Johnny Marr Talks Guitars & A Life In Music

The importance of this interview is massive. Johnny Marr is one of the most influential and creative guitar players ever.

Seriously boys, you've gone to another level with the Noel & Johnny interviews. Just awesome. Congratulations and cheers!!!

Hearing the Smiths riffs without Andy Rourke really highlights how well they complemented each other. Marr is just a wonder, a force of nature and of good things.

Hearing Johnny Marr say "that's what the guitar made me play", " I have no business playing that" -- clearly knows music theory and scales and plays his feelings. A really great illustration of the creative process.

00:03 Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others 7:03 Hand In Glove 7:31 Jeane 7:54 This Night Has Opened My Eyes 10:56 What Difference Does It Make 12:08 Accept Yourself 14:12 This Charming Man 18:01 That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (ish) 23:49 The Boy With The Thorn In His Side 32:51 Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now 35:25 Girl Afraid 40:28 Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before 55:15 How Soon Is Now 58:07 Nowhere Fast 1:02:45 The Headmaster Ritual 1:05:17 That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore 1:35:25 New Town Velocity 1:37:10 Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

Also, R.I.P. Andy; he's as criminally underrated a bass player as Johnny is beloved a guitarist.

I am a fellow survivor of St Augustine’s Grammar in Sharston Manchester UK, The school JM and Andy Rourke attended. I was in the same year, same class as Andy but different to JM. I never thought it weird that hey played guitar. Often would go in the music room and listen to them during lunch. Even at 14, this guy was seriously, seriously good.

I like how Johnny will start to explain something and then midway through just cuts himself off and starts playing, he really does let his music speak for itself

You've made a lot of people very happy in a world that's gone to shit. Mega kudos to you guys.

One of the most effortlesly cool guitar heroes there has ever been.

He's still got his enthusiasm for where a guitar can take him from all those years ago. His candle still burns bright.

Absolutely brilliant, really enjoyed seeing this along with Coxon and Gallagher. Can i be cheeky to request Robert Smith of The Cure to have an episode 😅 Come on Cure fans, maybe if there are enough likes it could be considered!

Simply THE greatest ever episode of 'That Pedal Show'.

Wow. Coxon, Gallagher and now Marr... All my guitar idols on TPS. Sterling work fellas, what an utter joy.

"We're a guitar band?" "The guitar made me do it? Exactly!!! What a great guy (and guitar player).

Johnny is the reason I picked up a guitar back in 1983. This is a phenomenal interview and Johnny is so down to earth and humble. Always in my Top 5 all time guitarists. Thanks guys!!

As a person who lacks the virtuoso skills but loves to play through my emotions, this episode was life changing. To have a legend like Johnny and two of my guitar heroes talk about guitars having their own song, such great stuff. I expect to rewatch this episode often.

As an enormous Smiths fan (I’ve seen Morrissey live 40+ times) this is just a total gift. A very emotional watch. Thanks Mick and Dan.

The best Johnny Marr interview I've ever seen. By obsessives for obsessives - and fans who want the details. I actually have tears in my eyes as I write this (yes, I'm prone to over sentimentality!). Thank you so much. And thanks Johnny. Your musicality, fluidity, arpeggios, riffs and progressions have run through my mind for 40 years. And the fact that I can now play a lot of them still quietly stuns me occasionally. At the time your playing was simply voodoo to me. And yeah John McGeoch was astounding. Spellbound. Jesus.

My favorite episode thus far. As a 15 year old kid in 1985 on a farm in Iowa, USA, I somehow got on to the Smiths, (its a very long way from Manchester in so many ways). They were a big part of my life, like so many other bands, and a pig part of why and what i like about guitar. A week or so ago I had dusted them off and was listening to them for fun and for how he played the Ric and here comes TPS with this fantastic interview. Learned a ton and that it always wasn't the Ric. Can identify with the obsession as well. Thank you Mick and Dan and of course, Johnny.