OHMYGOSSIP — Liam Gallagher feared his career was going “down the s******” at one point in time.
The 49-year-old star enjoyed huge success as part of Oasis, but he now admits that his time in Beady Eye “just didn’t work out”.
Liam – who starred in the band between 2009 to 2014, before starting a solo career in 2017 – shared: “I’m definitely still pinching myself. I thought I’d gone down the sh*****, man.
“But I do think Beady Eye was mega. I just think it was the band name that wasn’t. The tunes are great. If we’d called it Liam Gallagher I think it would’ve been a lot different.
“But I was with Andy Bell and Gem Archer who are respected musicians, so I didn’t mention going under my name. It just didn’t work out, but there you go.”
Liam has enjoyed significant success as a solo artist, and he’s convinced that his new material will one day be thought of as fondly as Oasis’ hits.
He told The Sun newspaper: “I’ve been lucky and there’s people who were there the first time for Oasis. People who are my age and have kids now who they’ve brought up on the music and want to hear the tunes.
“But the solo stuff is good and in 20 years’ time these tunes will be regarded as classics – just like the Oasis ones. It’s just the Oasis stuff has been around longer.
“People like the f****** s*** that comes out of my mouth. And I’ve not changed much, have I? I’m the same person as I was when I was 20. I dress the same, my haircut is pretty much the same. I’m still pretty cool. And I enjoy being on the stage more because that is where it is at.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kate Bush was convinced to give permission for her music to feature in ‘Stranger Things’.
The 63-year-old singer’s 1985 single ‘Running Up That Hill’ has shot up the charts in recent days after it featured in the hit Netflix drama, and Nora Felder – the programme’s music supervisor – has now explained how it came to be featured in the show.
Nora shared: “I sat with my clearance coordinator, and laid out all the scripted scenes for song uses that we knew of at that point.
“Knowing the challenges, we proceeded to create elaborate scene descriptions that provided as much context as possible so that Kate and her camp would have a full understanding of the uses … When we finished, we were on edge, but excited and hopeful.”
Nora also explained how Kate’s lyrics were perfectly-suited to the storyline involving Max Mayfield, who is played by Sadie Sink.
She told Variety: “Kate Bush’s lyrics can mean very different things to different people.
“In the face of Max’s painful isolation and alienation from others, a ‘deal with god’ could heart-wrenchingly reflect Max’s implicit belief that only a miracle of unlikely understanding and show of support could help her climb the hills of life before her.”
‘Running Up That Hill’ first appeared on the ‘Hounds of Love’ album and it peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart following its release in 1985.
Kate previously opened up about the meaning of the lyrics.
She said: “It’s about a relationship between a man and a woman. They love each other very much, and the power of the relationship is something that gets in the way.
“It creates insecurities. It’s saying if the man could be the woman and the woman the man, if they could make a deal with God, to change places, that they’d understand what it’s like to be the other person and perhaps it would clear up misunderstandings. You know, all the little problems; there would be no problem.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jack White admits a lot of heavy metal music goes “over his head” if it doesn’t have a blues element.
The former White Stripes and Raconteurs frontman is a huge fan of heavy metal guitarists Richie Blackmore of Deep Purple, Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin because they are “blues-based”, but if he’s listening to pure metal he “loses” his “connection to the music”.
Speaking to the new issue of Guitar Player magazine, Jack said: “Blackmore’s great.
“See, like Jimmy Page and Tony Iommi, Blackmore was still blues-based, y’know?
“A lot of the later players who were more heavy metal go over my head – or maybe I should say under it – because, without the strong blues element in there, I begin to lose my connection to the music.
“But Page, Iommi and Blackmore are really just the heaviest blues that existed at the time, coming out of the English blues boom of the ’60s and expanding into this heavier sort of territory.”
Meanwhile, the ‘Fell in Love with a Girl’ hitmaker revealed how playing all of the instruments on much of his new music – including recent solo LP ‘Fear of the Dawn’ and July’s ‘Entering Heaven Alive’ – made it possible for him to experiment further with the structure of the songs.
When the interviewer suggested he’s not much of a shredder, the 46-year-old star responded: “I like to use speed in short bursts.
“I try to choose my moments.
“Like anything, if you use too much of it, it can lose what makes it interesting in the first place.
