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Andy Rourke (born 17 January 1964) is a bass guitarist and guitar player from Manchester, England. January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...
Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass or simply bass) is an electrically amplified plucked string instrument. ...
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Manchester is a city in England, considered by many to be the countrys second city [1][2]. It is a centre of the arts, the media, higher education and big business. ...
Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004...
Before joining the Smiths, Andy Rourke had played guitar and bass in various rockbands, as well as in the short lived funk band Freak Party, often with his school friend John Maher (the future Johnny Marr). The Smiths were a British rock group active from 1982 to 1987. ...
Rock and roll (also spelled rock n roll, especially in its first decade), is a genre of music that emerged as a defined musical style in the Southern United States in the 1950s, and quickly spread to the rest of the country, and the world (rhythm sample). ...
Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e. ...
Freak Party was the short-lived Manchester funk band that consisted of future members of The Smiths. ...
Johnny Marr in 2002 Johnny Marr with ex-Smiths cohort Morrissey Johnny Marr (born John Martin Maher on 31 October 1963 in Ardwick, Manchester) is a British guitarist, keyboardist, harmonica player and singer, and is best known as the man behind the music of The Smiths. ...
When Marr and Morrissey formed the Smiths, Rourke joined the band after their second gig, and remained with the band throughout its existence. Marr claims that Rourke's contribution to The Queen Is Dead LP was "something no other bass player could match". Rourke was briefly sacked from the Smiths over drugs abuse, resulting in a weekend prison sentence, which was posted on TV news. The brief dismissal of Rourke came in the form of a note left by Morrissey under the wind-screen wiper of his car; "Andy, you have left The Smiths. Good luck and goodbye, Morrissey". To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
The Queen Is Dead is an album by The Smiths. ...
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In May of 1986 Rourke rejoined the Smiths, just before the release of "The Queen Is Dead" album. Immediately after the breakup of the band, Rourke and Smiths drummer Mike Joyce played with Sinéad O'Connor - Rourke (but not Joyce) appears on the album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got. The duo also provided the rhythm section for two singles by former Smiths singer Morrissey, and Rourke composed the music for Morrissey's songs "Yes, I Am Blind" and "Girl Least Likely To". A session drummer at practice A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ...
Mike Joyce (born Michael Joyce on 1 June 1963) is a drummer from Fallowfield, Manchester, England. ...
Sinéad Marie Bernadette OConnor (born December 8, 1966) is an Irish singer and songwriter. ...
I Do Not Want What I Havent Got is an album by Sinéad OConnor released in 1990 on Chrysalis Records. ...
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Rourke has also played and recorded with The Pretenders (appearing on some of the tracks on 1994's Last of the Independents), Killing Joke, Badly Drawn Boy, Aziz Ibrahim (formerly of the Stone Roses), and ex-Oasis guitarist Bonehead (as "Moondog One"). Pretenders album cover, 1980. ...
Lead singer Jaz Coleman dominates the cover of Killing Jokes 1986 release Brighter Than a Thousand Suns. ...
Badly Drawn Boy live in Paris in 2003 Badly Drawn Boy (born 2 October 1970) is an indie singer/songwriter, born Damon Gough in Dunstable, England. ...
Guitarist Aziz Ibrahim is probably best known for his work with Simply Red, The Stone Roses Mark II and their former vocalist Ian Brown. ...
The classic line-up at the time of Spike Island The Stone Roses were one of the most influential bands to come out of Britain during the late 1980s and early 90s. ...
Oasis are a rock band originally formed in Manchester, England. ...
Paul Arthurs, (born on 23 June 1965, Manchester) is one of the founding members of British rock group Oasis and rhythm guitar player from 1991-1999. ...
Rourke and his Production Company, Great Northern Productions, organised Manchester Vs. Cancer, an anti-cancer concert in Manchester in January 2006. He sensationally unveiled Johnny Marr (his old bandmate in The Smiths) as one of the performers taking part. This announcement fuelled speculation that former Smiths frontman Morrissey was to join Rourke and Marr. However, Marr dispelled rumors of the reunion by posting on his official website that "THE SMITHS WILL NOT BE RE-FORMING AT [the] CONCERT" (see [1]). The Smiths were a British rock group active from 1982 to 1987. ...
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Rourke will be a DJ on Xfm Manchester when it launches, broadcasting new and classic indie anthems on Saturday nights. He is currently in a band called Freebass with bass players Mani (ex-The Stone Roses) and Peter Hook (New Order). He is also working on MvC 07 which it is rumoured may well be extended to include foreign events, most notably American shows. Xfm Manchester was awarded the FM radio licence to broadcast to the city of Manchester in North West England on June 9, 2005. ...
Freebass is a band currently under construction. The group curently comprises three bass players: Andy Rourke (of The Smiths fame), Peter Hook (from New Order) and Gary Mounfield (formerly of The Stone Roses and currently in Primal Scream). ...
Gary Mani Mounfield (born November 16, 1962, Failsworth, Oldham) is a British rock bassist, with a distinctive rich playing style that combines a fast moving rock style with a dance rhythm or dub groove. ...
The classic line-up at the time of Spike Island The Stone Roses were one of the most influential bands to come out of Britain during the late 1980s and early 90s. ...
Peter Hook (born February 13, 1956 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England) was the bass player for the influential British post-punk/goth band Joy Division and later New Order. ...
New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 by the surviving members of Joy Division following the suicide of singer Ian Curtis. ...
Andy's bass sound Andy Rourke's bass has a very twangy sound to it. Listening to various Smiths albums, it is noted how melodically the basslines are around Johnny Marr's guitar playing, Morrissey's singing, and Joyce's drumming.
His sound is the result of two different basses:
- 64 Fender Precision Bass during live performances, and
- Yamaha BB2000 in the studio
Andy was known to play with the tone knob turned to its fullest and with a plectrum.
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