Andy Rourke

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Manchester, England, UK

Andrew Michael Rourke was an English musician, best known as the bassist of the Smiths. Description above from the Wikipedia article Andy Rourke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

• Dennis and Lois — self2018
• Biggest Band Break Ups and Make Ups — Self2015
• Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain — Himself2015
• Acoustic at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2011
• Seven Ages of Rock — Self2007
• The Smiths: Under Review2006
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self1996
• The Smiths: The Complete Picture — himself1992
• Morrissey - Hulmerist — Himself1991
• Morrissey: Wolverhampton '881988

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United Kingdom

Active from

1964-01-17

Active to

2023-05-19

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

157

Total plays

890

Andy Rourke (born Andrew Michael Rourke in Manchester on 17 January 1964; died 19 May 2023) was an English musician remembered as the bassist of The Smiths and for his melodic approach to bass playing. He later co-founded Freebass and subsequently D.A.R.K.. Leaving school when he was 15, Rourke passed through a series of menial jobs and played guitar and bass in various rock bands, as well as in the short-lived funk band Freak Party, with his schoolfriend Johnny Marr. <a href="https://www.las

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Michael

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Manchester

Place of death

New York City

Occupation

musician

Languages spoken

English language

Field of work

music

Genre

rock music

Instrument

guitar

Official website

andyrourke.com/biography

Image

Andy Rourke.jpg

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