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Steven Patrick Morrissey ({{IPAEng|ËˆmÉ’É¹ÉªsiË; born May 22, 1959), who goes by his surname Morrissey, is an England|English writer, singer and lyricist from Greater Manchester, England. After a short stint in the punk rock band The Nosebleeds in the late 1970s, he rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths. When the band broke up in 1987, Morrissey began a solo career, in which he continued the jangle pop sound of The Smiths. His solo albums have garnered ten Top 10 singles in the United Kingdom.

He sings his sardonic, literate lyrics with a baritone voice, occasionally using a high falsetto voice for some passages. In his song lyrics and public appearances, Morrissey has criticized and spoken against many including the British Royal Family, Margaret Thatcher and George W. Bush. He often advocates vegetarianism and animal rights. While he has has long operated as a quasi-outsider in the music industry, he has a large fan base.

Biography
Early life
Morrissey was born in Park Hospital, now known as Trafford General Hospital in Davyhulme, on 22 May 1959 to Irish people|Irish Roman Catholicism|Catholic immigrants{{Fact|date=May 2008. His father, Peter Morrissey, was a hospital porter, and his mother, Elizabeth Dwyer, was a librarian. His parents had emigrated to England just before Morrissey's birth and... read all