Introduction
"Bon Jovi" is a very famous heavy metal rock band in the world today. The only members of the band are Jon Bon Jovi (guitar and vocals), Alec John Such (bass player), and Tico Torres (drums) , Richie Sambora (guitar) and David Bryan (keyboard). From the 1980s to the present, the band has maintained a healthy and energetic music style. In the rebellious heavy metal rock music, this is quite rare. The band's soul, Jon Bon Jovi, was born in New Jersey in 1962. He has loved music since he was a child. In high school, he already embarked on the road of music.
Music style
Hard Rock, Pop-Metal
Process
In 1982, he launched His debut single "Runaway" attracted initial attention.
In 1983, Jon signed a contract with the "PlayGram" record company under the name "Bon Jovi" and began to recruit a band. members, in January 1984, the band released their debut album "Bon Jovi", which received a good response. In 1987, the band's third album "Slippery When Wet" achieved great success. Two songs reached the top of the singles chart, and the album itself also topped the album chart, staying in the top 40 for 60 weeks and selling more than 130.9 million copies. The following year, they released the album "New Jer." -sey", once again created excellent results. After the release of "Slipp-ery When Wet", the band also conducted a 16-month world tour. By the time "New Jersey" was released, the Bon Jovi band had become a hit. One of the most popular rock bands in the world. Their healthy, sexy and energetic image and style are undoubtedly a major reason for their success.
In 1990, Jon Bon Jovi launched his. The sales of his first solo album "Blaze of Glory/Young Gun II" reached 7 million, and soon after, Richie Sambora's album "Straiger In This Town" also sold 800,000 copies. The disharmony caused the band to break up. However, the five members of the band produced the band's fifth album "Keep The Faith" in 1991, which once again received a good response and sold 8 million copies. Fans once again felt the shocking power of "Bon Jovi". After entering the 1990s, the band did not change with the times and firmly maintained its own style. In 1995, the band released a selection album "Cross Road." ", bassist Alec John Such also left the band. This album was originally released as a review of the band's end, but it unexpectedly sold 13 million copies. This was a milestone for the "Bon Jovi" band. Great encouragement. The band's sales in the UK also exceeded those in the United States, which marked that British music fans had officially accepted "Bon Jovi" and provided the band with good prospects. In 1995, "Bon Jovi" was released. Their new album, "These Days," has a more mature approach than their previous releases. Bon Jovi has almost completely gotten rid of the rally rock style that was popular among young men and women in the past, and has changed from energetic to mature and stable.
"These Days" once again made Bon Jovi a huge success, and fans got to know a mature Bon Jovi again.
In 1983, the Bon Jovi band was established, which raised the banner of pop metal and hard rock, leading the long-haired melody metal wave that was all the rage. In 1984, the band signed with Mercury Records and released their first album of the same name. Bon Jovi's music style belongs to mainstream hard rock and heavy metal, but the band members' outstanding appearance and catchy songs made Bon Jovi's popular hard rock style win over a large number of female rock fans in the late 1980s, and inspired hard rock. A great fusion of pop music and music.
The Bon Jovi band *** released 4 albums in the 1980s. In particular, the third album titled Slippery When Wet set a global sales record of more than 13 million copies, and its singles Living On A Prayer and You Give Love A Bad Name both topped the Billboard singles chart. These albums and their superb live performances in a series of tours have made their positive, sexy, healthy temperament and music deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In the 1990s, the Bon Jovi band only released two albums under the name of the group. During this period, Bon Jovi seemed to focus on the personal development of the group members. The band's lead singer Jon Bon Jovi , another soul figure Richie Sambora and keyboardist David Bryan have launched solo albums. Drummer Tico Torres expanded his career to another field and became a highly respected painter and sculptor.
After 2000, Bon Jovi's two albums, Crush and Bounce, maintained the band's consistent healthy and popular style and achieved varying degrees of commercial success. Whether the new album Have a Nice Day, which was just released at the end of September 2005, can still be as brilliant as ever, remains to be seen by time and music fans.
