From my March 2001 issue of Classic Rock Magazine:
"And then, just as the "Crossroad" selection proved Bon Jovi would after all, survive the 90's intact, long serving bassist Alec John Such quit the band. Or was pushed. Depending who you speak to. "Shit, man, I lost my virginity in Alec's house" says Tico with a wide grin, "his parents had gone out and our band had thrown this party after a show we'd played and it all happened there. We'd been playing together in bands since the 60's but I probably helped implement getting him out of the band. I actually chose his replacement, Hugh MacDonald. Jon said, "you're the rhythm section, you go get him." But when it came down to it, I'm a hard worker, I respect my craft and I think Alec had got to the point where he wanted to do other things. I understood what Alec wanted and that was the only thing that made it okay for me to lose him."
"Jumped or pushed? A little of both to be honest," says Jon now. "He was burned, he couldn't do it any more, he was 10 years older than us, remember. It got to the point where he was, "I don't want to play on the records, I'll just tour." I'd be like, wait a minute....When your bass player can't play and Dave's having to cover for him and there's a big glass of whiskey on his amp and I have to go by and, you know, "Sorry, didn't mean to knock that over."
"He was the most loyal guy [but] when he quit the business, he really quit the business. He's living out on a houseboat in Corpus Christi, Texas. Sold his house, his guitars....He's back with his wife that actually left him back on the first record. He was offered the chance to appear on VH-1's Behind The Music and didn't want to, turned it down. When he had his estate sale, the press contacted him and all he said was, "I love the new record, I wish them well, that's it for me, I'm out of the business." That's a pretty f***ing loyal thing to do, he could have easily gone the tabloid route, appeared on radio shows, all that stuff, and didn't. He's a good man."