BON JOVI

The Band

• Formed in 1983• Band Members: Jon Bon Jovi, Tico Torres, Richie

Sambora, David Bryan and Alec John Such • Sayreville, New Jersey• Hugh McDonald joined in 1994• Record that made them famous was “Slippery

when Wet” in 1986.

The Band Cont.

• Hit singles “You Give Love a Bad Name”, “Wanted Dead or Alive” and Living on a Prayer.”

• Selling over 120 Million Albums Worldwide.• They made eleven Albums• Previous band name: John Bongiovi and The Wild

Ones.• From 1990-1991 the band members went their

separate ways • Solo Album by Jon Bon Jovi

Called “Blaze of Glory”

Genre• Dominant Mainstream Rock band of the Eighties

• Hard Rock• Pop/Hair Metal• Arena Rock • Pop Rock• Country rock

John Francis Bongiovi(Jon Bon Jovi)• Born on March 8th 1962 • Learned to play piano and guitar at the age of 13 • At the age of 16 met David Bryan (keyboardist)

and formed a band called “Atlantic City Expressway”

• Started playing in clubs • First professional recording was “R2-D2 we wish

you a Merry Christmas”• Two Solo albums

Videos“You give love a bad name”• Hard Rock “Slippery when Wet”• No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 29th 1986• Video was filmed in Olympic Auditorium in LA California.• Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Desmond Child.

Bounce• Heavy Serious Rock “Bounce”• Song influenced by September 11, 2001 terrorist attack• #2 in US and UK• Island Records• Written by Luke Ebbin, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora

Jon Bon Jovi Cont.

“Who says you can’t go Home”• Country Rock “Lost Highway”• Duet with Jennifer Nettles • Appeared at the 6th annual CMT awards in Nashville • No. 1 US Country chart in May 2006

REFERENCE• http://www.biography.com/people/jon-bon-jovi-9542512• http://www.contactmusic.com/info/bon_jovi• http://www.bonjovi.com/ovi.com• Picture of Bon Jovi: http://

www.allmusic.com/artist/bon-jovi-mn0000069534• Picture of cd cover Slippery when Wet: http://

www.allmusic.com/album/slippery-when-wet-mw0000652380• Blaze of Glory Cd Cover:

http://article.wn.com/view/2012/06/13/Jon_Bon_Jovi_to_play_solo_gig_at_Hard_Rock_Live_in_Hollywood/

• Picture of Jon Bon Jovi: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Jon_Bon_Jovi.jpg/250px-Jon_Bon_Jovi.jpg

• Last picture of the band: http://www.genestout.com/wp-content/uploads/bon-jovi-2-kristen-blush-photo.jpg