“I also played all of the instruments, including drums, on many of these songs, and that kind of led me to begin structuring the songs in my head before I ever even picked up a guitar.
“Instead of the space for a solo either showing up naturally in a band arrangement or not, I could be very deliberate about it, because I was structuring from the drums up.
“Like, okay, I’m going to open with something impressive on the guitar and kind of knock the listener on the head, and then I’ll sing a bit, and then come back and do it again.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Liam Gallagher accepts Oasis aren’t reuniting “anytime soon”.
The 49-year-old singer shot to stardom in the band in the 90s, but Liam suggested that his brother and former bandmate Noel Gallagher has missed his chance to reunite the group.
Speaking ahead of his Knebworth show, Liam explained: “[Noel] had his f****** chance to get the band back together and he doesn’t want to. So, I thought, if he doesn’t want to do it, then I’m gonna have to do it and bring it to the people. And that’s exactly what I’m doing.”
Oasis played Knebworth at the height of their success in 1996, and Liam can’t wait to return to the iconic venue.
The outspoken star is determined to give his fans what they want.
He told The Sun newspaper: “I could have Sylvester Stallone on stage and Esther Rantzen playing bass and it wouldn’t matter. It’s about me and the fans. The reason I’m doing Knebworth again is because of the fans – that’s what the people want and I’m respecting them.
“Oasis ain’t getting back together anytime soon, so, we’re doing it for them. Hopefully we can deliver a good gig and have a good weekend.”
Liam has been battling a sore hip ahead of his Knebworth appearance. But the ‘Wall of Glass’ hitmaker insists it won’t stop him from giving the fans a show to remember.
He said: “I’ve had some injections, these steroid things, so now I’m f****** buzzing.
“I’m like Wayne Sleep running around the house. Remember Louie Spence [the star of Pineapple Dance Studios]? Well, I’m like him as well.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Andy Summers says Sting and Stewart Copeland were ready to throw out ‘Every Breath You Take’.
The former Police guitarist has recalled his ex-bandmates butting heads over the now-legendary riff in the 1983 hit from their fifth and final album, ‘Synchronicity’, before the 79-year-old musician worked his magic on it.
Speaking to Guitarist magazine, Andy said when asked if he knew the rock classic was a hit just from the iconic guitar part: “Well I didn’t stand there and crow about it.
“It was more about keeping those other b******* happy.
“That song was going to be thrown out.
“Sting and Stewart could not agree on how the bass and drums were going to go.
“We were in the middle of ‘Synchronicity’ and Sting says, ‘Well go on then, go in there and make it your own.’
“And I did it in one take. They all stood up and clapped.”
‘Every Breath You Take’ was the biggest US and Canadian hit of 1983, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks.
It went on to win the Grammys for Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance at the 1984 ceremony.
Sting was also honoured with the 1983 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.
Andy added: “And, of course, the f****** thing went right round the world, straight to number 1 in America.
“And the riff has become a kind of immortal guitar part that all guitar players have to learn.”
The rock legend also revealed the three of them were in separate rooms for most of the recording of their last record.
He said: ‘Synchronicity’ was just me, alone in the studio with all my kit.
“Sting in the control room playing the bass through the Neve desk.
“And Stewart up in the room above the studio because of the acoustics and the separation that Hugh Padgham [producer] wanted.
“We played most of those tracks with earphones.”
The band split in 1984, and the group’s former drummer, Stewart, 69, later admitted the “conflict” cost them their friendship, until they later realised that it was their differences over music that were causing their rift.
He said: “For Sting, music was a painkiller, an anaesthetic a way to escape from the evil, harsh, grim world, to a place of utter, unassailable, unblemished beauty.
“For me, it’s a celebration: let’s light up this room and let’s have fun.
“This can overlap – we made five albums as the Police.
“But the conflict grew and grew, out of that diversity of purpose.
“And now we understand that, and Sting and I get along famously … as long as we’re not playing music!”
Within a year of forming in 1977, the three members started squabbling over Sting’s control of the band.
In his 2006 tome, ‘One Train Later’, Andy recalled a fight during a recording session for their 1981 album, ‘Ghost in the Machine’.
The chart-topping band reunited for a worldwide tour in 2007, which ended in 2008.
Sting said in 2010 that he didn’t want to rejoin the group because he found the music they were making to be uninspiring.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Yungblud has said that Ozzy Osbourne told him to “never apologise.”
The 24-year-old musician – whose real name is Dominic Richard Harrison – revealed that he had spoken to rock legend Ozzy, 73, and paid tribute to him as a “f****** beautiful” artist.
He said: “was speaking to him about what happened on Twitter, and he said, ‘If you want to spit beer on the audience, do it, as long as you do it with love.
“People think [Ozzy] is kind of… gone, but he’s not. He’s so intelligent and so f****** beautiful. People are scared of him until they hear him speak. He said that he saw a lot of himself in me. He said, ‘Never apologise for anything. They will understand you later. Time always tells.”
The ‘Kill Somebody’ hitmaker is set to release his self-titled third album in September and explained that he named it after his stage moniker because he felt a “deeper” connection during the writing process than any of his other records.
He told NME: “[I called it ‘Yungblud’ because nothing in my life has ever made more sense. The difference here is that I have thought and felt this record so deeply. I went to a part of myself that I didn’t know was there. I studied it, I bathed in the emotion, tried to solve the equation and come up with an answer (at least for now) from love to pain, adoration to abandonment, from laughter to betrayal.”
‘YUNGBLUD’ is set for release on September 2 September 2022.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Tom Meighan wants to make peace with his former Kasabian bandmate Serge Pizzorno.
The 41-year-old singer was thrown out of the group he had fronted for two decades after drunkenly assaulting his then-fiancée – and now wife – Vikki Alger on April 9, 2020, an attack for which he was later found guilty of but spared jail.
His conviction and sentence of 200 hours unpaid work prompted his long-time friend Serge and his other bandmates to axe him from the band, saying they could not “condone” Tom’s conviction as “domestic violence is something that can never be excused”.
In an interview on YouTube channel Talk Tonight HQ, he said: “I’ve been with those boys for 23 years, that’s a long time. I love them, and I love Serge.
“We’ve not really spoken, you know. Maybe when the time’s right we probably will … Maybe one day I’ll have a chat with Serge and see him. Time’s a healer, man.
“I love Serge and I know he loves me as well. But I think everyone is bruised.
“It is what it is man, I’m just trying to find my way in life and I think it’s going to be alright.
“But I have no malice or anything towards anyone. I’ve got no malice in my body whatsoever.
“It’s wonderful memories and I’m very grateful that I experienced that with them lads, my brothers.
“I’m not closing any door, I’d be silly to say that. Of course the door is not closed.”
Tom is getting ready to release his first solo LP, whilst Kasabian are now fronted by Serge on vocals and are getting ready to release their seventh studio LP, ‘The Alchemist’s Euphoria’, their first record that won’t feature Tom singing.
He added:”It’s a good life man, it’s not a bad world, really … I think I’m fortunate and I count my blessings, really, for the people that love me and I’m a good guy at heart. I messed up and s*** happens. I’ve paid the consequences for it. It is what it is. You get on with it and you learn and try and be a better person and that’s it.
“I’m not ill or anything, I was in a hole, and I had to come out of that hole, it’s one of those things, that’s life.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Chris Martin wants to become a Broadway star.
The 45-year-old singer has previously claimed that his band Coldplay will stop making records in 2025 and he has his eye on his next career move as he dreams of starring in a stage version of Disney’s ‘Mary Poppins’.
He said: “I have this distant dream of being in Mary Poppins on Broadway or something, but that’s a long way off.”
The ‘Yellow’ hitmaker has previously had cameo roles in ‘Modern Family’ and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’, but he admits he’s not much of an actor at present so some lessons are required.
He said: “Modern Family was my daughter’s favourite show at the time and we bonded over that show. And Curb Your Enthusiasm is Curb Your Enthusiasm so how could you ever say no to that. I’m not an actor clearly I’m good for a cameo or two here and there.”
One thing that the ‘Viva la Vida’ hitmaker is not good at is the culinary arts in December he admitted that he was “not a great cook”, claiming that the last few times he has attempted to whip something up, the emergency services needed to be called.
Chris said: “I’m not a great cook. I’ve cooked twice in the last 10 years and both times the Fire Brigade came and I’d like to send a shout out to them in North London Fire Department who’ve saved me twice. The second time they came and said ‘have you been cooking again?’”
He explained that he lives on “pasta and toast because I said I’d cook dinner, but then I got distracted and went to work on a song and then forgot until, anyway!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Liam Gallagher made a triumphant return to Knebworth Festival on Friday (03.04.22) after 26 years away.
