THIS Is Why Richie Sambora Left Bon Jovi: The True Story
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- Опубліковано 2 тра 2024
- In this video i look at the story behind Richie Sambora's departure from Bon Jovi. I go in-depth on details on what led up to Richie's leaving and also talk about how the band reunited at the 2018 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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Ritchie's vocals were a big part of their sound.
Severely underrated!!! Glad you pointed that out!!
Absolutely
Jon's ego rides over everything, while he doesn't realise that he's nothing without Richie...the music is just shit without RS
EXACTLY THIS. The bandis called after his name. He plays it ego free but he seems so full of ego. Richie is in a different league imo. I also think richie is more talented, but because he doesn't have such an ego, he is the guitarist of the band and not main figure.
I have been wondering why RS left the band just like that ... There must have been a very serious reason beyond RS wanting to spend more time with his daughter. Sure family matters a lot, bu it seems there was something else to RS's leaving the band.
JBJ did something similar to late Alec John Such ... He called him over to his house and told him he was no longer in the band! If I remember right, JBJ was alleging that AJS was playing wrong notes or something like that.
Plus, what bothered me about JBJ was that he wanted to be an actor at some point in time and he was not happy with his manager or something.
He is not the greatest singer! Never been! JBJ was good as a whole band with RS, AJS, and DB!
Last I watched that JBJ says he's still waiting for a call from RS to return to the band! Once you treat such a great guitar player, writer and singer as an accessory, he should never come back! For what? Moreover, RS is hell of singer, ... much much better than JBJ ever was!!!
JBJ's ego needed taming. It's too late now. I'm happy RS is happy.
So very TRUE.. Bon Jovi is just not the same without Richie. Together Richie and Jon are magic, each are good solo, however together they're heaven!! Hope they pay together again some day in the near future!!
THESE DAYS is a seriously overlooked album. Personally, I think it's the band's best.
I love that album!! This ain’t a love song is one of my fav Jovi songs ever. Also, these days and something for the pain are awesome too.
Fantastic album it’s like from the beginning first album it’s like they knew what we were going through every album mark a special time in my life the timing was perfect up until bounce after that they lost me the albums after bounce maybe one song would catch my attention. But These Days is a masterpiece no doubt.
Richie made the band with his great guitar!!!! What a musician!!! Love the band.. One of the best bands in the 80's!!! ❤❤❤❤.....
In any great band, when the lead guitarist goes, the band is never the same...It's never always about the front man.
Especially when he's a co-writer and singer
@@work8046 especially when he is richie sambora, more talented than the main singer imo
The original band is one of the greatest in rock n roll history, especially there first 4 albums
I say Fahrenheit to These Days were kiler
@@frankhinterstocker7265 good call
@@frankhinterstocker7265 completly, these days is when they really mature there knowledge about music, it was the pic, didn't sell as much as the others before but musicly is almost perfect.
The first 6 albums really were totally awesome. I was lucky enough to see them 3 times the 2nd, 3rd and 4th albums best concert I’ve ever seen the energy in the building would make your hair on your neck rise. The excitement was amazing the show hadn’t even started yet.
Richie made the band
Agreed, christ those 80's albums were driven by Richie riffs, what a sound.
I always considered R. Sambora the 'anchor man'. Really strong presence. 🇺🇸 💯 👍
Me too. Need an anchor on a boat. ❤
What a terrible thing to do to your star guitarist. I'm surprised he toured with them at all after that. He was right to walk away after being treated with such contempt. The only regret should be that he didn't walk away before the tour started. I've always thought Bon Jovi was never truly Bon Jovi without him. That's the equivalent of replacing Brian May and expecting his band to still be Queen and still have the Queen sound. Unique musicians really are irreplaceable.
Was an avid BonJovi fan until Sambora left. The sound and vibe was not there anymore. It’s like Jagger without Richards. No thank you. Not saying I didn’t love John. They just didn’t have it without Richie. Just my opinion.
AGREED!
Richie sombrero is one underrated guitar player
Sambora?
@@LexyDaPanda Look up the BB King concert where he invited Richie on stage to play with him, the way BB said Richie's name sounded like he said "Ricky Sombrero".
