According to Morrissey-Solo.com, Mike Joyce – former drummer for the Smiths – was on BBC Radio 6 the other night, plugging the fact that he’s going to be selling a bunch of his rare Smiths stuff on eBay, apparently including tapes of heretofore-unreleased songs. (He played one of the tracks, an instrumental.)
I’m sure he’s going to be making claims that it’s all Morrissey and Marr’s fault for not splitting up royalties accordingly back in the old days, but, c’mon, man, you used to be the drummer for the Smiths, and you went on to play with th the Buzzcocks, Public Image Ltd., Sinead O’Connor, and Julian Cope, which I’m sure weren’t gigs you did out of the kindness of your heart. Where’d all the money go? Has it really reached the point where you have to start hocking memorabilia like this…?
