"People still ask me about it. There was so much resistance at the time for me playing with Matt Johnson; it was like he was harboring this fugitive and I was supposed to be doing something else. We got a lot of grief from the press about working together."
"...getting to partner up with Chrissie Hynde for a year was really good for me. I was still feeling a bit bruised from the Smiths fallout and spending time with someone who was such a strong, interesting person was really a good influence on me. Her attitude really toughened me up."
Head over to Stereogum to read the full interview.
"Back On The Chain Gang" The Pretenders w/ Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr is preparing to release his debut solo album The Messenger. The album will be released in North America on February 26th and is now available to pre-order on vinyl and cd through Amazon, and digitally on iTunes. The tracklisting for The Messenger is posted below:
01. The Right Thing Right
02. I Want The Heartbeat
03. European Me
04. Upstarts
05. Lockdown
06. The Messenger
07. Generate! Generate!
08. Say Demesne
09. Sun & Moon
10. The Crack Up
11. New Town Velocity
12. Word Starts Attack
Johnny Marr kicks off his U.K. tour in March. Dates for a North American tour are still to be announced.