@@The77SpaceMan oh okay thank you!!
LOL Richie Sombrero...
For me he is melodically perfect, those riffs MADE the music.
I knew it had to be something like that. Richie’s voice is a main part of Bon Jovi’s sound.
Without Richie the writing suffered. No top ten hits after Richie left. That says it all. Jon is a real douchbag for bringing in Shanks.
Richie did the right thing
absolutely! The guy has some balls. fuck Jon if you wanna treat me like that, there you have it, I'm not scared to leave the band I made
Good for Richie for making those tough decisions. Jon never let up with writing, recording & touring these guys never got a break. Lots of respect Richie SAMBORA ❤
I didn't get a break either listening to your music downloaded in a heartbeat faster than you could have dreamed possible
Famous I am was before you guys and dancing in the street didn't thank rock and roll for being called a stripper couldn't even have a 12•00 class of wine and enjoy after that Jovis bad name didn't help 🎶 mother put in history no police needed in my life
When did the police try to kill Jovi no thanks for his bad name
@@TenikiaTiripoli-ef5ou Pass the lsd
@@TenikiaTiripoli-ef5ou what are you even talking about? You make absolutely no sense. None of your posts have ever made sense. It’s always about you; you remind me of Jon
Definitely not cool to have John Shanks play some of Richie's guitar parts on the 'What About Now' album. I get it, he wasn't showing up and they were wanting to get the record finished. But still that's a low blow. Things were obviously not good at that stage. Shanks and Sambora had worked well together it seems on the 3 previous records 'Have a nice day', 'Lost Highway' & 'The Circle' but things had obviously come to a head by 2013 and the making of that record. Too much touring & Richie had had enough. But very awesome to see them reunite again at the R&R Hall of Fame. It's not quite the same without the original band members there. Richie such a huge part of their sound.
The show must go on. Richie knew what Jon was gonna do. He forced Jon’s hand.
Only two things are "legendary" about the Bon Jovi band:
1.the music they made in period 1984-2007
2. Sambora & Bon Jovi writing, playing & singing together
When Sambora stepped out, he was practically pushed to step out, from Bon Jovi remained just a shadow of the band they used to be, little sparkle dust and nothing more.
So, at the end, dear @BonJovi , it wasn't about the music, it wasn't about the friendship, about the solidarity, about the band mates. It was from the first day, it still is, and it will be always about you and about the money. End of story 🙄
@@aleksandradjurdjevic9276 very true
He was drunk and unreliable
@@scottishgiggirl yes, he was that is the fact, but I am astonished how most of you consider only the effect but not the cause.
Do you know how Richie started using painkillers?
I believe Richie was sick of living in the shadow of John for all those years. For being such an essential part of the band with no real input on its direction. Ritchie was good friends with Doc McGee, and Doc gave Ritchie a voice, that he lost once John took over management. Then once the stuff with Shanks went down, he was like I’m done. See ya.
You sir are on the money, time with his daughter, what PR crock.
@@work8046 Jon probably told him to say that and not to say anything negative about him. Wouldn’t put anything past him. I just can’t believe Richie hasn’t said anything before now
@@denisecastleberry5724 He will have come to a cash deal to keep his mouth shut.
Interesting, I never heard about all the other issues, it was always stated that Richie wanted to spend more time with his daughter but clearly there is much more to it that was brewing over time. I guess I always thought there were possible issues yeas before as Bon Jovi has always been Jon Bon Jovi, his record deal and the band were just employees, so eventually something has to give right? But Bon Jovi as a band has not been the same since Richie left, I personally stopped buying their records, going to shows, even listening to their music full stop. It was over a long time ago.
I couldn't agree more.
Actually, guitarist can be replace, but not the vocalist
"clearly", you know it. Take the cash and feed the JBJ is squeaky clean of guilt story.
@@TheMryunanto You do know the guitarist has to write the guitar parts, Phil X plays Richies riffs and Richies solos
Good to know I am not the only guy that don’t like Shanks
Ha,ha, most of us definitely can't stand that 🐀
Sambora rules!
