Mike Joyce: ‘If you thought The Smiths were boring, you weren’t at our Irish gigs’
The Smiths drummer on his memoir, his Irish background, Sinéad O’Connor and Morrissey
The Smiths
Dour, charmless and intermittently tuneful: Yes, it’s Morrissey, pop’s tarnished ‘greatest lyricist’
Make-Up Is a Lie is a long way short of The Smiths, but it’s merely bad-tempered and argumentative rather than actively offensive
Mani from The Stone Roses: A born rock star who was fiercely proud of his Irish roots
Gary Mounfield was part of a rich history of Manchester-Irish artists who would forever change music
The Drums by Mike Joyce: love letter to the greatest Irish band of all time
The Smiths drummer, who sued Morrissey and Johnny Marr for £1m in unpaid royalties, focuses on the highs of being in the band
Euan Manning of Cardinals: ‘Things have flipped around. There might now be a villainisation of Irish culture’
The Cork band on the Kneecap court case, their shoot-for-the-stars ambition, and the hassle of getting an accordion through airport security
Morrissey at 3Arena review: Singer folds in four Smiths songs over chimeric Dublin evening
The singer’s voice has always belonged to another time. He leaves the audience bloodied, but unbowed
Rick Astley on rickrolling, refinding fame and his ‘weird’ childhood
From Stock Aitken Waterman pop puppetry to playing Glastonbury, Rick Astley’s trajectory through the pop music industry has been anything but ordinary
Johnny Marr: I turned down Smiths reunion and acted to protect band’s legacy
Guitarist said he was responding to statements made by former bandmate Morrissey
Morrissey’s at it again. This time it’s ‘vapourised’ Ariana Grande fans and a plot to ‘silence’ the Smiths singer
The Smiths frontman believes his most recent album is being suppressed. It’s a reminder of how interesting his former band once were
Molly Rankin of Alvvays: ‘I still love The Smiths. No one will take them away from me’
The frontwoman of the indie-pop gems on a rare appearance in Ireland, for Beyond the Pale, and music’s broken economy
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card review – a fascinating celebration of one of Ireland’s most influential rockers
Television: Documentary shows how Donegal-born Corkman was a key influence for Brian May, Johnny Marr and Slash
Cathal Coughlan and Microdisney: ‘Outsiders in the UK because they were Irish, outsiders in Ireland because they weren’t from Dublin’
Television: Passionate chronicling of Cork band’s ups and downs as they were adored in Ireland but never achieved a mainstream career
How did The Smiths end up getting played at Donald Trump rallies?
Trump plays Please Please Please, Let Me Get What I Want as part of his 2024 presidential bid
Johnny Marr: Spirit Power – A songsmith whose mastery of melody remains intact
The former Smiths guitarist’s light has never gone out, as this compilation of solo work highlights
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