Johnny Marr - "I wrote songs to solve my problems"
Johnny Marr - "I wrote songs to solve my problems"  
Podcast: 101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder
Published On: Tue Sep 15 2026
Description: Sign up to our newsletter to win a Johnny Marr signed The Age of Everything LP : https://www.101ptj.fyi/ The world's most influential guitarist joins today on wearing eyeliner to his dad's manual labour job, how The Smiths was the best apprenticeship he could ask for and how you don't need to be an incredible guitarist to write a bangin tune. Johnny's new album The Age of Everything is out 2 October, and he currently has a guitar auction at Christie's. Thanks The Social Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Distrokid Direct: https://distrokid.com/direct/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices