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Real
Name: Alec John Such
Birthday: November 14, 1956 in Perth Amboy, NJ.
Family: Alec is divorced (single)
Mother: Helen Such His mother played violin and his father
played a Gypsy Hungarian instrument called the cimbalem.
Siblings: Kenneth and Diane
Previous Bands:Phantom's Opera (with Tico) The Message (with Richie)
Instrument Played: Bass
Education: Rahway Junior High School; Perth Amboy High School
Hobbies: Horses, Motorcycles, Collects antique guns
Alec John Such was
the original 5th member of Bon Jovi from 1983 until 1994. According
to VH1's 'Behind the Music' Alec was let go after his playing started
deteriorating.
Alec was accepted into the New Jersey All-State Orchestra while he was
a student of the Rahway Junior High School. Alec co-managed UROK and
was on the Advisory Board of the National Music Foundation, a non-profit
organization dedicated to American music and people
After he left the band he has managed a number of local Jersey bands
and he also owns a bike shop in New York. He also had a motorcycle accident
in September 1996.
Real
Name: Hugh McDonald
Birthday: December 28, 1961 in Philadelphia, PA
Family: Wife - Nancy (married in 1996)
Previous Bands: Before touring with Bon Jovi, Hugh had been mainly
a studio musician, working with a lot of artists, including Cher, Alice
Cooper and Michael Bolton.
Instrument Played: Bass
Hugh McDonald, although
not an 'official' member of Bon Jovi, has been touring with Jon and
Bon Jovi ever since Alec's departure. He has also played the bass on
all Bon Jovi albums except 7800 Ferenheit.
Hugh is originally from Philadelphia, PA, lived in Cambridge (Boston
area) Massachussets for 6 years and then moved to NY in 1980. He started
working at Power Station, a studio owned by Tony Bongiovi, Jon Bon Jovi’s
cousin. There he was asked to play the bass on one of Jon’s demos: “She
don’t know me”. Shortly after that he recorded “Runaway”, as part of
the All Star Review studio band. He also played with Tico in one of
his bands before Bon Jovi.
Up until joining the group he had been mainly a studio musician.
The
official Hugh McDonald website
Band Bio
Jon Bon Jovi Bio
Richie Sambora Bio
David Bryan Bio
Tico Torres Bio
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