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• on the brilliant smiths website IMAET you can read this lines (link: http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~moz/faq/faqtrivi.htm): Many stories and explanations as to how and why abound. Most agree that Morrissey thought up the name, and a popular story is this one : Morrissey thought of three names, "The Smiths", "Smiths Family" and "Smithdom". He asked Johnny Marr to choose; he chose "The Smiths" and the rest is history. As to the meaning: there are tons of references you could choose, like Patti Smith, and others as well-catalogued in Rogan's book. Myra Hindley's family are repeatedly referred to as "The Smiths" in the book Beyond Belief. My personal favourite explanation is that Smith is a very common name here in the UK: it brings with it overtones of mundane average lives, all insurance policies and washing the car on Sundays. The Smiths was all about escaping from this hole of boredom, to reaching a Wildean hedonist appreciation of life. Of course, Morrissey being Morrissey, there's another side to this - maybe it indicates how dull and dreary reality is for him, despite his dreams. This explanation also fits the story detailed above quite well. Submitted by: Torsten
• This name was taken from the book " Beyond Belief " which chronicles the Moors murders. In this book, Myra Hindley's sister & her husband (David Smith) are referred to throughout as "The Smiths" Submitted by: Stig O'Hara

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• When I first heard about this band, I thought they were all surnamed Smith. WRONG! None of them are. (Instead it refers to something completely different.) Submitted by: Bob

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