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Bon Jovi Biography
Few bands embodied the era of pop-metal like Bon Jovi. By
merging Def Leppard's loud but tuneful metal with Bruce Springsteen's
working-class sensibilities, the New Jersey-based quintet developed an
ingratiatingly melodic and professional variation of hard rock -- one
that appealed as much to teenagers as to housewives. Bon Jovi
skillfully employed professional songwriters to give their songs,
especially their power ballads, an appropriately commercial sheen,
inaugurating a trend that dominated mainstream hard rock and metal for
the next decade. They also made simple performance videos that
emphasized lead singer Jon Bon Jovi's photogenic good looks, and these
clips helped propel 1986's Slippery When Wet and 1988's New Jersey into
multi-platinum status around the world. Both records were criticized
for being more pop than metal, as well as being targeted toward
teenyboppers, yet the group managed to subtly change its image in the
early '90s, moving away from metal and concentrating on straightforward
arena rock and big ballads. The shift in style worked, and Bon Jovi
were the only American pop-metal band of the '80s to retain a sizable
audience in the '90s.
Jon Bongiovi spent most of his adolescence ditching school to play rock
& roll, usually in local bands with his friend David Rashbaum.
Bongiovi's cousin Tony owned the famous New York recording studio the
Power Station, which was where Jon hung out. He was hired as a janitor,
and soon he was recording demos at the Power Station with several
famous musicians, including members of the E Street Band and Aldo Nova.
One of these demos, Runaway, became a hit on local New Jersey radio,
and Bongiovi formed Bon Jovi to support the song, recruiting not only
Rashbaum, but also guitarist Dave Sabo, bassist Alec John Such, and
drummer Tico Torres. Soon, Bon Jovi was the subject of a major-label
bidding war, and the group -- or, according to some reports, just
Bongiovi -- signed to Polygram/Mercury in 1983. Upon signing, Jon
changed his last name to Bon Jovi in order to de-emphasize his ethnic
background, and Rashbaum adopted his middle name Bryan as his last
name. Before the group entered the studio, Bon Jovi replaced Sabo with
Richie Sambora.
Bon Jovi's eponymous debut album was released in 1984, and Runaway
became a Top 40 hit. Following its success, Tony Bongiovi sued the
band, claiming he developed their successful sound; the group settled
out of court. The following year, 7800 Fahrenheit was released and went
gold. Despite the band's respectable success, Bon Jovi weren't becoming
the superstars they had hoped, and they changed their approach for
their next album, Slippery When Wet. Hiring professional songwriter
Desmond Child as a collaborator, the group wrote 30 songs and
auditioned them for local New Jersey and New York teenagers, basing the
album's running order on their opinions. After ditching the original
cover of a busty woman in a wet T-shirt for the title traced in water
on a garbage bag, Slippery When Wet was released in 1986. Supported by
several appealing, straightforward videos that showcased the photogenic
Jon, the album eventually sold nine million copies in the U.S. alone,
helping usher in the era of pop-metal. Two songs, You Give Love a Bad
Name and Livin' on a Prayer, reached number one, while Wanted Dead
or Alive reached the Top Ten, and Bon Jovi were established as
superstars.
Bon Jovi replicated the Slippery When Wet formula for 1988's New
Jersey, which shot to number one upon its release. New Jersey was only
slightly less successful than its predecessor, selling five million
copies and generating two number one singles, Bad Medicine and I'll
Be There for You, as well as the Top Ten hits Born to Be My Baby,
Lay Your Hands on Me, and Living in Sin. In 1989, the band
supported Cher, who was then dating Sambora, on her Heart of Stone
album, which was recorded while the group was in the midst of an
18-month international tour. Following the completion of the tour, the
band went on hiatus. During their time off, Jon Bon Jovi wrote the
soundtrack for Young Guns II, which was released in 1990 as the Blaze
of Glory album. The record produced two hit singles in the number one
title track and the number 12 Miracle, as well as earning Grammy and
Oscar nominations.
The following year, Bon Jovi reunited to record their fifth album, Keep
the Faith, which was released in the fall of 1992. While the album
didn't match the blockbuster status of its predecessors, largely
because musical tastes had shifted in the four years between New Jersey
and Keep the Faith, it was nevertheless a big hit, and its more
straightforward, anthemic sound produced the hit single Bed of Roses.
A hits collection, Cross Road, followed in 1994, and in the fall of
1995, they released These Days, which proved to be a bigger success in
Europe than America. After appearing in the 1996 film Moonlight and
Valentino, Jon Bon Jovi released his first official solo album in the
summer of 1997.
Three years later, Bon Jovi regrouped and released Crush. It's My
Life and Thank You for Loving Me were a chart hits, and Bon Jovi's
star power soared beyond their wildest dreams. Crush eventually went
double platinum in the U.S. and sold eight million copies worldwide,
but Bon Jovi stayed focus. Within a year they returned with an eighth
studio effort, Bounce, which appeared in fall 2002. Tours across the
globe as well as dates with the Goo Goo Dolls fared well. In 2003 Bon
Jovi re-recorded many of their most well-known songs for the release
This Left Feels Right and followed it in 2004 with a DVD companion of
the same title. The ambitious 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong
four-CD/one-DVD box set of rarities arrrived later that November,
followed by the all-new Have a Nice Day and a greatest-hits anthology
called Cross Road in 2005. The band spent the following year in the
studio, putting the finishing touches on a collection of pop-infused
heartland country anthems. The resulting Lost Highway, which featured
duets with LeAnn Rimes and Big & Rich, arrived in the summer of
2007. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Written by Stephen Thomas Erlewine