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Members
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David Bryan
current & founder member-
keyboard, backing vocals:
- 1983-
Jon Bon Jovi
current & founder member-
vocals, guitar, percussion, harmonica:
- 1983-
Richie Sambora
current & founder member-
guitar, backing vocals:
- 1983-
Tico Torres
current & founder member-
drums, percussion:
- 1983-
Hugh McDonald
current member-
bass guitar, backing vocals:
- 1994-
Bobby Bandiera
current member-
rhythm guitar, backing vocals:
- 2003-
Lorenza Ponce
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violin, backing vocals:
- 2006-2007
Everett Bradley
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percussion, backing vocals:
- 2003-2006
Jeff Kazee
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organ, additional keyboard, backing vocals:
- 2003-2006
Alec John Such
founder member-
bass guitar, backing vocals:
- 1983-1994
In the News
( 6 stories between 28th August 2008 and 23rd May 2010 )Bon Jovi Help Break British Bands
May, 23 2010
Opening for an established act has been a rite of passage for virtually every successful band, but usually you have to have already climbed the ladder a little before getting a gig in an arena. New Jersey stadium rockers Bon Jovi are presenting a huge opportunity to five unsigned British bands, with the chance to open for them during the initial nights of their month-long residency at London’s O2 Arena if they can win the band’s approval.
Launching the competition, guitarist Richie Sambora challenged fledgling bands to prove their worth: “If you want to open one of our O2 shows and think you've got the chops to win, upload a track via www.openforbonjovi.com and we'll be seeing you on tour!” The competition site elaborates that “Jon and the band want to offer new, emerging U.K. talent this amazing opportunity to get their break, with a shot at the big time.”
Winning bands will each be given a golden opportunity to play a half-hour opening set of original material in front of a crowd of 20,000 music fans, providing they manage to submit a video of their band playing live to the website by May 31. The final line-up will be announced shortly after, just in time for the first night of the residency which starts on June 7.
Is A Bon Jovi Show Worth $2,000?
Nov, 5 2009
If there’s money to be made in the music business these days, it’s in live performances, and if rock stars are going to keep up on payments for their limos and private jets, they need to be prepared to strut their stuff on stage. Tickets have just gone on sale for Bon Jovi’s ten night residency at London’s O2 Arena, and it seems Jon and the boys have a few luxury vehicles to pay for. While most fans will content themselves with £45 ($75) seats, the most avid fans are being asked to dig through the fluff in their pockets and sofa cushions to find £1,300 ($2,127) for so-called circleside seats. Circleside seats come with a bunch of added goodies, including VIP parking, a backstage tour and dinner, and there are bound to be some who feel that this is good value for money. But with Britain still in the grip of the recession, many UK fans are less than happy about the cost, and have taken to the internet to voice their dissatisfaction. Whether the situation impacts sales of the newly released album The Circle remains to be seen, but given the fervency of Bon Jovi fans, it’s unlikely that this little spat over money will cause any lasting damage.
Bon Jovi
Apr, 11 2009
Stadium rockers, multi-platinum sellers, middle-aged lust objects, men: surely you could you pick Bon Jovi out in a line-up? Or is it all too easy to confuse them with similar bands? Bon Jovi think so, and their heavy-handed lawyers have just served a cease and desist order on a tribute band on the basis that fans may confuse the two groups. Blonde Jovi, a group of five young women, have responded by shutting down their website and changing their name to the interim title of Blonde Jersey. Alternative name suggestions are welcomed, with Blonde Jersey explaining that “nothing containing Jovi, or anything similar to Jovi may be used so Blonde Giovi, Blonde Joe V, Blonde Jovie, are not options." It’s hard to know where this particular tribute act went wrong, given the continued existence of myriad Jovi doppelgangers, from the convincing Born to be Jovi, to the passing resemblance of Jon Con Jovi, who did at least remember to be male. Anyone who cannot tell the difference between groups of middle-aged men and young women is advised to consult a therapist.
