Alec John Such, a founding member and former bassist of the band Bon Jovi, has died. He played bass guitar with the legendary rock band between 1983 and 1994. Jon Bon Jovi, the band’s frontman, reported his death on Sunday.
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No details of how and where the musician ended up have been released so far.
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“It was original,” the singer wrote on Twitter. “As a founding member of Bon Jovi, Alec was an integral part of forming the band.”
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According to him, Such was responsible for the fact that the band got together at all. He remembers him as a dear friend who was “wild and full of life.” “To be honest, we found our way together mainly because of him,” said the frontman.
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Such was born on November 14, 1951 in New York City. He became a well-known figure on the New Jersey music scene, where the band Bon Jovi was later formed. He was almost ten years older than the other members, and as manager of the Hunka Bunka Ballroom in Sayreville, he organized a concert by Jon Bon Jovi & The Wild Ones before he joined the band, he writes. BBC.
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Alec John Such.
Such had known drummer Tico Torres since childhood, and he also brought the lyricist and guitarist Richie Sambor to one concert, who became another member of Bon Jovi. They previously played together in the band The Message.
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In 1994, Hugh McDonald replaced him as bassist in the band. Such reunited with his colleagues again in 2018, when the band got together briefly on the occasion of the launch of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In an interview with Asbury Park Press, Alec John Such said that the age difference was one of the reasons he left the band.
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“When I was 43, I started to feel burnt out. It was like work, but I didn’t want to work. I went to the band precisely because I didn’t want to work, “he said.
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