The 49-year-old musician – who shot to fame alongside older brother Noel as part of rock band Oasis back in the 1990s – last performed at the annual festival on Hertfordshire back in 1996 alongside his Manchester band but took to the stage solo to celebrate the release of his third solo album ‘C’mon You Know’
During the performance, Liam performed Oasis hits ‘Hello’, ‘Morning Glory’ and ‘Rock’n’Roll Star’ before launching into his solo material, but later wowed the crowd again when he welcomed The Stone Roses legend John Squire onto the stage to join him for finale song ‘Champagne Supernova.’
Liam told the crowds: “A big f****** round of applause for the coolest man on the planet. The one and only John f****** Squire!”
He previously explained that ‘Fools Golds’ rockers Stone Roses were his biggest inspiration to start a career in music in the first place.
He told NME: “[ My first gig] was The Stone Roses in [ex-Manchester music venue] International 2. It was ‘89, ‘Plymouth Grove, with my mate Dave. It blew my mind and that’s when I wanted to join a band!”
The ‘Wonderwall’ hitmaker was supported by Kasabian, Paolo Nutini, Amyl and The Sniffers and Pastel at the opening night of Knebworth Festival 2022 and will be supported by the same acts on his closing night on Saturday (04.06.22.)
Meanwhile, Liam – who has Molly, 24, Lennon, 22, Gene, 20, and Gemma, nine from previous relationships – recently explained that he can’t wait to perform in front of his mum, Peggy.
He said: “She’s coming on the first night. Mum is
buzzing, she’s proud and can’t wait to see everyone. I might get her on stage to say hello. So we’re gonna have a quiet one after that show, as I’ve got to look after the voice. Then, after the second one, we can go f****** mad. My mum’s 80 next year and still gives me s***. She said, ‘You need to look after yourself, Liam, you’re nearly 50’.”
A full setlist from the show’s opening night is as follows:
‘Hello’
‘Rock’n’Roll Star’
‘Morning Glory’
‘Wall Of Glass’
‘Shockwave’
‘Everything’s Electric’
‘Better Days’
‘Why Me? Why Not’
‘Stand By Me’
‘Roll It Over’
‘Slide Away’
‘More Power’
‘C’mon You Know’
‘Diamond In The Dark’
‘The River’
‘Once’
‘Some Might Say’
‘Cigarettes and Alcohol’
‘Supersonic’
‘Wonderwall’
‘Live Forever’
‘Champagne Supernova’

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OHMYGOSSIP — Nancy Sinatra’s dream collaboration is a duet with fellow Bond theme singer Billie Eilish.
Frank Sinatra’s daughter sang the titular theme tune for Sean Connery’s 1967 film ‘You Only Live Twice’ – 53 years before Billie entered the Bond world by recording the title track for Daniel Craig’s final outing as 007 in 2021’s ‘No Time to Die’.
Now Nancy has picked Billie as an artist she’d love to work with, but fears the 20-year-old pop star might not be as keen.
She told Uncut magazine: “Billie Eilish would be fun. I don’t know if she’d like to sing with a grandmother, but it might be interesting.”
However, the idea might not be as far-fetched as Nancy might think as Billie has previously cited Frank Sinatra as an influence on her music.
When dissecting tracks on her 2019 debut album ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’, Billie shared a list of songs which had help inspire her and she included Sinatra’s ‘I’m a Fool to Want You’ as an influence on her track ‘Xanny’.
On the subject of Bond, Nancy had her say on who should replace Daniel as 007, and she is of the opinion that it should be female next.
She said: “Queen Latifah (would be good). I love her.”
No details about Bond 26 have been released, however, the producers said it would take a while to find a replacement.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Steps are divided over the idea of taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest.
While Ian ‘H’ Watkins, Lisa Scott-Lee and Claire Richards would happily represent the UK at the annual music extravaganza, their bandmates Faye Tozer and Lee Latchford-Evans are much more reluctant because they think it could damage their “amazing legacy”.
Faye told the Daily Star Sunday columnist Ed Gleave: “We are a split camp within the band.
“H would do it tomorrow. Lisa and Claire would probably want to do it as well. But I am not so much in favour of it.”
Lee added: “It’s a very mixed camp and I agree with Faye.
