BON JOVI ARE A FIVE PICE BAND NATIVE FROM NEW JERSEY, USA.
THE BAND CONSIST OF:
JON BON JOVI - LEAD VOCALS AND GUITARS
RICHIE SAMBORA - KEAD GUITARIST AND BACKING VOCALIST
DAVE BRYAN - KEYBOARDS AND BACKING VOCALIST
TICO TORRES - DRUMS AND BACKING VOCALIST
HUGH MCDONALD - BASS GUITARS AND BACKING VOCALIST
THE BAND WERE FORMED IN JONS HOME TOWN, AND FIRST TO JOIN HIM WAS DAVE BRYAN WHO WENT TO SCHOOL WITH JON AND HAS PREVIOUSLY WORKED WITH HIM, IN JONS FIRST BAND - STARZ WHEN THEY WERE AT HIGHSCHOOL. NEXT TO COME WAS ALEC JOHN SUCH (THE BANDS ORIGIONAL BASS PLAYER). THE LAST TWO TO JOIN JONS BAND WAS DRUMMER TICO TORRES AND RICHIE SAMBORA. THE VERY FIRST TIME JON SAW TICO, HE KNEW IMMEDIATELY THAT HE WAS THE ONLY DRUMMER THAT HE EVER WANTED TO WORK WITH. RICHIE THEN CAME LAST WHEN JON WAS DESPERATE FOR A LEAD GUITARIST AND JON SNAPPED HIM UP WHEN HE SAW HIM PLAY IN SMALL BARS AND CLUBS IN NEW JERSEY.
IN 1983 THE BAND RELEASED THEIR FIRST SINGLE "SHE DONT KNOW ME" BUT ONLY ENTERED THE US CHARTS AT NUMBER 53. SOON LATER WAS THE ARIVAL OF "RUNAWAY" WHICH WOULD BE THEIR FIRST TOP 40 HIT. IT REACHED NUMBER 39.
IN 1983 BON JOVI RELEASED THEIR FIRST STUDIO ALBUM, WHICH WAS SELF TITLED. IT DIDNT DO TOO WELL IN THE CHARTS BUT JUST ONE YEAR LATER THEY RELEASED 7800 FAHRENHEIT WHICH MADE IT INTO THE TOP TEN IN MNAY COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. THIS WAS WHEN THE BAND KNEW THEY HAD FINALLY HIT THE BIG TIME. JON HAD BEEN WRITTING FROM AN EARLY AGE AND DREAMED OF BEING IN A ROCK AND ROLL BAND BUT HE COULDNT BELIVE HIS LUCK, WHEN THE SECOND ALBUM DID SO WELL. EVEN THOUGH YEARS DOWN THE LINE IT HAD BECOME ONE OF THEIR WEEKER ALBUMS TO DATE.
THEY TOURED THE WORLD WITH THEIR SECOND ALBUM AND PLAYED HUNDREDS OF SELL OUT VENUES.
2 YEARS LATER BECAME ONE OF THE BANDS BIGGEST ALBUMS AND WITHOUT DOUBT ONE OF THE GRAETEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME - "SLIPPERY WHEN WET". THE ALBUM STAYED AT THE TOP OF THE US CHARTS FOR 8 WEEKS WHILE THE FIRST SINGLE OFF THE ALBUM "LIVIN ON A PRAYER" ALSO HIT THE TOP OF THE SINGLES CHARTS. THEIR SECOND SMASH HIT WAS "YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME" AND TO THIS DAY, THE TWO SONGS OFF THIS RECORD ARE STILL THE FANS CHOICES IF YOU WERE TO ASK THEM WHAT THEIR FAVE BON JOVI SONG IS.
AFTER A WHOLE YEAR OF TOURING THE BAND WENT BACK INTO THE STUDIO TO RECORD ANOTHER NUMBER ONE ALBUM "NEW JERSEY". JON HAD WRITTEN MANY SONGS WHEN ON THE ROAD WITH SLIPPERY. ATER THE SUCCESS OF THE LAST RECORD, THE BAND HAD HIGH HOPES OF ANOTHER HIT ALBUM. THEY WHERE NOT DISAPPOINTED - IT HIT THE TOP OF THE CHARTS IN MORE THAN 30 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. HITS FROM THIS ALBUM WERE "LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME", BAD MEDICINE" AND ILL BE THERE FOR YOU". AGAIN THE BAND CARRIED ON TOURING. BY 1989 THE SUCCSS OF THE BAND HAD GOTTEN TO THEM, AFTER 5/6 YEARS OF CONSTANT TOURING, THEY DECIDED TAHT A BREAK WAS NEEDED.
