![]() “There are no platinum records hanging anywhere in my house. “My life is much more normal than one would imagine,” says the sixth-wealthiest rock star in the world, sandwiched on that list between Sting and Elton John. (Although I think we both know that if Bon Jovi is the prince of New Jersey, its king is Bruce Springsteen.) From the tiny amount I can see, his house looks lovely – wood-panelled walls and not overly flashy. "I am the crown prince of New Jersey," he declares, which is probably true – he named one of his biggest-selling albums after the state and has stayed firmly loyal to his home turf. Photograph: Paul Natkin/Getty Imagesīon Jovi, who is now 58, is talking on Zoom from his house in New Jersey. ![]() Pictured are, from left, David Bryan, Tico Torres, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Alec John Such. Portrait of American rock band Bon Jovi backstage before a performance, Illinois, early March, 1987. "It bought a lot of people houses," he says. Maybe we should just put it on a movie soundtrack.’ Richie looked at me and said, ‘You’re an idiot. It’s really good.’ I said, ‘I just don’t know where it’s going.’ But it didn’t have that boom-boom-boom bassline yet, so it sounded more like The Clash.”ĭid it buy him a house? Bon Jovi looks at me as if I had asked about the woods-based habits of bears. I remember walking out of the room with Richie” – Richie Sambora, his band’s second-most-famous but now former member – “and I said, ‘Eh, it’s okay. ![]()
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