{"id":365476,"date":"2025-08-22T20:12:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/365476\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T20:12:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:12:17","slug":"the-smiths-mike-joyce-to-publish-autobiography-the-drums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/365476\/","title":{"rendered":"The Smiths\u2019 Mike Joyce to Publish Autobiography, The Drums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/4065-the-smiths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Smiths<\/a> drummer Mike Joyce has announced his autobiography. <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/hmv.com\/store\/pop-culture\/booksandgraphicnovels\/the-drums-hardback-by-mike-joyce\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/hmv.com\/store\/pop-culture\/booksandgraphicnovels\/the-drums-hardback-by-mike-joyce&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/hmv.com\/store\/pop-culture\/booksandgraphicnovels\/the-drums-hardback-by-mike-joyce\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Drums<\/a> offers a frontline view of the band\u2019s story from \u201cthe self-confessed biggest Smiths fan in the world,\u201d\u00a0as the <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/hmv.com\/store\/pop-culture\/booksandgraphicnovels\/the-drums-hardback-by-mike-joyce\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/hmv.com\/store\/pop-culture\/booksandgraphicnovels\/the-drums-hardback-by-mike-joyce&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/hmv.com\/store\/pop-culture\/booksandgraphicnovels\/the-drums-hardback-by-mike-joyce\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">product description<\/a> puts it. \u201cHis off-piste, frank and witty perspective allows him to re-contextualise fan favourite moments through a beautifully vulnerable, human insight into his life.\u201d The Drums is due for release on November 6.<\/p>\n<p>New Modern, an imprint of HMV owner Doug Putman\u2019s new Putman Publishing house, is behind the publication. Beyond international postage, details of a North American release have not been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, Morrissey published the first Smiths memoir, the slightly notorious <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/52684-inside-morrisseys-memoir-romance-sexuality-hate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Autobiography<\/a>, which he managed to get released via the august imprint <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\/penguin-classics\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\/penguin-classics&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\/penguin-classics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Penguin Classics<\/a>. Johnny Marr followed suit with <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/52684-inside-morrisseys-memoir-romance-sexuality-hate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Set the Boy Free<\/a> in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Smiths bassist Andy Rourke, who played alongside Joyce with Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor after the band\u2019s dissolution, died of pancreatic cancer in <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/the-smiths-bassist-andy-rourke-dies-at-59\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Smiths drummer Mike Joyce has announced his autobiography. 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