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The Smiths, from left, bassist Andy Rourke, singer Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, drummer Mike Joyce. The group allowed PETA to use their hit song "Meat is Murder" to be used in an animal ...
The Smiths’ 1985 classic “Meat Is Murder” is back in 8-bit form for This Beautiful Creature Must Die, PETA’s new online game that features an instrumental arcade-style version of the song ...
Now it was being used for another type of celebration. The Smiths – along with their fledgling co-producer, Stephen Street – were heading to Amazon to record their second LP, Meat Is Murder.
The Smiths have teamed with PETA to create This Beautiful Creature Must Die, a vintage arcade-style interpretation of the band’s classic 1985 song “Meat Is Murder.” In the dark game, players ...
The Smiths teamed up with PETA for the release of a new 8-bit game, titled This Beautiful Creature Must Die, that features their 1985 song “Meat Is Murder.” ...
If they had started their career demonstrating that they were in rarefied air, it was on Meat Is Murder where Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce showed that they were untouchable ...
The Pernice Brothers' album, Yours, Mine & Ours, was one of the most acclaimed of 2003. Joe Pernice's new book, Meat is Murder, is part of a collection of short books inspired by music albums.
But even Morrissey, as he despairs of what he considers their treachery in his book, acknowledges their particular and singular excellence: and on Meat Is Murder they came into their own giving these ...
When Meat Is Murder was restored to an eight-track running order for its 2011 re-issue, “How Soon Is Now?” got the heave-ho. It would’ve been better if the title track went missing, though.
In 1985, English rock band The Smiths released their politically charged album Meat Is Murder, which included the pro-vegetarian title track. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is now ...
By the time their second album Meat Is Murder arrived at the beginning of 1985, they had released a masterful debut (1984’s The Smiths), an outtakes, radio sessions and odds and sods collection ...
The Smiths' "Meat Is Murder," the closer to their 1985 album of the same name, is now the basis of an 8-bit video game. Yes, Morrissey has joined forces ...