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With Def Leppard's thunderous but harmonious metal and Bruce Springsteen's working-class receptiveness, the New Jersey-based musical group emerged on the music scene taking up the name Bon Jovi, after its pioneer Jon Bon Jovi’s name developed a different melodic and professional variation of hard rock. Bon Jovi skillfully employed professional songwriters to give their songs, especially their power ballads. They also made simple performance videos and these clips helped propel 1986's Slippery When Wet and 1988's New Jersey into multi-platinum status around the world. Both records were criticized for being more pop than metal, as well as being targeted toward teenyboppers, yet the group managed to subtly change its image in the early '90s, moving away from metal and concentrating on straightforward arena rock and big ballads.
Jon Bon Jovi spent most of his teens skipping school to play rock & roll, usually in local bands with his friend David Rashbaum. He was hired as a janitor at New York recording studio Power Station and soon he was recording demos at the Power Station with several famous musicians, including members of the E Street Band and Aldo Nova. "Runaway," became a hit on local radio, and Bon Jovi formed Bon Jovi to support the song, hiring Rashbaum with guitarist Dave Sabo, bassist Alec John Such, and drummer Tico Torres. Soon, Bon Jovi was the subject of a major-label bidding war, and the group -- or, according to some reports, just Bon Jovi -- signed to Polygram/Mercury in 1983. Later, Jon switched to stage-name Bon Jovi and Rashbaum adopted his middle name Bryan as his last name. Before the group entered the studio, Bon Jovi replaced Sabo with Richie Sambora.
Bon Jovi's eponymous debut album was released in 1984, and "Runaway" became a Top 40 hit. Following its success, Tony Bon Jovi sued the band, claiming he developed their successful sound; but the case got settled out of court. The following year, 7800 Fahrenheit was released and went gold. Regardless of the band's huge success, Bon Jovi weren't becoming the superstars they had hoped, and they changed their approach for their next album, Slippery When Wet. Hiring professional songwriter Desmond Child as a collaborator, the group wrote 30 songs and auditioned them for local New Jersey and New York teenagers. Slippery When Wet was released in 1986, supported by several appealing, simple videos. Two songs, "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer," reached number one, while "Wanted Dead or Alive" reached the Top Ten, and Bon Jovi were established as superstars.
New Jersey was only slightly less successful than its predecessor, selling five million copies and generating two number one singles, "Bad Medicine" and "I'll Be There for You," as well as the Top Ten hits "Born to Be My Baby," "Lay Your Hands on Me," and "Living in Sin." In 1989, the band supported Cher, who was then dating Sambora, on her Heart of Stone album, which was recorded while the group was in the midst of an 18-month international tour. Following the completion of the tour, the band went on hiatus. During their time off, Jon Bon Jovi wrote the soundtrack for Young Guns II, which was released in 1990 as the Blaze of Glory album. The record produced two hit singles in the number one title track and the no. 12 "Miracle," as well as earning Grammy and Oscar nominations.
The following year, Bon Jovi reunited and came up with their fifth album, Keep the Faith, which was released in the fall of 1992. the album did not gather much fame compared to the previous one, possibly because musical tastes had shifted in the four years between New Jersey and Keep the Faith, it was yet a big hit, and its more straightforward, anthemic sound produced the hit single "Bed of Roses." A hits collection, Cross Road, followed in 1994, and in the fall of 1995, they released These Days, which proved to be a bigger success in Europe than America. After appearing in the 1996 film Moonlight and Valentino, Jon Bon Jovi released his first official solo album in the summer of 1997. Three years later, Bon Jovi regrouped and released Crush. "It's My Life" and "Thank You for Loving Me" were a chart hits and Bon Jovi's star power soared beyond their wildest dreams. Crush eventually went double platinum in the U.S. and sold eight million copies worldwide, but Bon Jovi stayed focus. Within a year they returned with an eighth studio effort, Bounce, which appeared in fall 2002. Tours across the globe as well as dates with the Goo Goo Dolls fared well.
In 2003, Bon Jovi re-did their some of their most well-known songs for the release This Left Feels Right and followed by a DVD companion of the same title in 2004.
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