Dale Hibbert, is a musician from Manchester, England, best known for being the original bassist in The Smiths. After forming their songwriting partnership and deciding they wanted to build a band around it, Morrissey and Marr set to work auditioning prospective band members. They recruited Hibbert on bass and drummer Mike Joyce. Hibbert had the additional advantage of being a factotum in a local recording studio and so able to provide after-hours recording time for the band's demos.

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  • Dale Hibbert, is a musician from Manchester, England, best known for being the original bassist in The Smiths. After forming their songwriting partnership and deciding they wanted to build a band around it, Morrissey and Marr set to work auditioning prospective band members. They recruited Hibbert on bass and drummer Mike Joyce. Hibbert had the additional advantage of being a factotum in a local recording studio and so able to provide after-hours recording time for the band's demos. Neither Hibbert's personality nor his style of bass sat very well with the other band members, however, and he was replaced after the band's debut gig by an old acquaintance of Marr's, Andy Rourke. He has formally denied the long-circulated story that he only became aware of his dismissal after arriving at a session to find Rourke setting up his gear, stating that he was fired by Marr prior to Rourke's appointment. Hibbert is believed to have dropped out of music since, opening and running a bar in Manchester before migrating to Australia, then coming back to England, where he wants to reopen a bar in Manchester..
  • Dopo aver forgiato un partenariato musicale e deciso di voler formare un gruppo musicale, Morrissey e Johnny Marr iniziarono a tenere audizioni per scegliere gli altri membri del gruppo. Scelsero Hibbert come bassista, e Mike Joyce come batterista. Hibbert, lavorando come factotum in un locale studio di registrazione - aveva il vantaggio rispetto ad altri candidati di poter permettere alla band di registrare i propri demo dopo l'orario di lavoro dello studio. Né la personalità di Hibbert né il suo stile si armonizzavano con il resto dei membri della band. Hibbert fu rimpiazzato da Andy Rourke, una vecchia consocenza di Marr, dopo il concerto di debutto degli Smiths. Hibbert ha smentito le voci secondo cui si rese conto di esser stato "licenziato" quando - giunto allo studio di registrazione - trovò Rourke intento ad armeggiare con la sua strumentazione. Secondo la versione dei fatti da lui fornita, Hibbert sarebbe stato licenziato da Marr prima dell'assunzione di Rourke. Si ritiene che Hibbert si sia ritirato dalle scene musicali, e che abbia aperto e gestito un bar a Manchester prima di emigrare in Australia.. Hibbert, padre di un figlio quindicenne, sarebbe tornato in Inghilterra nel 2005.
  • Dale Hibbert, född 1961, är en musiker från Manchester, England, mest känd för att han varit den förste basisten i The Smiths. Varken Hibbert's personlighet eller hans basspel passade med de andra medlemmarna i The Smiths, han blev ersatt efter bandets andra gig av en gammal vän till Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke. Hibbert tros ha slutat med musiken som yrke efter det, och istället öppnat och drivit en bar i Manchester, innan han migrerade till Australien. Han valde år 2005 att flytta tillbaka till England.
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  • Dale Hibbert, is a musician from Manchester, England, best known for being the original bassist in The Smiths. After forming their songwriting partnership and deciding they wanted to build a band around it, Morrissey and Marr set to work auditioning prospective band members. They recruited Hibbert on bass and drummer Mike Joyce. Hibbert had the additional advantage of being a factotum in a local recording studio and so able to provide after-hours recording time for the band's demos.
  • Dopo aver forgiato un partenariato musicale e deciso di voler formare un gruppo musicale, Morrissey e Johnny Marr iniziarono a tenere audizioni per scegliere gli altri membri del gruppo. Scelsero Hibbert come bassista, e Mike Joyce come batterista. Hibbert, lavorando come factotum in un locale studio di registrazione - aveva il vantaggio rispetto ad altri candidati di poter permettere alla band di registrare i propri demo dopo l'orario di lavoro dello studio.
  • Dale Hibbert, född 1961, är en musiker från Manchester, England, mest känd för att han varit den förste basisten i The Smiths. Varken Hibbert's personlighet eller hans basspel passade med de andra medlemmarna i The Smiths, han blev ersatt efter bandets andra gig av en gammal vän till Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke. Hibbert tros ha slutat med musiken som yrke efter det, och istället öppnat och drivit en bar i Manchester, innan han migrerade till Australien.
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