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Yesterday (coinciding with the 3rd anniversary of Andy's passing) marked the 40th anniversary of "Bigmouth Strikes Again," the first single from The Smiths' third album, THE QUEEN IS DEAD (although "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" was released earlier, in September 1985, but at that time, TQID wasn't widely known).

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of this single, I wanted to share with this community an edited cover of that same single, but featuring Morrissey on the picture. And yes, this is the same photo of Morrissey that appears in the Suedehead music video.

https://morrisseyringleader.substack.com/p/remembering-andy-rourke

https://morrisseyringleader.substack.com/p/very-charming-indeed

For me it's:

'Fame fame fatal fame

It can play hideous tricks on the brain

But still I'd rather be famous than righteous or holy

Any day, any day, any day'

As the title says, I'm looking for this pin to add to my collection but it is sadly no longer available on Mporium. Does anyone know where I could potentially find it? I've searched eBay and Etsy to no avail.

Any help is appreciated! Thank you for reading.

anyone else get this? pretty great so far...favorite new fact I didn't know: Mike Joyce preferred the Troy Tate version of the first album...

Personally I think Nowhere Fast or Rusholme Ruffians are the weak spots on the album, I get this person is also maybe saying there is too much of an emotional rather than quality shift but its not clear.

I could hardly go to Manchester without going there could I?

Empty house and a few glasses of wine, so thought I’d do a quick recording of one of the greatest songs ever written

So i was listening and reading about them the other day, and found inconsistencies. Their official website and yt description listed warner records, but wiki said that it was on Rough Traid. Was there a business transaction that i didn't know of?

Those shots were taken by @8stitches9lives and Damon Anacreonte.