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BON JOVI
Sayreville, New Jersey, USA
* 1983

Line-Up (2013):

Jon Bon Jovi - voc,g
Phil X - g
David Bryan - kb
Tico Torres - ds

Former Members:

Dave 'The Snake' Sabo (g, 1983); Richie Sambora (g, 1983-5/13); Bobby Bandiera (g, 2005-15 g.a.); Matt O'Ree (g, 9/15-? g.a.)
Alec John Such (bg, 1983-12/94); Hugh McDonald (bg, 1995-cca 12/97)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Bon Jovi produced by: Tony Bongiovi/Lance Quinn	21.01.1984	Mercury		71	43
2.	7800 Fahrenheit produced by: Lance Quinn	20.04.1985	Mercury		28	37
3.	Slippery When Wet produced by: Bruce Fairbairn	17.08.1986	Mercury		6	1
4.	Bon Jovi Live	10/1987
5.	New Jersey produced by: Bruce Fairbairn/Bob Rock	13.09.1988	Mercury		1	1
6.	Hard & Hot (Best Of Bon Jovi)	02.12.1991
7.	Keep The Faith produced by: Bob Rock	26.10.1992	Jambco/Mercury		1	5
8.	Cross Road - The Best Of Bon Jovi	10.10.1994	Jambco		1	8
9.	These Days produced by: Peter Collins	19.06.1995	Mercury		1	9
10.	These Days (mini LP)	08.07.1996	Mercury
11.	Interview CD	02.07.1997	AM/SPV
12.	Wild In The Streets	23.05.2000
13.	Crush produced by: Luke Ebbin	29.05.2000	Def Jam/Island		1	9
14.	Maximum Bon Jovi	24.04.2001	Maximum Series
15.	One Wild Night - Live 1985-2001	22.05.2001	Island		2	20
16.	Bounce	23.09.2002	Island		2	2
17.	7 Series Sampler: One Wild Night	20.05.2003	Def Jam
18.	This Left Feels Right: Greatest Hits With a Twist (acoustic)	04.11.2003	Island		4	14
19.	100 Million Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong (5CD box set)	16.11.2004	Island			53
20.	Have A Nice Day produced by: John Shanks	20.09.2005	Island		2	2
21.	Chronicles	28.03.2006	Mercury
22.	Rock Milestones: Slippery When Wet	10.10.2006	Ais
23.	Lost Highway produced by: Dann Huff/John Shanks	19.06.2007	Island/Mercury Nashville		2	1
24.	Lost Highway: The Concert	5/2008
25.	The Circle	10.11.2009	Mercury		2	1
26.	Tour Box	18.05.2010	Universal
27.	Greatest Hits - Ultimate Collection	09.11.2010	Island		2	5
28.	Rockin' in Cleveland 1984	20.11.2012	Rock Classics
29.	Inside Out	11/2012				196
30.	What About Now	12.03.2013	Mercury		2	1
31.	Survivors	07.05.2013	Pride
32.	Some Secrets & Much More	02.07.2013
33.	5 Classic Albums	19.11.2013	Island
34.	In Their Own Words	11.11.2014	I.V. Media
35.	Transmission Impossible	07.08.2015	Eat To The Beat
36.	Burning Bridges	21.08.2015	Mercury		3	13
37.	Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH, March 17, 1984	11.09.2015	Klondike
38.	Melbourne Melodies	12.02.2016	Sonic Boom
39.	Solid Gold: The Greatest Hits on Air	18.03.2016	The Store For Music
40.	The Ultimate Roots	17.06.2016	Laser Media
41.	The Albums	09.09.2016	Island
42.	Jersey Boy	07.10.2016	Music Video Distribution
43.	The Story So Far	04.11.2016	Laser Media
44.	This House Is Not For Sale produced by: John Shanks	21.10.2016	Island		5	1
45.	This House Is Not for Sale: Live from the London Palladium	16.12.2016	Virgin EMI
46.	The Rock History	20.01.2017	Laser Media
47.	Bon Jovi 2020	02.10.2020	EMI		5	19
48.	Forever	07.06.2024	EMI

Jon Bon Jovi:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Blaze Of Glory / Young Guns II produced by: Jon Bon Jovi/Danny Kortchmar	8/1990	Mercury		2	3
2.	Destination Anywhere produced by: Jon Bon Jovi/Dave Stewart/Steve Lironi	16.06.1997	Jambco/Mercury		2	31
3.	The Power Station Years 1980-1983	6/1998	Metaphor
4.	More Music From Power Station Years	1998
5.	Live on Air & Bruce Springsteen	07.10.2016	Laser Media

