To me, that just sounds like jealousy. Especially when you start naming names. Let me share a little history....

In the 90's when the music scene change in America, Bon Jovi were the ultimate TARGET. Even though there were a million hair bands in the 80's, it always came back to Bon Jovi. Even today when you ask someone to name an 80's hairband, 9 out of 10 will say Bon Jovi.

These Alternative bands thrived on kicking those 80 bands out of the music scene which they completely succeeded in doing so. It was like an army ambush. Bands went from famous to regular people overnight. It changed the world.

However, there was one band somehow, someway continued to hang in there. They produced hits and sold albums.

KTF in '92 had a top ten hit with BOR, CR in '94 had a top ten hit with Always and also sold a ton of copies. TD - although it didn't sell very well still had a top 20 hit with TAALS which peaked at #14. They still got airplay, were on late night talk shows, got on MTV. Jon was crossing over into movies and get accolades for his performances. Jon did the Christmas video with a top model and released a few Christmas songs that got some good airplay. The TD era wasn't a total bust and people knew that they were getting into new markets overseas.

Compared to what was going on with bands from the 80's, this was beyond HUGE. If KTF was released 2 years prior, it would have been bigger than NJ. Bon Jovi got knocked down hard but got up and kept fighting.

I'm sure everyone knows the Greenday / Bon Jovi story.

Fast forward to today in 2012. Who is laughing now Billy Corgan? So go write your epic album that no one gives a shit about and have fun trying to sell out the 2000 seat local theater. Just stay out of the desert because there might be a few sold out shows there.