Jon bon jovi, the lead singer, met David Bryan (his name was David Rashbaum at that time) at Sayreville University, and they soon joined a company called Atlantic City Express, an orchestra led by R&B. When David Rashbaum transferred to a music school in new york, jon bon jovi followed. He worked as a handyman in a recording studio of a telephone station run by his relatives for two years, with a weekly salary of only $50. At that time, he worked hard, but jon bon jovi didn't suffer from handyman, because he was 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. Until Billy Squier allowed him to record demo tapes, jon bon jovi personally sent them from one record company to another after he finished his creation. Soon, the song "Runway" was photographed by DJ Chip Hobart of new york Long Island Radio Station. He took the initiative to contact, so he played it on the local radio station and included his "Runway" in a collection. Although jon bon jovi's ultimate dream was to make an album, he reluctantly agreed to be a member of the album. As soon as the album Runway was released, it was immediately played by various radio stations. Long Island Radio further wanted to invite him to perform live, and the problem came. He doesn't have his own band! So jon bon jovi called David Rushbaum (later renamed David Bryan) and Frank &; Tico Torres, the drummer of knockout, Alec John Sergej, the bassist of Jesse Choir, and the guitarist invited their neighbors to make guest appearances. Then a performance ended. At the end of a performance, Ricky sambora took the initiative to find jon bon jovi and declared himself the best guitarist. Although jon bon jovi was a little skeptical at first, he was moved by Ricky sambora's confidence and talent.
When jon bon jovi signed a contract with Mercury Records, the members of the orchestra remained unchanged for more than 65,438+00 years. At the same time, David Rushbaum, a good friend of jon bon jovi's keyboard player, changed his name to david brian and formed Bon Jovi. 1984, Doc McGonagall became their manager after the band signed a contract with Mercury Records. Although the first album of the same name was not released until 1984 65438+ 10, it was a warm-up for the concert of the famous rock band ZZ Top in Madison Square Garden, and gained many opportunities to appear. "Go" is the first title song, and "She doesn't know me" is the second single (Mercury Records asked jon bon jovi to be included in this album by force, and it is still the only song in Bon Jovi's album without copyright). The single "Breaking Away" broke into the top 40, and MTV also cooperated with it. 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. 1985, the band released its second album, 7800 Faherenheit, which sold more than 500,000 copies in the United States. After a series of successful performances, their positive, sexy and healthy temperament and music style began to take root in people's hearts.
1984 65438+ 10, the band released its first album "Bon Jovi", which received a good response. From 65438 to 0987, the band's third album "When It's Wet" was a great success. Two songs in the album topped the singles chart, and the album itself won the album chart, staying in the top 40 for 60 weeks, with sales exceeding130,000. The following year, they released the album "New Jer-sey", which created excellent results again. After the launch of Slippery Whenwwet, the band also toured the world for 16 months. When New Jersey was released, Bon Jovi had become 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.
1990, jon bon jovi released his first solo album, Fire of Glory/Junior Gun Ⅱ, which sold 7 million. Soon after, Ricky sambora's album Strarigo in this town also sold 800,000 copies. The discord between Jon Bon Jovi and Ricky sambora led to the news that the band was disbanded. However, five members of the band produced the band's fifth album "Keep Faith" at 199 1, which received a good response again and sold 8 million. Fans once again felt the shock of Bon Jovi. After entering the 1990s, the band did not change with the great wheel of the times, but firmly maintained its own style. 1995, the band released a special album Crossroads, and bassist Alec John Sykes also left the team. This album was originally released as a comment at the end of the band, but unexpectedly it reached130,000 copies. This is a great encouragement to the Bon Jovi Band. The band's sales in Britain have also surpassed those in the United States, which indicates that British fans have officially accepted Bon Jovi, which provides a good prospect for the band. 1995, "Bon Jovi" released their new album These Days. Compared with previous works, the technique of this album is more mature. Bon Jovi almost completely got rid of the gathering rock style that swept thousands of young men and women in the past, and changed from being full of energy to being mature and steady. These days, "Bon Jovi" has once again achieved great success, and fans have once again known a mature Bon Jovi.
