The Queen is Dead - Mike Joyce and the making of a masterpiece
“Oh! Take me back to dear old Blighty, Put me on the train for London Town, Take me anywhere, Drop me anywhere, Liverpool, Leeds or Birmingham, Cos I don't care”…
And then, the drums.
The driving, tribal, prickle-of-the-skin tom tom loop, transporting you back to the very moment you first heard the title track of one of the greatest albums ever made.
Of course, we’re talking about The Smiths 1986 masterpiece, The Queen Is Dead… one of the most acclaimed and influential albums of all time, and Ian’s been catching up with the legendary Smiths drummer himself, Mike Joyce.
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Queen Is Dead, Mike, alongside acclaimed Queen Is Dead producer Stephen Street, are heading to Frome’s Cheese & Grain for an in-depth conversation exploring the making and enduring legacy of this landmark album. So, it was only right we caught up with Mike ahead of that!
On the night (October 8th), Mike and Stephen will take a deep dive into the recording of The Queen Is Dead, discussing each song, studio sessions and creative processes that helped define a generation, but for now, let’s meet Mike and see what he had to share with Ian! Just press play below…
(Writer shuts laptop and flounces off singing “Charles, don't you ever crave, to appear on the front of the Daily Mail, dressed in your Mother's bridal veil?")
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