Achievements
Bon Jovi is a four-piece band that started in New Jersey. They belong to the mainstream hard rock and heavy metal styles and are equally loved by young people and housewives. They also produced succinct performance videos that highlighted frontman Jon Bon Jovi's striking appearance, which helped propel "Slippery When Wet" in 1986 and "New Jersey" in 1988 to multi-platinum status around the world. Both albums were criticized for leaning towards pop and away from heavy metal, but the band gradually succeeded in changing their heavy metal image in the 1990s and devoted themselves to straightforward stage performance rock. This change made Bon Jovi the only 80s pop-heavy metal band to still have a large audience in the 90s. Bon Jovi formed the Bon Jovi Band, absorbing Rashbaum, guitarist Dave Sabo, bassist Alec John Such and drummer Tico Orres, and signed with Polygram/Mercury Records in 1983.
Bon Jovi formed in 1983 It has been 21 years since the band was formed. All the members were recruited by lead singer and leader Jon Bongiovi: guitarist Richie Sambora, bassist Alec John Such (who quit in 1994), drummer Tico Torres and keyboardist David Bryan. After Jon Bongiovi signed a contract with Mercury Records, he split the homophones of his last name into a group name, and Bon Jovi was born. The band members have remained unchanged for more than 10 years since then.
Album Slippery When Wet (Elusive)
It was the third decisive album Slippery When Wet (Elusive) released in 1986 that really gave Bon Jovi a taste of success. fathom). This album can be called a registered trademark of Bon Jovi Music. The first single, You Give Love A Bad Name, topped the Billboard singles chart as soon as it was released. The second single, Livin' On A Prayer, also made music fans catchy. The results are outstanding, and the smooth but unconventional arrangement is still unforgettable among music fans. This album brought Bon Jovi unprecedented success. Not only did it stay at the top of the Billboard album chart for 8 weeks, it also stayed on the chart for 40 weeks, and became a rock star. The members of Bon Jovi's unique camera skills and affinity not only opened up the female audience for the hard rock genre in the late 1980s, but their music style that blended rock and pop attracted many new bands to learn from it. The album New Jersey released in 1988 set off another climax for Bon Jovi's singing career. This album shows a more sophisticated musical style and rich lyrical content, creating many classic songs for Bon Jovi, such as: Bad Medicine, Born To Be My Baby, I'll Be There For You, etc. Bon Jovi's global popularity also made them the first Western group to be officially invited to perform by the Soviet Union. However, after countless exhausting tours, Bon Jovi's uncertainty about the future caused them to temporarily withdraw from the music scene at the peak of their singing career. During this period, only lead singer Jon Bon Jovi and guitarist Richie Sambora released solo albums until 1992 when Bon Jovi Only then came back to the music scene with a brand new attitude.
Bon Jovi may not be the rock band that has received much praise and recognition from music critics in the history of rock music, but their pioneering work of making difficult hard rock popular and attracting a wider range of fans is an indisputable fact. As the music genre has changed over the past 10 years, Bon Jovi has remained firm in his rock and roll line, using his true self to present the most shocking works in each generation of changing music.
Hugh McDonald was born in Philadelphia on December 28, 1951
On October 7, 1953, Tico Hector Samual Juan Torres, of Cuban descent, was born in NEW YORK
On July 11, 1959, Richard Stephen Sambora was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey
On February 7, 1962, David Brian Rashbaum was born in Edison, New Jersey, and later changed his name to David Bryan
Bon Jovi was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey on March 2, 1962
In 1969, David Bryan began to learn classical piano
In 1973, Bon Jovi was expelled from his elementary school
In 1973, Richard Stephen Sambora began to love and learn guitar under the influence of Eric Clapton. He once tried to become the guitarist of KISS, but failed
In 1976, Bon Jovi began to learn guitar and entered the male St. Joseph's High School
Bon Jovi and David Bryan joined a band based on R&B, Atlantic City Expressway
In 1979, Bon Jovi and David Bryan performed in a bar for the first time
Bon Jovi graduated from high school in 1980. After being absent from high school 109 times (strong!), he gradually began to study voice and music
In 1980, Bon Jovi’s friend David Bryan entered Studying at the Medical University of New Jersey
In 1982, Bon Jovi urged David Bryan to engage in music. David Bryan and Bon Jovi came to New York together. Later, David Bryan was admitted to the Juliet Conservatory of Music. Finally, David Bryan dropped out of school and joined Bon Jovi's band.