DURING THE BREAK, AMID ROMOURS OF A SPLIT, JON AND RICHIE RELEASED SOLO ALBUMS. RICHIES DIDNT DO SO WELL, BUT JONS HIT THE TOP OF THE CHARTS IN MANY COUNTRIED. THE TITLE TRACH "BLAZY OF GLORY" WON A GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD FOR BEST ORIGIONAL SONG IN 1990.
IN 1992, THE BAND GOT BACK TOGETHER, WENT INTO THE STUDIO TO WRITE THEIR 5TH ALBUM. IT WAS CALLED "KEEP THE FAITH" AND IT WON THE HERATS OF MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD. THE BAND WENT BACK ONTO THE ROAD FOR ANOTHER WORLD TOUR WHILE ENJOYING PLAYING THE PROMOTION ROUNDS FOR SONGS SUCH AS "BED OF ROSES", "IN THESE ARMS", THE TITLE TRACK TO THE ALBUM "KEEP THE FAITH" AND "I BELIEVE"
AFTER 5 ALBUMS AND 2 SOLO ALBUMS, HE BAND DECIDED IT WAS ABOUT TIME FOR A GREATEST HITS RECORD TO BE RELEASED. CROSS ROAD WAS RELEASED IN 1994 AND SPARKED A GENERATION OF NEW FANS (INC ME!!)
DURING THIS PERIOD THE BAND RELEASED ALWAYS WHICH WAS TO BE THE BIGGEST HIT OF THEIR CAREER. IT REACHED NUMBER 2 IN THE UK AND STAYED THEIR FOR AROUND 3 MONTHS.
A YEAR LATER CAME THE BANDS 6TH STUDIO ALBUM "THESE DAYS". THE BANDS ENJOYED SUCESS WITH SINGLES SUCH AS "THIS AINT A LOVE SONG", "THESE DAYS", "SOMETHING FOR THE PAIN" AND "HEY GOD"
THE NEXT FIVE YEARS PRODUCED ANOTHER "BAND EXUDUS". WHILE THE BAND WHERE AWAY, JON AND RICHIE AGAIN BROUGHT OUR SOLO RECORDS, TICO BECAME THIS AMAZING ARTIST, CHILDREN WERE BORN, WHILE JON ALSO ENJOYED THE START OF HIS ACTING CAREER. HE STARED IN FILMS SUCH AS "MOONLIGHT AND VALENTINO", "THE LEADING MAN" AND MORE RECENTLY "U571".
AS JONS LATEST FILM WAS RELEASED THE BAND GOT BACK INTO THE STUDIO AFTER 5 YEARS AWAY AND PRODUCED ONE OF THEIR BEST ALBUMS YET! AFTER ORIGIONAL TITLES "SEX SELLS" AND "ONE WILD NIGHT", THE ALBUM WAS FINALLY ENTITLED "CRUSH".
CRUSH STORMED TO NUMBER ONE ON ITS FIRST DAY OR RELEASE.
THE FIRST SINGLE "ITS MY LIFE" BECAME THE BANDS BIGGEST HIT IN THE US, WHILE IT BECOMMING THE SECOND BIGGEST AFTER ALWAYS IN THE UK.
FOLLOWED BY THE SUCCESS OF OTHER CRUSH HITS WERE SAY IT ISNT SO, THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME AND THE FANTASTIC REMIX OF ONE WILD NIGHT
AS ALREADY MENTIONED CRUSH WAS ORIGIONALLY GOING TO BE CALLED OWN, BUT IT SOUNDED TOO MUCH LIKE A LIVE LBUM. WELL THATS EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID. IN 2001 BON JOVI RELEASED ONE WILD NIGHT LIVE 1985-2001. A FANTASTIC COLLECTION OF FAMOUS SONGS LIVE FROM VENUES RIGHT ACCROSS THE WORLD. IT WAS AN ALBUM THAT THE FANS HAD DEMANDED FOR YEARS.
AT THE PRESENT MOMENT THE BAND ARE CONTINUING THEIR SELL OUT WORLD TOUR AND PLAN TO BE BACK IN THE STUDIO IN JANUARY WITH A NEW ALBUM EXPECTED FOR IN THE SPRING/SUMMER.
A BOX SET WILL THEN BE RELEASED IN 2003 TO COMMEMORATE THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY AS A BAND.
