{"id":22812,"date":"2025-12-15T08:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T08:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/?p=22812"},"modified":"2025-12-15T08:34:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T08:34:03","slug":"the-smiths-drummer-celebrates-manchester-book-launch-detailing-his-time-in-acclaimed-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/the-smiths-drummer-celebrates-manchester-book-launch-detailing-his-time-in-acclaimed-band\/","title":{"rendered":"The Smiths drummer celebrates Manchester book launch detailing his time in acclaimed indie band"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Smiths drummer Mike Joyce says that being in one of the most acclaimed indie bands of the 80s was “very unique and unusual”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an exclusive interview with NQ, Mike Joyce opens up as to why he is now ready to tell the story of the Smiths from his perspective in his latest book, The Drums<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a book signing in Waterstones in Deansgate, he says: “It’s [about] the unique position I was in, that’s what I wanted to explain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I saw the band and the crowd and everything. I really wanted to put that across, what it’s like the be in that situation with a band like the Smiths – it’s very unique and unusual.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Waterstones employee preparing for the event | Image credit: Alex Price.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Once The Smiths infiltrated the UK singles charts in 1983 with This Charming Man<\/em>, they soon became one of the most acclaimed bands of the eighties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their subsequent album, Meat is Murder<\/a><\/em>, went straight to the number one spot the following year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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