This gave me more info on Sambora leaving than anything else... But I will tell you this.... Listen to any of Sambora's solo stuff, he doesn't need bon jovi his stuff is superior.... I really have not listened any record past slippery when wet.
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I've never knew how Ritchie Sambor left until now but it's never been the same without him in BON JOVI!
If you're talking about this video-you still don't
Im on Ritchie's side here, You crossed the line john....!!!!!
I literally sat on side stage when they performed a show in SD. Sat next to Mark McGrath and his GF. Shook Richie’s hand. Much smaller and thinner than Inimagined. Great show
Shanks, that’s why. Richie was right it started to sound less and less like bon jovi after shanks got involved
Hello, you also need to tell why Richie had problems with addictive painkillers. He broke his arm in three places and had a tour ahead of him. (the cleaning lady put an object in his way, he walked home in the dark and tripped and there was a mess) he played the whole tour on pills and that's why he had problems.
Exactly, well the boss wasn't worried about Sambora's arm but about how much money the tour brings to him
And Jon will never tell that part of the story.
I broke my arm in 2 places, I'm never going to those 2 places again.
I get it and I see both sides. I did the current incarnation but it’s not Bon Jovi without Richie
Richie had Jon's back for 30 years..Jon should have given him the space to get his shit together.
W.A.N should have bin a JBJ solo album...a couple of shows here and then..so Sambora could spent time with Eva and get his energy back to write ,record and tour again.
Jon is a workaholic and is always busy being relevant in the music scene...in this case he shouldn't have.
Fair Play to sambora
Addiction is very hard to overcome and makes you do things you know are wrong. As a ex-addict myself (35) Year's clean I can say that I am extremely lucky my family didn't quit on me, I quit on them and made it hard for them to love me. Now day's I've atoned for my addiction. You go Richie, I hope for you your sober and it comes out for you.
Jon and the band should have taken some time off to take care of their buddy. What About Now is not as important as the gap that Richie left in the band.
-definetly ... !-
" what about now "
Jon says in interview over interview he has no regrets yet I bet 10 to 1 he's lying. I bet his biggest was not waiting for Richie to finish that album. Richie was smart enough had enough pride at that point to leave. Richie's career as a musician hasn't taken off since he left as well. I think Richie is ok with that
Nothing left to prove so he dont care. Like Barry Gibb told his 2 brothers before Maurice got sick: “Guys, maybe we acheived what we were looking for and it’s time to stop?” Well, Mo died a week later and Barry is left with this pain that they never ended it…no closure. Richie left so Jon would smell the fkn roses for once. Jon dont know what he has in family and life, he really doesnt. Hes got to get the me out of the way
He'd done his best work. BJ management ordered ticket sales outlets to tell fans who called in for refunds "we have a new guitarist who is as good if not better than Richie Sambora", some fan you are if you accepted that as credible.
Richie had great solo records and is also a good solo artist and sgould have just been a solo artist, see him live as he headlines and is good on his own.
We I know I always understood and was so happy that everything is great for you and your family. Love you Richie!!!❤❤❤
Never surprised me that Ritchie left. John is VERY focused.
While im so disappointed Richie is gone, at least we have the awesome, beautiful catalog of music he has left behind. To be honest, while i love Bon Jovi, i pretty much only listen to the songs made up to 2013 when he quit. They were a super duo who fed off each other. Neither is the same on their own. I miss him❤
Feel the same…❤
Richie Samboras is the old school BonJovi and I stick to that
They broke big when I was a senior in HS, and super popular in those days. The last 20 years the direction their music has gone is just not for me. Less and less edgy guitar parts. Maybe Richie feels the same way, who knows. Richie has said over and over he needed to spend more time with his daughter as being the reason he left, fair enough. But I think its more than that. His substance abuse issues probably play a part, along with the changing music. I haven't listened to any of their albums in those 20 years I mentioned. The bits and pieces I
have heard clips of are just not that great. I feel if JBJ wasn't JBJ, none of the recent albums would have been made and sold to many people.
God bless those early songs from the 1st 4 albums, brings back a lot of happy memories when I hear them on the radio.
