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| website = | fansite = | notable_instruments = Fender Jaguar Rickenbacker 330 Gibson Les Paul Gibson ES-355 Fender Telecaster Gibson SG Fender Twin Reverb Roland JC-120}} Johnny Marr (born John Martin Maher; 31 October 1963) is an English musician, songwriter and singer. Between 1982 and 1987 he was the guitarist and – with Morrissey – co-songwriter of The Smiths, an English rock band formed in Manchester. Critics have called them the most important alternative rock band to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s.〔Simon Reynolds, ''Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984'' (London: Penguin, 2005), p. 392; and Stephen Thomas Erlewine, ("The Smiths: Biography", ) ''Allmusic''. Retrieved 8 January 2012.〕'' Q'' magazine's Simon Goddard argued in 2007 that the Smiths were "the most influential British guitar group of the decade" and the "first indie outsiders to achieve mainstream success on their own terms".〔Simon Goddard. "The Last Rites", ''Q''. No. 250, May 2007.〕 ''NME'' named The Smiths the "most influential artist ever" in a 2002 poll, even topping The Beatles. Marr has also been a member of Electronic, an alternative dance supergroup formed with New Order singer and guitarist Bernard Sumner; The The, an English musical and multimedia group led by singer/songwriter Matt Johnson; Modest Mouse, an American indie rock〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Modest Mouse for Open House )〕 band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington; and The Cribs, an English three-piece indie rock band originally from Wakefield, West Yorkshire. As well, he has worked as a prolific session musician. In 2013, he released a solo album titled ''The Messenger'' (2013). In 2013, ''NME'' honoured Marr with its "Godlike Genius" award, hailing him: "Not content with rewriting the history of music with one of the world's greatest ever bands, the Smiths, he's continued to push boundaries and evolve throughout his career, working with some of the best and most exciting artists on the planet." He was voted the fourth best guitarist of the last 30 years in a poll conducted by the BBC in 2010. Phil Alexander, Editor-in-Chief of ''Mojo'', has described Marr as "arguably Britain's last great guitar stylist".〔Mojo magazine. February 2013. Issue 231〕 ==Early life== Marr was born John Martin Maher on 31 October 1963 in Ardwick, Manchester, to Irish emigrants from Athy, County Kildare. The family moved to Wythenshawe in 1972. From 1975, he attended St Augustine's Catholic Grammar School, which in 1977 merged with other schools to form St John Plessington High School.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.staugs.org )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.staugs.org/history.htm )〕 Maher had aspirations to be a professional football player. He was approached by Nottingham Forest and had trials with Manchester City Maher formed his first band, the Paris Valentinos, at the age of 13, with Andy Rourke and Kevin Williams (who later became an actor, known as Kevin Kennedy), performing for the first time at a Jubilee party in Benchill in June 1977, playing Rolling Stones and Thin Lizzy covers. In 1979, he played a single gig at Wythenshawe Forum with a band called Sister Ray and re-united with Rourke in a band called White Dice. White Dice entered a demo-tape competition organised by the NME and won an audition for F-Beat Records, which they attended in April 1980 but were not signed. In October 1980, Marr enrolled at Wythenshawe College, serving as President of the school's Student Union. White Dice dissolved in 1981. Maher and Rourke then formed a funk band, Freak Party, with Simon Wolstencroft on drums. Around this time, Maher first met Matt Johnson, with whom he would later collaborate. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Johnny Marr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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