1983, Bon Jovi's original members include jon bon jovi (lead singer), Ricky sambora (guitarist), david brian (keyboard player), Tico Torres (drummer) and Alec John Thuker (bassist). Bon Jovi, the lead singer, met Rushbaum when he was at Sayreville University, and they soon joined a group called Atlantic City Express, an orchestra with R&: B as the mainstay. When Rushbaum transferred to new york to study music school, Bonjovi followed. He worked as a handyman in the recording studio of a power station run by his relatives for two years, with a weekly salary of only $50. At that time, he worked very hard, once mopping the floor, so tired that he was prone on the ground, but Jon didn't suffer because he worked as a handyman in the recording studio every day. You can see many famous rock bands coming in and out, and you can also see many musicians you admire in your heart. He loves music, and secretly vowed that one day, he must get ahead in the rock music world. Therefore, Jon never takes a nap during work breaks. He will wait until all the band members have left and secretly stay in the recording studio to practice his songs. Sometimes, when he meets a musician who is still at work, he will be taught some creative skills, which will be of great use to him until Billy Squier agrees to record the audition tape. After finishing the creation, Jon will personally send them to a record company. Soon, the song "Runway" was filmed by DJ Chip Hobart (Chip) of new york Long Island Radio Station. He contacted him actively, so he played the song on the local radio station and included his "Runway" in an album. Although Jon's ultimate dream was to make an album, he reluctantly agreed to be a member of the album. As soon as the album Tianqiao was released, it was immediately played by various radio stations. Long Island Radio wants to invite him to perform live, but the problem is that he doesn't have his own band! So Jon called Rushbaum (later renamed david brian) and Frank &; Tico Torres, the drummer in the knockout round, John Seker, the bassist of Jesse Choir, and the guitarist invited their neighbors to make guest appearances. Then a performance ended. In the background of the end of one of the performances, Ricky sambora took the initiative to find John and declared himself the best guitarist candidate. Although John was a little skeptical at first, he was moved by sambora's confidence and talent.
When John Bon Jovi signed with Mercury Records, the band members remained the same for more than 65,438+00 years. John removed the' H' from his name and disassembled it into a group name with the homonym of his surname, so Jon Bon Jovi and the rock band Bon Jovi (Bon Jovi) were born. At the same time, Bon Jovi's good friend keyboard player Rushbaum was renamed david brian. .
1984, Doc McGonagall became their manager after signing with Mercury Records. Although the first album "Bon Jovi" was not released until1June, 1984, it was a warm-up match for the concert of the famous rock band ZZ Top in Madison Square Garden, and it got many appearances. Running away from home is the first hit song, and She doesn't know me is the second single (Mercury Records asked Jon to record and include it in this album, which is still the only song in Bon Jovi album that John doesn't have copyright). The single "Breaking Away" broke into the top 40 list, and MTV also cooperated with it, so Bon Jovi became a new legend in American music. Their fashionable appearance is as popular as music: tight leather pants with gorgeous headscarves, torn shirts, oversized accessories, blown long hair and eyeliner are all their signs, but super-standard live performance skills are the only way to build their reputation.
After the release of Bon Jovi, they sang the opening song for the Scorpion concert in Madison Square Garden, and then went to Europe to warm up for the super rock band Kiss. Japan tour caused a whirlwind, the album sold out in three days, and the sales volume won the gold record. 65438+1February, 984, after returning from the tour, he immediately put himself into the Philadelphia studio to record his next album. 1April, 985, after two years' hard work, 7800 degrees Fahrenheit/7800 degrees Fahrenheit finally came out (the album name comes from the inference of the burning point needed to melt rock music). The release of the three singles "Only Loneliness", "Love and Beyond Love" and "Silent Night" was strongly broadcast by MTV. This album not only sells well, but also develops more new fans for them. 1985 In April, they held concerts for two or three thousand people in Europe and Japan, and in May, they began a month-long tour of the United States. 1At the end of 995, Jon and Ricky actively started preparing their third album.
