Why did Bon Jovi make the band?

Answer 1

He sent his song "Runaway" to the radio and begged them to play it on the air. they finally said "OK" and they put it on the radio. Then, people started liking him and he kept making more songs. Then, he kept getting more famous and more famous until now.

Answer 2

Jon worked at a place with his bro called the powerstation.Later Jon made an album called the powerstation years.He met the band later and made lots of music that was very popular and that's how he became famous.

Additional Information : Bon Jovi was working sweeping floors at his cousin Tony Bongiovi's recording studio. In 1980, when Meco was there recording Christmas in the Stars: The Star Wars Christmas Album, Bongiovi recommended Bon Jovi for the song "R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas." This became his first professional recording (credited as John Bongiovi).[9] He left in 1983 when he got a record deal.[10]

Jon Bon Jovi recorded a song, Runaway, one of a few songs John wrote during his bus travels from Sayreville to The Power Station. He went to several record companies, including Atlantic Records and Mercury (PolyGram), but they all turned him down.

Jon Bon Jovi visited major rock station WAPP 103.5FM "The Apple" in New York City. He spoke directly to the promotion director John Lassman, who accepted the song "Runaway" for inclusion on the station's compilation album of local homegrown talent. Bon Jovi was initially reluctant to have it included but eventually gave them the song on which Bon Jovi had used studio musicians to play on the track. The studio musicians who helped record "Runaway" - known as The All Star Review - were guitarist Tim Pierce, keyboardist Roy Bittan, drummer Frankie LaRocka, and bassist Hugh McDonald.

Runaway became a local hit on the charts. Along the way, Mercury gave Bon Jovi a recording contract in 1983, and to promote Runaway, Bon Jovi called up Richie Sambora, David Bryan, Tico Torres and Alec John Such and formed a band. After Bon Jovi claimed he wanted a group name (and rejecting "Johnny Lightning"), one of the group suggested "Bon Jovi", slightly changing the spelling of Jon's last name.

Answer 3

(The Beginning)

Jon Bon Jovi recorded a song called "Runaway" as Jon Bongiovi himself with no band. He gave it to a DJ to listen to, and it was played on radio and it spread nation-wide. It became a hit. The record companies were looking for the artist of the song. Jon needed a band.

He asked for his high school friend, David Rashbaum (who later became David Bryan) to be his keyboard player, who also knew a few other guys he could take in as his band members. That's when Alec and Tico came along to join in.

Later on, Richie was told about the band and that he should go and see them. When he obliged, he went up to watch them perform and was indeed impressed. He asked Jon himself that he was going to be his guitarist.

Not long after, they all really hit it off well and named the band Bon Jovi.

(The Fame)

Their first album "Bon Jovi" that was released in 1984 was a successful release, but later on they became a world wide known band when they released their third album "Slippery When Wet" in 1986.

Answer 4

Because they have songs that people are able to relate to and they have been playing for like 30 or so years

Answer 5

because his band Bon Jovi has sold more than 125 million albums worldwide and he defined the hard/poprock genre in the late 80's

Answer 6

Yes, they actually got their start in the 80s. And Slippery When Wet and New Jersey came out in the 80s, which are their 2 biggest albums to-date

Answer 7

he has been around for so long and has so many good songs. that is why he is so famous and popular.

Answer 8

Because they love music, and they wanted to write songs.