Richie Sambora:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Stranger In This Town produced by: Richie Sambora/Neil Dorfsman	9/1991	Mercury		20	36
2.	Undiscovered Soul produced by: Don Was	23.02.1998	Mercury		24	174
3.	Shark Frenzy: The Early Years of Bruce Foster and Richie Sambora & Shark Frenzy & Bruce Foster	01.06.2004	Sound City Music
4.	Confessions of a Teenage Lycanthrope & Shark Frenzy	07.12.2004	Lemon
5.	Shark Frenzy 1 & 2	28.09.2010	Floating World
6.	The Aftermath Of The Lowdown produced by: Luke Ebbin	18.09.2012	Dangerbird		35	182

David Bryan:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Netherworld	1991
2.	On A Full Moon produced by: Larry Fast	12/1994	Mercury
3.	Lunar Eclipse produced by: David Bryan/Larry Fast	05.12.2000	Moon Junction Music/Rounder

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Runaway / Breakout (live) 12" + Runaway (live)	2/1984	Mercury		39
2.	She Don't Know Me / Breakout	18.05.1984	Mercury		48
3.	Only Lonely	4/1985	Mercury		54
4.	In And Out Of Love / Roulette (live) 12" + Shot Through The Heart (live)	5/1985	Mercury		69
5.	The Hardest Part Is The Night / Always Run To You 12" + Tokyo Road (live)	7/1985	Mercury	68
6.	You Give Love A Bad Name / Let It Rock 12" + Borderline 12" + The Hardest Part Is The Night (live) / Burning For Love (live)	8/1986	Mercury	13	1
7.	Livin' On A Prayer / Wild In The Streets 12" + Edge Of A Broken Heart 12" + Only Lonely (live) / Runaway (live)	10/1986	Mercury	4	1
8.	Wanted Dead Or Alive / Shot Through The Heart 12" + Social Disease 12" + Get Ready (live)	3/1987	Mercury	10	7
9.	Never Say Goodbye / Raise Your Hands 12" + Wanted Dead Or Alive (acoustic)	8/1987	Mercury	16
10.	Bad Medicine / 99 In The Shade 12",CD + Lay Your Hands On Me 12" + You Give Love A Bad Name / Livin' On A Prayer (live)	9/1988	Mercury	12	1
11.	Born To Be My Baby / Love For Sale 12" + Wanted Dead Or Alive CD + Runaway / Livin' On A Prayer	11/1988	Mercury	17	3
12.	I'll Be There For You / Homebound Train 12" + Wild In The Streets (live) CD + Borderline / Edge Of A Broken Heart	2/1989	Mercury	13	1
13.	Lay Your Hands On Me / Bad Medicine 10" + Blood On Blood 12",CD + Born To Be My Baby (acoustic)	5/1989	Mercury	18	7
14.	Living In Sin / Love Is War 12",CD + Ride Cowboy Ride / Stick To Your Guns	9/1989	Mercury	35	9
15.	Love For Sale	1990
16.	Love Is War	1990
17.	Keep The Faith / I Wish Everyday Could Be Christmas CD1 + Living In Sin CD2 + Little Bit Of Soul	05.10.1992	Jambco	4	29
18.	Bed Of Roses / Starting All Over Again 12" + Lay Your Hands On Me (live) CD + I'll Be There For You (live) / Tokyo Road (live)	04.01.1993	Jambco	11	10
19.	In These Arms / Bed Of Roses (acoustic) CD + Keep The Faith (live) / In These Arms (live) MC + Blaze Of Glory (acoustic)	03.05.1993	Jambco	9	27
20.	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead / Never Say Goodbye (live) CD1 + Blaze Of Glory / Wild In The Streets (all live) CD2 + Blaze Of Glory / You Give Love A Bad Name / Bad Medicine	19.07.1993	Jambco	13	97
21.	I Believe (Clearmountain mix) CD1 + Runaway (live) / Livin' On A Prayer (live) / Wanted Dead Or Alive CD2 + You Give Love A Bad Name / Born To Be My Baby / I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (all live)	20.09.1993	Jambco	11
22.	Dry County / Stranger In This Town (live) CD1 + Blood Money (live) CD2 + It's Only Rock'n'Roll / Waltzing Matilda (all live)	14.03.1994	Jambco	7
23.	Always / The Boys Are Back In Town 12" + Prayer '94 CD + Edge Of A Broken Heart	12.09.1994	Jambco	2	4
