The Latest Breaking News from Seymour Stein

Johnny Marr’s iconic Smiths guitars fetch millions at landmark auction

The 111 lots auctioned on Thursday featured a range of instruments played by Marr fetched nearly £4 million

The Independent UK · Sep 18

Johnny Marr guitar collection fetches almost £4 million at auction

Marr’s Guitars: The Johnny Marr Collection sold for over £3.6 million.

Evening Standard · Sep 17

Two Johnny Marr guitars have sold for more than half a million pounds

Several guitars went up for sale at a Christie’s London auction on Thursday as part of the Marr’s Guitars: The Johnny Marr Collection.

Evening Standard · Sep 17

Guitars used by Johnny Marr in The Smiths to go to auction in London

A Rickenbacker 330 Jetglo which was featured on the cover of Oasis’s debut single Supersonic is included in the sale

Evening Standard · Jun 22

"If you break the song down, it's really not that original. But I thank God every day that I wrote it": How one radio play turned the Undertones' intended final release into a brand new beginning

A story of punk rock, John Peel and some misspelt graffiti

Louder · Jan 15

‘We were banging our heads against a wall – the wall won’: the genius pop and tragic demise of Boys Wonder

They swaggered into the late 1980s, a potent brew of punk, glam and classic rock. But they went nowhere, then had to watch as their recipe conquered the charts. Now they’ve returned – so are they looking back in anger?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2024

Madonna: evolution of the zeitgeist-capturing dance diva

Pushing boundaries, rejecting social approval and taking charge of her career, the sensational star still courts controversy at 65

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2023

Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch: ‘Songs tumble out like dreams – you can’t control them’

The band’s leader reveals the gig that changed it all, why launderettes are central in his life and how he found God while on the dole

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2023

Andy Rourke: “If I wasn’t eating or in the bath, I had a bass in my hand. I played it constantly”

In this interview from 2016, the late low-end legend reflects on an influential career with The Smiths and beyond, why the Fender P-Bass won his heart, and how he developed his distinct playing style

Guitar World · May 19, 2023

Seymour Stein: Mogul who discovered some of music’s greats

Stein was a powerhouse executive who brought names such as Madonna and Talking Heads into global stardom

The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2023