Well I'd consider bands like Busted pop-rock...I mean have you ever heard some of their song? Mostly cheesy lines about how they got dumped or something that is just as crap and meaningless as any modern pop song but they give them guitars and make them look like a real rock band.
I think maybe some Bon Jovi songs are much softer, but I wouldn't really consider them pop-rock. Then again I don't really care about genres and labels given to bands, because to me Bon Jovi are Bon Jovi, they don't fit into a specific musical genre or style like a lot of other bands do.
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