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Bon Jovi took the stage with his namesake rock band to play the opening night (June 25) of Summerfest-the 11-day musical extravaganza held at Marcus Amphitheater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin-telling the audience, "I smell trouble in the air, baby. Trouble with a capitol T." The New Jersey-bred band then delivered a two-hour, career-spanning set that opened with a cover of the Dave Clark Five's "Glad All Over" and closed with an encore featuring "Wanted Dead or Alive," "I Love This Town" and "Livin' On a Prayer," with hits like "Runaway," "Born to Be My Baby" and "It's My Life" sprinkled in between. Not a bad start for Summerfest, which featured an eclectic lineup of over 700 bands, such as Keith Urban, KISS, Bob Dylan with Willie Nelson, No Doubt and Kid Rock with Lynyrd Skynyrd, among many, many more this year. Check online for Bon Jovi tickets if you missed the quartet at Summerfest!
Bon Jovi has been hailed an American version of British pop-metal outfit Def Leppard, which is fitting because the band fuses Def Leppard's style with the hard-working American sensibility of Bruce Springsteen (Bon Jovi coincidentally emerged out of the Boss' native Garden State as well). John Bongiovi formed a band with keyboardist David Bryan Rashbaum (who would later go by simply David Bryan), guitarist Dave Sabo, bassist Alec John Such and drummer Tico Torres while in his teens, and they swept floors at New York City's Power Station recording studio in return for recording demos. One such demo tape, "Runaway," gained ample radio airplay and earned the band a contract with PolyGram. The label's first order of business was to change John Bongiovi to the more user-friendly name of Jon Bon Jovi. After original guitarist Sabo was replaced by Richie Sambora, the original Bon Jovi lineup was in place, and they released their eponymous debut album in 1984.
After slowing picking up speed with Bon Jovi and its follow-up, 1985's 7800 Fahrenheit, Bon Jovi set to work on its third album, enlisting composer Desmond Child and playing 30 sample tracks to a group of New York and New Jersey teens to see which tracks they liked best. The resulting album, 1986's Slippery When Wet, topped the Billboard charts and went on to sell over 12 million copies, yielding hits like "Livin' on a Prayer" and "Wanted Dead or Alive." New Jersey arrived in 1988 and followed the same successful formula as its predecessor, selling some seven million copies and containing hits such as "Born to Be My Baby" and "Living in Sin." Bon Jovi spent 18 months on tour before the band members went their separate ways to pursue other projects, although the band put breakup rumors to rest with a 1991 concert in Tokyo.
Bon Jovi officially ended its hiatus with the release of Keep the Faith in 1992, and the anthology Cross Road followed two years later. After a lengthy world tour in support of 1995's These Days, Bon Jovi took another hiatus, only to reunite to record the single "Real Life" for the EdTV soundtrack in 1999. "It's My Life" became a radio staple when Crush arrived in 2000 and signaled a return to the pop-metal that made the band a success in the first place. The band entered the studio after another popular round of touring, appearing with Bounce in 2002, and then re-recorded earlier hits like "It's My Life," "Wanted Dead or Alive" and "Livin' on a Prayer" for 2004's This Left Feels Right.
The four-disc box set 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong (2004) came next, and then the band released an album of new material titled Have a Nice Day the following year. 2007's Lost Highway is Bon Jovi's most recent album of new material, but the band is far from being done making the pop-rock we all love them for, so get your Bon Jovi tickets to see the band live! |
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