> well, i am brazilian... so i am american too.
> i discovered smiths circa 85-86.
Me too. I bought a national magazine, with an article about a british band named The Smiths, from Manchester. The head lines: "MORRISSEY-- A TORMENTED BRITISH SOUL?" The Smiths came to my life in the right time, since I used to feel absolutely lost, and Moz lyrics were a kind of medicine for me during very hard moments of my life. Then I used to cut my hair like Morrissey's, and wear t-shirts with their albums on it. it was a long time ago. I remember one of his old interviews. The journalist came into his apartment, the door was open, and he found Morrissey wearing a tutu, jumping on his bed, singing "some girls are bigger than others"... When Morrissey noticed the presence of the journalist in the door, he said: "If you publish this, I'LL KILL YOU!!"
DON'T ASK ME IF THIS IS TRUE, I just have read this.