And they were so good live mid to late 80's and early 90's!
That's the same way I feel about them. The proof of Jon's greed for money is docuseries. As I have been a fan for 35 years, I certainly deserve to watch that project free of charge. So the way he wants to say thank you is a pity and shameful.
Para mi Richie es el alma de la banda junto a Tico y Bryan, los tres siempre fueron fundamentales. Ya quisiera cualquier banda haber tenido a Richie Sambora como guitarrista principal, el es uno de los mejores.
I've been a fan since 1984.
The day after Richie walked out right before they took the stage, my heart broke.
Jon's mouth and attempts to shift the focus from Jon's daughter's recent OD to Heather Locklear and that old 'substance abuse' cliche really pissed me off. This proved to me it really was Bon Jovi, Inc. all along. 'The Brotherhood' my ASS.
After personally experiencing Bon Jovi live in concert for 103 shows, I am disgusted with myself for not realizing what I was supporting with my hard-earned money for tickets, flights, accommodations, rental cars, fan club memberships and private exclusive trips and meet-n-greets, charity auctions, and on and on - that Bon Jovi was, and still is, a privately held corporation.
I wouldn't trade my Jovi memories or the lifetime friends (and 1 sister-like) for any amount of money. There won't be another Bon Jovi, even if Rich comes back. That ship done sailed.
Jon should be ashamed, but his LSD narcissism burnt that section of his brain.
From here on out, all Bon Jovi mysic since Richie's departure will be performed by a group of musicians known as "A-hole and the Payroll."
All bands, once they get signed to a record label, are corporations. It’s not just Bon Jovi. And when bands reach the level of success that BJ did, they have a staff of employees. Lawyers, managers, road crew, administrative staff, some type of office/warehouse for their gear. Also payroll. I just watched an interview with Pearl Jam, where they talked about doing tours just to keep their staff paid, and the mortgage on their HQ building.
@@deejay7060 Jon told the final original guys (Rich, David, Alec and Tico) that the record label - Polydor at the time - signed HIM and ONLY him, that the contract is between HIM and the label, and that the members of 'the band' are contracted with him and NOT the label. This revelation was brought to light after Jon started shopping for a new label (ehem, bigger cut) when Polygram absorbed Polydor and he was in negotiations with Island Records (before Island became Island Def Jam). JBJ had never pulled the I card - it was WE, US, the Brotherhood - before then. Shortly thereafter, JBJ Inc. took over management from McGee Entertainment (Doc was in legal hot water thanks to his shady dealings and using the equipment of the bands he repped at the time as drug pack mules, but I digress...) more money incoming from Island but no increase to 'the band'. He became a tyrant. Don't take a stranger on the interwebs' word for it even though I was around and was aware of the unease and discontent in the Fab Five. No one threatened to quit - because no one dared to stand up to the tiny tyrant. The band's 'break' when JBJ made the Young Guns II soundtrack and Destination Anywhere was his attempts to 'allow' his guys to breathe, stretch their wings, try other things (David with Broadway music, Tico with sculpturing and painting, Alec with his love of horses and motorcycles, and Rich with making his own music and writing for other acts and genres).
I know many people who have been contractors working for the musical side of Bon Jovi, and many became employees of JBJ Inc, complete with 401K and health insurance plans. The Soul Kitchens and the Arena Football team/staff and underwriting for Habitat for Humanity also has employees - all off the sweat from the backs of the Fab Five funneled through the lead singer. And that's great! He can do whatever he wants with his money. But it wasn't all him. It took all five.
I find it terribly sad though, that Rich has to garner his 'increase in pay' via songwriting credits/royalties that he shares with JBJ, and tolerated JBJ for as long as he could knowing he had changed into the megalomanic everyone is afraid to publicly acknowledge. Knowing there was not going to be an increase in dividends, Jon brings in another songwriter and musician and shoves it in Richie's face? I am pissed FOR Rich, and we all know how hot Sambora got (to the point he walked away).
I'm not naive, and I know how the sausage is made - seen it, done it first hand. I'm just really, truly upset (triggered? ugh) that something so earthy and sincere and energetic and caring and mesmerizing and eexplosive as the whole Bon Jovi experience was, that it became so ugly and jaded and me Me ME-centric turned out to have been an unbearable lie-filled shit show.
