https://www.facebook.com/alain.whyte.3/posts/10207575895210511
"25 years ago today I played my first gig with Morrissey in Dublin, I thought we were crap when we first started but this gig at the Hammersmith Odeon proves me wrong. We had a great thing going. Gaz,Spencer, Boz and I embarked on a journey. Gaz, Spencer and I were in a band before we joined Moz. We were rough around the edges but we had so much energy. It was too bad this line up didn't last. I was not happy when Spen and Gaz were not on the Vauxhall and I record. I was not told until I arrived in the studio. Your Arsenal was better and Mick was the catalyst for making that record. Had he lived maybe Vauxhall would have been different. I don't know what it is about Dublin my first gig with Morrissey and it happened to be my last gig also. On June 23rd 2004 my last show was in Dublin. Tired and exhausted the years of good people coming and going took its tale. I guess I left for the same reasons as Johnny Marr. Like What Joe Strummer said when you have good cohesion with a band, don't mess with it. One day the story of how that line up happened will be told. Maybe one day I'll write a book."