In 1982, he released his debut single, "Runaway," which attracted initial attention.
Vocalist Jon Bon Jovi met David Bryan (who was still going by his original name, David Rashbaum) at Sayreville High School, and they soon joined Atlantic City Expressway, an R&B-oriented group. When David Rashbaum moved to New York to attend a music school, Jon Bon Jovi followed him, and he worked at a Power Station studio owned by a relative of his for two years doing odd jobs, earning only fifty dollars a week. But Jon Bon Jovi didn't think it was hard to work as an odd-job man, because every day in the recording studio, he could see many famous rock bands coming in and out, and many musicians he admired, and he swore secretly that one day he would make a name for himself in the rock music world. Billy Squier agreed to record his demos, and once they were finished, Jon Bon Jovi was hand-delivered from label to label. Soon after, "Runway" was picked up by DJ Chip Hobart of a Long Island, New York radio station, who contacted him to play it on his local station and put it on a compilation album, although Jon Bon Jovi's ultimate dream was to have it played on the radio. Although Jon Jovi's ultimate dream was to release an album, he reluctantly agreed to be a part of the compilation. As soon as the compilation was released, "Runway" was instantly picked up by radio stations, and Long Island radio stations wanted to invite him to perform live, but the problem was, he didn't have his own band! Jon Bon Jovi called on friends David Rashbaum (later renamed David Bryan), a Juilliard graduate, Tico Torres, drummer for Franke & The Knockouts, and Alec John Such, bassist for the Jercy Chorale, while the guitarist called on his neighbors for guest appearances. At the end of one of the shows, backstage at the end of one of the performances, Richie Sambora approached Jon Bon Jovi and declared that he was the best guitarist for the job; although a little skeptical at first, Jon Bon Jovi was impressed by Richie Sambora's confidence and talent.
When Jon Bon Jovi signed with Mercury Records, the band's members remained the same for more than 10 years, and at the same time Jon Bon Jovi's good friend David Rashbaum, a keyboardist, changed his name to David Bryan and formed Bon Jovi. 1984, the band signed with Mercury Records. In 1984, the band signed with Mercury Records and Doc McGhee became their manager. Although their self-titled debut album wasn't released until January 1984, the band had previously warmed up the crowd for the well-known rock band ZZ Top at Madison Square Garden, where they received a number of appearances. "Runaway" was the first hit, and "She Don't Know Me" was the second single (which Mercury Records asked Jon Bon Jovi to force onto the album, and which is still on the album today). Bon Jovi's only non-copyrighted Jon Bon Jovi song on the album). With the single "Runaway" reaching the Top 40 and MTV airplay, Bon Jovi became a new legend in the American music industry. The band's funky look was as much in demand as their music: tight leather pants and flamboyant bandanas, ripped shirts, oversized jewelry, long blow-dried hair, and eyeliner were all hallmarks of the band, but it was their live performances that made them famous. 1985 saw the release of the band's sophomore album, 7800°Faherenheit, which sold over 500,000 copies in the US. After a series of successful shows, the band's positive, sexy, wholesome vibe and style began to take hold.
In January 1984, the band released their debut album Bon Jovi, which was very well received, and in 1987, the band's third album Slippery When Wet was a huge success. Two of the album's songs reached number one on the singles charts, and the album itself topped the album charts and stayed in the top 40 for 60 weeks, selling over 13 million copies. The following year, they released the album New Jer-sey, which again produced excellent results. The release of Slipp-ery When Wet was followed by a 16-month world tour. By the time 'New Jersey' was released, Bon Jovi had become one of the most popular rock bands in the world. The band's wholesome, sexy and energetic image and style were certainly a big part of their success.
In 1990, Jon Bon Jovi released his debut solo album, "Blaze of Glory/Young Gun II," which sold 7 million copies. Shortly after, Richie Sambora's Strariger In This Town sold 800,000 copies, and there were rumors of a breakup between Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora. However, the five members of the band went on to produce their fifth album, Keep The Faith, in 1991, which was again well received, selling 8 million copies. Fans once again felt the power of Bon Jovi. In 1995, the band released Cross Road, an album of selections, and bassist Alec John Such left the band. The album was intended to be a retrospective of the band's end, but it unexpectedly sold 13 million copies. This was a huge boost for Bon Jovi. In 1995, Bon Jovi released a new album, These Days. These Days". With a more mature approach than their previous work, Bon Jovi had almost completely shifted away from the rally-rock style that was so popular with the teenage boys and girls, and had gone from energetic to mature. Once again, These Days was a huge success for Bon Jovi, and fans were reintroduced to a more mature Bon Jovi.
