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Johnny Marr
Born 1963-10-31 · Ardwick, Manchester, England, UK
Johnny Marr is an English musician, songwriter and singer. He first achieved fame as the guitarist and co-songwriter of The Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. He has since performed with numerous other bands and embarked on a solo career.
Acting credits
8.2An extraordinary live performance of Hans Zimmer's most beloved and renowned movie soundtracks, including music from Dune, Gladiator, Interstellar, and The Lion King. Featuring conversations with creative collaborators Billie Eilish, Christopher Nolan, Denis Villeneuve, Finneas, Jerry Bruckheimer, Pharrell Williams, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, and more.
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert
2025
8.6Hans Zimmer is one of the most successful film music composers working today. His multi-award winning career reaches back to the mid-eighties and he has developed close working relationships with renowned directors such as Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Michael Bay, Ron Howard, Gore Verbinski and Christopher Nolan. His credits include some of the biggest blockbuster movies of all time along with acclaimed TV series such as The Crown and Planet Earth II. This concert was filmed on 7th May 2016 in Prague during Hans Zimmer’s hugely successful European concert tour. Hans was accompanied by a band, orchestra and choir, 72 musicians in total, including guitarist Johnny Marr. The staging was spectacular with a ground breaking light show, stunning visuals and a state of the art sound system. Hans Zimmer performs on multiple instruments and gives introductory insights to many of the pieces during the concert. This show is a treat for lovers of both great music and great movies.
Hans Zimmer: Live in Prague
2017
9.0Ghost Blues follows the life and career of Rory Gallagher from his upbringing in Cork, his early days with a showband, the brief success of Taste and then his legendary solo career leading up to his health problems in later life and tragic death at the age of just 47. There are archive interviews, both audio and visual, with Rory and contributions from many of his friends and admirers including his brother Donal, Bob Geldof, The Edge, Cameron Crowe, Slash, Johnny Marr, James Dean Bradfield, Ronnie Drew, Bill Wyman, Martin Carthy, band members Ted McKenna and Gerry McAvoy and many more.
Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
2010
7.3Pull back the curtain on the remarkable history of six decades of James Bond music, from Sean Connery’s Dr No through to Daniel Craig’s final outing in No Time to Die.
The Sound of 007
2022
10.0A documentary tribute to the singer/songwriter who died on 18th December, 2000.
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2001
6.9Featuring interviews by famous fans and followers, this rare documentary encapsulates the essence of the controversial, enigmatic, and deliciously melancholic bard.
The Importance of Being Morrissey
2003
6.5Wembley Stadium hosts a concert featuring stars from the fields of music, comedy and film, in celebration of the 70th birthday of imprisoned ANC leader Nelson Mandela. Highlight of the evening is the one hour live performance of Dire Straits feat. Eric Clapton.
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
7.2A documentary on the influential musician Scott Walker.
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
2007
6.1Last Shop Standing, inspired by the book of the same name by Graham Jones, takes you behind the counter to discover why nearly 2000 record shops have already disappeared across the UK. The film charts the rapid rise of record shops in the 1960's, 70's and 80's, the influence of the chart, the underhand deals, the demise of vinyl and rise of the CD as well as new technologies. Where did it all go wrong? Why were 3 shops a week closing? Will we be left with no record shops with the continuing rise of downloading? Hear from over 20 record shop owners and music industry leaders as well as musicians including Paul Weller, Johnny Marr, Norman Cook, Billy Bragg, Nerina Pallot, Richard Hawley and Clint Boon as they all tell us how the shops became and still are a part of their own musical education, a place to cherish and discover new bands and new music.
Last Shop Standing
2012
Documentary commemorating this one-off event.
Gorillaz Tottenham Hotspur Stadium documentary
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NRLive at the Kilburn National Ballroom in London, England on the 23rd of October, 1986. Live-album released on the 5th of September, 1988. Setlist: 1) The Queen Is Dead 2) Panic 3) I Want the One I Can't Have 4) Vicar in a Tutu 5) There Is a Light That Never Goes Out 6) Ask 7) Rusholme Ruffians [with "(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame" intro] 8) Frankly, Mr. Shankly 9) The Boy With the Thorn in His Side 10) What She Said [with "Rubber Ring" intro and outro] 11) Is It Really So Strange? 12) Never Had No One Ever 13) Cemetry Gates 14) London 15) Meat Is Murder [with "The Headmaster Ritual" guitar tease intro] 16) I Know It's Over 17) The Draize Train 18) How Soon Is Now? 19) Still Ill 20) Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Smiths: Rank
1986
NRA documentary focused on Iggy Pop & The Stooges and their album "Raw Power".
Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power
2010
Inspired by 'The Beatles: Get Back', Anaïs Gallagher documents the making of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' "Council Skies".
The Making of Council Skies
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4.8A journey through some of the finest moments of acoustic guitar performances from the BBC archives, from Jimmy Page's television debut in 1958 to Noel Gallagher and Biffy Clyro.
Acoustic at the BBC
2011
NRThe Smiths live in concert at Rockpalast, Hamburg May 6th, 1984
The Smiths -Markthalle Hamburg
1984
8.5Rory Gallagher was the original Irish guitar hero, whose artistry with a battered ’61 Stratocaster became the stuff of legend. Bob Dylan and Muddy Waters admired him, the Rolling Stones tried to hire him – and his fans worshipped him. Clad in faded denim and a checked shirt, he sold 30 million records and became a charismatic icon of Irish music, inspiring musicians such as Brian May, The Edge, Slash and Johnny Marr. But away from the stage, Rory was an intensely private man. His closest confidante was his brother Dónal who accompanied Rory on his rise from their childhood Everly Brothers stage performances and the Showband scene across the North and South of the Irish border through to the deafening heart of the ‘70s rock scene in London – and far beyond. Now, Dónal, along with insights from Rory’s friends and admirers, takes us on a musical journey through the life and career of this shy guitar hero to better understand what made him so great.
