I feel that Morrissey's autobiography gave a greater sense of importance to his solo career than it deserved - I think less than a third of the book was focused on The Smiths, with a very tedious section on the court case. The first half of his autobiography was genuinely great though. His description of his northern working class upbringing was as eloquent as any lyric he wrote in The Smiths and it really seemed to capture that melancholy he excels at, and provides as great an indication of his personality formation than anything he has ever done. Towards the end though, it's difficult to relate to his fame and fortune in LA and the emphasis he gives to albums that don't deserve it as much as his best.

I'd hope that Johnny's autobiography is a bit more self aware however and hopefully doesn't relatively undermine The Smiths work too much in comparison to his later works.