Before the group entered the studio, though, Bon Jovi replaced Sabo with Richie Sambora, a working guitarist with a long résumé including a stint as a member of Message.īon Jovi released their eponymous debut album in 1984, generating a Top 40 hit with the original version of “Runaway.” The following year, 7800° Fahrenheit was released and went gold, all serving as a prelude to the band’s 1986 breakthrough, Slippery When Wet.
“Runaway” spurred a major-label bidding war leading to a contract with Polygram/Mercury in 1983. One of those demos, “Runaway,” became a hit on local New Jersey radio and lead to the formation of Bon Jovi the band, as Jon and Bryan were supported by guitarist Dave Sabo, bassist Alec John Such, and drummer Tico Torres. Jon’s cousin, Tony Bongiovi, owned the celebrated New York recording studio the Power Station and Jon spent many hours there, working as a janitor and recording demos after hours, sometimes supported by members of the E Street Band or Aldo Nova. They slowly peeled away the arena rock guitars of the ’80s, occasionally scoring on the adult contemporary charts and sometimes singing country music without ever rejecting hard rock, a move that illustrated how they never abandoned their roots and became second only to Bruce Springsteen in defining the sound and spirit of New Jersey rock & roll.īon Jovi took their name from lead singer Jon Bon Jovi (born Jon Bongiovi), who spent his adolescence playing in local Jersey bands with David Bryan (born David Rashbaum).
As the times changed, so did the band’s sound. Their albums, however, have topped the UK charts with New Jersey, Keep The Faith, These Days and Crush all making No.1.Īfter ushering in the era of pop-metal with their 1986 blockbuster Slippery When Wet and its hit singles “You Give Love a Bad Name,” “Wanted Dead or Alive,” and “Living on a Prayer,” Bon Jovi wound up transcending the big-haired ’80s, withstanding changes in style and sound to become one of the biggest American rock bands of their time, selling over 120 million albums worldwide, and sustaining their popularity well into the new millennium. In the UK the band have had over forty hit singles and although they have never topped the charts almost twenty have made the top 10.
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In 1990 ‘Blaze of Glory’ from the movie Young Guns, which was a Jon Bon Jovi solo project also topped the US charts. In 1988 ‘Bad Medicine’ topped the singles chart helping the album New Jersey, from which it was taken, to also make No.1 the third single from the album, ‘I’ll Be There For You’ also went to No.1 in America.
Coming out in 1986 it hurtled up the charts to No.1 where it stayed for two months, helped in no small way by ‘You Give Love A Bad Name’ and the exultant ‘Living on a Prayer’ which both topped the American singles chart. Both albums made the Billboard Top 50 but it was Slippery When Wet that changed everything. Formed in New York they recorded the eponymous debut album in 1983, releasing it in early 1984 and followed it with 7800° Fahrenheit a year later. Since there are so many socially conscious songs on the record and my admiration of the photo of JFK, I asked photographer Clay McBride to capture it as the cover of Bon Jovi 2020." – JBJīon Jovi recently addressed his fans on Facebook and explained that the group is the furthest thing from a nostalgia act and living in the past is simply not his trip: SOUNDCUE (:37 OC. I saw this photo and wondered what the president was thinking.
It pictures the president reflecting both literally and figuratively upon a crowd in California. Kennedy, taken by Michael Ochs in August of 1962. Jon Bon Jovi shed light on the iconic new photo of him featured on Bon Jovi's new album, Bon Jovi 2020, due out on May 15th.īon Jovi posted on : "The inspiration for the cover of Bon Jovi 2020 is a photo of John F.
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