Bon Jovi formed in 1983, and since then, the band has been raising the flag for pop metal and hard rock, leading the way in long-haired, melodic metal, and in 1984, the band signed to Mercury Records and released a new album, The Rise of the Horse, which was released on the same label. In 1984, the band signed with Mercury Records and released their self-titled debut album; Bon Jovi's style of music belonged to the mainstream hard rock and heavy metal, but the band members' good looks and catchy songs made Bon Jovi's pop-hard rock style attract a large number of female rock fans in the late '80s, and inspired a great fusion between hard rock and pop music.
Bon Jovi released four albums in the 1980s. The third album, Slippery When Wet, sold more than 13 million copies worldwide, and the singles Living On A Prayer and You Give Love A Bad Name both topped the Billboard singles chart. These albums, along with their superb live performances on a series of tours, have reinforced their positive, sexy, wholesome vibe and style of music.
Bon Jovi released only two albums as a group in the '90s, a period that seemed to focus on the solo development of the group's members, with vocalist Jon Bon Jovi, another soulful figure Richie Sambora and keyboardist David Bryan releasing solo albums. Drummer Tico Torres branched out into another field, becoming a respected painter and sculptor.
After 2000, Bon Jovi's albums Crush, Bounce, Have a Nice Day, and Lost Highway maintained the band's wholesome, poppy sound and achieved varying degrees of commercial success.
2009 is destined to be a very special year for the legendary American band Bon Jovi. The band is set to release a new studio album, "THE CIRCLE," in November, and the sneak preview of the band's debut single, "We Weren't Born To Follow," has lived up to the hype. Since the song's radio debut on August 18th, it has been critically acclaimed and has become the fastest climbing song on the HOT AC radio charts in the band's 25-year history. Though Bon Jovi has reached the age of no return, their vocals are as strong as ever, and though they've switched to the country route because of their age, their playing still shines.
The song "We Weren't Born To Follow" was co-written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora***, with Jon producing the song himself. The song was also produced by John Shanks, who also produced Bon Jovi's last two albums, Have A Nice Day (2005) and Lost Highway (2007). Those two albums were huge hits for the band around the world, topping the charts and sales in several countries and bringing the band multiple awards, including a Grammy/Grammy.
Speaking about the upcoming album, vocalist Jon Bon Jovi smiled and said, "The title of the album actually has a lot of meaning. Some people may think that on this album we're back to the original Bon Jovi, but others may think that Circle means it's never over. My personal interpretation is that this music circle and loop is hard to get into more so than it is hard for you to let go." On every album Bon Jovi has released over the past decade, there have always been songs that reflect but the current state of society, and this time is no exception; the song "We Weren't Born To Follow" is more positive than anything they've ever done before, and has a special significance in the current socio-economic recession in the United States.
Additionally, and to the frontman's particular relief, guitarist Richie Sambora, who had been away from the band for a while last year for personal reasons, is back in the fold this time around. "It feels so good to have Richie by my side, and I can't put into words how much Richie means to me personally, and to the band as a whole." Jon seemed unusually emotional when talking about the musician.
Bon Jovi has been consistently hailed as one of the world's most successful rock bands for over two decades. To date, the multi-Grammy-award winning band has sold more than 120 million records worldwide and performed more than 2,600 shows for more than 34 million fans in more than 50 countries. With such an impressive list of accomplishments, the band deserves to be recognized as the best of the best by anyone who's ever put their name on it.
December 28, 1951 Hugh McDonald was born in Philadelphia
October 7, 1953 Tico Hector Samual Juan Torres, of Cuban heritage, was born in New York
July 11, 1959 Richard Stephen Sambora was born in Perth. Stephen Sambora was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey
February 7, 1962 David Brian Rashbaum was born in Edison, New Jersey, and later renamed David Bryan
March 2, 1962 Bon Jovi was born Born Perth Amboy, New Jersey
1969 David Bryan begins studying classical piano
1973 Bon Jovi is expelled from his elementary school
1973 Richard Stephen Sambora is influenced by Eric Clapton and begins to enjoy and learn the guitar. Bon Jovi began studying guitar in 1976 and enrolled at St. Joseph's High School for Boys
Bon Jovi and David Bryan joined the R&B-based band Atlantic City Expressway
Bon Jovi and David Bryan joined the R&B band Atlantic City Expressway
Bon Jovi was expelled from his elementary school
In 1973, Richard Stephen Sambora was influenced by Eric Clapton to take up the guitar, but failed in his attempts to become a guitarist for KISS. City Expressway
Bon Jovi and David Bryan played their first bar gig in 1979
Bon Jovi graduated from high school in 1980, having been excused 109 times during the course of high school. In 1980, Bon Jovi's best friend David Bryan enrolled at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
In 1982, Bon Jovi persuaded David Bryan to pursue a career in music, and David Bryan came to New York City with Bon Jovi, where he enrolled in the Julliard School of Music. David Bryan enrolled in the Julliard School of Music, and finally joined Bon Jovi's band.
