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johnny marr has been part of modest mouse since their latest record we were dead before the ship even sank. he is of course most famous for his fractious relationship with morrisey in the smiths. they were a band which most people either love or hate with a passion. to disprove this point i just thought they were alright, they had some really good songs along with some i didn't really care for that much. i'm not exactly sure if his influence on modest mouse is that noticeable - it think the guitars on this album sound pretty similar to the last one. so on that basis i really liked it. one interesting side note, when they were playing various songs before modest mouse came on stage someone put on the morrisey single irish blood, english heart. this lasted for about a minute and a half before someone pulled the plug and skipped to a different song. i wonder if that request came straight from johnny himself?