1983, Bon Jovi Band was founded, and since then, it has raised the banner of pop metal and hard rock, leading the metal wave with long hair melody. 1984, the band signed a contract with Mercury Records to release their first album of the same name. Bon Jovi's music style belongs to the mainstream hard rock and heavy metal, but the outstanding performance of the band members and catchy songs made Bon Jovi's pop hard rock style attract a large number of female rock fans in the late 1980s, which stimulated the great integration of hard rock and pop music.
Bon Jovi released four albums in the 1980s. In particular, the third album "When Wet" set a global sales record of more than 654.38+0.3 million copies, among which the singles "Living by Praying" and "You Give Love a Bad Name" both topped the billboard singles list. These albums and their superb live performances in a series of tours have made their positive, sexy and healthy temperament and music style deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In the 1990s, Bon Jovi released two albums under the name of only one group. During this period, Bon Jovi seems to focus on the personal development of team members. Jon bon jovi, the lead singer of the band, Ricky sambora, another soul figure, and david brian, the keyboard player, released solo albums one after another. Drummer Tico Torres expanded his career to another field and became a respected painter and sculptor.
After 2000, Bon Jovi's albums "Crushing", "Rebound", "Have a Good Day" and "Lost Highway" kept the healthy and popular style that the band always adhered to, and achieved commercial success in different degrees.
2009 is destined to be a year of special significance for the legendary American band Bon Jovi. The band will release a brand-new studio album "THE CIRCLE" in June165438+1October this year, and the band's first single "We are not born to follow" has lived up to expectations, bringing impressive results to the band. This song has been widely acclaimed since it was first broadcast on the radio on August 18, US time, and has become the fastest growing song on the hot AC radio charts in the band's 25-year history. Although Bon Jovi has reached the age of no doubt, their singing skills remain the same. Although the country route has been changed because of age, their performances are still radiant.
The song "We were not born to follow" was written by Jon Bon Jovi and Ricky sambora, and Jon personally participated in the production of this song. Another producer of this song is John Shanks, who is also the producer of Bon Jovi's last two albums, Have a nice day (2005) and Lost Road (2007). These two albums made the band win a great victory in the world, won many national charts and sales champions, and also brought many awards to the band, including Grammy/Grammy.
When talking about this upcoming new album, lead singer jon bon jovi said with a smile: "The name of the album actually contains many meanings. Some people may think that we are back to the original Bonjovi in this album, but others may think that the circle means it will never end. My personal understanding is that this music circle and cycle are difficult to get started, and it is even harder for you to give up. " In the past ten years, in every album released by Bon Jovi, there are always some songs that can reflect the current social situation, and this time is no exception. The song "We are not born to follow" is more positive than any of their previous songs, and it has special significance in the current social and economic depression in the United States.
In addition, the lead singer is particularly happy that guitarist Ricky sambora, who left the band for some time last year for personal reasons, has returned to the band this time. "It feels good to have Ricky by my side. I can't express in words how important Ricky is to me personally and the whole band. " Jon was very excited when he talked about the musician.
For more than twenty years, Bon Jovi has been regarded as one of the most successful rock bands in the world. So far, this Grammy-winning band has sold more than 65,438+20 million records around the world, and performed more than 2,600 performances for more than 34 million fans in more than 50 countries. Such impressive achievements make them worthy of any title of "King of Heaven" imposed on them.
195165438+Hugh MacDonald was born in Philadelphia on February 28th.
107, Tico Hector samur juan torres was born in new york.
Richard Stephen sambora was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
1962 On February 7th, david brian Rushbaum was born in Edison, New Jersey, and later changed his name to david brian.
Bon Jovi was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey on March 2, 1962.
1969 David Bryan began to learn classical piano.
Bon Jovi was expelled from his primary school on 1973.
1973 Richard Stephen sambora began to love and learn guitar under the influence of eric clapton. He tried to be the guitarist of KISS, but failed.
Bon Jovi began to learn guitar on 1976 and entered St. Joseph's Boys' High School.
Bon Jovi and david brian joined the research group of the Atlantic City Expressway R&B band.
Bon Jovi and david brian first performed in a bar in 1979.
