Bon Jovi Takes Shot At Axl Over GNR Buzz

[axls#2]

Are you being serious with your bon jovi love or are you trying to get a laugh??I hope its the latter because I cannot breathe I am laughing so hard. ?Who cares that JBJ has put out more records than axl. ?They all pretty much suck. ?Bon Jovi is the very definition of corporate rock and his biggest fans are 40 year old houswifes who think that he looks really good in tight pants. ?

Sure, I like some bon jovi stuff in moderation. ?I just can't figure out your argument for them being better based on the fact that they have put out more albums. ?Weird Al puts out alot more albums than GN'R. ?Does that automatically make him better. ?Quantity does not equal quality. Bon Jovi is a flat out pop band, always have been even during the 80's. ?And always will be. ?They are not rock n' roll and never will be. ?In fact they have gotten progressively worse since the late 90's. ?But my 10 year old niece loves their new stuff. ?Nothing about their music is interesting or challenging. ?IMO

[nesquick]

Bon Jovi is not a Rock band, this is a boys band.

[speed_stone]

lmfao that's pathetic!
bon jovi can... well, you know the rest!
he should keep his mouth shut, if he wanted to be a real rock star back in the 80's he should've made some real rock songs
jealousy is a bitch ain't it

[littleredcorvette]

He said on MTV, while promoting Bounce, the he was happy with GNR's return, because it ould put rock back on the map, as he was (and still is) pissed at pop music.

Yeah but again, BJ is very much at the pop end of the rock spectrum. Their artwork depicts stickers of the new smiley-face album cover on street walls and lamp posts as if there are loads of kids into hard rock and BJ that would do that. On their site there's a school desk with 'Bon Jovi Forever' scratched in it. He thinks that's the kind of support he has but then says his songs are now for people his age and you can take ANYTHING off the new album and compare it to e.g. 'Miracle Drug' or 'A Man And A Woman' from U2's last one, or Axl's new stuff, or basically any one of his peers and it just looks lame. His lyrics are atrotious and I swear his producer has made some of the songs sound like Avril Lavigne. He says he let a few chinks of his armour open through his new lyrics but as one British review said only 'Novocaine' has any real substance at all, and that's pushing it.

[Thorazine Shuffle]

For a star like JBJ to see Axl get media because he's done nothing is hard... look at it like that.

Job has worked very hard the last 20 years, and well Axl hasn't done anything at all in the last 4 years that we "know" of.

I agree 100% with your post....and I don't like Bon Jovi at all. ?

[jarmo]

Am I the only one who thinks Jon wouldn't use the word motherfucker in public and especially not in an interview?




/jarmo

[Dont Try Me]

Am I the only one who thinks Jon wouldn't use the word motherfucker in public and especially not in an interview?




/jarmo

haha, good one! 

[the dirt]

Yeah but again, BJ is very much at the pop end of the rock spectrum. Their artwork depicts stickers of the new smiley-face album cover on street walls and lamp posts as if there are loads of kids into hard rock and BJ that would do that. On their site there's a school desk with 'Bon Jovi Forever' scratched in it. He thinks that's the kind of support he has but then says his songs are now for people his age and you can take ANYTHING off the new album and compare it to e.g. 'Miracle Drug' or 'A Man And A Woman' from U2's last one, or Axl's new stuff, or basically any one of his peers and it just looks lame. His lyrics are atrotious and I swear his producer has made some of the songs sound like Avril Lavigne. He says he let a few chinks of his armour open through his new lyrics but as one British review said only 'Novocaine' has any real substance at all, and that's pushing it.

You make excellent points. It's fairly clear that Jon Jovi isn't that bright a guy.

[godiva]

What are you saying Jarmo? The interview is fake?  :rofl:Look at us, three pages of bashing Jon Bon Jovi over nothing! That would be funny. Thing is, it just feels really good to talk shit about Bon Jovi! Wonder why that is.....

[noonespecial]

Geez where's D--I was looking forward to seeing what he\she had to say since I think he\she is a bon jovi fan...me personally, I don't really care what JBJ has to say...I don't understand how Jon can be jealous about Axl? Maybe he was "flowing"-- guys flow (not literally, but figuratively)..he sounds like a whiney baby (like Axl back in his heyday) Funny

[littleredcorvette]

Am I the only one who thinks Jon wouldn't use the word motherfucker in public and especially not in an interview?




