The Smiths - Inside The Smiths

Speaking with candour, honesty and humour, Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke offer a unique insight into the private life of the groundbreaking band: “The DVD is a very real account of what happened when we were in The Smiths,” says Joyce. “We wanted people to know what it was really like. It is more truthful than anything we have revealed in interviews before because we were relaxed with how it was done and who was doing it”.  This is the first documentary about The Smiths to be released on DVD and begins with the story of the band’s origins in Manchester. The film takes us through the trip to London that secured their record deal, the eventful recording of their debut album, the tours, the trips to the US and the superfandom. But this is no puff piece: Rourke and Joyce speak frankly about what it was really like to be in a band with Morrissey and Marr, about Joyce winning his wife back by telling her he was going to be on Top Of The Pops, and about Rourke’s heroin addiction that briefly ended his career in the band.Produced and directed by Manchester-based friend Stephen Petricco, and introduced by Mark Standley, ‘Inside The Smiths’ is peppered with archive photos (shot by original Smiths photographer Stephen Wright), exclusive interviews and footage of Mike and Andy today. Alongside in-depth interviews with the former Smiths, friends and fans including New Order’s Peter Hook, The Fall’s Mark E Smith, Buzzcocks frontman Pete Shelley, Ricky Wilson and Nick Hodgson of The Kaiser Chiefs and Ordinary Boys singer Preston offer their own unique insight into what made The Smiths so special.

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