Bon Jovi 1980 graduated from high school and was recorded to be absent from class during the high school 109 times (strong! ) and gradually began to learn vocal music and music.
1980 Bon Jovi's good friend david brian entered New Jersey Medical University to study.
From 65438 to 0982, Bon Jovi urged david brian to engage in music. David brian and Bon Jovi came to new york together, and then david brian was admitted to the Juliet Conservatory of Music. Finally, david brian left school and joined Bon Jovi's band.
This time can be said to be the beginning of the golden age of metal in the 1980 s, and it has increased in the past few years.
1983, Richard Stephen sambora saw Bon Jovi's performance at that time and recommended himself to Bon Jovi, replacing Dave Saab's original position as a guitarist. Later, Dave Saab joined Slumdog, and with the support of Bon Jovi, Slumdog quickly became popular. Later, because of the dispute, the two bands became incompatible.
1983 Tico Torres joined Bon Jovi at Alec's urging.
1983, jon bon jovi's work "runaway" was included in the selected album of new york WAPP radio station, which gave the song a chance to be played nationwide.
1983 jon bon jovi signed a record contract with Mercury Records.
1983 People like Jon Bon Jovi and Ricky sambora, david brian, Tico Torres and Alec John formally formed the Bon Jovi Band.
1984 65438+1October 2 1 Bon Jovi released his first album, Bon Jovi, which sold 4 million copies.
1April, 985, the album "7800 degrees Fahrenheit" was released and sold 3 million.
1August, 986, the album "When Wet" was released. Sales reached 25 million copies, officially confirming the band's world-class status. The singles "Living in Prayer" and "You Give Love a Bad Name" both topped the billboard singles list.
1986, a new year's homecoming show was held in his hometown of Medoland, New Jersey on New Year's Eve, and the fans responded enthusiastically.
The band 1987 launched its first concert tour.
1987 pioneered the unplugged singing mode of the band.
1988, he continued his headline tour. 16 months, he traveled to 26 countries and performed 237 performances.
1988 At the end of September, the album "New Jersey" was released with a circulation of130,000 copies.
Bon Jovi and dorothea Hurley 1989 got married in Las Vegas on April 29th.
On June 1989, 1 1, Bon Jovi's homecoming show was held at the Giants Stadium in New Jersey, and the audience was full.
1In August 1989, Bon Jovi 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 invited by the Soviet Union to perform. New Jersey was officially released by Melodiya Records Company, which belongs to this * * * producing country. This company has never published any albums by western rock bands.
1990, jon bon jovi released the original soundtrack of Young Guns II, Flame of Glory, which was his first solo album.
1990 david brian married April McLean, a jewelry designer.
199 1 Flame of Glory won the Golden Globe Award for best movie song.
199 1 Flame of Glory was nominated for the Oscar for Best Movie Song, and jon bon jovi was invited to attend the award ceremony as a guest performer.
Bon Jovi performed at a Christmas concert in Red Bank, New Jersey.
At 199 1, guitarists Ricky sambora and eric clapton jointly released their solo album Strangers in this town. Sales volume is 800,000.
199 1 year, Bon Jovi and McGonagall Entertainment ended their cooperative relationship for many years and set up a manager company, Bon Jovi Management. They cut off their long hair and removed the excessive decoration of metal style, claiming to regain control of themselves without putting on airs, just to have music.
199 1 in the summer of, Bon Jovi fell into a great depression in his life.
199 1 year, Richard Stephen sambora released his first solo album "The Stranger" in this small town.
From 65438 to 0992, the grunge band headed by Nirvana gradually began to occupy the heavy metal music stage, and the traditional rock metal music stage was greatly impacted, and the music scene began to enter the post-metal era.
1992165438+10 released the album "Keep Faith" in October. Sales reached120,000 copies.
1992 started the concert tour of "keeping faith", 12 months held a total of 187 concerts in 40 countries around the world.
1993 10 released the special album Crossroads, which sold 20 million copies.
Richard Stephen sambora married Hollywood star Heather Locklear.
1994165438+10 Alec left Bon Jovi in October and Hugh became an informal bass player.
