A former bandmate says the man accused of planning the Canada Day terror attack at the British Columbia Legislature, was a talented musician but a drunk prone to fighting and violence.

Colin Stuart, whose stage name is Tommy Thrust in the Victoria-area band the Lust Boys says John Nuttall did a one-month try-out four years ago.

Nuttall and his partner, Amanda Marie Korody face terror and conspiracy charges in a bomb plot R-C-M-P say was inspired by an al-Qaida ideology.