A fan of what? PRIDE 😤
I didn't care for everyone stealing the ideas to write ✍️ from anyone possible and the original writer always knew the stolen thoughts ideas 💡
This is nothing new John many love 🏍 motorcycles and soul food
I will never forget his solo on “Always”!
Top notch, it’s enthralling!
Always is my favorite Bon Jovi song of all time 🥲🥲
Dude, these days is a awesome album, and they dont even talk about the album on the new documentary... Underrated album...
Keep the Faith, These Days, Crush, Bounce, Have a Nice day, Lost Highway... All good records. After that though, not quite as good imo. Band just getting older, plus after 'The Circle' they lost Richie and the sound he brings to the band. Band slowing down as they get older, that is expected.
Def Leppard's 1983 release Pyromania was a smash hit! They were on top of the world. Then Drummer Rick Allen lost his arm in a car accident. Rather than go on without him,and at the risk of fading into obscurity after many years of hard work achieving massive success,the band waited 4 years (an eternity in the music biz) for Rick to heal and to develop a new technique and innovative style of playing his drums.
Their follow-up album, Hysteria in 1987 was an instant success,eventually reaching #1 on the Billboard 200 and U.K. album charts. point being,the band put their love and loyalty of a brother ahead of themselves and their ambitions,and It paid off in astronomical fashion.
Hindsight being 20/20. Can't help but wonder,if his Bon Jovi bandmates chose to pull back a bit and support Richie through his tough times,after 30 years in the band,and at that point in their careers where they'd pretty much done it all,and then some may have made for a stronger,tighter,much more cohesive unit in the studio and on the road,while maintaining the core integrity of the band.
Phil X is incredible! A cool AF,hilarious,multi-faceted monster musician who can play,sing and perform with,and/or better than the best of them IMO. Richie Sambora's indispensable contribution to the Bon Jovi sound and live performance will never be eclipsed.
I don't think his band mates were the problem, I think you need to look at the ringmaster
Which you did the right thing.His family comes first
Yes, he did. I've been a fan from day one.
My son and I were there the night Richie didn’t show up, Calgary, April 2, 2013. It was a very odd feeling when the preshow announcement came on telling the crowd he was ‘unable to perform’ that night. You knew something wasn’t right. Bobby Bandiera and Jon worked their asses off to cover guitar parts.
Maybe he should have worked his ass off not to row with his guitarist and you'd have got your show.
Shanks broke up the band
Shark(s) better fits.😡
Yup any True Bonjovi fan knows shanks started the rot
Shanks wanted to be in the band and he figured out how to do it - by driving a wedge between Jon and Richie. It’s too bad after all those years Jon had no loyalty to Richie or realization what he brought to the band and the recordings. Haven’t seen them since and never will if Richie isn’t on the stage. With Jon’s voice shot he would do well to reconsider bring back Richie.
Jon did by allowing it and not putting his friendship with Richie first. @@aleksandradjurdjevic9276
@@patricial641 Richie himself is fucked up, too. His voice is even done.
What Bon Jovi did was wrong.
Bro you totally skipped over These Days when you talked albums. That’s a classic! Hahaha great video!!
I saw them on 2/13 in NY. What an amazing show! But I heard the news of Richie leaving. I was devastated! John Shanks and Phil X are good musicians, but they are NOT Bon Jovi. The last album I bought, was What About Now. Haven't bought one since. Then Jon's voice went bad. Also a bad thing. I still listen to previous records, but they just don't sound the same now.
Nothing but mad respect for Phil X, he was asked to take this high profile gig and by all accounts has exceeded all expectations with humility for the situation. This other Shanks dude can't help but come off as a gold-bricker and an interloper. What Jon's motivations to cut Richie out are only known to him. Not a BJ super fan, they always seemed to be girl's band to me, so as Boromir say, "I care not".
He had his reasons and the band knows why he left and they understood
Way to go, John.
I had no idea he left! 😮 I'm w Sambora, that was messed up.
