Johnny Marr

Matt Zeringue

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Jul 26, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/26/96

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>I was in the bookstore one day was thumbing through a copy of the much
>ballyhooed "Severed Alliance." Unfortunately, I didn't have much money or
>time on me, so that's all I did - thumb through it. Some picture captions
>caught my eye though. Johnny Marr was refered to as "Johnny Maher" in
>many early photos of him in the book. So I'm assuming he changed his name
>sometime in his life?? Can someone enlighten me? It's not a big deal, but
>I was jes curious...
>Thanks.

From what I've read, he changed Maher to Marr because there was
already a local band member with the same name.

Johnny Marr

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Jul 27, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/27/96

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Provectus Ltd wrote:

> The local band was The Buzzcocks, the band member was John Maher.

So is it just coincidence that the french phrase "J'en ai marre"
pronounced virtually the same as Johnny Marr means "I'm bored"?

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Johnny Marr - wadh...@sable.ox.ac.uk
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Mozzhead

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Jul 29, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/29/96

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>Interestingly, a former member of The Buzzcocks, Howard Devito, once
>went out with a young lady called Linder. The same young lady that
>Morrissey used to go wandering around Southern Cemetry with.

just for accuracy it's Howard Devoto... he's NOT related to danny
devito : )

mozzhead

Johnny Marr

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Jul 31, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/31/96

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Chris Yoo wrote:
>
> I was in the bookstore one day was thumbing through a copy of the much
> ballyhooed "Severed Alliance." Unfortunately, I didn't have much money or
> time on me, so that's all I did - thumb through it. Some picture captions
> caught my eye though. Johnny Marr was refered to as "Johnny Maher" in
> many early photos of him in the book. So I'm assuming he changed his name
> sometime in his life?? Can someone enlighten me? It's not a big deal, but
> I was jes curious...
> Thanks.

When the Smiths formed, Johnny Maher was also the drummer for local group
The Buzzcocks, so the guitarist changed his name. It might also be no
coincidence that J'en ai marre, pronounced Johnny Marr, is french for
"I'm fed up".

I have this weird feeling of deja vu...

Russell Dewhurst

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Aug 5, 1996, 3:00:00 AM8/5/96

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Johnny Marr (wadh...@sable.ox.ac.uk) wrote:

: When the Smiths formed, Johnny Maher was also the drummer for local group

: The Buzzcocks, so the guitarist changed his name. It might also be no
: coincidence that J'en ai marre, pronounced Johnny Marr, is french for
: "I'm fed up".

Johnny Maher really was Johnny's real name (though I suppose it could
have been a joke on his parents' part). It is pronouned to rhyme with layer.

There is a drummer called Johnny Maher, hence the name change.

ever yours,

Russell

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lindsey.podd

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Aug 6, 1996, 3:00:00 AM8/6/96

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>Johnny Maher really was Johnny's real name (though I suppose it could
>have been a joke on his parents' part). It is pronouned to rhyme with layer.

>There is a drummer called Johnny Maher, hence the name change.

>ever yours,

>Russell

Maher is a common Irish surname. It is pronounced Marr, not to rhyme with
layer. I don't know any more about why he changed it, but I will say that I
pretty sure it wasn't a joke on his parents part....

Lindsey

N C Dastoor

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Aug 11, 1996, 3:00:00 AM8/11/96

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In article <podd.72....@botany.unp.ac.za>, po...@botany.unp.ac.za says...

>
>>Johnny Maher really was Johnny's real name

>>There is a drummer called Johnny Maher, hence the name change.

Yep - from the Buzzcocks.

Nick Dastoor