Mike Joyce will publish an autobiography titled The Drums via New Modern, an imprint of HMV from Putman Publishing, with pre-orders now available. The book is described as a no-holds-barred story featuring honest and witty reflections as Joyce addresses the question he and bassist Andy Rourke often asked each other: 'Where did it all go right?' Joyce focuses on personal feelings rather than well-documented iconic moments, offering an off-piste, frank and vulnerable perspective that recontextualizes fan-favorite moments. The narrative covers the band's rise to fame and abrupt collapse between 1982 and 1987, and will be the final memoir among the four members.
The "no-holds-barred story" will feature "honest and witty reflections" as Joyce attempts to address the "question he and bassist Andy Rourke used to often ask each other: 'Where did it all go right?'" As such, Joyce's writings generally eschew more "well-documented iconic moments" in the band's history and instead focus on his "feelings" as the band rose to fame before abruptly crashing down between 1982 and 1987.
"In The Drums, Mike Joyce finally gives us the perspective of the self-confessed biggest Smiths fan in the world who from the start was just some lad from the suburbs of Fallowfield who played the drums." (Given the depths to which Joyce has had to go to defend Morrissey over the years, it's likely best that he focus on his own role in The Smiths' history.) Joyce's autobiography will be the last such tome released by the band's four members.
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