24.	Please Come Home For Christmas / Back Door Santa CD + I Wish Every Day Could Be Like Christmas	28.11.1994	Jambco	7
25.	Someday I'll Be Saturday Night / Good Guys Don't Always Wear White (live) CD + Always / With A Little Help From My Friends (all live)	13.02.1995	Jambco	6
26.	This Ain't A Love Song / Lonely At The Top CD1 + The End CD2 + When She Comes / Wedding Day / Prostitute	22.05.1995	Mercury	6	14
27.	Something For The Pain / This Ain't A Love Song (live) CD1 + I Don't Like Mondays (live) CD2 + Living On A Prayer / You Give Love A Bad Name / Wild In The Streets	05.09.1995	Mercury	8	76
28.	Lie To Me / Something For The Pain (live) CD1 + Always / Keep The Faith (all live) CD2 + Hey God / I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (all live)	13.11.1995	Mercury	10	88
29.	These Days	04.03.1996	Mercury	7
30.	Hey God	03.06.1996	Mercury	13
31.	Real Life	15.03.1999	Reprise	21
32.	It's My Life	01.05.2000	Mercury	3	33
33.	Say It Isn't So	14.08.2000	Mercury	10
34.	Thank You For Loving Me	11/2000	Mercury	12	57
35.	Crush	12.12.2000
36.	One Wild Night	15.05.2001	Mercury	10
37.	Everyday	17.09.2002	Island	5
38.	Misunderstood	07.01.2003	Mercury	21
39.	All About Lovin' You	13.05.2003	Mercury	9
40.	Have A Nice Day / The Radio Saved My Life Tonight (Live - Atlantic City 04) CD2 + I Get A Rush (Live - Atlantic City 04) / Miss Fourth Of July (Live - Atlantic City 04) produced by: Jon Bon Jovi/Richie Sambora/John Shanks	12.09.2005	Mercury	6	53
41.	Who Says You Can't Go Home	1/2006	Island	5	23
42.	Welcome To Wherever You Are / Last Man Standing (Recorded Live At The Nokia Theatre Times Square, NYC, September 19 2005) CD2 + Have A Nice Day / Who Says You Can't Go Home / The Radio Saved My Life Tonight / It's My Life (all live)	30.01.2006	Mercury	19
43.	(You Want To) Make A Memory (v GB 25.6.07, Mercury)	3/2007	Island	33	27
44.	Lost Highway	27.08.2007	Mercury
45.	Til' We Ain't Strangers Anymore & LeAnn Rimes	12/2007
46.	Livin' On A Prayer	3/2008		52
47.	Whole Lot Of Leavin'	5/2008
48.	Always	11/2008	Mercury	67
49.	We Weren't Born To Follow	9/2009	Lost Highway	25	68
50.	What Do You Got?	10/2010
51.	It's My Life	10/2010	Mercury	62
52.	Livin' On A Prayer	10/2010	Mercury	42	25
53.	Hallelujah	12/2011
54.	Runaway / She Don't Know Me	17.08.2012	Mercury
55.	Because We Can	07.01.2013	Lost Highway	38
56.	The Circle	26.03.2013	Universal
57.	Because We Can / Keep The Faith (live)	24.05.2013	Island
58.	Saturday Night Gave Me Sunday	7/2015
59.	This House Is Not For Sale	12.08.2016	Captain Kid
60.	Knockout	09.09.2016	Bon Jovi Profit Split
61.	Labor of Love	23.09.2016	Bon Jovi Profit Split
62.	Born Again Tomorrow	07.10.2016	Bon Jovi Profit Split
63.	When We Were Us	3/2018
64.	Limitless	2/2020	Island
65.	Do What You Can	23.07.2020	Island
66.	Legendary	14.03.2024	EMI

Jon Bon Jovi:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Blaze Of Glory / You Really Got Me Now 12",CD + Blood Money	7/1990	Mercury	13	1
2.	Miracle / Bang A Drum 12" + Dyin' Ain't Much Of A Livin'	29.10.1990	Mercury	29	12
3.	Midnight In Chelsea	19.05.1997	Mercury	4
4.	Queen Of New Orleans	18.08.1997	Mercury	10
5.	Janie Don't Take Your Love To Town	27.10.1997	Mercury	13
6.	Ugly	06.04.1998	Mercury

Richie Sambora:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Ballad Of Youth / Rest In Peace	8/1991	Mercury	59	63
2.	Hard Times Come Easy	23.02.1998	Mercury	37
3.	In It For Love	20.07.1998		58
4.	Come Back As Me	2013
5.	Engine 19	2013

