b is for backstage

here is a shot from the early 90's... a backstage shot of morrissey and some of his band during morrissey's

'gold lame shirt' phase. the handsome man in the western shirt is morrissey's once-upon-a-time bandmate and collaborator mr. alain whyte. i hope i don't sound too 'slashy' when i say i suspect he and morrissey might've been more than 'just friends.' (assuming morrissey wasn't still officially 'celibate' at the time.) i do love morrissey's music around this period, which gave us hits like 'glamorous glue' and 'we hate it when our friends become successful.' (neither one my favorites, but i'm going by the ones he made videos for.) alain played guitar and even wrote some songs. he was in the band up to the recording of morrissey's most recent studio album 'ringleader of the tormentors,' to which he contributed minimally. (its still an excellent record though, take my word for it.) in the reflection you can also see bass player gary day, and some guy taking the picture. very cool. (click to enlarge)