1April, 986, they went to Vancouver to record their third work. In order to perform well in the next album, Bon Jovi hired a professional lyricist Desmond Child, which was produced by Bruce Fairbairn and recorded and mixed by BobRock. Previously, they had an unprecedented marketing campaign. They recorded 30 new songs, and took young people in new york as the primary target, letting them choose their favorite songs. After data analysis, it was released in July 1986 as' wet/elusive', and later became a music registered trademark in Bon Jovi. The first single "You Give Love a Bad Name" won the billboard chart, and the second single "Living with a Player" also sold more than10 million records. MTV has spared no effort to support this rock force, and it is thanks to the unique openness and affinity of BON JOVI members that it is widely welcomed by the media. The third single "Want to die or want to live" won the seventh place on the bulletin board and became the national anthem of Bonjovi. When they received a warm response in their hometown, they still toured around and proved their strength as stage superstars. At the beginning of the release of' Wet/elusive', they warmed up for 38 Special (Special Point 38 Caliber Choir), and at the end of 1986, they started a six-month tour of the United States (including a full New Year concert in Brendan dan byrne's hometown of New Jersey). Every night, Jon can always catch the eyes of fans full of pits and valleys, and all white-collar and blue-collar workers are caught in Bonjovi's rock frenzy.
Bon Jovi has become a rock star with the unprecedented success of the album Wet/elusive (staying on the billboard charts for 40 weeks and winning the championship for 8 weeks in a row). Although successful persistence comes from the excellent nature of music, their excellent appearance, especially Jon's natural cover model face, is still the mainstay of MTV and the favorite of teenagers to stick on the bedroom wall. While they severely condemned being labeled as any non-rock music, BON JOVI's pop hard rock style can be said to have opened up a new territory for female listeners in the late 1980s, and even inspired a great fusion of hard rock and pop music (in view of BON JOVI's popularity, many new groups are scrambling to learn their style). But Bon Jovi's decisive performance to dominate the world of rock music was Jon Bon Jovi and Ricky sambora's live performance at the 86 MTV Music Awards Ceremony. Accompanied by the guitar alone, they sang singles "Want to die or want to live" and "Live on a Player", and any audience who witnessed the performance gave the warmest response (even MTV staff). The first series of unplugged concerts on MTV also created a new trend of unplugged performances, and BON JOVI soared from then on. Jon appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, and it was hard to get a ticket for the concert (because the box office was sold out). Wherever he went, the media rushed to report and fans chased him wildly. Bonjovi has become a well-known super group.
After countless exhausted tours on 1988, they immediately returned to the Vancouver studio to collaborate with Bruce Fairbairn and BobRock on their next album. In order to prove that the success of' wet/elusive' is by no means a fluke, they released' New Jersey/New Jersey' in June of' 88+ 10. This album also lived up to expectations, showing a better musical style and rich lyrics, and there are many best-selling singles: the first popular' bad medicine'. Born To Be My Baby, I' m will Be there for you, Lay Your Hands On Me and Living In Sin (the video of this song was banned for inexplicable reasons) have sold more than 800 songs around the world. 1990, Bon Jovi plans to travel around the world. At this time, the strong support from my hometown reached its climax. 1July, 1989 1 1 day, the concert tickets at Giants Stadium in New Jersey were sold out. You can't turn on the radio without hearing Bonjovi, and you can't watch MTV without seeing Bonjovi. They are everywhere, even in the Soviet Union. 1In August 1989, Bonjovi attended the Moscow Peace Music Festival and held a two-day rock music feast at the Olympic Stadium, revealing the theme of rejecting drugs and alcohol and introducing American rock into the Soviet Union. They were the first western rock band to be officially invited by the Soviet Union to perform, and' New Jersey/New Jersey' was officially released by Melodiya Records Company, which belongs to this * * * producing country. This company has never released any albums by western rock bands (neither the Beatles nor the Rolling Stones, but Bonjovi! )。 The band members have been busy 16 months of tour. After the last performance, they put down all their plans for the future and returned to the warm embrace of their families.
