ITG Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Didn't Bon Jovi gross more than Taylor Swift and Kanye West, like $80M for the last tour. Why on earth would he accept a demotion to become an employee? If he had problems with Jon how well would he work with Axl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kush Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 I think 'Goin Down' would have been a great Bon Jovi song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Maybe bring back Izzy, make Fortus lead. If not just go with Dj and Fortus. Richie Sambora would be a coup/controversy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 (edited) Didn't Bon Jovi gross more than Taylor Swift and Kanye West, like $80M for the last tour. Why on earth would he accept a demotion to become an employee? If he had problems with Jon how well would he work with Axl? They might have been the top grossing tour this year.People call Bon Jovi a sell out......well, he is selling out to the millions of fans who still love what he does. Bon Jovi puts out music for his fans on a regular basis and is extremely media/fan friendly. Or, the exact OPPOSITE approach of Axl and Beta/Fernando.Sambora is a professional who has a padded bank account. There is no way in the world that he would join GnR.The only people that are going to come to work for Axl are up-and-coming guitar players or solid session studio type vets who need to add money to their retirement account. The days of getting a Slash, Bucket or Robin are LONG gone. And you guys can thank Beta/Fernando and Axl for that.If BBF quits they should just go with the two guitar players. Maybe drop Dizzy as well and go back to being a traditional rock n roll band. Edited December 2, 2013 by Groghan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARBeast Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I think Sambora could bring a style and flow to GNR that could bring something magical. However, the level or magnitude of what that would stand for, would still be irrelevant. I think that this band would bring a style that would rock the music world.I also believe in Axl. Some way, some how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bonham Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 No one could ever replace Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustycage Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 No one could ever replace Ron.That was said(and is still said) about Slash.It was also said about Buckethead. He had unique ability.I think it has been shown that in order to replace any current GNR member, you just need to learn the classics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young_Gun Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Richie doesn't need to join a trainwreck of a band like current-day GnR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-GenerationX Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Richie has been kicked out of his own band of 30 years for drinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustycage Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Richie has been kicked out of his own band of 30 years for having too high of a percentage of the profitsFTFY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-GenerationX Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Richie has been kicked out of his own band of 30 years for having too high of a percentage of the profits FTFY That's his version. The version of everyone else is that he drinks too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick85 Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 This thread is just the worst kind of joke. Strangely enough, it fits GNR right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustycage Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Richie has been kicked out of his own band of 30 years for having too high of a percentage of the profits FTFYThat's his version. The version of everyone else is that he drinks too much.I'm sure that 2 million a month profit(20% of the band's money) was the real reason. Drinking is the bullshit cover story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young_Gun Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Has he been kicked out of Bon Jovi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-GenerationX Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Has he been kicked out of Bon Jovi? Yep. Tossed mid tour supporting the new album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARBeast Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 No one could ever replace Ron.Except Buckethead.Or Robin, he was apart of rehearsals for so long I'm sure he has all the notes memorized by now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfuckinga Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Lol an ex bon phony member in GN'R."Bon Jovi can suck my dick" --W. Axl Rose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerman Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 No one could ever replace Ron.That was said(and is still said) about Slash.It was also said about Buckethead. He had unique ability.I think it has been shown that in order to replace any current GNR member, you just need to learn the classics.If thats the case I can play the classics equal to or better than DJ, certainly better than Paul Huge and as well as Fink...at least the part where he fucked up tone, timbre tempo and key.Sambora was fired from the tour because he was making like 2 million a month and not contributing to the show. Hes still part of Bon Jovi and may if they record again be on board. Sambora is and will always be the Bon Jovi guitarist BECAUSE any other would be a hired hand and a scab worker and a pretender to the throne. Without his contribution it would be like .. like a Jon Bon Jovi SOLO record...even if it SOUNDS like a BON JOVI record and is promoted as a BON JOVI record. THat line of thinking doesnt apply to the la la land of GNR though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-GenerationX Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Will Bon Jovi fans throw a 10 year plus tantrum and tell him how its "a slap in the face" to use the name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Nobody could every replace Slash, Buckethead, Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARBeast Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Lol an ex bon phony member in GN'R."Bon Jovi can suck my dick" --W. Axl Roseok? he said that in what, the 80's?Then Axl and Baz had dinner with Jon Bon Jovi or something..read the story awhile back so.. I'm sure it's all subject to change.Jon and Bill could have realized the media's manipulation in an effort to make $$$, and that there is really no reason they shouldn't be friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kush Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 Will Bon Jovi fans throw a 10 year plus tantrum and tell him how its "a slap in the face" to use the name?If they are semi-educated or at least not totally blind to the blatant obvious. Yeah. Probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mixk Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 No one could ever replace Ron. That was said(and is still said) about Slash.And it was / is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Richie would be the perfect foil for Dj. Bon Motley here we come. If they covered "Inside of Me" by Little Steven we'd have a hit single. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I sincerely doubt RS would want anything to do with Axl's "band".Having DJ in GNR is a bad enough stain on the once great name, if Axl were to get RS he may as well get CC Deville as well...why not Brett Michaels as second tambourine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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