"The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" is a song by British rock band The Smiths, it appears on their third album, The Queen Is Dead, by English rock band the Smiths, which genre do they play besides rock?
The Boy with the Thorn in His Side (song) "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" is a song by British alternative rock band The Smiths. It appears on their third album "The Queen Is Dead", but was released as a single (albeit in a different mix) several months before, reaching no. 23 in the UK Singles Chart in autumn 1985.
Experimental rock Experimental rock (or avant-rock) is a subgenre of rock music which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments with the basic elements of the genre. Artists aim to liberate and innovate, with some of the genre's distinguishing characteristics being improvisational performances, avant-garde influences, odd instrumentation, opaque lyrics (or instrumentals), unorthodox structures and rhythms, and an underlying rejection of commercial aspirations.