This time can be said to be the beginning of the golden age of metal in the 1980s. In these years, all the heroes came together
In 1983, Richard Stephen Sambora saw Bon Jovi's performance at that time and asked Bon Jovi He self-recommended and replaced Dave Sabo as the original guitarist. Later Dave Sabo joined Skid Row. Skid Row also quickly became popular due to Bon Jovi's support. Later, due to disputes, the two bands became inseparable
In 1983 Tico Torres joined the BON JOVI band at Alec's urging.
In 1983, Jon Bon Jovi's "Runaway" was included in New York's WAPP radio station's selection album, and the song had the opportunity to be played nationally. .
In 1983, Jon Bon Jovi signed a record contract with Mercury Records.
In 1983, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, David Bryan, Tico Torres, and Alec John Such officially formed Bon Jovi Band.
On January 21, 1984, Bon Jovi released its first album "Bon Jovi", with sales of 4 million copies
In April 1985, the album "7800 Fahrenheit" was released . Sales volume reached 3 million
The album "Slippery When Wet" was released in August 1986. Sales volume reached 25 million, officially confirming the band's world-class status. The singles "Living On A Prayer" and "You Give Love A Bad Name" both rose to the top of the Billboard singles list
In 1986, a New Year's Eve Homecoming Show was held in his hometown of Meadowlands, New Jersey, and music fans The response was enthusiastic.
In 1987, the band launched its first concert tour "Headline Tour".
In 1987, it pioneered the band's unplugged singing model
In 1988, it continued with "Headline Tour" Tour", visiting 26 countries and performing 237 performances in 16 months.
The album "New Jersey" was released at the end of September 1988, with a circulation of 13 million copies
Bon Jovi and Dorothea Hurley got married in Las Vegas on April 29, 1989
The Bon Jovi Homecoming Show was held at Giants Stadium in New Jersey on June 11, 1989, and the house was full.
In August 1989, Bon Jovi participated in the Moscow Peace Music Festival, launching a two-day rock and roll feast at the Olympic Stadium, revealing the theme of rejecting drugs and alcohol, and introducing American rock to the Soviet Union. They can be called the first Western rock band to be officially invited to perform by the Soviet Union, and "New Jersey" was officially released on the Melodiya record company of this communist country. This company has never published any album by a Western rock band. .
In 1990, Jon Bon Jovi released the soundtrack album "Blaze Of Glory" for the movie "Young Guns II", which was also his first solo album.
In 1990, David Bryan married jewelry designer April McLean
In 1991 "Blaze Of Glory" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Movie Song.
In 1991 "Blaze Of Glory" won the Oscar Nominated for Best Movie Song, Jon Bon Jovi was invited to attend the award ceremony as a guest performer.
In 1991, Bon Jovi performed at the Christmas concert held in Red Bank, New Jersey.
Ended in 1991 He collaborated with Richie Sambora and Eric Clapton to release the solo album "Stranger In This Town". It sold 800,000 copies
In 1991, Bon Jovi ended their long-term partnership with McGhee Entertainment and formed his own management company Bon Jovi Management, cut off their long hair and removed the excessive decoration of the metal style, claiming to regain control of themselves, no pretense, just music
In the summer of 1991, Bon Jovi fell into a huge emotional low in life
In 1991, Richard Stephen Sambora released his first solo album "Stranger In This Town"
In 1992, the grunge band headed by nirvana gradually began to occupy the heavy music stage, and the traditional rock and metal music stage was affected by A huge impact, the music world began to enter the post-metal era
In November 1992, the album "Keep The Faith" was released. Sales reached 12 million copies
In 1992, the "Keep" concert tour was launched The Faith Tour", a total of 187 concerts were held in 40 countries around the world within 12 months.
