Inspired by Morrissey a lo Latino

How did a short-lived rock band from foggy Manchester manage to have such a huge influence over the years in Latin America? While music scholars have been busy trying to solve this mystery, generations of music lovers all around Latin America, Spain, and the U.S. have nursed their heartbreaks and bouts of melancholy with a heavy dose of songs influenced by The Smiths and their former front man and musical saint: Morrissey. These are tracks by some of the most recognized Latin alternative bands from the '80s to the present—proof of the profound impact of The Smiths and Morrissey.