1June, 995, the album "These Days" was released. Sales reached 6.5438+million, among which "This is not a love song" was a great success.
During the period of 1995, he held three concerts in Humble Stadium in London, and recorded the concerts live for video release, and was nominated for Grammy Award.
From March 65438 to March 0995, a nine-month concert tour in Bon Jovi began.
1995 made his first street performance on the TV talk show "David's teeth rubbing".
1995, David Bryan, the keyboard player of the band, released his solo album on a full moon.
1997 jon bon jovi released his second solo album "Destination" in June. The reaction of the United States is average.
1997 jon bon jovi won the British Music Award for Best Male Singer for his album "Destination Anywhere".
Richard Stephen sambora released his second solo album, The Unknown Soul.
1999 Bon Jovi recorded the episode "Real Life" for the film "EDTV".
In June 2000, the album Crushing was released, and the sales volume reached 1 1 10,000 copies.
In 2000, he gave an outdoor live performance for the TV program Today Show.
In 2000, he gave his first aerial (rooftop) performance in David's Tooth Rubbing Sao.
In 2000, My Life was published.
In 2000, he was nominated for Grammy Best Rock Album and Best Rock Band Performance for This is My Life.
In 2000, I won my favorite video award at my VH- 1 award ceremony.
In 2000, Rolling Journey was launched, with 4 performances in 1 1 country, with an audience of 1 1 10,000.
In 2000, Bon Jovi: A Crushing Journey was shown on Fox Home Network.
In 2000, two concerts were held in Humble Stadium in London, which was the last rock concert before the venue was demolished.
In 2000, david brian released his solo album Eclipse again.
In May, 200 1, the concert album "A Wild Night: Live 1985-200 1" was released, and the sales volume reached 3 million copies.
200 1 released "One Night's Wild Journey", with 54 performances in 15 countries, and the audience exceeded10.9 million.
During July of 20001,two concerts were held in Giants Stadium, New Jersey, which were broadcast live by VH- 1 TV station.
In 200 1 year, Bon Jovi's "The Last Wild Night" concert was broadcast live by VH- 1, so this live broadcast became the second highest-rated live broadcast program in the history of this station.
200 1, Jon bon Jovi and Ricky sambora performed in the fundraising program "Salute to Heroes" on September 1 1.
Bon Jovi performed at the fund-raising concert on September 1 1.
In 200 1 year, Jon bon Jovi and Ricky sambora sang "The Sun Comes" at the award ceremony of My VH- 1 year, paying tribute to george harrison who just passed away.
In 200 1 year, Bon Jovi won the "Best Concert" at the My VH- 1 award ceremony.
Tico Torres married Venezuelan Alejandra on 200 1 and had been divorced twice before. His ex-wife is the famous Czech supermodel eva herzigova.
In 2002, he entered the recording studio to record his eighth album.
In September 2002, 65438+ 10, the new album Rebound sold 5 million copies, and then held a world concert tour.
In 2003, it is planned to release a boxed commemorative album of Bonjovi's 20th career anniversary.
In June 2003, 165438+ 10 released the unplugged album "This Left Feels Right", which sold 2 million copies.
In June 2004, 165438+ 10 released the record of "100,000,000 Bon Jovi fans can't be wrong".
In 2005, it won the Chopin Diamond Award, a world music award, in recognition of its sales exceeding 1 100 million. It is also the fourth time in the history of this award.
In 2005, this album
Richard sambora divorced his wife in 2006.
In 2006
Bon Jovi, Prince, james brown, brian wilson, led zeppelin, Rod Stewart and Dustin Springfield at the British Music Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony on the evening of June 4th, 2006.
In June 2007, the band released a new album.
In July 2008, the global lost road concert tour ended, and the Billboard Statistics Department released the 2008 tour revenue list. Bon Jovi Band topped the list again with its tour revenue titled "Lost Highway".
In 2009, the band will release a brand-new studio album < The Circle & gt > in June165438+1October this year, and the band's first single "We weren't born to follow"> will live up to expectations, bringing good results to the band. This song has been widely acclaimed since it was first broadcast on the radio on August 18, US time, and has become the fastest growing song on the hot AC radio charts in the band's 25-year history.