Bon Jovi John: biography, wife, children and creativity of the permanent leader of the band "Bon Jovi"

Bon Jovi John (full name John Francis Bondjovi), an American musician, actor, was born on March 2, 1962 in Perth-Amboy, New Jersey. Known as the founder and vocalist of the popular rock band Bon Jovi. John began studying music as a child: he mastered the guitar by the age of 13, began to perform in local music groups and write songs. His first composition Runaway suddenly became popular after it was broadcast on local radio.

After such a success, young John has already seen himself as a famous performer, endlessly touring around the world. His idols at that time were the Beatles. John Bon Jovi wanted to outwardly resemble Paul McCartney, write music like John Lennon, feel the rhythm like Ringo Starr, and solo guitar like George Harrison. And although by that time the legendary four from the banks of the foggy Albion had already disbanded, John continued to collect their records.

Group Bon Jovi

John's dreams began to come to life a little, when he had like-minded young musicians from neighboring quarters. The guys gathered in a club nearby, and for hours they rehearsed musical fragments, which they themselves invented on the go.

In 1983, Bon Jovi John organized his own band, where he invited his friend pianist David Rushbaum, drummer Tiko Torres, bass guitarist Alec Joe Sach and solo guitarist Dave Szabo. The group was named Bon Jovi. The first studio, which managed to contract, was Mercury. In 1984, the debut album was released, which was called Bon Jovi. The following year the band released their second album, 7800 Fahrenheit, which showed good sales results and became gold. The band "Bon Jovi" immediately became popular.

The next album Slippery When Wet, recorded in 1986, was even more successful, its sales reached 28 million copies, and Bon Jovi John became a star. From this album, three songs took first place in the charts.

The next album of the band, released in 1988 under the name New Jersey, also proved to be in demand. In his support, John Bon Jovi, whose biography was enlarged with a new page, organized a tour. The tour was successful.

Finding Your Way

In the next phase of his career, John Bon Jovi, who felt a surge of energy and started producing other bands, in particular Gorky Park and Cinderella. However, in a new field, producer John did not earn anything because of his inexperience. After that Bon Jovi John decided to become a professional composer. To begin with, he created several soundtracks for the film "Young Arrows", which will later be released as Blaze Of Glory - a solo album in 1990.

However, this restless John seemed a little, and he started shooting a small feature film, which also needed soundtracks. They were immediately written, successfully sounded in the picture, and then entered the second solo disc, called Destination Anywhere.

Shooting at the cinema

John Bon Jovi, whose photo was often printed in glossy magazines, had a pleasant appearance and was naturally artistic. Therefore, his desire to try himself in the cinema was quite natural. In 1995, John made his film debut, in the melodramatic film "Moonlight and Valentino". He immediately fell into the star environment: the partners in the filming were Gwyneth Paltrow, Whoopi Goldberg and Kathleen Turner.

John Bon Jovi did not stop there, and in 2000 the musician again took part in filming. This time in the military drama U-571, where he played Lieutenant Pete Emmett, a member of the crew of an American submarine. So in the cinema there was a new actor - John Bon Jovi. Films with his participation enjoyed the same popularity as the songs.

Music and songs

But the main thing in the life of John - is music, and the musician in the first place is writing songs. Concerts and recordings in the background, although the success of performances and the release of the next album depends on the existence of the band Bon Jovi, and hence, John himself as a musician. The songs of John Bon Jovi were always popular and collected good reviews of music critics.

The main achievement of John Bon Jovi considers the album Destination Anywhere. 12 songs recorded on the disc, bribe their spontaneity, they are all different: sad, funny, mysterious ...

In this album, emphasis was placed on complex compositions with emotional coloring, exquisite passages and background guitar chords. Bon Jovi tried to act not so much as a musician, but more like an artist, demonstratively moving away from stereotypes. His voice was quiet, and this manner had an effect - the disc turned out the way John wanted.