“We’d like to do it for the experience if all the other bits weren’t there – the nil points, the politics.”
Faye continued: “We’ve got such an amazing legacy behind us, I don’t think it would do us any favours. It’s the whole ‘nil points’ thing.”
The ‘One For Sorrow’ hitmakers were approached about the possibility earlier in their careers but the “specific rules” surrounding taking part ruled them out.
Faye explained: “We were approached in the early days. But there are specific rules – I don’t think you can release music for a certain period of time or chart.
“Luckily for me, we never fitted into that category and couldn’t do it.”
Claire previously admitted the group “could” do Eurovision and it would be an “amazing” experience, but she’d also be worried about coming last.
She said: “I am always the one who goes, ‘No, absolutely not!’, but then I watch it and think well, we could do it.
“There is always a few texts going back and forwards.
“I honestly think that if you do that show you can’t ever go into it expecting to win and we would have to have that attitude.
“We’ve always been so lucky in everything we’ve ever done and I think the experience would be amazing.
“It’s just that feeling of, we wouldn’t want to come last because that would be really bad.
“Nobody wants to come last, do they?”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Graham Nash “took full advantage” of the coronavirus pandemic.
The 80-year-old musician used his months in lockdown to throw himself into writing and recording a new solo album, as well as teaming up with his old Hollies bandmate Allan Clarke and he couldn’t be happier with the work they’ve done.
He said: ““I took full advantage of the lockdown. What I’ve been doing is making music remotely.
“I am one track from finishing a new solo record, done remotely.
“Also, it isn’t mixed yet but I’ve finished recording a new album with my friend Allan Clarke.
“Allan has been my oldest friend – I’ve known him since I was six years old and that means he has been my friend for 74 years.
“He quit The Hollies many years ago because he didn’t feel that he could reach those high notes on those beautiful songs that he did.
“But Allan has been singing unbelievably well and I’m very happy with this record.”
However, Graham admitted another collaboration with Allan is unlikely.
He added to Classic Rock magazine: “It took us 60 years to make this record. I can’t imagine doing another one any time soon.”
Meanwhile, despite his advancing years, Graham still loves getting out on the road and wouldn’t tour if he didn’t enjoy it as much as he does.
He said of performing live: “It’s only my calling. I’ve been lucky enough to be rich enough not to ever worry about money again in my life, and it gives me great freedom.
“I want to be there, I don’t have to be in the middle of Elgin, Illinois, in the pouring rain. I don’t have to be here, I want to be here. And it shows!
“People are leaving these theatres with gigantic smiles on their faces and that’s what I want.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Songwriter Paul Vance had died at the age of 92.
The musician – who co-wrote the tune ‘Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini’ – passed away at a nursing facility in West Palm Beach, Florida, on May 30.
Paula, his daughter, wrote on Facebook: “As I sit here to write a tribute to my Dad Paul Vance, Legend , famous songwriter , author, and owner and lover of his many winning race horses, I do so with a heavy heart because to me he was just my Dad [broken-heart emoji] (sic)”
Paula subsequently revealed her dad had died in her arms.
Her post continued: “I sat by his side for hours playing beautiful music , mostly his Ofcourse , and he took his last breath while listening to my brother Philips voice singing My name is Michael , from his hit song , Playground in my mind. Only you Dad, only you lol. It’s as if he wrote the way he would take his last breath on earth [heart emoji] (sic)”
Paula explained that her dad – who also wrote songs such as ‘Catch a Falling Star’ and ‘Tracy’ – apologised for his mistakes before he passed away.
She added: “For those of you who hold on to anger and bitterness , I just want to say that when you forgive you set your self free and the person you are forgiving . Don’t wait till it’s to late [prayer emoji] Please keep us in your prayers and let’s remember all the good and fun times we shared because of the Amazing talents of this one dynamic crazy dude I call Daddy! (sic)”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kate Bush loves that her 1985 song ‘Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)’ “is being given a whole new lease of life by” ‘Stranger Things’.
The ‘Hounds of Love’ hitmaker – who typically keeps a low profile – called the single re-entering charts internationally “really exciting” after it reached No.30 on the Hot100 when it was first released, making it her biggest American hit to date.
The 63-year-old musician “You might’ve heard that the first part of the fantastic, gripping new series of ‘Stranger Things’ has recently been released on Netflix. It features the song, ‘Running Up That Hill’ which is being given a whole new lease of life by the young fans who love the show — I love it too!”
