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Andy Rourke handed away<\/a> a pair days in the past on the age of 59 and his Smiths bandmates have been paying tribute to him: Johnny Marr posted<\/a> an in depth reflection on Instagram, Morrissey shared a press release<\/a> on his web site, and Mike Joyce provided up<\/a> some sort phrases. <\/p>\n Joyce additionally appeared in an interview on the BBC Breakfast<\/em> discuss present on Sunday morning, with the drummer sharing some further recollections involving Rourke, together with a current journey to New York City in February when Joyce obtained to see Rourke once more. \u201cIt was brilliant, it was only four days we went over,\u201d he mentioned. \u201cI wanted to see him. He\u2019s not very good on texting, he\u2019s not very good on Skype and what have you \u2026 I wanted to see him face-to-face and say hello and see how he was doing \u2026 It was great to see him, it was lovely \u2026 Regardless of how long it\u2019s been since we\u2019ve seen each other, every time we meet up, it\u2019s as though it was yesterday.\u201d <\/p>\n Joyce talked about speaking about a few of the Smiths bass traces with Rourke throughout that go to. \u201cI don\u2019t think Andy realized just how good a bass player he was, I don\u2019t think Andy ever really embraced just how momentous his contribution towards music is,\u201d he mentioned. \u201cI don\u2019t think he ever grasped that and realized that. He was such a self-effacing character, he never saw himself as a great bass player because it was so effortless for him and so easy for him. He just put the bass on and magic would happen.\u201d<\/p>\n Watch the total interview beneath. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n