Apologise to the fans? None of them feel terrible about the fans. They are all about the money; the band Bon Jovi Dont gives a toss about the real fans by charging exorbitant prices for platinum-tier packages and seats that all but the incredibly wealthy can afford; if you are a fan that can not afford best tickets they put you in the seats behind the stage and the band Dont even have the decorum to turn around to face fans in cheap seats , you're watching their backs all night.
:D Someone else has noticed this. I said the same mate, pretty sickening and to hear "he loves us !". A band also feeds off its fans so it comes back to bite him as guys in suits stand at the front and politely applaud the songs, not that he cares anymore.
Got no animosity towards Shanks on a personal level, but I think, in some degree, he's sort of ruined the band. Shanks to Bon Jovi seems like... Ono Yoko to The Beatles. "John" loved and loves that person but a bad influence on the band.
-jon- *
@@sunnystormy4973 So you don't know the spelling of Jon's original name...
Agree
That really was unfair to Richie, I'm surprised Jon did that!
I'm not
Got track to acknowledge the fact that Jon always had a backup plan, so when Richie bailed, someone could step in.
😢Hey it happens I love to see Ritchie Sambora 😢
Many good musicians
Richie sambora entregó el sello musical a la banda que los llevó al éxito
Jon doesn’t stop for nobody his goal always was to be the biggest most famous Rock band of all time he made it now it’s holding on to it till he’s laid to rest. I love the entire band and it’s sad that Alec John Such died because now we will never see the band play as they were
Sounds a bit like the Neal Schon/Jonathan Cain situation and how they treated Steve Perry.
you mean after Steve pushed like half the other guys out of the band? hard to feel sorry for Steve
@@JohnProph Yes, Steve Perry did get ambitious and tried to go for a different sound on the "Raised on Radio" album and in doing so, Ross Valory and Steve Smith were kicked out of the band. But the guys got back together, buried the hatchet, and created "Trial by Fire." Then the drama ensued, resulting in Steve Perry being kicked out of the band. Karma? Maybe. But think of the authentic Journey music we would have had if Perry had been in the band this whole time. (But then again, who would want to be around all the Schon/Cain drama going on?)
Karma all the way. One of the best examples ever. Dont forget Gregg Rolie...probably to some extent another victim of Steves ego or whatever
@@JohnProph I honestly think that Gregg Rolie and the drummer, Ainsley Dunbar, were just unhappy with the change in sound that the band was making due to the addition of Steve Perry. But with the original, trippy mood/rock they were doing, they didn't have much of a commercial future. And without commercial success, a band doesn't last very long.
@@tammyf.7864 chalk it up any way u want to...one guy came in, lots of other guys left. Karma comes back around eventually
I really didn't want to believe it, but it appears Shanks did play a role in Richie"s quitting.
Sambora had an addiction problem
They have written some great newer songs since the 90's. It's a different sound and takes effort to appreciate them when the old stuff is so dominant of their legacy
I can't believe they lasted this long..."maybe" an album's worth of hits ?
I miss Richie. I was a HUGE Bon Jovi fan since I was 4 years old, since Richie left, it’s not the same and won’t ever be the same. Not really into their music anymore, I don’t like Shanks and I miss the good ol days of Bon Jovi 😞
Publishing is what it boils down to,
If you heard John sing live you would leave too!
How the hell do you tell one of the greatest guitarist "how/what" to play?? You say solo starts here, vocals come back here you've got 8-12 bars go"
To say no we want this... I'd have gone play it ya bloody self then I'm off!
Yes if they're on a schedule n Richies not showing up n you need to get it down but don't limit the guy
There is no way JBJ didn’t know Richie would be devastated by the inferior John Schmuck playing his guitar parts. Bon Jovi is not Bon Jovi without THE king of Swing & we all know it
Richie had to be a father to Ava, and if anyone takes issue with that……I’m gonna take issue with them
Peace and Lots of Love from Mumbai India ❤💯✌️✨
Learn to never rely on anyone but self
I usually don't do comments, but being a HUGE , frigging HUGE fan of Ritchie, I will n have this sooo many times....no Ritchie, no Jovi. Won't go see them.