“Because of this, ‘Running Up That Hill’ is charting around the world and has entered the UK chart at No. 8. It’s all really exciting! Thanks very much to everyone who has supported the song. I wait with bated breath for the rest of the series in July.”
The song experienced a jump in Spotify streams following the series’ release on May 27 – with Billboard reporting plays of the track leapt 9,000 per cent between its release and May 30 – after it soundtracked Sadie Sink’s character Max and her journey with her grief for her step-brother Billy in the hit Netflix sci-fi show set in the 80s.
According to Spotify, the ‘Wuthering Heights’ legend’s entire back catalogue has had a 1, 600 per cent increase in streams across the world since the debut of first half of The Duffer Brothers’ series’ fourth season.
Kate – who is known for maintaining her privacy – last posted on her website at Christmas time, sharing her “huge respect for all the nurses and doctors who’ve already been working flat out for nearly two years” amid the on-going COVID-19 pandemic and a rare Goldcrest spotting while “stopping to look at the view” while out in nature.

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OHMYGOSSIP — The original Sugababes reunited for their first performance in nine years at the Mighty Hoopla festival on Saturday (04.06.22).
Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhan Donaghy wowed fans as they brought their biggest hits to the LGBTQ+ extravaganza at South London’s Brockwell Park.
Keisha told the crowd: “This is our first show in so long. The last couple of years have been tough on all of us . . . But I’d like to think we’re way more resilient than people think. We’re all here today, right?”
The show-stopping performance included the classics ‘Push the Button’, ‘Overload’, ‘Too Lost in You’ and ‘Round Round’.
The gig comes ahead of the girl group’s Glastonbury set.
They will perform on the Field of Avalon stage at Worthy Farm in Somerset on June 24.
The trio had originally planned to launch their comeback in 2020 – but their ambitions were derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
During an Instagram Live, Keisha explained: “We had so many plans for last year.
“2020 was our anniversary year, we built it up to do so many things but it didn’t happen, so we have to restructure.
“We just have to be motivated to do it and passionate about it and once we are actually in the studio it flows really easily for us. But it’s about getting us all on the same page on the same date and the pandemic makes it really tricky.
“It just has to be organic and be on the same page as far as our schedules are concerned.”
Last year, meanwhile, Siobhan revealed the band had been working on new music.
However, she also insisted there were “no concrete plans” in place at the time.
She said: “There’s nothing concrete at the moment, but we are working on stuff all the time and definitely new music.
“We love making music together and that’s something we’re going to continue to do. And hopefully it won’t be too long now, now that we can be in the studio together again.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Bon Jovi’s founding member Alec John Such has died aged 70.
News of the legendary rock group’s former bass player’s passing was confirmed by the band’s frontman Jon Bon Jovi on Sunday (05.06.22).
The 60-year-old music legend tweeted: “Alec was integral to the formation of the band.
“To be honest we found our way to each other thru him…
“Today those special memories bring a smile to my face and a tear to my eye.
“We’ll miss him dearly.”
Alec was a childhood friend of drummer Tico Torres, 68, and was also instrumental in Richie Sambora, 62, joining as their guitarist as he brought him to one of their shows.
Both Alec and Tico were members of the band Phantom’s Opera, while the late musician was also in Message with former Jovi member Richie.
Before joining the ‘Bad Medicine’ rockers, Alec worked was the manager of the Hunka Bunka Ballroom venue in Sayreville, and booked Jon Bongiovi and The Wild Ones.
His tenure with the ‘Runaway’ band began when they formed in 1983 before he quit in 1994.
Alec would reunite with the band in 2001 and again in 2018, for their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.
He was replaced by Hugh John McDonald.
Alec remarked at the induction ceremony: “When Jon Bon Jovi called me up and asked me to be in his band many years ago, I soon realised how serious he was and he had a vision that he wanted to bring us to.
“And I am only too happy to have been a part of that vision.”
The New Yorker became a huge figure in the New Jersey music scene as part of Bon Jovi.
The ‘You Give Love a Bad Name’ hitmakers still perform to this day, with Jovi, Tico and Hugh joined by David Bryan on keys and Phil X performing guitars and talk box.
Alec’s cause or place of death is not known at this time.

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