Phil Weller September 17, 2024 at 4:55 AM·3 min read ...

When the Smiths split for good in 1987, Rourke and the band’s drummer and second guitarist, Mike Joyce and Craig Gannon, quickly began contributing to frontman Morrissey ‘s solo material.

Drummer Mike Joyce has been estranged from Morrissey and Marr since a 1996 lawsuit over the Smiths royalties that grew extremely contentious.

However, with Morrisey, Marr and all things Smiths being a hot topic at the present, inevitably the conversation turned to Joyce’s relationship with his other former band members.

PLAYBACK: Forty years ago, The Smiths released their now-iconic self-titled debut album. Mark Beaumont speaks to drummer Mike Joyce about the trouble bubbling behind the scenes, the controversies ...

Mike Joyce, former The Smiths drummer, at the Salford Lads Club wall© MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS The Smiths room inside Salford Lads Club has been described as an 'intimate love letter' to the band ...

In 1982, the Smiths formed in Manchester, a few years after Steven Patrick Morrissey and Johnny Marr met at a Patti Smith gig as teenagers. Mike Joyce was welcomed as the drummer after an audition ...

The Smiths' Mike Joyce has launched a fundraiser for a permanent mural of late bandmate Andy Rourke in Manchester. The rock group's drummer has setup a Crowfunder page for the memorial in memory ...

The Smiths star Mike Joyce’s two children will be running the Manchester Half Marathon this weekend in memory of his former bandmate. Bassist Andy Rourke, who grew up in Ashton-on-Mersey, passed ...

Mike Joyce, former drummer of The Smiths, will perform in Pete Doherty's solo band at select shows this year. . Contactmusic.com, the premier destination for music news ...

Former Smiths star Mike Joyce returns to Manchester station 96.2 The Revolution with Alternative Therapy By David Balls Published: 12 February 2009 Mike Joyce has resumed his show Alternative ...