/jarmo

Sorry dude but he does swear quite openly, although not as much these days and this is the kind of thing he has said in the past. He claims not to care about the way the press snub BJ but he really hates it which is why he gigs his band up so much.

[gunner mad]

fukin great he's pissed off ?the most boring fucker in music , the wait for this album has just been made worth while this dick chucks albums out for fun and they all sound the same so thats why noone pays him attention. maybe if he did sumit great or even good he'd get noticed .fuckin muppet i hope his balls fesster and drop off

[Elle]

Would Axl do Ally McBeal???

[Eric]

I used to like Bon Jovi, but the last 3 albums have been terrible-this is a band just going through the motions anymore-his writing is something you would read on a hallmark card-challenge yourself, John-put out something that dosen't sound like the same stuff you've been putting out for 20 years-

[littleredcorvette]

Yeah but again, BJ is very much at the pop end of the rock spectrum. Their artwork depicts stickers of the new smiley-face album cover on street walls and lamp posts as if there are loads of kids into hard rock and BJ that would do that. On their site there's a school desk with 'Bon Jovi Forever' scratched in it. He thinks that's the kind of support he has but then says his songs are now for people his age and you can take ANYTHING off the new album and compare it to e.g. 'Miracle Drug' or 'A Man And A Woman' from U2's last one, or Axl's new stuff, or basically any one of his peers and it just looks lame. His lyrics are atrotious and I swear his producer has made some of the songs sound like Avril Lavigne. He says he let a few chinks of his armour open through his new lyrics but as one British review said only 'Novocaine' has any real substance at all, and that's pushing it.

You make excellent points. It's fairly clear that Jon Jovi isn't that bright a guy.

No, he really doesn't seem very bright most of the time and tries to reach way beyond his platform; his acting and films have been utterly awful especially this chick flick thing I saw which I thought was the atithesis of the outsider he said he always was.

But then like I said, he HAS had a few moments. Check out 'Something To Believe In' and 'My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms' from These days in 1995. And his cowboy solo record is outstanding lyrically and musically and vocally. He just seems to have disappeared up his own arse since then and taken stupid pills.

[ShotgunBlues1978]

If Bon Jovi really said this, he looks really petty and insecure.  The reason that the media still gives Axl Rose attention is because even after these years, he's an icon and a legend.  Bon Jovi's sold a lot of records and made a ridiculous amount of money, but no one ever talks about JBJ in greatest frontmen of all time conversations, or Bon Jovi in greatest bands or greatest albums of all time convos, Axl and GnR on the other hand, well you get the picture

[Elrothiel]

Seems to me like Bon Jovi still hasn't gotten over the fact that Gn'R wiped the floor with 'em way back when.

Mr Jovi is suffering from a heavy case of BITTERNESS!!

I would quote Axl on the "suck my dick" thing, but seeing as I don't have one, I'll just have to alter it slightly. "Bon Jovi can go fuck himself!"

[Sakib]

thats stupid of Bon Jovi. obviously, there's a reason for the attention, simply because he was an icon (from what i've heard and read) and its a mystery

[mikegiuliana]

I guess I can understand bon jovi's pain.... He has had incredible runs since gnr basically ended in 94... As great of an artist axl is he does get a lot of attention because he is odd to say the least, wether it's his hair or how long he's been missing or how much the record costs or how long it's been since he dropped new material... Maybe as an artist doing something he just doesn't get the whole hoopla

[Kujo]

Geez where's D--I was looking forward to seeing what he\she had to say since I think he\she is a bon jovi fan...me personally, I don't really care what JBJ has to say...I don't understand how Jon can be jealous about Axl? Maybe he was "flowing"-- guys flow (not literally, but figuratively)..he sounds like a whiney baby (like Axl back in his heyday) Funny

I was wondering the same thing about D . It is now mandatory that when discussing D, we refer to him/her as he/she

Back on topic: I agree with Jarmo, this just doesn't sound right. I'm not defending Bon Jovi, but it does sound like a made up story.