Find out why Morrissey is selling all its part in the Smiths

The legendary singer has announced that he is selling all his participation in the band’s rights, trying to dissociate himself from his former tracers

The story of Smiths It is a story of glory and disagreement, but it seems that the book is about to be closed forever. MorrisseyThe iconic main singer of the Manchester Band announced that he is putting “all his commercial interests” in the group for sale, in an offer that includes from the name of the band to registration and publication rights. The decision, revealed in a post entitled “A soul for sale” (A soul for sale) On his official website, scores what seems to be the final chapter of his long and tumultuous relationship with the old colleagues, Johnny Marr AND Mike Joyce.

The announcement is the culmination of years of public tensions and disputes among the remaining members of the band. In your declaration, Morrissey Do not save words, claiming to be “exhausted by all and by all connections with Marr, Rust, Joyce“

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The offer is complex and somehow controversial. Morrissey He claims to sell the rights to the band’s name, to the art of the album, to merchandising, to musical and lyrical compositions, to the synchronization rights and to the recordings. However, music market experts warn that reality is more complicated. The singer is not the only holder of these rights; Divides 50% of the compositions with Johnny MarrAnd the recordings belong to a larger seal. Marralso, he had already recorded the trademark “The Smiths” In 2018 to protect it from third parties, also offering copyparity to Morrisseywho refused to sign the agreement.

The decision of Morrissey He arrives in a moment of uncertainty in his solo career, with his new album, Bonfires of teenagersStill without launch and without seal to distribute it. The singer publicly complained that he was “boycotted” from the sector. The sale of your participation in Smiths It can be seen both as a movement of financial despair and as a true attempt to free itself from what it considers a toxic past.

Regardless of the reason, Morrissey’s offer highlights the problematic nature of the inheritance of Smiths. One of the most influential catalogs of British music, which in a “perfect world” was worth tens of millions of dollars, now brings the weight of decades of animosity.

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