29th July 2008 - by Daniel Millions
Calling All Fans of Music and Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is a popular hard rock band from New Jersey. It was
formed in 1983 and over the past 25 years, the band has sold
over 140 million albums worldwide.
on Jovi is a popular hard rock band from New Jersey. It was
formed in 1983 and over the past 25 years, the band has sold
over 140 million albums worldwide. The original lineup
consisted of keyboardist David Bryan, lead singer Jon Bon Jovi,
bassist Alec John Such, drummer Tico Torres and guitarist
Richie Sambora. However, Alec John Such moved out of the band
in 1994 and Hugh McDonald was asked to join the band. The rest
of the lineup has remained same for the past 25 years.
In early 1980s, the members decided to name the group as Bon
Jovi and they released their first album in 1984 which was also
titled as Bon Jovi. The album was a hit in U.S. as over 500,000
copies were sold. Later on, they decided to release the album
in UK and they even appeared on the popular television program
American Bandstand. The band went ahead and released the second
album in 1985 and the second album was titled as 7800
Fahrenheit. However, the band faced some tough time as the
album received the poor response and the band was not able to
leave a mark on the charts.
Later on, even Job Bon Jovi agreed that the album could have
been better. The band then used the services of Desmond Child,
a songwriter, for their third album and the album was a hit. It
was titled as Slippery When Wet and over 26 million copies were
sold worldwide. They continued the good work and released their
fourth album New Jersey in 1988. The album was a commercial hit
and the album became the first hard rock album to spawn five
top singles.
In 1992, Keep the Faith was released which featured a number of
tracks and most of them were able to hit the Top 40 in U.S.
while others were released as singles internationally. Cross
Road was released in 1994 which featured the hit single Always.
The song was able to make it to #4 on the U.S. charts and even
#1 in Asia, Australia and in countries across Europe.
The same year saw Alec John Such moving out from the band and
he was then replaced by Hugh McDonald. Another album titled as
These Days was released in 1995 and the album went platinum in
U.S. and it even topped the UK charts. The title track and a
number of other tracks gained popularity which made the album a
big hit.
The band members also started working on their independent
projects and some of them released their solo albums. However,
the members re-grouped in 1999 for their next album. Crush was
released in 2000 and it was popular in the U.S. and the
overseas. The Bounce was released in late 2002 and This Left
Feels Right was released in 2003 and both of the albums
performed well on the charts. 2005 proved to be a great year
for Bon Jovi as they saw their career best first week sales of
over 202,000 albums with the release of their album Have a Nice
Day.
Apart from the albums, Bon Jovi has performed a number of tours
and has released a number of hit singles. Bon Jovi has also won
a number of awards which include Grammy Award and the UK Hall
of Fame. The band continued the fantastic work and released
another album Lost Highway in 2007. The album was able to make
it to #1 on the charts and 292,000 copies were sold in the
first week. Bon Jovi has also appeared on a number of
television programs like American Idol, MTV Unplugged and on
many other popular programs.
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