indie rock ⓘ
jangle pop ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasAutobiographicalWork Autobiography ⓘ
hasDistinctiveFeature literate lyrics ⓘ
melancholic lyrics ⓘ
wry and ironic songwriting style ⓘ
hasFanbase cult following ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn alternative rock lyricism ⓘ
indie pop aesthetics ⓘ
hasLiteraryInterest Victorian literature ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
hasPoliticalView controversial public statements on politics and immigration ⓘ
hasWritten lyrics for The Smiths ⓘ
lyrics for his solo albums ⓘ
influenced Radiohead ⓘ
Suede ⓘ
The Smiths-inspired indie bands ⓘ
influencedBy The New York Dolls ⓘ
surface form: New York Dolls

Oscar Wilde ⓘ
Patti Smith ⓘ
The Velvet Underground ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf The Smiths NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement alternative rock ⓘ
indie music ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableAchievement frontman of influential band The Smiths ⓘ
major influence on British indie music ⓘ
notableSong Everyday Is Like Sunday ⓘ
First of the Gang to Die ⓘ
Irish Blood, English Heart ⓘ
Suedehead ⓘ
The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get ⓘ
notableWork Autobiography ⓘ
List of the Lost ⓘ
Ringleader of the Tormentors ⓘ
Vauxhall and I ⓘ
Viva Hate ⓘ
You Are the Quarry ⓘ
Your Arsenal ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Davyhulme ⓘ
surface form: Davyhulme, Lancashire, England
positionHeld lead vocalist of The Smiths ⓘ
recordLabel BMG ⓘ
HMV Group ⓘ
surface form: HMV

Harvest Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
RCA Records ⓘ
Rough Trade Records ⓘ
Sanctuary Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion lapsed Catholic ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles (historical)

Manchester ⓘ
surface form: Manchester (historical)

Rome ⓘ
surface form: Rome (historical)
stageName Morrissey self-link ⓘ
vocalType baritone ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siouxsie and the Banshees → influenced → Morrissey ⓘ
Jerry Finn → associatedAct → Morrissey ⓘ
Paul Morrissey → familyName → Morrissey ⓘ
The Smiths → hasMember → Morrissey ⓘ
The Smiths → vocalist → Morrissey ⓘ
The Smiths → lyricist → Morrissey ⓘ
The Smiths → primarySongwriter → Morrissey ⓘ
Sanctuary Records → associatedAct → Morrissey ⓘ
Tomoyasu Hotei → associatedAct → Morrissey ⓘ
Siouxsie Sioux → influenced → Morrissey ⓘ
Morrissey → birthName → Morrissey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Steven Patrick Morrissey
Morrissey → stageName → Morrissey self-link ⓘ