What went wrong?

>>127062439 (OP)
they have 30 million spotify listeners so nothing went wrong

Too much Bon not enough Jovi

>>127062439 (OP)
What do you mean? They still had hits in the 90s and 2000s. That's more than any other hair band.

>>127062502
They turned corporate.

>>127062456
>>127062502
Neither of these things are the indicative of good music.

>>127063008
For that time, it kind of is a good indicator. Any other rock that withstood the force of Grunge in its heyday was worth something. It's a very small list. Ozzy, Tom Petty, surprisingly Bon Jovi. lol

Ehhh....
Nothing?

I went with my mother to 2 concerts. They guy still blasts.

they just looked even lamer in the 90s when grunge took over. but they had a minor comeback in the 2000s cause of nostalgia and cause of one song ITS MY LIFEEEEEE ITS NOW OR NEVER I AINT GONNA LIVE FOREVER

>>127063572
Okay, that song is definitely an earworm.

>>127063572
>they just looked even lamer in the 90s when grunge took over.
Maybe to a younger crowd, but their old fans had graduated college by that point or something.
Same with Duran Duran. Another survivor of the 90s I forgot to mention. But most actual rock bands had it bad. Kurt put them all 6 feet under.

Jon should fucking retire now for Chrissake. He'd never taken care of his voice and he was surprised that it disappeared after four decades of abuse?

>>127062439 (OP)
GNR for good people.

>>127062456
That's really not that many people when theres 8 billion people on earth.

>>127063674
It isn't like all those 8 billion people could afford Spotify. But yeah, it sucks as a measurement to fame.

>>127063673
He actually is kind of a good guy. He's been married to his highschool sweetheart all this time. I don't know he did it. I think it was Sambora who got dibs on all the groupies.

>>127063691
Didn't he recently admit, without being prompted to do so, that he'd slept with many women while touring? I don't want to imagine his wife's face when he did that.

>>127063707
Well, shit... I guess I'm wrong.

>>127063673
bon jovi was the drake of metal, something for normies and girls. i think they have catchy songs but come on, real metal heads werent into it

>>127063689
Baby Shark has 15 billion views, there's no excuse.

>>127063730
Bon Jovi rocks...on occasion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZeGfiGcmDU

>>127063749
Dean!

Can't act like you are a genuine hard rock act when you have a full time keyboard player and your entire audience is female because of pretty boy looks. Add to that childish cliche lyrics to every song. This band is what broke the camels back and caused the revolt towards grunge. Overcommercialzed hairspray slop with none of the grit of actual cock rock.
>>127063730
Yup

>>127063878
At least they were self-aware. They embraced their female fans very quickly and used their 'pretty boy' looks in photoshoots. They went from being covered from head to toe to nearly becoming strippers. Also, their songs became even cheesier. I like that.

>>127063707
>Even Bon Jovi
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


I don't believe in nothing no more!
I'm going to law school.

>>127062439 (OP)
Nothing went Wrong

https://youtu.be/haf0z6b6O6k

>>127064017
They were rock stars. None of them were saints.

Jon started hosting multi million dollar fundraisers for Democrats at his New Jersey mansion. You think I'm joking, check it out.

>>127067000
Yeah, not really surprised. He endorsed Kamala and has been a staunch Democrat for years.

>>127062439 (OP)
They were a shitty hair metal band

Richie is the man and one of the man who completed the band. It is a shame that he couldn't control his drinking problems.

>>127064017
Be the change you want to see in the world.

>>127064017
Poor innocent anon. Motley Crue would've killed you.

Who could be hotter than them in the 80s?

>>127068405

>>127068456
Damn, that guy is HOT hot.

>>127068456
>would rather burn himself to death than listen to hair metal trash like Bon Jovi

Based

>What do you know about cowboys Jon? You're from goddamn New Jersey.

>>127068702
Death and Alive is still one of their best songs. It is fucking terrific.

>>127062439 (OP)
what do you mean went wrong? they are one of the biggest rock bands of the last 50 yrs. guess the problem is they arent are "cool" and guns n roses. lol look at axl what a mess the dude is like a 65yr old teen. still tries to look and act like its 1987. hasnt written or done anything since reagan was president

>>127062439 (OP)
Nothing. A lot of guys made out with their girls friends to their music.

What went wrong with you? You don't like making out with a white girl to rap? why not? no? HUH?! Yeah.

>>127068880
Grandpa, go to bed.

>>127068880
I like making out with girls and the music in question does not particularly matter to me

So, how popular was Bon Jovi with men back in the 80s?

Play music for the fans not for themselves

Toured so much that Jon's voice suffered for it.

>>127063572
>minor comeback
I just looked up it's chart performance and was surprised it only reached number 33 in the US charts. It was a massive outside the US, particularly in Europe and Australia. Almost "Living on a Prayer" tier. You couldn't go anywhere without hearing it in the early 2000s

>>127068833
If you mean Wanted: Dead or Alive, uh... yeah, I agree.

>>127063707
Lita Ford said in her book that she had group sex with him, Ritchie, and Aldo Nova, and a girlfriend of hers. I think it was Lita Ford, anyway.

>>127070117
Oh, that the one. I had a feeling that I was forgetting a word when I typed that.

>>127063661
You can hear him completely tearing his voice apart in the isolated vocal track from "Living on a prayer" during the lift at the end.
His voice has been totally shot for years now.

I also saw a video of him a few months ago where he talked somebody out of committing suicide on a bridge. He makes lame music, but he generally seems like a good guy

>>127070340
Yeah, that was the song that ruined his voice the most. At most tours he needed both Richie and Alec to cover him up whenever he needed the high parts after a few years.

>>127063572
HAVE A NICE DAY

>>127070117
Wanted Man by Ratt is the superior Hair Metal cowboy song.

>>127068702
Blame Sambora. That was probably his idea.

>>127068702
It's a State of Mind bro.

>>127063540
I thought his voice was already shot? And his surgery didn't do well?

>>127062439 (OP)
Nothing. You just have low t.

>>127072568
Based

>>127062439 (OP)
Have they ever been good? From the start they were commercial plants. I suppose even industry plant at the beginning of their "career" have passion and excitement to produce believable product...

>>127070118
Well, I can believe that. Richie was a notorious womanizer and he and Jon were very close before he left the band.