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Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” is one of the most recognizable songs in the history of rock. And yet the 1986 hit originally sounded very different. During a conversation with UCR’s Matt Wardlaw, Jon Bon Jovi explained why he didn’t think much of the song initially. “When we were writing it, we did not have the baseline,” the frontman noted. “We were picking on one note on the guitar, so it almost sounded like ‘London Calling.’” READ MORE: Top 100 ’80s Rock Albums While most bands would be happy to have a tune reminiscent of the Clash’s classic track, Bon Jovi didn’t think the song fit his ba...
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Former Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora says he’s open to returning to the group if Jon Bon Jovi’s health improves to the point he’s able to tour again. Sambora abruptly left the band in 2013 to focus on his family. He was replaced by Phil X, who has remained in the band ever since. Meanwhile, Bon Jovi underwent a procedure in 2022 to alleviate loose vocal cords that were hindering his singing ability. The rocker is still recovering, a process he’s admitted is taking longer than expected. During an appearance on The Allison Hagendorf Show, Sambora confirmed he’d be open to returning to the ba...
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Jon Bon Jovi's son Jesse Bongiovi and his longtime love Jesse Light have tied the knot in Las Vegas. The couple obtained a marriage license in Clark County, Nevada on May 7, and are said to have said their vows at the famous Graceland Wedding Chapel, where his rocker pop wed his mother Dorothea Hurley in 1989, on Wednesday (08.05.24), PEOPLE reported. The Hampton Water co-founder, 29, and the 30-year-old producer have been engaged since summer 2022. Sharing snaps from the romantic proposal, he quipped in the caption: "Time to BeReal." Love is really in the air for the Bongiovis as the 'It's My...
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Former Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora says he’s open to returning to the group if Jon Bon Jovi’s health improves to the point he’s able to tour again. Sambora abruptly left the band in 2013 to focus on his family. He was replaced by Phil X, who has remained in the band ever since. Meanwhile, Bon Jovi underwent a procedure in 2022 to alleviate loose vocal cords that were hindering his singing ability. The rocker is still recovering, a process he’s admitted is taking longer than expected. During an appearance on The Allison Hagendorf Show, Sambora confirmed he’d be open to returning to the ba...
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Richie Sambora has a "different perspective" on everything discussed in Jon Bon Jovi's documentary. The 64-year-old rock star was the lead guitarist of Bon Jovi for 30 years from 1983 but more than a decade on from his shock exit in 2013, he appeared in his co-star's Disney+ documentary 'Thank You Good Night' where he explained that he left the band so he could enter rehab again to deal with his alcohol addiction but has now claimed that the whole project is not necessarily done from his point of view. He told People: "It's his project and it's his perspective. I have a different perspective o...
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Bon Jovi‘s “Livin’ on a Prayer” was a multi-platinum international Top 5 smash that topped the American charts for an entire month in 1987. This no doubt came as a surprise to the group’s frontman, who really didn’t like the song when it was first written. “It wasn’t that I didn’t want to record it, but I wasn’t all that impressed on the day that we wrote it,” Jon Bon Jovi tells People magazine. “It was the simple chord progression, the melodies and the lyrics.” Then Hugh McDonald made an uncredited contribution, and “Livin’ on a Prayer” suddenly had new momentum. “The bass line came to life i...
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Bon Jovi‘s “Livin’ on a Prayer” was a multi-platinum international Top 5 smash that topped the American charts for an entire month in 1987. This no doubt came as a surprise to the group’s frontman, who really didn’t like the song when it was first written. “It wasn’t that I didn’t want to record it, but I wasn’t all that impressed on the day that we wrote it,” Jon Bon Jovi tells People magazine. “It was the simple chord progression, the melodies and the lyrics.” Then Hugh McDonald made an uncredited contribution, and “Livin’ on a Prayer” suddenly had new momentum. “The bass line came to life i...
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Jon Bon Jovi says his life is about maintaining a healthy “family dynamic”. The ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’ singer, 62, has been making headlines after revealing he had scores of other women at the height of his fame and wasn’t a “saint” in his marriage to 61-year-old karate teacher Dorothea Hurley – but has now said he refuses to let his vanity dominate their household. He told Lewis Howes on the ‘School of Greatness’ podcast: “I’m always going to be the narcissist lead singer in the house, but there’s no platinum records hanging in my house. “(As well as) admiration and mutual respect… (I prioritis...
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Jon Bon Jovi has declared he has got “away with murder” during his 35-year marriage. The ‘You Give Love a Bad Name’ singer, 62, has been married to his high school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley, 61, since 1989, and after making headlines earlier this month for saying he had not been a “saint” in their relationship has now elaborated on how he has kept their romance alive despite once being a womanising rocker. He told Michael Strahan on ABC’s ‘Halfway There’ special about his early days in the music business and how he has gotten “away with murder” with Dorothea: “(I’m) not saying that there were...
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Jon Bon Jovi almost considered retirement over getting vocal surgery, but the rocker was convinced to go through with the medical procedure by country superstar Shania Twain. In the rockstar’s docu-series on Hulu, Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story, Bon Jovi recounts his challenging vocal surgery in which his “soul sister” Twain helped him through the process of getting his voice back. According to the documentary, the “Livin’ On A Prayer” singer started having vocal issues in 2015 and finally considered medical help in 2022 after a serious conversation with his wife, Dorothea. He said t...
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