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“Integrity matters and we’re at a stage of our career where we don’t have anything left to prove.”

“This record is about our integrity,” said Jon Bon Jovi at the press conference. YOUR TURN: What is your favorite Bon Jovi song and how much are you looking forward to the release of their new album? 'Like' us on Facebook and let us know by leaving us a comment.Īttempts to reach Bon Jovi’s representative for more information, including a release date for the album and its label, were not successful. “This House Is Not for Sale” is the name of an album, due this month, according to statements by band members at a press conference in Malaysia during the aforementioned tour late last year. Throw in a failed attempt to purchase the Buffalo Bills that made Jon Bon Jovi the “most hated man” in Buffalo plus the juggling of multiple Soul Kitchens and other charitable endeavors, and well, there’s a lot going on in the Bon Jovi universe.īut surely it’s a universe that orbits around music, and the release of the first new album without Sambora is a pivotal moment. Two shows in China were suddenly canceled and Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters led a chorus that called for a concert in Israel to be canceled. The departure of guitarist Richie Sambora in 2013 the group's departure from its record label, Mercury Records, and international intrigue in China and Israel on the last tour. The band Bon Jovi has been through a lot in the past few years. Ask and you shall receive.Watch Video: Jon Bon Jovi wins humanitarian award And I guarantee that when people hear the new solo, they'll be stoked. Sometimes you have to test things out and see what works. "When I played sessions, it was all about serving the song. It's a monster."īut does the guitarist mind having fans, in effect, 'produce' part of a song? "Nah!" he says, with a laugh.

Go lay down another solo and we'll drop it in the song on the album.' So that's what I did - I cut it yesterday, in fact. "So I said to Jon, 'Hey, do you want me to change it? We got time. As soon as the song got leaked to radio, people went crazy, sending e-mails and Twittering and everything: 'We love the song, but what's with that solo? We want a rippin', burnin' Richie Sambora solo. "When I recorded the solo to that song, I played a very melodic, kind of Beatles-esque break. The first single from The Circle, We Weren't Born To Follow, has been blowing up at radio, but Sambora reveals that the version currently being spun will ultimately differ from what fans can expect to hear on the album. Plus, there were a couple of my old Teles and some of John Shanks's Strats. Then I also used a Duesenberg, a Les Paul Jr with P-90s, a '59 and a '68 Les Paul. "I got a '58 Explorer which sounds excellent. Sambora admits he can't remember all the guitars he used on the new album, but a few come to mind. And he knows his guitars, too - that always helps." "I can't say enough good things about him. "John's an amazing producer, writer, you name it," Sambora enthuses.

To record The Circle, Bon Jovi reunited with producer-songwriter John Shanks, who the band worked with on Have A Nice Day and half of Lost Highway. But that should come only after you have something that's unbreakable." Guitars, guitars, guitars! That's when you start sprinkling all the fairy dust on the tracks. When you go into a studio and you press 'Record,' that's a different story. "To us, when we write a song, we knock it out and then we bring it to the band. We know when we have something great and when we have something sub-par. "You have to remember, Jon and I have been doing this for 25 years. "We're of the belief that you can't polish bullshit," he says.