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Add your site... | » INFO | did you know? « Lead singer Jon Bon Jovi (John Francis Bongiovi) began to play piano and guitar at thirteen, learning Elton John songs. At that same age, Bongiovi founded his first band, called Raze. At sixteen Bon Jovi met David Bryan (David Bryan Rashbaum) in high school (Sayreville War Memorial High School ) and founded an R&B cover band with him named Atlantic City Expressway. They played at New Jersey clubs, even though they were minors. Still in his teens, Bon Jovi played in the band Jon Bon Jovi and the Wild Ones, playing New Jersey clubs like the Fast Lane and opening for known acts in the area. Bon Jovi | Polyphonic RingtonesDisplaying 1 - 1 of 1 ringtones:
» INFO | did you know? « By the summer of 1982, out of school and working part-time - including in a shoe store - Jon finally got a job at the Power Station Studios, a Manhattan recording facility where his cousin, Tony Bongiovi, was the co-owner. Bon Jovi made several demos (including one produced by Billy Squier) and sent them out to many record companies - but failed to make an impact. At nineteen, Bon Jovi had his first recording experience, singing the song "R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas" by Meco Monardo and Daniel Oriolo on a Star Wars Christmas album, Christmas in the Stars, produced by Tony Bongiovi at the Power Station and released on the RSO label. In 1983, local radio station WAPT had a contest to search for the best unsigned band. Bon Jovi used studio musicians to play on the track "Runaway" (which was written in 1980). After it won the contest, it quickly became a popular song in the New York City area in the summer of 1983. The studio musicians who helped Jon Bon Jovi to record "Runaway" were known as "The All Star Review" and they were Tim Pierce (guitar), Roy Bittan (keyboards), Frankie LaRocka (drums) and Hugh McDonald (bass). » INFO | did you know? « Between 1990 and 1992 the band members went their separate ways for a while. Bon Jovi made the soundtrack for the movie "Young Guns II", helped by Elton John, Aldo Nova and Jeff Beck among others. Sambora released a solo album, Stranger in This Town, in 1991. Bryan made the music for the movie "The Netherworld", but also ended up in the hospital with an illness due to a South American parasite. Torres avoided music and the music business altogether. Such took a fall off of his motor bike, "just like that, right in front of my door." The accident damaged a crucial muscle, which forced him to develop a whole new way to hold his instrument. » INFO | did you know? « After a nearly three-year hiatus during which several band members worked on independent projects, Bon Jovi regrouped in 1999 to begin work on their next studio album. Their 2000 release, Crush, enjoyed overwhelming success both in the US and overseas, thanks in part to the smash-hit single "It's My Life", co-written by famous Swedish producer Max Martin. Crush, which also produced such hits as "Say It Isn't So" and "Thank You for Loving Me", soon became the band's most successful album since Cross Road, and helped introduce Bon Jovi to a new, younger fan base. The Crush Tour, which began that summer, originally encompassed only 60 or so shows and was extended due to Bon Jovi's newfound popularity, with the band remaining on tour through mid-2001. While on tour, Bon Jovi released a collection of live performances from throughout their career in an album entitled, One Wild Night: Live 1985-2001. » INFO | did you know? « Soon after the release of their ninth album "Have A Nice Day" the band started gearing up for a new 2005/2006-world tour. This tour - being shorter than previous ones with 'only' seventy-five shows, will bring the band to numerous stages and arena's throughout the world, including the newly rebuild Wembley Stadium on June 11th, 2006. Bon Jovi were the last band to play the old Wembley Stadium before it was leveled in 2000, and are the first band to play after it was rebuilt. [BACK] What do you think about Bon Jovi? |
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