Years of Refusal is the ninth studio album by English alternative rock singer Morrissey. It was released on 16 February 2009 in the UK by record label Decca and on 17 February 2009 in the US by Lost Highway.
Years of Refusal
Steven Patrick Morrissey, known mononymously as Morrissey, is an English singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the frontman and lyricist of rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since then, he has pursued a successful solo career. Morrissey's music is characterised by his baritone voice and distinctive lyrics with recurring themes of emotional isolation, sexual longing, self-deprecating and dark humour, and anti-establishment stances.
Morrissey in 2005
Morrissey idolised American film actor James Dean and published a book about him.
A typical shirt worn on stage by Morrissey in the 1980s, on display at the Barcelona Hard Rock Café
In the 1990s Morrissey sold out The Forum in Los Angeles in fifteen minutes