"Bon Jovi" are on the road with their album "The Circle" in Europe
The band from New Jersey embodies the "American way of life" than any other group.
Olaf Neumann
Even with 49 years of the composer and singer Jon Bon Jovi is still a light form of rock music. With his eponymous band he can look back on a nearly three-decade-long career. Universal seems to know the herb that promises eternal youth. Women are fascinated by these crystal-clear blue eyes, the ultra-white teeth, flawless complexion and a crisp body, supposedly free from drugs to plastic surgery. Here, the singer is now 49th Only on closer inspection reveals fine gray hair. Whereas men more likely to find the guitar armada of mainstream rockers from New Jersey breathtaking. Or the fact that President Obama can advise on issues of youth social work from him.
1984 played "Bon Jovi" her first major U.S. tour - heat up as the "Scorpions" from Hanover. Odd from today's perspective: the very Germany in America supposedly for their provincial affinity-often-ridiculed Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker should have been masters of this All-American Boys. Jon Bon Jovi keeps the "Scorpions" certainly still a great band and did not want to believe that it stop now.
"For any young group, it is important to be taken under the wing of experienced colleagues to," says 'Bon Jovi' guitarist Richie Sambora in an interview in Berlin. The 51-year-old is considered one of the most accomplished artists of his generation dulcimer. The approximately 40 models, which he takes you on tour, have a total value of € 1.4 million. His '57 'Gibson Les Paul "alone beats with 100 000 euros.
Opportunity for greenhorns
"I would not say that the 'Scorpions' have also influenced us musically," cautions Sambora. "Experience, but over a period of eight months, as she drew the audience every night under her spell, we had at that time very impressed. The 'Scorpions' were always fully concentrated and embarrassing recorded accurately. They gave us greenhorns a real chance. This tradition continued later we sat down with our own opening acts. With Klaus and Rudolf we are still good friends. "
Long squinted European bands across the pond. Meanwhile, many U.S. teenagers will find artists from the Old World cooler than American ones. This experience has also made the family man Sambora. "I think, Tokio Hotel 'really cool for a band. They will go their way in America. The music business is radically changing. Europe has the eyes of many Americans, a high hipness factor. I think it's because young Europeans grow up faster. This can be seen especially on the girls. They really want to look older. It probably has something to do with the cultural conditions. American parents tend to let their kids be kids. I can well understand, I have Finally, even a daughter. "
"Bon Jovi" embody the "American Way of Life" like no other band. Upon closer examination, however, their roots lie in Europe. Jon Bon Jovi's father grew up in Sicily, was a professional barber and baptized his offspring on the name John Francis Bongiovi Jr.. The parents of Richie Samboras mother from Poland.
"Bon Jovi" now playing in the premier league of world music. For success, the band is nothing but self-evident. "He gives us the opportunity to continue doing what we love to do," said Jon Bon Jovi. That's why we work so hard. "Knows the rock star, of which he speaks. He is a former shoe salesman, car wash, pizza sellers, scrap yard worker and jack of all trades in the" Power Station Studio. "His creative partner Sambora grew up in modest financial conditions to beat out a living as a guitar teacher and board vendors, factory workers and cleaning power.
Learned from the Bottom Up
"When we started in the early 80s in New Jersey, there were infinitely many live clubs," says Sambora. "I was still in high school, and we already played six nights a week. The competition among the bands were great. You had to really be good to prevail in the clubs. We have the craft of performing, from the bottom up can be learned. Unfortunately, today there are hardly any places where it may be young bands on a regular basis and develop an audience. The kids their songs now play in garages or basements. I look at it in retrospect was very lucky that we reserve the right from the start were able to test audiences. The record companies are missing now, unfortunately, the means to build young artists carefully. I even took him ten years to me as a songwriter and live performer to enforce. "
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