Mike Joyce
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Age | 62 |
| Web site | www.mikejoyce.com |
| Date of birth | June 1,1963 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Fallowfield |
| Manchester | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Christina Riley |
| Music groups | The Smiths |
| Suede | |
| Children | Olivia |
| Faye | |
| Francis | |
| Job | Musician |
| Drummer | |
| Movies/Shows | Inside the Smiths |
| The Smiths: Still Ill | |
| Official site | mikejoyce.com |
| Groups | The Smiths |
| Suede | |
| Listen artist | www.youtube.com |
| Songs | SongsThere Is a Light That Never Goes OutThe Queen Is Dead · 1986 This Charming ManThe Smiths · 1984 How Soon Is Now?Hatful of Hollow · 1984 View 25+ more |
| List | There Is a Light That Never Goes OutThe Queen Is Dead · 1986 |
| Albums | The Queen Is Dead |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 511799 |
Mike Joyce Life story
Michael Adrian Paul Joyce is an English drummer. He is best known as the drummer for the Smiths, a rock band formed in Manchester in 1982.
Andy Rourke: The Smiths bassist dies aged 59
By Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter
Andy Rourke, the bassist for Rock Band The Smiths , has died aged 59, The Band has announced.
Guitarist Johnny Marr confirmed " with deep sadness" that Rourke died after a long battle with pancreatic Cancer .
Marr said: " Andy will be remembered as a kind and beautiful soul by those Who Knew him and as a supremely gifted musician by music fans.
" We request privacy at this sad time, " he added.
Rourke played on The Smiths ' most famous songs including This Charming Man and There Is a Light That Never Goes Out, as well as solo singles for singer Morrissey after The Group broke up.
The musician also played as part of a supergroup called Freebass with two other Mancunian bass players, Gary " Mani" Mounfield from The Stone Roses and Peter Hook from New Order .
Across his decades-long career, Rourke recorded with The Pretenders , Killing Joke , Badly Drawn Boy, Aziz Ibrahim (formerly of The Stone Roses), and former Oasis guitarist Bonehead as Moondog One, A Band which also included Mike Joyce and Craig Gannon .
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