Album Destination Anywhere

It is characteristic that to work on Destination Anywhere John attracted a motley crew. Among the invitees were Dave Stewart and Steve Laironi - musicians with a name. When the recording of tracks began, the experiments went in a continuous stream. The standard layout of the album immediately went into oblivion, it was simply forgotten. Creating a Destination Anywhere disk can be called an extreme. All this radicalism around the new album took place in London, as John Bon Jovi at that time participated in the filming of the film The Leading Man, held at one of the London film studios.

Many songs in the album Destination Anywhere were a reflection of some events: in the single August 7 it is said about the murder of the daughter of the manager Bon Jovi; The song Midnight in Chelsea is imbued with impressions of a stay in London; Janie, Do not Take Your Love To Town - this is a kind of chronicle of the family contradiction of John himself, whose wife liked to make scandals right in the kitchen. And the song Every Word Has A Piece Of My Heart is simply lyrical, sincere and sincere.

Breaking the standards, crushing the methods that had been worked out before him for years - this was John Bon Jovi at his heyday, so his career was so dizzying.

The Bon Jovi group is an extremely close-knit team, in which the musicians from the very beginning united into one, complemented each other. Thanks to the friendly atmosphere, the results of the joint work spoke for themselves. All the albums, and their 13 studio, 3 solo John and 4 solo guitarist Richie Sambora, are more than successful. The composition of the group changed only once, when Alek John Sach left the group.

Touring tour

In 1989-1990 the band performed several major tours. The route passed through 22 countries, 232 concerts were played. In August 1989, the musicians visited the USSR at the Moscow Music Peace festival.

Group Bon Jovi was the first swallow that flew from the West to the Soviet Union, closed earlier for rock musicians from Europe. At the firm "Melody", there was even released a disc with Bon Jovi records.

In late 1990, after several touring trips, the musicians decided to rest for a while. John Bon Jovi and Sambor Richi took up their solo albums, and the rest of the band just took a timeout. In 1992 the band again gathered and released the album Keep The Faith.

Statistics Bon Jovi

The statistics of the band Bon Jovi is impressive: the musicians released 11 albums in the studio recording, three large collections, as well as one live album, lasting three and a half hours. The albums were sold in a total circulation of 130 million copies. The band played 2,600 three-hour concerts, visited fifty countries. For all time, the audience of Bon Jovi was 34 million people. In 2004, the band was awarded for achievements in music at the American Music Awards, and in 2006 all four musicians were included in the UK Music Hall of Fame. And, finally, in 2009, John Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were included in the Hall of Fame of Composers.

Political activity

In 2007, John Bon Jovi, along with his group, participated in the election campaign of Vice President Al Gore, who personally presented Bon Jovi at the Life Earth concert in Medawaland.

In 2008, the musician and his band supported the election campaign of Hillary Clinton.

Interesting Facts

• John Bon Jovi expressed the desire to be buried after death with the Beatles music, the melody In My Life.
• John is the owner of the football team (game in the hall) "Philadelphia Soul".
• The musician founded the Foundation Against Poverty John Bon Jovi Soul Foundation. Funded the construction of 260 homes for the poor in New Jersey.
• In 2011, John opened a restaurant complex Soul Kitchen, where prices are not indicated: each visitor has the right to pay as much as he can.

Personal life

It would seem that a personal life can be a musician who sees only a guitar and music partners ... Tours, records, concerts - this is the life of John Bon Jovi and his friends. However, John found time and in April 1989 married.

Wife musician chose himself too extreme: Dorothy Hurley has a black belt in karate and teaches martial arts. And although quarreling with Dorothy "is more expensive," John sometimes allows himself such pleasure. The song Janie, Do not Take Your Love To Town is just about that ...

The newlyweds in Las Vegas signed, not thinking about anything. In 1993, they had a daughter Stephanie, in 1995 - the son of Jesse, in 2002 - the son of Jacob, and in 2004 - the son of Romeo.