Videos:

1. Slippery When Wet - 12/1987, Channel 5
2. New Jersey - 1989
3. Access All Areas - 19.11.1990, Channel
4. Keep The Faith - 4/1993
5. Cross Road - The Best Of - 10/1994, Universal Pictures
6. The Crush Tour - 12/2000, Universal, live
7. Live From London - 2/2004, Universal Music, live
8. Lost Highway: The Concert - 25.11.2007, Mercury, live
9. Bon Jovi Live At Madison Square Garden - 20.11.2009, Mercury, live
10. Round & Round: A Documentary DVD - 21.08.2010, Silver & Gold

Jon Bon Jovi:

1. Destination Anywhere - 10/1997, PolyGram, 62 min

Movies:

1. Young Guns II (1990, Jon Bon Jovi music by)
2. Moonlight And Valentino (9/95, starring Jon Bon Jovi)
3. Little City (1996, starring Jon Bon Jovi)
4. The Leading Man (1997, directed by J. Duigan, starring Jon Bon Jovi)
5. Row Your Boat (1998, starring Jon Bon Jovi)
6. Homegrown (1998, starring Jon Bon Jovi)
7. Pay It Forward (2000, starring Jon Bon Jovi, directed by M. Leder)
8. John Carpenter's Vampires: Los Muertos (2001, starring Jon Bon Jovi, directed by T. Lee Wallace)
9. When We Were Beautiful (4/2009, directed by Phil Griffin, documentary)
10. New Year's Eve (2011, starring Jon Bon Jovi, directed by Garry Marshall)

Bibliography:

Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful (2009)

Awards:

1988 Rolling Stone - Worst Album ("New Jersey")
1994 Best Selling Album ("Crossroad - The Best Of Bon Jovi")
1994 Kerrang! The Great British Heavy Metal Awards: Best International Live Act
1994 Raw Awards

- Single of the Year ("Always")
- Worst Album ("Cross Road")

1995 Kerrang Awards

- Best International Live Act
- Hall of Fame

1995 MTV Europe Music Awards - Best Rock Group
1995 Kerrang! Awards - Best Group, Worst Group, Best Album, Worst Album, Best Video
1996 Brit Awards - Best International Group
1999 RIAA Diamond Award (LP "Slippery When Wet", 12 mil. copies)
2000 My VH1 Music Awards - Video Of The Year ("It's My Life")
2001 My VH1 Music Awards - Hottest Live Show
2006 UK Music Hall Of Fame
2006 Grammy Awards - Best Country Collaboration With Vocals (track "Who Says You Can't Go Home", & Jennifer Nettles)
2014 Billboard Music Awards - Top Touring Artist
2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

WWW Links:

http://www.bonjovi.com
http://www.shaheen.net/bj/
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stage/8932/index1.html

Various:

original name The Wild Ones

12.-13.8.1989 Moscow Music Peace Festival
2.7.2005 appeared at Live 8 (Philadelphia, USA)

Compilation Appearances:

"Livin' On A Prayer" on compilation "America: A Tribute To Heroes" (4.12.01)
"Livin' On A Prayer" / "Wanted Dead Or Alive" / "It's My Life" on compilation "The Concert for New York City" (27.11.01, Columbia)
"Livin' On A Prayer" on OST "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" (24.6.03, Columbia)

Jon Bon Jovi:

appeared on the LP:

Alice Cooper: Trash (1989, Epic)
Eddie Murphy: Love's Alright (1992)
Saints & Sinners: Saints & Sinners (1992, Savage)
Rockhead: Rockhead (2/93, Capitol)
Willie Nelson: Willie Nelson & Friends: Stars & Guitars (5.11.02, Lost Highway)
Ray Davies: See My Friends (1.11.10)

produced by LP:

Aldo Nova: Blood On The Bricks (5/91, Jambco)

on the LP "Blaze Of Glory" (1990) appeared:

Kenny Aronoff (ds), Randy Jackson (bg), Bob Glaub (bg), Jeff Beck (g), Aldo Nova (g,kb), Elton John (kb), Robin Crosby (g), Little Richard (kb,voc), Waddy Wachtel (g), Benmont Tench (kb)

Compilation Appearances:

"Mister Big Time" on OST "Armageddon: The Album" (23.6.98, Columbia)

Awards:

1994 Raw Awards - Male Sex Symbol
1998 Brit Awards - Best International Male
2001 Honorary doctorate in humanities, Monmouth University, New Jersey
2024 MusiCares Person of the Year

