That must've really hurt Alec's feelings. I've seen videos of him playing live and he's good. Why did Jon keep him in the band if he wasn't very good? I'm suprised Doc McGhee didn't fire him. I thought it was just that he didn't write the bass parts. I know he said he didn't have the talent to write songs himself. I remember Crusher on Noizy Mothers (90s TV rock shows that showed the later rock and metal music videos) refered to him as Alec John Sucks. Jon once said that 'Getting Alec to work is like pulling teeth'. I heard a lot from people who knew him and they all say what a great guy he was. Maybe that why he wasn't fired in 1986.