Interview - Mike Joyce

For obvious reasons, one classic Smiths album is on everyone’s lips at the moment, but in other news (there is other news if you look hard enough), it’s been 35 years since the release of the band’s final album Strangeways, Here We Come.

Arguably their finest hour (although in a short career with no discernible low points, that’s subjective), its broad palette of sounds saw the foursome burn brighter than ever. Sadly, it would be defined as a posthumous release in late 1987, an epitaph for one of the decade’s best bands.

While it would be uncharacteristic of Stephen Patrick Morrissey to commemorate the event – and Johnny Marr rarely, if ever, looks back – one member of the group has opted for an unusual, but incredibly worthy form of celebration.

As a patron of Manchester charity Back On Track, Mike Joyce has set up a raffle for £5 per ticket with the possibility of winning his own silver disc of the album.

Speaking with Live4ever this week, Joyce explained his reasoning, some background on the charity, how he feels about the album and much more.

https://www.live4ever.uk.com/2022/09/live4ever-the-smiths-mike-joyce/