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Keeping Up with the Smiths

This story is from the October 9th, 1986 issue of Rolling Stone. Read More

At age 19, guitarist Johnny Marr coerced an eccentric young Manchester writer named Steven Morrissey to join him in a band they'd call The Smiths : the name chosen to reflect the duo's original sound and aesthetic, which was all about simplicity and classicism. Read More

Ex-Smiths drummer starts Beatwolf Radio

Mike Joyce, the drummer with Manchester band The Smiths, is running an new online radio station which has started broadcasts from Salford Quays. Read More

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As the drummer for the Smiths, Mike Joyce was basically lost in the shadows of the group's flamboyant, eccentric vocalist... Read the full Mike Joyce bio.

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