Bon Jovi

Poll Results Are In! Rock Is Sexist, The Videos Are Terrible, But We Love The Singers…

By Every Record Tells A Story on December 10, 2013 • ( 10 )

It’s Official: Heavy rock is found guilty of bad clothing, terrible videos and it’s definitely sexist – but they wrote their own songs, and we love the singers! For those poor, misguided regular readers of Every Record Tells A Story… Read More ›

Why Listen To Poison When You Can Listen To Husker Du?

By Every Record Tells A Story on November 25, 2013 • ( 16 )

Twenty five years on from the peak of heavy rock’s commercial popularity in 1988, this series asks why heavy rockers no longer dominate the charts and seeks to highlight the crimes that Heavy Rock is accused of, and give you… Read More ›

Is Heavy Rock Guilty Of The Worst Lyrics Ever…? The Case For The Prosecution

By Every Record Tells A Story on October 4, 2013 • ( 49 )

I’m Putting Rock On Trial! Have Your Say! It is the 25th anniversary of Bon Jovi’s first UK number one album, “New Jersey” – a moment when heavy rock had confirmed its place in the mainstream, capping the momentum built… Read More ›

Ten Ways To Spot A Bon Jovi Fan In Hiding

By Every Record Tells A Story on October 1, 2013 • ( 20 )

In Britain today there are nearly two million people who share a dark and (for many) shameful secret. Although these people used to be readily identifiable, out of shame they have been forced to go underground and it is no… Read More ›

The Day UK Rock Fans Took Thrash Metal To Their Hearts

By Every Record Tells A Story on September 25, 2013 • ( 23 )

I was there the day Thrash Metal broke into the UK’s metal mainstream…. It seems strange looking back at the divisions that thrash metal caused in the mid eighties. For some, the surprise will be that there’s any discernible difference… Read More ›

Ten Reasons Why It Was Okay To Like Bon Jovi In The Eighties

By Every Record Tells A Story on August 9, 2013 • ( 32 )

If you have been reading some of the rubbish I have come up with over the last eighteen months you may have built up a Sherlockian picture of me, although instead of observing the type of sand on my shoe… Read More ›

So, Just How Much Could You Spend On A Full Set of White Stripes Vinyl?

By Every Record Tells A Story on July 12, 2013 • ( 14 )

White Stripes Release New Double Live Album “Nine Miles From The White City” Despite having split up in 2011, The White Stripes have released a new double live album this week. Marking the tenth anniversary of their magnum opus “Elephant”,… Read More ›