Morrissey says he has “no connection” with The Nosebleeds and Slaughter And The Dogs, despite claims on Wikipedia

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Morrissey has responded to his Wikipedia page that listed him as an ex-member of two bands he claims he has “no connection” with, The Nosebleeds and Slaughter And The Dogs.The former Smiths frontman posted on his official blog yesterday (December 1) lamenting the inaccuracy on the online encyclopedia project, which is collaboratively edited and managed by its database of users.“Wikipedia confidently list me as an ex-member of Slaughter And The Dogs, and an ex-member of The Nosebleeds,” Morrissey wrote.“I did not ever join The Nosebleeds and I have no connection whatsoever with Slaughter And The Dogs.

Is there anyone at Wikipedia intelligent enough to set the record straight? Probably not.”Stereogum points out that Stephen Pomfret, a friend of Morrissey and ex-bandmate Johnny Marr, spoke about Morrissey’s apparent involvement with the Nosebleeds in the 1992 book Morrissey & Marr: The Severed Alliance, written by Johnny Rogan.“I tried to persuade Morrissey to buy some equipment because we were spending a fortune on guitars and amplifiers,” Pomfret is quoted as saying. “He bought a microphone for £8.

I thought, ‘That’s not quite what I had in mind, Steven!’ He said, ‘That’s all I can afford!’”The book went on to illustrate a creative collaboration between Morrissey and Nosebleeds (and future The Cult) member Billy Duffy, listing songs titled ‘The Living Jukebox’, ‘Toytown Massacre’ and ‘(I Think) I’m Ready For The Electric Chair’ that Morrissey apparently wrote lyrics for.In Morrissey’s 2013 book Autobiography, he acknowledged that he once performed in a band with “no name” that included Duffy and the “rhythm section” of the Nosebleeds.He referred to an NME review of the show, which took place in 1978, by Paul Morley: “The.