Five men. Rock guitars. Pop sensibility. Stirred up in a melting pot called Bon Jovi. The story of the biggest pop-rock peddlers since KISS began when lead singer Jon Bon Jovi was a janitor in a recording studio. His is a story that has come a long way, busting out of New Jersey in the early 1980s and breaking into the charts with the multi platinum Slippery when Wet, which put pop and rock in a sizzling concoction of guitars, synths and pop harmonies. It was big, bold pop sound that kick-started the hair-band and spandex movement. Bon Jovi’s rock wasn’t about rebellion, it was about good times and optimism, it was about ... living on a prayer.  

These rock ’n’ roll boys, or should we say millionaires don’t really need to sing for their supper any longer considering Bon Jovi’s superstar credentials in the music scene. But Jon Bon Jovi (vocals), Richie Sambora (guitar), David Bryan (keyboards), Tico Torres (drums) and unofficial fifth member Hugh McDonald (on bass) were still the buzz of the week when they delivered a playful set at the Heineken Music Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands last week.