![]() But some of the music is too negative for my tastes. ![]() Q: What do you think about grunge and the Seattle sound?Ī: I like a few of the bands. I can still rock with the best of them, but musically I want to explore other things, to explore myself more. I’m not this wild, angry kid from New Jersey. Why?Īnswer: I’m in a different place now. Question: “Keep the Faith” is a departure from your harder-rocking albums-more mellow and romantic. But he and the band, formed in 1983, reunited last year to record the current album, “Keep the Faith.” With his hit album “Blaze of Glory” in 1990, featuring music from the movie “Young Guns II,” Bon Jovi seemed to be laying the foundation for a solo career. Then came the burnout, with Bon Jovi and bandmates David Bryan (keyboards), Tico Torres (drums), Richie Sambora (guitar) and Alec John Such (bass) taking a three-year vacation from each other. Critics scoffed, but the uplifting anthems about youthful frustration and desire seemed to touch a chord with the group’s audience. The 1986 album “Slippery When Wet” led the way with sales of 8 million copies, followed by 1988’s “New Jersey” with 5 million. ![]() In the mid-’80s, Bon Jovi-the name of the band he leads-was one of the biggest-selling acts in the business. That’s how a good-natured Jon Bon Jovi described what’s happening to his brand of rock, which has faded commercially since the success of Seattle’s grunge-rock bands, such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam, reshaped rock in the last two years. ![]() ![]() “It’s going down in a sea of grunge, man.” ![]()
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