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Profile of Andy Rourke
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Andy Rourke |
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17th January 1964 |
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Manchester, England, UK |
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Andy Rourke (born 17th January 1963) is a bass guitarist and guitar player from Manchester, England.
Before joining the Smiths, Andy Rourke had played guitar and bass in various rock and funk bands, often with his school friend John Maher (the future Johnny Marr). When Marr and Morrissey formed the Smiths, Rourke joined the band after their second gig, and remained with the band throughout its existence (although he was briefly fired in 1986 when his heroin use made him unreliable). Immediately after the breakup of the band, Rourke and Smiths drummer Mike Joyce played with Sinead 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". 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").
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