Mike Joyce (musician)
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| Mike Joyce | |
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| Birth name | Michael Joyce |
| Born | 1 June 1963 |
| 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]
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[edit] 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 1989, Joyce and Andy Rourke sued former Smiths' colleagues Johnny Marr and Steven Morrissey for an equal share of performance and recording royalties (see The Smiths for more detail). He won the case, recovering around £1 million from Morrissey and Marr. He was not invited to the Manchester v Cancer benefit concert was organised by Andy Rourke in January 2006 because Johnny Marr was playing. In the 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 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 and Absolute radio and still has his regular show on EVR.
He also DJs in clubs around the world.
[edit] Discography
[edit] The Smiths
[edit] Morrissey
- Bona Drag (1990)
[edit] References
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Biography: The Smiths". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5466/biography. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
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