I think they have steered away from the album in general being about it but the song Undivided is about the tragedy. This was an event that has defined the millenium thus far and it happened in view of where Jon and Richie were working. Jon personally knew people who died, just like Bruce Springsteen, the other Monmouth County resident who has written 9/11 material. I haven't heard Bounce but the sense I get is that, unlike The Rising, this album is about moving on as a stronger and more united world where Bruce deals more with the stories of the victims and survivors. I just saw Bruce, btw, and even with some of the somber material, the concert rocked and was very close to a Bon Jovi show in my mind so no worries about the new Bon Jovi.