Acrimony looms over the legacy of the Smiths, making the business of remembering bassist Andy Rourke, who died last Friday at 59, an examination into the space between the music industry myths and ...

Andy Rourke, bass guitarist of The Smiths, one of the most influential British bands of the 1980s, has died after a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer, former bandmate Johnny Marr said Friday ...

Andy Rourke, the bass guitarist for British rock band, the Smiths, died following a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 59.

The Smiths were one of the most distinctive, tempestuous rock bands of the 1980s, and bassist Andy Rourke was an important part of holding it together while he could. In a band with a frontman and ...

After The Smiths, Andy Rourke played alongside The Pretenders and Sinead O'Connor, as well as with the supergroup Freebass.

The Smiths were a famously fractious group, but each member paid tribute to their late bassist. "He will never die as long as his music is heard," wrote Morrissey.

Andy Rourke, bassist for the Smiths, dies at 59 of pancreatic cancer Rourke's bandmate, Morrissey, called him a musician who "didn't ever know his own power," adding, "He will never die as long as ...

The latter was especially poignant given the nasty 1989 royalties dispute that pitted Morrissey and Marr against Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce, during which Morrissey said of the latter two that ...

Andy Rourke, bassist for legendary English rock band The Smiths, has died at age 59 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his former bandmate announced Friday.