Steven Patrick Morrissey, professionally known as Morrissey, is a British singer and lyricist born in Manchester on May 22, 1959. He was the lead singer of The Smiths, one of the most influential modern rock bands in the 1980s. The group split up in 1987 and Morrissey started a successful solo career.
His first solo album was released in 1988 and was entitled Viva Hate. After a period of musical inactivity in the late 90s and early 00s, You Are the Quarry was released on May 17, 2004 (but one day later in the USA).
On April 3rd 2006 his new album titled "Ringleader of the Tormentors", produced by former David Bowie producer Toni Visconti, was released in the UK. The album went straight to the top of the UK Album charts.
