Mike Joyce (musician)

Mike Joyce
Birth name	Michael Joyce
Born	1 June 1963 (1963-06-01) (age 48)
Origin	Fallowfield, Manchester
Genres	Alternative rock, indie pop
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	drums
Associated acts	The Smiths Morrissey
Website	mikejoyce.com

Mike Joyce (born Michael Joyce, 1 June 1963, Fallowfield, Manchester) is an English drummer. He is best known as the drummer for The Smiths.^[1]

Career

While The Smiths provided Joyce with his first taste of success, he had previously drummed for Manchester band The Hoax and Irish punks Victim. Joyce was a member of the Smiths throughout the band's existence (1982–1987).

Immediately after the break-up of the band, Joyce and Smiths bassist Andy Rourke played with Sinéad O'Connor. They, along with Craig Gannon, also provided the rhythm section for two singles by Smiths' singer Morrissey – "Interesting Drug" and "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" and their b-sides. Work with Suede, Buzzcocks, Public Image Limited, Julian Cope, P. P. Arnold and Pete Wylie followed throughout the 1990s.

Joyce, Rourke, and Gannon reunited to work on a project with fellow Manchester musician Aziz Ibrahim (formerly of the Stone Roses), ex-Oasis guitarist Bonehead (as Moondog One), and Vinny Peculiar.

In 1996, due to extreme financial problems, Joyce sued former Smiths' colleagues Johnny Marr and Morrissey for an equal share of performance and recording royalties (see The Smiths for more detail). He won the case earning 1 million pounds from Morrissey. He was therefore not invited to the Manchester v Cancer benefit concert which was organised by Andy Rourke because Johnny Marr was playing. In the film documentary The Importance of Being Morrissey Morrissey describes it as a "terrible miscarriage of justice", declaring that he wishes "the very, very worst for Joyce for the rest of his life".

In July 2007, Joyce along with former bandmate Andy Rourke released Inside The Smiths, a DVD which chronicled their experiences of being in the band. Both speak highly of both Morrissey and Marr in the film and convey how special they believed The Smiths were and still are to them.

In October 2007 Joyce toured the UK playing drums for Vinny Peculiar with Bonehead on bass guitar.

Joyce was a member of up and coming Manchester band Autokat. In February 2009, Joyce took his radio show 'Alternative Therapy' to Manchester Radio online. In April 2010, the show moved to East Village Radio, as 'Mike Joyce's Coalition Chart Show'.

In 2011 he continues to guest on BBC6 Music, Absolute radio and still has his regular show on EVR

He also DJs in clubs around the world

Discography

The Smiths

Main article: The Smiths discography

Morrissey

• Bona Drag (1990)

References

1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Biography: The Smiths". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5466/biography. Retrieved 2 June 2010. 

External links

• Foreverill.com
• Official website
• Manager/Agent

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