Who was "Q" magazine talking about when they said "the most influential British guitar group of the decade" , KMFDM or The Smiths?
The Smiths: The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. The Smiths:  Q" magazine's Simon Goddard argued in 2007 that the Smiths were "the one truly vital voice of the '80s", "the most influential British guitar group of the decade" and the "first indie outsiders to achieve mainstream success on their own terms". KMFDM: KMFDM (originally Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid, loosely translated by the band as "no pity for the majority") is an industrial band led by German multi-instrumentalist Sascha Konietzko, who founded the group in 1984 as a performance art project.
The Smiths