Has there ever been a band so persecuted by reunion rumours than the Smiths? (Besides the Beatles.)
Pioneering U.K. modern rock band the Smiths turned down a $5 million offer to reunite at the upcoming Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival in southern California, former frontman Morrissey said Thursday.
His revelation, during a public interview at the South By Southwest Music & Media Conference in Austin, triggered gasps from the audience. When journalist David Fricke asked if he had considered it, Morrissey replied, “No, because money doesn’t come into it,” a response that drew applause from the crowd.
No, it’s not about money; it’s about acrimony. Morrissey will never appear in the same room with Mike Joyce again, unless it’s a courtroom.
But who cares if there’s no reunion? The Smiths were wonderful, but only Morrissey has shown his talent consistently over the last decade and a half. We all wanted to see Johnny Marr make music so good that it would make us forget the Smiths, but it hasn’t happened, and probably never will. Marr needed that misanthropic genius Morrissey to make the music he did.
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