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The long-awaited memoir from the legendary Smiths drummer.

Throughout his honest and witty reflections, Joyce answers the question he and bassist Andy Rourke used to often ask each other: “Where did it all go right?”

Joyce articulates humour, honesty and genuine humility, whilst retaining an acute awareness of how much people already know about his career. This focused his intention of conveying what it felt like to be in one of the most influential groups of all time. He tells us what it meant for that boy from the parochial suburbs of Fallowfield to be told he had a number one record.

‘Mike Joyce – The Drums’ (a credit that all Smiths fans will recognise) finally gives us the perspective from the self-confessed biggest Smiths fan in the world: some lad who plays the drums.