Quote Originally Posted by NYCBlue View Post
Because Morrissey was in his bedroom writing about the New York Dolls until Johnny Marr literally knocked on the door.
Fair sure Morrissey was quite well known in the music circles of Manchester both for his writing & for shortly being in the Nosebleeds. He wasn't a unknown. He's one of those people who was too talented to not make it, same as Marr. They're both great.