By Steve Newton I did the third of my three interviews with Jon Bon Jovi on June 18 of 1987, when his band was touring behind its hugely popular third LP, Slippery When Wet. Three days earlier the group had released the power ballad "Never Say Goodbye" as the fourth single from that LP, following … Continue reading That time I asked Jon Bon Jovi if he was worried about overexposure while Slippery When Wet topped the charts
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That time Jon Bon Jovi told me about New Jersey teens picking songs for his band’s latest album, Slippery When Wet
By Steve Newton I did the third of my three interviews with Jon Bon Jovi in June of 1987, when his band was touring behind its third LP, Slippery When Wet, which went on to sell more than 12 million copies in the U.S. alone. At one point in the conversation I asked him if it was true … Continue reading That time Jon Bon Jovi told me about New Jersey teens picking songs for his band’s latest album, Slippery When Wet
That time I asked Jon Bon Jovi if recording at Little Mountain Sound had much to do with the success of the new Slippery When Wet LP
By Steve Newton I did the third of my three interviews with Jon Bon Jovi in June of 1987, when his band was touring behind its third LP, Slippery When Wet. That album was recorded at Vancouver's Little Mountain Sound and produced by Bruce Fairbairn, as was its followup, 1988's New Jersey. At one point … Continue reading That time I asked Jon Bon Jovi if recording at Little Mountain Sound had much to do with the success of the new Slippery When Wet LP
One month before the 1987 Monsters of Rock festival I told Jon Bon Jovi that his band didn’t seem to fit that metal gig
By Steve Newton On June 18, 1987, I did a phone interview with Jon Bon Jovi, whose band at the time was topping the charts worldwide with the Slippery When Wet album. Just over a month later--on August 22--Bon Jovi was scheduled to headline the massive Monsters of Rock festival at England's Castle Donnington, headlining … Continue reading One month before the 1987 Monsters of Rock festival I told Jon Bon Jovi that his band didn’t seem to fit that metal gig
Jon Bon Jovi talks strippers, scenery, and hype as Slippery When Wet tops the charts
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JUNE 26, 1987 By Steve Newton Talk about moving up in the world! It was a little more than a year ago that New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi played the now-defunct Embassy on Davie. They were in town recording their Slippery When Wet album, and they wanted to see how the new … Continue reading Jon Bon Jovi talks strippers, scenery, and hype as Slippery When Wet tops the charts
That time 25-year-old Jon Bon Jovi asked me to say hi to his idol Little Steven, so I did
By Steve Newton Ever since I decided that's life's too short not to spend countless hours poring over ancient tapes of interviews I did with famous rock stars, I've uncovered some pretty interesting excerpts. Interesting to me, anyway. Like that time back on June 18, 1987, when I did a phone interview with Jon Bon … Continue reading That time 25-year-old Jon Bon Jovi asked me to say hi to his idol Little Steven, so I did