This was the beginning of the golden age of 80's metal, and in the intervening years the band rose to prominence
In 1983, Richard Stephen Sambora saw Bon Jovi perform, and offered himself up as a replacement for Dave Sabo, who joined Skid Row, a band that was to become one of the most popular bands in the world. Skid Row, Skid Row also due to Bon Jovi's support quickly became popular, and later due to disputes, the two bands became fire
1983 Tico Torres in Alec's persuasion to join the band Bon Jovi
1983 Jon Bon Jovi's work "Runaway" was included in the New York WAPP radio's "Runaway," which received national airplay.
In 1983 Jon Bon Jovi signed a record deal with Mercury Records.
In 1983 Jon Bon Jovi joined Richie Sambora, David Bryan, Tico Torres and Alec John Such to form Bon Jovi.
On January 21, 1984 Bon Jovi released their debut album Bon Jovi, which sold 4 million copies
April 1985 Bon Jovi released the album 7800 Fahrenheit. Sold 3 million
August 1986 released the record Slippery When Wet. It sold 25 million copies and formalized the band's world-class status. The singles Living On A Prayer and You Give Love A Bad Name both reached No. 1 on Billboard's singles chart
In 1986, the band played the New Year's Eve Homecoming Show in their hometown of Meadowlands, New Jersey, to an overwhelmingly positive response from fans.
1987 The band embarked on their first headlining tour, the Headline Tour.
The band went unplugged in 1987
The Headline Tour continued in 1988, traveling to 26 countries and playing 237 shows in 16 months.
The album New Jersey was released at the end of September 1988, with a circulation of 13 million copies
Bon Jovi married Dorothea Hurley on April 29, 1989 in Las Vegas
On June 11, 1989, the Bon Jovi Homecoming Show was held at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, with a sold-out crowd. Homecoming Show at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, to a full house.
August 1989 Bon Jovi participate in the Moscow Peace Festival, a two-day rock and roll extravaganza at the Olympic Stadium that reveals the rejection of drugs and alcohol and introduces American rock to the Soviet Union. They were the first Western rock band to be officially invited to perform in the USSR, and New Jersey was officially released on Melodiya Records, a label belonging to the ****-producing country, which had never released an album by a Western rock band before.
In 1990 Jon Bon Jovi released Blaze Of Glory, the soundtrack to the movie Young Guns II, his first solo album.
1990 David Bryan marries jewelry designer April McLean
1991 "Blaze Of Glory" wins the Golden Globe Award for best song in a motion picture.
1991 "Blaze Of Glory" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song for a Motion Picture, and Jon Bon Jovi was invited to perform at the ceremony.
1991 Bon Jovi performs at a Christmas concert in Red Bank, New Jersey.
1991 Guitarist Richie Sambora collaborated with Eric Clapton on the solo album "Stranger In This Town". It sold 800,000 copies
1991 Bon Jovi ended his years-long relationship with McGhee Entertainment and formed his own management company, Bon Jovi Management, cutting off his long hair and removing the over-the-top embellishments of the metal genre, claiming that he wanted to regain control of himself, not the pretense, just the music
1991 In the summer of 1991, Bon Jovi hit an emotional low point in his life
Richard Stephen Sambora released his first solo album, "Stranger In This Town," in 1991
1992, grunge bands led by nirvana began to dominate the heavy music scene. The traditional rock and metal scene was greatly impacted, and the music scene began to enter the post-metal era
November 1992 saw the release of the album Keep The Faith, which sold 12 million copies
The band's first solo album, "Stranger In This Town," was released in November. The album sold 12 million copies
In 1992 the band embarked on the Keep The Faith Tour, which totaled 187 concerts in 40 countries over a 12-month period.
October 1993 the album Cross Road was released, selling 20 million copies
1994 Richard Stephen Sambora married Hollywood star Heather Locklear
November 1994 Alec left the band BON JOVI and HUGH became the unofficial bassist. HUGH becomes unofficial bassist
June 1995 album These Days released. Sold 10 million copies, including the hugely successful This ain't a love song.
