u missed the point!! jon went on a tv show here in the uk last year just before the tour began and said quite angrily if i remember he was sick of tv shows wannabees holding back real musicians. that was what he said, which was what i merely thought was a bit hypocritical to then a couple of years on to go and endorse the same thing!!! as for writing songs for cher well she was with ritchie at the time and does have a career spanning over 40 years in her own right. Keep the faith was the best album of 1992, it showed bon jovi werent a sell out in the fact that they didnt go grunge or become like metallica. a lot of bands fell by the wayside in the nineties due to grunge and i even have jon on video stating he wasnt goin to do that flannel shirt thing!!
who says rock stars can't be actors, jeez gene simmons has been in few films as have quite a few more people, most bands write songs for soundtracks in the time between albums thats called working not selling out.

the whole point i was trying to make from where i am in the Uk the music has been ruined by shows like x factor, pop idol etc. while in some pub or club somewhere some kids are trying to make it on their own, just to have a slice of that big time and shows like these make sure they never get there it destroys all the process of writing your own material, recording it, getting it played on radio etc. here in the uk you very rarely hear rock music on any radio station we get rubbish R and B and rap, plus when the winner of one of these shows does some shitty cover its made in to a hit. how can u be original when your covering other music. listen to last man standing, this song really summed it up and then we had this. sad.