“I was in this organization 31 and a half years.
Everybody has their personal tragedies and things like that,” the band’s former guitarist said.
I was the guy that really fought for this to be a band.

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A lot of said, done, fires back out of frustration, whatever.
It’s a band, you know?
Everybody has their personal tragedies and things like that….
I didn’t receive a lot of compassion coming back for what I was going through, he explained.
So that’s how life can get whacked from one guy to the next level.
I spent more time with Jon than even his wife and was more honest, he said.
“Because as Id stated 1,000 times that was not the case.
Just not the case.