Originally Posted by
Piko
Pretty sure he just gets butt hurt when people leave. Whem Barker first left, Al still had good things to say about him. By 2006, he suddenly realized how much he hated Barker and had always hated him and how he was "just a bass player". And from what I've heard about Connelly, he apparently just tagged along and did nothing. Which is funny considering that he not only did lead vocals on a bunch of songs, but also wrote a majority of the lyrics back then as well, "Burning Inside, etc".
I could be wrong, but I think the lyrics from Mind were mostly written by Connelly and Ogre (Cannibal Song, and another one I think).