▁decision ▁we ▁made ▁to ▁dis band , ▁and ▁I ' d ▁do ▁it ▁again ▁if ▁we ▁were ▁to ▁do ▁the ▁whole ▁thing ▁all ▁over ▁again ." ▁Ray ▁Sh ul man ▁has ▁commented : ▁" There ▁was ▁definitely ▁the ▁decision ▁that ▁the ▁last ▁tour ▁would ▁be ▁the ▁last ▁tour . ▁Once ▁we ▁knew ▁that , ▁we ▁enjoyed ▁ourselves . ▁We ▁decided ▁to ▁quit ▁then ▁rather ▁than ▁let ▁it ▁go ▁on ▁too ▁long ." ▁In ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁Mo jo ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁Ker ry ▁Min near ▁assert ed ▁that ▁the ▁split ▁" was n ' t ▁because ▁of ▁punk ; ▁it ▁was ▁because ▁we ▁had ▁lost ▁our ▁way ▁mus ically ." ▁ ▁Gary ▁Green ' s ▁opinion ▁of ▁the ▁split ▁diff ers . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁he ▁commented : ▁" My ▁own ▁personal ▁opinion ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁band ▁broke ▁up ▁because ▁D erek ▁really ▁wanted ▁a ▁hit ▁album , ▁and ▁I ▁think ▁Ray ▁did ▁too , ▁and ▁they ▁were ▁fed ▁up . ▁They ▁had ▁been ▁mus icians ▁longer ▁than ▁I ▁had , ▁and ▁they ▁had ▁t asted ▁it ▁pretty ▁good ▁when ▁they ▁were ▁with ▁Simon ▁Dup ree , ▁at ▁least ▁in ▁Britain . ▁And ▁they ▁were ▁looking ▁for ▁some ▁of ▁that ▁in ▁Gi ant ▁too . ▁My ▁feeling ▁is ▁that ▁we ▁could ▁have ▁continued ▁on ▁as ▁P FM ▁did , ▁or ▁Yes , ▁and ▁still ▁continue . ▁If ▁we ▁had ▁ad her ed ▁to ▁the ▁statement ▁we ▁started ▁out ▁with , ▁we ▁could ▁still ▁be ▁playing ▁that