Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Hei kaiārahi o The Smiths, i whakaahuatia a Morrissey he "ngāwari, he reo maheni, he hūhū, he matapihi hoki" he maha ngā tikanga i pāhono ki te puoro me te waiata toka. Ko te ngawari o te roopu he urupare ki te nui o te New Romantics, a, i te mea i tangohia e Morrissey tetahi ahua androgynous penei i nga New Romantics, i nga kaiwaiata glam o mua ranei, he nui ake te mohio me te whakaiti. E ai ki tetahi kaitohutohu, "he tangata pukapuka ia; ka mau ia i nga karaihe NHS me te awhina whakarongo i runga i te atamira; he wahine takakau ia. Ko te mea kino rawa, he pono ia", me tana puoro e "he tino pouri ana, he tino whakaaro nui, he tino whakamiharo, i kukume ai i ona kaiwhakarongo... ki roto i te hononga ki a ia me tana puoro, kaua ki te ao". I roto i tetahi pepa a-akoranga mo te roopu, i whakaahuatia e Julian Stringer nga Smiths hei "tetahi o nga roopu torangapu nui o Ingarangi", i a ia e ako ana i a raatau mahi, i kiia e Andrew Warns ko "te nuinga o nga roopu anti-capitalist". I tino kaha a Morrissey i tana whakapae i te Pirimia o tera wa a Margaret Thatcher; i muri i te whakaeke pahū i te hotera o Brighton i te Oketopa 1984
, i kōrero ia ko "te pouri anake" o te reira ko "i mawhiti Thatcher unharmed". I te tau 1988, i kī ia ko te Wāhanga 28 "e whakaahuatia ana te āhua o Thatcher me tōna mauahara tūturu".