{"product_id":"the-smiths-the-early-years-9780857128232","title":"The Smiths: The Early Years","description":"A stunning photographic record of The Smiths' formative years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor many The Smiths were the definitive alternative rock band of the '80s. A bracing antidote to Thatcher's Britain for the youth of the day, Manchester-based Morrissey, Marr \u0026amp; Co. even approached something like mainstream success towards the end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut at the start they were scruffy, uncompromising rebels. This was the period in which Paul Slattery took a series of band photos of great intimacy and power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSlattery was particularly close to The Smiths in those early days, and his images - many of them seen for the first time here - were an insider's work: informal, brash, exciting and revealing. Seen together these photos form an exciting visual narrative on the work of an influential band that, for a few turbulent years, cornered the market in lyrical gloom laced with mordant wit.","brand":"Paul Slattery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48287028314363,"sku":"9780857128232","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_7dc4a9ad-be62-4fc9-a01f-edbdc111fd25.jpg?v=1771580236","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-smiths-the-early-years-9780857128232","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}