BOC: E Bloom and A-hole?

[Ted Jackson jr. s2h2]

Quothe the FAQ man:
>
> I suspect Theo may have exaggerated a bit.  Certainly this might be in
> part the past history with Al leaving the band, and Imaginos.  Not trying
> to resurrect any of those discussions, but Al had stated in the past that
> he never liked Eric (however, I don't ever recall Al using the "A-word").
> A number of folks here had criticized Eric in the past regarding announce-
> ments about the album that never seemed to come.
>
> As for BOC's past history, we fans, IMHO, should stay out of "taking
> sides" when it comes to the circumstances surrounding Albert's departure
> from the band, and exactly who's album "Imaginos" really was.  There
> are a lot of issues here, and most of them are private matters between
> the past and present bandmembers.
>
> John

True enough.  It's hard not to take sides.  Blame the internet.
Before this list I didn't know any of the gruesome details.  It's
hard not to take Al's side, as he's so up front and honest [even when
he's admitting he's been wrong in the past] and the others tend to be
evasive.  It implies their guilt even where it doesn't necessarily
exist.  And since we only hear Al's side on the list, it's hard for
the rest to defend themselves...

theo