Richie Sambora:

Compilation Appearances:

"Wind Cries Mary" on OST "Adventures Of Ford Farlaine" (2/91)

appeared on the LP:

Alice Cooper: Trash (1989, Epic)
Rockhead: Rockhead (2/93, Capitol)
Paul Rodgers: Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute To Muddy Waters (4/93, Victory)
Guitar Zeus: Channel Mind Radio (4/01, Locomotive Music)
Willie Nelson: Willie Nelson & Friends: Stars & Guitars (5.11.02, Lost Highway)
Everett Bradley: Toy (11/03)
Pat Monahan: Last Of Seven (18.9.07, Columbia)
Ray Davies: See My Friends (1.11.10)
Dolly Parton: Rockstar (17.11.23, Butterfly)

David Bryan:

since 7/97 managed by kapely Blaxam (Toronto, Kanada)

appeared on the LP:

Richie Sambora: Stranger In This Town (9/91, Mercury)

appeared on the SP:

Perry Farrell: MEND (21.05.21)

Tico Torres:

appeared on the LP:

Richie Sambora: Stranger In This Town (9/91, Mercury)

Hugh McDonald:

appeared on the LP:

Andy Pratt: Resolution (6/76, Nemperor)
Bon Jovi: Bon Jovi (21.1.84, Mercury)
Lita Ford: Dancing On The Edge (4/85, Mercury)
Mitch Malloy: Shine (25.6.01, Frontiers)

Press References:

&musiQ
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2002	11		77	Novinky	album review
Bang!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1993	9	10.11.1993	4	Big Bang
1994	1	16.09.1993	10		gig review
1994	2	19.01.1994	23	Video
1995	3	08.02.1995	7	Big Bang!
1995	13	30.06.1995	13	CD,MC Bang!	album review
1995	19	17.10.1995	5	Big Bang!
Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1996	19	10.10.1996	7	Infokus
1997	11	20.03.1997	39	Hard & Heavy Masters
1998	1	08.01.1998	7	Infokus
1998	42	26.11.1998	7	Infokus
1999	4	04.02.1999	6	Infokus
1999	9	11.03.1999	7	Infokus
1999	11	25.03.1999	29	A léta běží ...	profile, discography
2000	3	10.02.2000	7	Infokus
2000	10	18.05.2000	6	Infokus
2000	11	01.06.2000	7	Infokus
2000	13	29.06.2000	34	Forum kritikum	album review
2000	14	20.07.2000	4		profile
2000	24	21.12.2000	6	Infokus
2001	4	22.02.2001	30		profile, discography
2001	12	14.06.2001	46	Forum kritikum	album review
2001	15	09.08.2001	7	Infokus
2002	3	07.02.2002	10	Infokus
2002	14	16.08.2002	11	Infokus
2002	15	06.09.2002	10	Infokus
2002	16	27.09.2002	21		profile, discography
2002	17	18.10.2002	40	Forum kritikum	album review
Gramorevue
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1989	1		11	Recenze	album review
Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1988	11		20	Melodie ze světa
1991	1		28	Recenze	album review
1993	2		23		profile
1993	4		34	Recenze	album review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1992	47	21.11.1992	15	Live	gig review
1993	2	09.01.1993	25	Singles	single review
1993	31	31.07.1993	28	Singles	single review
1993	40	02.10.1993	22	Live	gig review
1994	37	17.09.1994	35	Singles	single review
1994	44	12.11.1994	38	Albums	album review
1994	49	17.12.1994	4	News
1995	46	18.11.1995	36	Singles	single review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1990	0	24.11.1990	30	Video
Populár
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1991	4		31		album review
1993	2		22	Gramorecenzie	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1990	17	21.12.1990	26	LP,MC,CD,Demo	album review, demo review
1991	1	04.01.1991	18		profile
1992	8	21.04.1992	15	Hard & Heavy
1993	2	29.01.1993	28	Recenze	album review
1993	7	15.04.1993	38	Live	gig review
1993	15	09.08.1993	30	Live	gig review
1993	16	23.08.1993	13		profile
1993	18	20.09.1993	8		gig review
1994	25	20.12.1994	24		profile
1995	15	01.08.1995	29	Recenze	album review
2000	7		78		interview
2000	7		99	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2003	12		73	Recenze	album review
2004	3		89	DVD
2007	8		46	Recenze	album review
2009	11		75	Record - Nemine nás
2010	1		59	Recenze CD	album review
Rock Revue
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1989	1		36		profile
Rolling Stone
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2000	6		106
2000	7		30		interview