- Voted the North West of England's best guitarist in Total Guitar Magazine's poll of the greatest 12 British guitarists. (July 2001)
- Radiohead's Ed O'Brien claims Marr was the reason he picked up a guitar as a teenager.
- Supports Manchester City football club.
- Used to play football and was approached by Nottingham Forest but decided to concentrate on his music.
- Despite his reputation as British indie rock's most respected and influential guitarist, not a single Marr riff was voted into the Total Guitar Magazine poll of the 100 greatest riffs of all time. (June 2004)
- His favorite album is "Raw Power" by 'Iggy & the Stooges'.
- Winner of the 2007 Q Lifetime Achievement Award.
- His trademark sound was created on a Black 1983 Rickenbacker 330 guitar.
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