The Smiths bassist dies after cancer battle as bandmate leads tributes

He wrote on Twitter: "Andy was a superb musician and a lovely guy. I send my deepest condolences and thoughts to his friends and family. RIP."

Born January 17, 1964, to an English mother and an Irish father, Rourke showed a passion for music from an early age - learning guitar aged just seven.Rourke left school at 15 and later formed The Smiths in 1982 alongside frontmanConsidered one of the most influential alternative rock bands ever, The Smiths changed the face of indie music with their haunting lyrics and hypnotic melodies.

The backbone to all of this was Rourke's ability to inject complex funk-style bass lines which formed the foundation to some of The Smiths' most iconic hits like This Charming Man and How Soon Is Now? Rourke played on all four of The Smiths' studio albums: 1984's The Smiths, 1985's Meat Is Murder, 1986's The Queen Is Dead and 1987's Strangeways, Here We Come.

But he was briefly sacked from the band for two weeks in 1986 for his heroin addiction before re-joining to release The Queen Is Dead album the same year.Rourke's music would go on to inspire the Britpop movement which birthedIn a career spanning over 40 years, he performed with the likes of Sinead O'Connor, Ian Brown from The Stone Roses and thoughout Morrissey's own solo career.

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