Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” is one of the most recognizable songs in the history of rock. And yet the 1986 hit originally sounded very different. During a conversation with UCR’s Matt Wardlaw, Jon ...
Earlier this week, Bon Jovi and the RIAA posted a photo on their social media sites of frontman Jon Bon Jovi grinning widely while holding the Diamond award. “Livin’ on a Prayer” becomes the New ...
But in 1979, Child had his first taste of the big time when he co-wrote the Kiss song I Was Made For Lovin’ You with the band’s frontman Paul Stanley and producer Vini Poncia. This disco-influenced ...
“They wanted a working-class anthem,” Child recalled. “The Gina character is Maria Vidal, whose waitressing name was Gina ...
Outside of nurturing a promising solo career, many know Jon Bon Jovi as the founder and frontman of the iconic band Bon Jovi. First formed in 1983, the band watched as their stardom hit new heights.
Richie Sambora is throwing it back to a Bon Jovi classic — for a good cause! The rocker, 65, appeared as a surprise guest at the Rock for Responders Concert on the USS Iowa in San Pedro, Calif. on ...
It was impossible to be alive in the '80s or '90s without having at least a small crush on music legend Jon Bon Jovi. The handsome rocker was (and still is!) a complete heartthrob who turned out ...
As New Jersey locals My Chemical Romance returned home with a headline show on Saturday night (Aug. 9), the group paid tribute to one of the state's other iconic acts, Bon Jovi. Performing at MetLife ...
Jon Bon Jovi is "Livin' on a Prayer" that his voice returns to its prime singing days after vocal cord surgery put a halt on live singing in 2022. Jon, whose full name is John Francis Bongiovi Jr., is ...
The Times’ pop music critics’ take on “American Idol”: WHO would have thought that Jon Bon Jovi, New Jersey’s steel-horse-riding pop-metal belter, would bring this “Idol” season back from the musical ...
Fans have been livin’ on a prayer that Jon Bon Jovi and his band’s guitarist, Richie Sambora, would bury the hatchet for ...
My Chemical Romance ended their hometown show on Saturday at East Rutherford, New Jersey's MetLife Stadium with a nod to fellow Garden State rockers Bon Jovi, covering their smash hit "Livin' on a ...