1990 was entrusted by a friend to write the theme song for the film. Jon bon jovi completed the first film album in his life. In 1990,' Fire of Glory/Light of Glory-The soundtrack of the film Young Gunman 2 was released, and the single' Fire of Glory' topped the list and won him the Golden Globe Award for best movie theme song. At this point, Jon has his own champion single. On' 9 1, Ricky sambora also released his first solo album' Strangers in this city/Strangers in this city'. Although it didn't sell well, he cooperated with eric clapton, the god of guitar. The future of this rock force seems unpredictable.
The awakening of the music industry, in addition to success, dissatisfaction with the status quo prompted Jon to start cleaning up the portal on 9 1. He broke the contract with his agent, lawyer and agent, and returned to a new origin, which decided the new future of the orchestra. But he couldn't find anyone who knew Bonjovi better than himself, so he opened a Bon Jovi agency to handle the brokerage contract of the orchestra and returned to Vancouver to collaborate with producer Bob Locke on the fifth album.
The album Keep Faith was released in June, 1992, 1 1. No matter the progress in the connotation or musicality of songs, it has been unanimously affirmed by music critics and fans. This CD has sold more than 2 million copies in America. Although the genre of pop rock has gradually declined since the late 1980s, and fans are fascinated by junk rock, BON JOVI proves that they can still gain a foothold in the ever-changing pop music market. In the 1990s, apart from his musical growth, Bonjovi's image has also undergone different changes. They removed exaggerated rock ornaments and hair gel, and when lead singer jon bon jovi cut off his registered trademark-long curly hair, CNN also reported it. Although the media seems to pay too much attention to his hair, this brand-new hairstyle represents BON JOVI's spirit: no pretense, only rock and roll, no hypocrisy, only rock and roll.
After the first single of the same name, Keep Faith, Bed of Roses is another best-selling single. In these weapons' and' I believe' are equally popular. This time, apart from being as popular around the world as in the past, BON JOVI has a higher degree of autonomy in touring. This more mature and intelligent rock band not only successfully emerged from the rock music industry in the 1980s, but also performed better in the charts and on the stage in the 1990s.
1994, the record company released Crossroads/Beyond 10 at the request of the vast number of music fans to commemorate Bonjovi's growth. This album has won incalculable global super sales, including the previous hit single, and also released two brand-new songs' One day I will be Saturday Night', which conquered the charts all over the world, and their popularity soared. However, the bassist Alec John Sergej chose to leave the group at this time, so BON JOVI asked Hugh McDonald to take over as bassist.
The sixth album "Days/Bright Days" was released in June 1995, and "This is not a love song" was the first single, which quickly became the best-selling work in the world. BON JOVI's popularity in the world continues to increase significantly, and the number of concert tours continues to accumulate. The countries on tour are all over Europe, Japan, Latin America and the Pacific coast ... the performances are full. It was their first concert in South Africa, and then they went back to the United States to tour, and all the tickets were sold out. From June 65438 to June 0995, Bonjovi's career reached another peak. All the tickets for the three concerts held at Wembley Stadium in London, England, were sold out in a short time. The content of the concert was filmed and recorded as a "live broadcast from London" video, which was also nominated for a Grammy Award.
1997 After the unprecedented success of' The Days/Bright Days' album and concert, BON JOVI's members separated for a period of time. Unlike the tour of New Jersey, which is full of uncertainty, this rest is a wise choice, and the members agreed to give each other two years to develop solo. 1997, jon bon jovi released his second solo album, Destination/Everywhere, and concentrated his acting career on movies. Ricky sambora Ricky sambora also released his second solo album "The Undetected Soul", and', Tico Di can further expand his career to another field and become a respected painter and sculptor; David brian david brian published his solo album Under the Full Moon, and composed music for movies and musicals. Each member explores different interests and creates new inspiration for future reunion. Jon, Ricky and Tico (David was absent due to hand injury) recorded and filmed the soundtrack of their first single "Real Life" in new york in June, 5438+0999. (David appears with a life-size logo)
In May, 2000, I gave you the latest BON JOVI music, and they returned to the fans' arms with their seventh blockbuster "Secret Love/Infatuation", which sold absolutely platinum. At the same time, John Bon Jovi participated in the performance of U-57 1, playing the captain of a German navy submarine, shutting me down and blowing my head off. I hope you have a chance to see ...; )