sexta-feira, junho 01, 2018

Mike Joyce, o baterista dos The Smiths, faz hoje 55 anos!

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Mike Joyce (born Michael Joyce, 1 June 1963) is an English drummer. He is best known as the drummer for The Smiths.
  
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 and Simply Red), 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. Joyce won the case and was awarded damages of around one million pounds from Morrissey and Marr. He was not invited to the Manchester v Cancer benefit concert organised by Andy Rourke in January 2006 because of Johnny Marr's involvement in the event.
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.
In October 2007 Joyce toured the UK playing drums for Vinny Peculiar with Bonehead on bass guitar.
His show "Alternative Therapy" began broadcasting in 2006 on 96.2 The Revolution (alongside Mani, Clint Boon and Martin Coogan. The station was taken over by Steve Penk in 2008 which resulted in moving the show to Manchester Radio Online. After discussions in 2007 with EVR, a radio company located in New York, Joyce decided to take the chart show to East Village Radio.
  

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