What has bon Jovi done since 2013? Not much...not anything relevant....tells you something
Not my type of music. But the acoustic version of Dead Or Alive is so good!
Too bad the original band didn’t record one last album
Con todo respeto, el último álbum real de Bon Jovi fue The Circle. Luego de eso, sólo es una banda pop. No hay mucha diferencia entre un tema y otro.
That's right they became a pop band. Average one☝️
I didn know he quit the bad, found out at the show.
Would have taken a refund.
Wasn’t the same band
We did
i saw them live without richie. i love the band and have nothing against the new guitarist. but i have to honestly say that without richie they sounded really bad honestly. it's a much bigger difference than you would even think. jon still performed his tail off and the rest of the band had plenty of energy. it was just so different. i was really disappointed even though i still love every one of them, they are not even close to the same without richie imo. still am thankful for all the great songs and i will still listen to anything jon does in the future. but it is what it is.
I was hoping Sambora left because JBJ was a screaming lefty
When you don't show up....well life goes on
If most your fans don't know shit about what goes into the music, sure, plenty of refunds were given on that first tour without him.
shanks is a trouble maker!
i really love this true band member.
JBJ
RS
Alec
David
Tico
No ONE CAN REPLACE THEM.
RIP to Alec.
I was so upset when the original member broke up cause of the third person.
PLEASE COME BACK MR RICHIE.
I don't ever hate Phill X but he is not BON JOVI.
Jon please drop down your ego.
Not for u. but for your true fan.
Bon Jovi already missed mr alec almost 20yrs ago. Please do take back Richie to your band
we do love bon jovi
always love bon jovi
😢😢😢😢
It’s not the same without Richie but they need to get shanks out he’s the reason for everything
Dude, if you don't show up and deliver, the recording process moves on without you. Talk to Ace Frehley of KISS. At least Ace admitted that he was off, drunk somewhere.
why do most people quit their jobs when they have nothing else to go to ?
as a guitar player I don't blame Ritchie the direction their music was going wasn't that good it wasn't ROCK so be true to who you are and ROCK ON 🤘 🎸
I just wanted to update this. Richie Samora did not leave the band. He just took a hiatus. He’s in the band still.😊
Members
Jon Bon Jovi
David Bryan
Tico Torres
Phil X
Hugh McDonald
Everett Bradley[1]
John Shanks[1]
Past members
Alec John Such
Dave Sabo
Richie Sambora
No Jovi without Richie and Alec
When you don't show up for studio time, someone will always be willing to do your job.
And here I thought Ritchie left Bon Jovi because he was tired of trying to Play Tim Pierce's Solo Right on " Runaway " Hahaha 👀😶🌫️💫🌟⚡💥🔥💯🚨🤯😉🧐🫣🤔😵🤨🤦✨😳🫡🎸🤣😂
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Once the sound changed after the New Jersey album, things weren’t the same and as good. I blame the record companies mostly but Jon and his dipshet dad had to have control of the Bon Jovi corporation… egos and greed is what Jon anchovie was about. Richie made Bon Jovi with his amazing guitar works and vocals. Jon had nothing on Richie. Richie could have made that band a continued success even without Jon in the band. Just fyi most of the guitar work or all wasn’t even by Richie on their first album. Tim pierce was a huge part of that album.
How can you not know that Richie would be so crush. If it was him he’d be crush too.That’s why I say as a bandleader you cannot not know why the person left your bed after so many years is it really that gullible
Jon Bon Jovi broke up the band by giving Shanks the creative control he shared with Sambora since day 1.
First the narrator says that when Ritchie showed up to write songs with BJ, Shanks already had 30 so Ritchie said fine and left - then he says Sambora didn't show up because he was drunk, and Shanks pulled a Bob Kulick and finished the songs. Which is it?
Lovely Pic sambora your family?
Jovi is full of those
Let's be honest Ritchie is just hoping for a reunion to make some BIG $ they all do this!
Richie was great but Jon's voice is shot and they are all old men now, there is no going back, thats not how reality works, just enjoy what we have and be at peace with it
yup