{"product_id":"the-smiths-absolute-panic-1","title":"The Smiths – Absolute Panic! 86' Irvine Meadows!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnoff. release.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Smiths - Absolute Panic! Irvine Meadows 1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear\/Genre\/Sub-Genre\/City:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1986, Rock, Indie Rock Post-Punk, Manchester, England 8\/26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New (BC) | Members: The Smiths (N\/A)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCultural Facts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFive-Piece Smiths:\u003c\/strong\u003e The 1986 tour caught one of the strangest lineups in Smiths history. After bassist Andy Rourke briefly left the group, \u003cstrong\u003eCraig Gannon\u003c\/strong\u003e was recruited and eventually stayed as a second guitarist after Rourke returned. For a short period The Smiths were actually a five-piece, and Gannon became jokingly known as \u003cstrong\u003e“the fifth Smith.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrutal Firing:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rourke's heroin problem had become serious enough that Morrissey temporarily fired his childhood friend in early 1986 with a note reportedly left on his car windshield reading, \u003cstrong\u003e“Andy, you have left The Smiths. Goodbye and good luck, Morrissey.”\u003c\/strong\u003e Rourke cleaned himself up enough to return only weeks later, putting him back onstage for this turbulent final touring era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNear the End:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Irvine Meadows show came during \u003cem\u003eThe Queen Is Dead\u003c\/em\u003e era, when The Smiths were internationally successful but internally exhausted. Johnny Marr was only \u003cstrong\u003e22 years old\u003c\/strong\u003e and carrying an enormous amount of the band's musical workload. Within about a year the relationship between Marr and Morrissey had collapsed and The Smiths were finished, making these 1986 American shows some of the last chances audiences ever had to see the original band in full flight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Power Plant Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45178730873019,"sku":"","price":36.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/4204\/1658\/files\/R-28205347-1694182539-9149.jpg?v=1705872536","url":"https:\/\/powerplantrecords.com\/products\/the-smiths-absolute-panic-1","provider":"Power Plant Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}