In 1995, the band performed three concerts at London's Wembley Stadium, which were videotaped and released, and were nominated for a Grammy Award.
In March 1995, he embarked on a nine-month tour, the Bon Jovi Tour.
In 1995, he made his first street appearance on the TV talk show "David's Teeth".
In 1995, the band's keyboardist, David Bryan, released a solo album, On A Full Moon
In 1997, Jon Bon Jovi released his second solo album, Destination Anywhere, in June. It was poorly received in the U.S.
In 1997 Jon Bon Jovi won Best Male Vocalist at the British Music Awards for his album Destination Anywhere.
In 1998, Richard Stephen Sambora released his second solo album, Undiscovered Soul
In 1999, Bon Jovi recorded the song "Real Life" for the movie EDTV.
In June 2000, the album Crush was released, selling 11 million copies
In 2000, Bon Jovi performed live outdoors for the television program The Today Show.
In 2000, he performed his first aerial (rooftop) performance on "David's Toothbrush".
In 2000, the band released the album "It's My Life".
In 2000, It's My Life was nominated for two Grammy Awards, for Best Rock Album and Best Performance by a Rock Group.
In 2000, "It's My Life" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album and Best Performance by a Rock Group at the My VH-1 Awards.
In 2000, the band went on the "Crush Tour", playing 41 shows in 11 countries to a total of 1.1 million people.
In 2000, Bon Jovi: The Crush Tour was released on Fox Family Network.
In 2000, the band played two concerts at London's Wembley Stadium, the last rock concerts at the venue before it was demolished.
In 2000, David Bryan re-released his solo album "Lunar Eclipse".
In May 2001, David Bryan released the album "One Wild Night: Live 1985-2001", which sold 3 million copies
In 2001, David Bryan launched the "One Wild Night Tour", which saw him perform 54 times in 15 countries, reaching an audience of more than 1.9 million people.
In July 2001, the band performed 2 concerts at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, which were broadcast live on VH-1 TV.
Bon Jovi's "One Last Wild Night" concert was broadcast live on VH-1 in 2001 and became the second highest rated program in the station's history.
In 2001 Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora performed on the September 11th fundraiser "A Tribute To Heroes Telethon".
2001 Bon Jovi performs at the September 11th fundraiser "The Concert For New York".
2001 Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora sang "Here Comes The Sun" at the My VH-1 Awards in tribute to the recently deceased George Harrison.
Bon Jovi won the award for 'Most Explosive Concert' at the My VH-1 Awards in 2001.
In 2001 Tico Torres married Venezuelan Alejandra, having been divorced twice before. His previous wife was the famous Czech model Eva Herzigova
In 2002, he entered the studio to record his eighth album.
In September and October 2002, the new album "Bounce" was released and sold 5 million copies. A world tour followed.
In 2003, they planned to release "Bon Jovi Career 20th Anniversary" Boxed Set commemorative album.
In November 2003, the album "This Left Feels Right" was released, selling 2 million copies
In November 2004, the album "100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong" was released
In 2005, the album was awarded the Chopard Diamond Award at the World Music Awards. In 2005, the band was awarded the Chopard Diamond Award by the World Music Awards, recognizing its sales of more than 100 million albums. It was also the fourth time the award had ever been given.
In 2005, Richard Sambora released the album <Have A Nice Day> which sold 4.5 million copies
In 2006, Richard Sambora and his wife divorced
In 2006, the single WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T GO HOME was honored by the Grammy Awards for the song <Have A Nice Day>. 'T GO HOME received a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance
On the night of the British Music Hall of Fame Awards, November 14, 2006, Bon Jovi and Prince, James Brown, Brian Wilson, Led Zeppelin, and the band's "The Lost Boys" were honored with a Grammy. Zeppelin, Rod Stewart and Dusty Springfield were inducted into the British Music Hall of Fame.
In June 2007, the band released their new album, <Lost Highway>, which became the Billboard 200's #1 album in its first week, and was nominated for a number of 2008 Grammy Awards.
After completing a worldwide lost highway tour in July 2008, Billboard released its 2008 tour revenue chart, and Bon Jovi once again topped the charts with a tour titled "Lost Highway".
In 2009, the band is set to release a new studio album, "The Circle," in November, and the band's first single, "We Weren't Born To Follow," has lived up to the hype. Since its radio debut on August 18th, the song has been critically acclaimed and has become the fastest climbing song on the HOT AC radio charts in the band's 25-year history.