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
2024
7.0The story of Britain’s long relationship with Blondie - the part it played in helping the band to international success and the impact the band had on British fans and musicians.
When Blondie Came to Britain
2023
10.0Documentary containing interviews and concert footage of the various musicians and bands within the Red Wedge organization on a tour within the UK.
Days Like These
1986
NRRory Gallagher was the original Irish guitar hero, whose artistry with a battered ’61 Stratocaster became the stuff of legend. Bob Dylan and Muddy Waters admired him, the Rolling Stones tried to hire him - and his fans worshipped him. Clad in faded denim and a checked shirt, he sold 30 million records and became a charismatic icon of Irish music, but away from the stage, Rory was an intensely private man. His closest confidante was his brother Dónal, who accompanied Rory on his rise from their childhood Everly Brothers stage performances and the showband scene across the north and south of the Irish border, through to the deafening heart of the ‘70s rock scene in London - and far beyond. From playing bomb-shattered Belfast at the height of the Troubles to touring across America with everyone from Blind Faith to KISS, Dónal was at Rory's side to witness his greatest triumphs and, after all too brief a span of years, his decline into illness and a tragically early death.
The Rory Gallagher Story
2024
Mark Radcliffe looks at the highs and lows of band life - the creative tension that produces great music and the pressures that come with success and fame, which pulls many apart.
Biggest Band Break Ups and Make Ups
2015
8.0The Rough Trade story begins more than thirty years ago on 20th February 1976. Britain was in the grip of an IRA bombing campaign; a future prime minister was beginning to make her mark on a middle England in which punk was yet to run amok; and a young Cambridge graduate called Geoff Travis opened a new shop at 202 Kensington Park Road, just off Ladbroke Grove in west London. The Rough Trade shop sold obscure and challenging records by bands like American art-rockers Pere Ubu, offering an alternative to the middle-of-the-road rock music that dominated the music business.
Do It Yourself: The Story of Rough Trade
2009
NRLive at the Brixton Academy in London, England on the 12th of December, 1986. Setlist: 1) Ask 2) Bigmouth Strikes Again [with "Panic" drum tease intro] 3) London 4) Miserable Lie 5) Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others 6) The Boy With The Thorn In His Side 7) Shoplifters Of The World Unite 8) There Is A Light That Never Goes Out 9) Is It Really So Strange 10) Cemetry Gates 11) This Night Has Opened My Eyes 12) Still Ill 13) Panic 14) The Queen Is Dead 15) William It Was Really Nothing 16) Hand In Glove *This concert, put together as a benefit for the Artists Against Apartheid, was originally due to be held at the Royal Albert Hall on the 14th of November but it had to be rescheduled following Johnny’s car accident. It turned out to be the last time the Smiths were on stage together, bar a few TV appearances. This was the only time “Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others”, “Shoplifters Of The World Unite” and the “London”/”Miserable Lie” medley were ever performed by them.
The Smiths: For The Last time - Live at the Brixton Academy
1986
7.8Thirteen Smiths' recordings, half of them in a club with a live audience. These alternate with five rock videos, two directed by Derek Jarman (Panic and Ask), two by Tim Broad (Girlfriend in a Coma and Stop Me...), and one by Paula Grief and Richard Levine (How Soon Is Now?). It concludes with Jarman's short film, "The Queen Is Dead," with a three-song soundtrack. The rock videos, particularly Jarman's, are filled with multiple and superimposed images, changing tints, and little narrative coherence; they get their pace from the music's rhythm. Androgyny, dancing children, belching smokestacks, graffiti, angry young men, a waif in a cap: collages of modern alienation.
The Smiths: The Complete Picture
1992
8.0This was the first hometown gig where the Smiths were headliners. As the band came on stage Morrissey greeted the fans "Hello you little charmers... we're the Smiths, how d'you do?" then launched into "You've Got Everything Now". Throughout the show, in one song out of two (faster numbers), Morrissey - who still looked ill at ease on stage at the time - had something to shake in his right hand while with the left one he held the microphone.
The Smiths: Live at The Haçienda, Manchester
1983
Behind the camera
NRJohnny Marr has teamed up with the award-winning actor Maxine Peake to create a new project which sets Peake’s spoken word performances to Marr’s instrumental soundscapes. ‘The Priest’ is based upon the characters that Joe Gallagher met on the streets in the first few days after becoming homeless in Edinburgh. Gallagher wrote a diary of his experiences for the Big Issue under the pseudonym James Campbell when he first became homeless in May 2015 and continued until he found a new home in March 2016. This short film was filmed in Manchester and features Molly Windsor in the lead role.
The Priest
2017
NRJohnny Marr has teamed up with the award-winning actor Maxine Peake to create a new project which sets Peake’s spoken word performances to Marr’s instrumental soundscapes. ‘The Priest’ is based upon the characters that Joe Gallagher met on the streets in the first few days after becoming homeless in Edinburgh. Gallagher wrote a diary of his experiences for the Big Issue under the pseudonym James Campbell when he first became homeless in May 2015 and continued until he found a new home in March 2016. This short film was filmed in Manchester and features Molly Windsor in the lead role.
The Priest
2017