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The The: The Devil in Mr Johnson
Interview by Helen Fitzgerald, Sounds, 18 September 1982
THE ANTI-HIP CRUSADE STARTS HERE, MATT JOHNSON aka THE THE WARNS HELEN FITZGERALD ...
Interview by Chris Bohn, New Musical Express, 9 October 1982
THE THE? An agitated stutter? No, the definitive article, boasts The one and only The Matt Johnson with a cheeky, if none too convincing grin. ...
The The: Soul Mining (Some Bizzare)
Review by Don Watson, New Musical Express, 22 October 1983
DIGGING FOR VICTORY ...
The The: Working In The The The Soul Mine
Interview by Leyla Sanai, New Musical Express, 5 November 1983
MUCH CONFUSION SURROUNDS THE NAME OF MATT JOHNSON. LEYLA SANAI DOES SOME UNSCRAMBLING. ...
Matt Johnson: A Master Of All Trades
Interview by Fiona Russell Powell, Time Out, December 1983
WHAT DO YOU DO when you're a brilliantly talented songwriter and musician but have no locks, pretty frocks or "weird" image, an uncooperative record company ...
The The: Soul Mining (Epic); The Smiths: The Smiths (Warner Bros.)
Review by Roy Trakin, Musician, May 1984
"FIFTEEN MINUTES with you/I wouldn't say no," sings the Smiths' Morrissey, echoing Warhol's famous dictum. Well, there you go again, as President Reagan is wont ...
Interview by Jon Young, Creem, October 1984
NEW YORK — Soft-spoken Englishman Matt Johnson, a.k.a. The The, complains, "The press likes to stereotype me as a depressive. It's due to my confessional ...
The The: Infected (Epic EPC 26770)
Review by Stuart Bailie, Record Mirror, 22 November 1986
WITH ALL the ballyhoo surrounding the return of Matt Johnson, and the grand claims that are made about his artistic standing, coming to any judgement ...
Review by Paul Mathur, Melody Maker, 22 November 1986
THE CANKER & THE CURE ...
The The: The Boy Looked at Johnny
Interview by Barbara Ellen, New Musical Express, 25 March 1989
"Johnny (Marr) probably understands what I'm doing more than anybody else I've ever known. It's been an absolute revelation, melodically we're like twins..." So says ...
Interview by Bruce Dessau, The Guardian, 12 May 1989
Matt Johnson tells Bruce Dessau how he's managed to mix pop and politics ...
Interview by Jon Wilde, Melody Maker, 14 May 1989
FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF THE THE'S 'THE BEAT(EN) GENERATION', MATT JOHNSON NEXT WEEK RELEASES HIS NEW ALBUM, MIND BOMB. JONH WILDE HEARS TALES OF GOOD ...
The The: Mind Bomb (Epic/Some Bizzare LP/Cassette/CD)
Review by David Quantick, New Musical Express, 20 May 1989
BRAIN STRAIN ...
The The: Paradise Theater, Boston
Live Review by Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, 21 August 1989
A MAJOR BAND WAITING TO HAPPEN ...
Johnny Marr: Escape from Strangeways
Interview by Andrew Mueller, Melody Maker, 30 September 1989
THIS WEEK, THE THE'S WORLD TOUR FINALLY HITS BRITAIN. ANDREW MUELLER JOINED THE TOUR IN AUSTRALIA TO TALK TO MARR ABOUT HIS ROLE AS ROCK'S ...
The The: Town & Country Club, London
Live Review by Lloyd Bradley, The Independent, 6 October 1989
Definite articles ...
The The: Armageddon Outta Here!
Report and Interview by Helen Mead, New Musical Express, 7 October 1989
CASINO DE PARIS, FRANCE ...
The Bizzare Adventures of Stevo
Interview by Paul Sexton, Select, February 1991
Bank managers chase after him, record company chiefs live in fear of him trashing their offices, but STEVO somehow manages to survive, along with one of the most ...
Review by Mat Snow, Q, February 1993
MATT JOHNSON, principal boy of The The, is 31 going on 17, a perennial quester after spiritual fulfilment and soul's ease. In his last two ...
Profile and Interview by Jon Wilde, Volume, April 1993
IT'S HARDLY A surprise to learn that Matt Johnson, that most untypical of pop star types, experienced a less than typical upbringing. ...
Overview by Stephen Dalton, New Musical Express, 22 May 1993
From The Kinks to Carter, Bowie to Blur, the Small Faces to Suede, British pop groups have eulogised, mythologised, criticised, glamorised, immortalised, romanticised and agonised ...
Interview by Paul Mathur, Melody Maker, 28 August 1993
The very mention of THE THE inspires visions of musical doom, fretful soul-searching and a general air of unreconstructed gloom. But does MATT JOHNSON really ...
The The's True Self Founder Matt Johnson Continues To Break New Ground
Profile and Interview by Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, 28 April 2000
MATT JOHNSON – singer-songwriter-guitarist and all-around main man of the band The The – left school at 15, embarked on a solo recording career, and ...
The The: Royal Albert Hall, London
Live Review by Ian Gittins, The Guardian, 6 June 2018
Performing for the first time in 16 years only days after his father’s death, 1980s indie hero Matt Johnson retains a gravel-voiced gravitas ...
Live Review by Graeme Thomson, Mail On Sunday, September 2018
THERE IS no better time for Matt Johnson to revivify The The after 20 years. The themes of his Eighties and early Nineties material feel ...
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