The best album "Cross Road" was released in October 1993, with sales reaching 20 million Zhang
In 1994, Richard Stephen Sambora married Hollywood star Heather Locklear
In November 1994, Alec left the BON JOVI band and HUGH became the informal guitarist
1995 The album "These Days" was released in June of that year. Sales reached 10 million copies, among which This ain't a love song was a huge success.
In 1995, three concerts were held at Wembley Stadium in London. The concert was recorded live and released on video.
In March 1995, the nine-month concert tour "Bon Jovi Tour" began.
Unprecedented in 1995 He made his first street performance on the TV talk show "David's Show".
In 1995, the band's keyboardist David Bryan released his solo album "On A Full Moon"
In 1997, Jon Bon Jovi released his second solo album "Destination Anywhere" in June. The response in the United States was average
In 1997, Jon Bon Jovi won the British Music Award for the album "Destination Anywhere". The honor of being the best male singer.
In 1998, Richard Stephen Sambora released his second solo album "Undiscovered Soul"
In 1999, Bon Jovi recorded the episode "Real Life" for the movie "EDTV".
The album "Crush" was released in June 2000, with sales reaching 11 million copies
In 2000, he performed an outdoor live performance for the TV program "The Today Show".
In 2000 Performed its first high-altitude (rooftop) performance on "David's Tooth Show".
In 2000, the band's album "It's My Life" was released.
In 2000, the band's album "It's My Life" was released. Life" was nominated for two Grammy Awards for "Best Rock Album" and "Best Rock Group Performance".
In 2000, it won the "My Favorite Video" award at the My VH-1 Awards. With the "Grand Prize."
The "Crush Tour" was launched in 2000, with a total of 41 performances in 11 countries, with an audience of 1.1 million.
In 2000, the "Bon Jovi: The Crush Tour" video and DVD were released and broadcast on Fox Family Network.
In 2000, two concerts were held at Wembley Stadium in London, which was also the venue this time. The last rock concert was held before the demolition.
In 2000, David Bryan released his solo album "Lunar Eclipse" again.
In May 2001, the concert album "One Wild Night: Live 1985-2001" was released, with sales reaching 3 million copies
In 2001, the "One Wild Night Tour" was launched, with a total of * **54 performances in 15 countries, attended by more than 1.9 million people.
Two concerts were held at Giants Stadium in New Jersey during July 2001 and were produced by VH-1 Live broadcast.
In 2001, VH-1 broadcast Bon Jovi's "One Last Wild Night" concert live. As a result, this broadcast became the second highest-rated live broadcast in the history of the station.
In 2001, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora performed at the September 11th fundraising concert "A Tribute To Heroes Telethon".
In 2001, Bon Jovi performed at the September 11th fundraising concert "The Concert" For New York" performed.
In 2001, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora sang "Here Comes The Sun" at the My VH-1 Awards in tribute to the recently deceased George Harrison. .
In 2001, Bon Jovi won the "Best Concert" award at the My VH-1 Awards.
In 2001, Tico Torres married Venezuelan Alejandra. Divorced twice.
His previous wife was the famous Czech supermodel Eva Herzigova
In 2002, he entered the recording studio to record his 8th album.
In September and October 2002, the sales volume of the new album "Bounce" was released Reaching 5 million copies. A world tour will be held later.
In 2003, it is planned to release the "Bon Jovi Career 20th Anniversary" Boxed Set commemorative album.
In November 2003, it will be released without interruption. The electronic album "This Left Feels Right" sold 2 million copies
In November 2004, the album "100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong" was released, selling 1 million copies
In 2005, the album "Have A Nice Daygt" was released, with sales reaching 4.5 million copies
In 2006, Richard Sambora divorced his wife
In 2006, "Have A Nice Daygt"; The single WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T GO HOME won the Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance
On the evening of November 14, 2006, Bon Jovi and Prince, James Brown (James) attended the British Music Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony. Brown, Brian Wilson, Led Zeppelin, Rod Stewart and Dusty Springfield join British music Hall of Fame.
In June 2007, the band released a new album "Lost Highway"