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Originally Posted by Beaky
I am not scare-mongering, I've been really measured on this thread and this is the first time I've even thought it was anything other than Richie having a wobble. I thought that the solitude of life on the road was just getting too tempting for him. However, seeing Jon on Ellen is the first time I have really thought that maybe, just maybe, this is actually about him and Richie and 'personal issues' is right... between them.
Sorry, I just don't see it as that much of a stretch. You're just being ultra-defensive of your band. The fact that the band 'doesn't have any official bass player' is indeed, a crock of shit. Jon and Alec fell out, Jon fired him and then played the 'Alec will always be the only official bass player in Bon Jovi' card, to retain the whole 'brotherhood' stuff. The only reason we know they fell out and it didn't just play out as him leaving for 'personal reasons' is because Alec wouldn't play ball and spilled his guts to RAW or KERRANG or whoever. I'm sorry, this doesn't feel that different, it's just Richie hasn't done an exclusive.
From, 'Richie is still Bon Jovi's guitarst' to 'Richie will always be Bon Jovi's guitarist'. I really, truly hope it's not the case but I can even see him saying in a year, 'the door is always open to Richie.' This just doesn't smell like rehab or a sick relative to me. It's doing too much damage to both parties for it to be 'simple'. If you really think that's me stretching, or blowing things out of proportion, fair enough. I honestly hope you're right. I've got two IOW tickets that depend on it.
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I'm not trying to be defensive, at all. (Quite honestly, I'm not in any mood to defend Bon Jovi right now) Richie may well be out of the band, for whatever reason, including him and Jon wanting to kill each other. (Though if that's the case , Richie and his PR team are making him look terrible by disappearing off the face of the Earth) But that doesn't change the fact that once Alec was gone, he was gone. Outside of the two-off appearance in 2001, he hasn't had anything to do with the band since he left. And if Richie leaves I think it'll be the same deal. No door still open, or etc. And of course there's no "official" bass player because of money, that's what I think is a crock. We all know Hugh has been Bon Jovi's real bass player since the start (more or less ) anyway.