"He’s happier remembering the Morrissey he knew, doing incongruous things like chatting backstage at Top of the Pops to Page 3 model and pop singer Samantha Fox about the best hairsprays, and introducing Joyce to the work of Shelagh Delaney and Oscar Wilde through his lyrics (”I didn't know anything about these people before”). He also convinced Joyce to become a vegetarian, the day the band recorded their 1985 album title track “Meat Is Murder”. “I became vegetarian on that day, and I've been vegetarian ever since – my children and my grandchildren are too. So he had a huge influence on me as a person, not just as a musician.”"

The Smiths’ Mike Joyce: ‘I’m not on Morrissey’s Christmas card list’
The former bandmate of Morrissey and Johnny Marr has released his own memoir, ‘The Drums’, about the group’s giddy five-year lifespan. He speaks with Jude Rogers about the good times they had and their awkward encounters since the split, his fond memories of late bassist Andy Rourke, and the brief, mad moment he became the drummer for Suede






