Jon Bon Jovi is the mastermind behind Thunder

Thunder are a great band.

They supported Jovi at Wembley in 95

Just because you and 3 other rock fans here do know who they are, doesn't mean the rest of the word does. When you say world, you mean WORLD? Right? Not just 15 people in the UK?


Let’s see.... Based on the info you provided:

"British hard rock band, consists of nine studio albums, seven live albums, six compilation albums, and twenty-two singles."

- In 20 years they managed to sell 1 million copies. That's a real achievement

- They never had a top 20 hit in their homeland (Wait, one hit #18 ) WhooHoo

- Cool, they were famous in Japan too

- Their biggest success was in '92 when their album hit #2 in the UK and managed to go Gold.

- Now this is impressive. How in the word did I miss these albums? Esp. a Christmas Cracker.... Oh and live too.

The Magnificent Five Do Xmas!

The Smell Of Snow

The Turkey Strikes Back

A Christmas Cracker!


Should we go over Bon Jovi's numbers now? So I guess this Wanker didn't do better after all. LOL

I think Bobby Banderia has more fame than this guy

Aloha !

I teach to people with a mental handicap but somehow I reckon he'd not be part of the group due to his lack of his intelligence. He enjoys thinking he's the "grown up" on here but he just comes across as a retard. Don't believe me? See post above mine.

Yeah, because clearly you need to sell records in order to be a well known act. Just because you're missing the boat completely on what's actually going on in the world, and not just the 15 people in the U.K., doesn't mean the rest of the world has the same mental instabilities you have.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Yea, because making a mock of mental handicaps are real grown-up and mature. I rather you tell me to F-off than make a comment such as above!

You're a real classy guy!

If you are a rock-star, YES! You fool.

In connection with the 5 other things I pointed out.

Opening up for Bon Jovi is another. Probably when they had thier most success too.

Tell me, how else can you be a well know act without the things I listed?

Looking at these numbers, I wouldn't call it missing the boat.

All in All, I really don't have a problem with this little local UK band. The problem I have is with the initial post. Go back and read the initial post. That's the stupidity where the problem lies

You can't argue with a mad man. Talk about missing the point completely...

If you want to argue that Thunder wasn't well known, go ahead.

If #55 single on the Billboard Hot 100 and #10 and #31 singles on the US Mainstream Rock chart mean nothing to you, so be it. Known by 15 people in the UK, fine, although most people posting in this thread aren't from the UK.

But talking about reading posts and understanding them is something you've got a LOT to learn about. I suggest you first look up the words "irony" and "sarcasm" up from a dictionary.

Also I suggest you look up "respect". You should learn something, I hope.

And you might want to brush up on your English, too. Us foreigners seem to have a better grasp of the language and grammar than you do. Just sayin'.

Ice

This is a perfect example of your understanding of the language. YOU should read the first post again. It's a fun little story from the night the band Thunder was born.

Let me see if I can clear it up for you:

A few guys from the local scene were at the Marquee club in London. That's Marquee with a capital M, as in the club, not a tent where you hold festivities in.

Lita Ford, a well-known singer-guitarist was playing at Maruee (the club) that night. A well-known singer-songwrited by the nae of Jon Bon Jovi hopped on the stage for the encores. The place went nuts. That is, the people were very excited, they didn't actually turn into nuts. It's just a saying. So, no nuts, but very excited people.

Luke Morley, a well-known British guitarist, who was a little but less-well-known at the time said to his friend, with a bit of bravado, "Look at that man on the stage (the man being Jon Bon Jovi, the well-known singer-etc)! We're better than this wanker! (Wanker being a rude word to describe an individual these gentlemen were not particularly fond of, in this case Jon Bon Jovi, the well-known singer etc.)". The two men (Luke and his friend, not Lita, who's a woman and Jon, who I think is a man) laughed at this and decided that they would show the world. They decided to start a new band to show people that they, in fact, were better than the wanker on stage. ("The wanker" again referring to the well-known singer etc. Jon Bon Jovi)

So, they formed a band, named it Thunder and had moderate success in the 90s and the 2000s, so much so that they got two gold albums and several singles in the charts in both UK and US, not to speak about other Europen countries.

And then, sometime during the duration of their success, they gave an interview to a paper where they talked about how they got started and shared an amusing anecdote about the night they decided to form Thunder.

Some time later, some Romanian guy quoted that interview on a message board, jokingly adding the words "Gotta love the Bon Jovi bashing!" to the end, as if to show how funny he thought the original anecdote was.

After reading (but obviously not understanding) the post, a 38-year-old wanna-be from New Jersey, NJ, USA, got really, really mad and decided to defend the honor of the well-know singer etc. Jon Bon Jovi, and effectively made a fool of himself in the public.

I guess that pretty much sums it up. Did you get it now?

Ice

Aloha !

I'm not mocking mental handicaps, I'm praising their intelligence compared to yours. Once again, you're missing the boat, you're not getting it, you're a few toys short of a happy meal, the list goes on and on.

An in regards to this topic; You're just trying to defend your own point of view without taking into consideration that the facts are working against you. It's what happens with every argument you start, and where I used to have the energy to explain myself like Ice is doing now, it just seems rather pointless with you as all you're capable of is making a bigger fool of yourself.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

How am I making a fool of myself? I'm providing facts that are shutting you up so your only argument now is that 'I'm making a fool of myself".

You're eluding from the topic because you know I'm right as always! You still haven't answered my questions or said anything to disprove my last post about this Thunder.

If you are a rock-star, YES! You fool.

In connection with the 5 other things I pointed out.

Opening up for Bon Jovi is another. Probably when they had thier most success too.

Tell me, how else can you be a well know act without the things I listed?

[QUOTE=Supersonic;1089092]Aloha !

I'm supposed to get all that from this?

“Around 1988 we went to see Lita Ford at the Marquee and when Jon Bon Jovi came on for the encore everyone went nuts. And I thought, ‘We’re better than this wanker!’”

Guitarist Luke Morley on the night that Thunder were born

Gotta' love the Bon Jovi bashing

Here is what I don't get after my 5th time reading this! Is this supposed to be an Epic story? THE DAY THUNDER WAS BORN!!!!!!!!

This would be interesting. Back in 1988, Bon Jovi called a guy on stage to sing a song with him. He grabbed Richie's guitar and started playing his own riff. He then jumped off stage and said F Bon Jovi, I'm forming my own band.... That riff ended up being Welcome To The Jungle and The Band was Guns And Roses....... That would be a cool story!

Here is my interpretation of the story (The US / Jersey Version):

Some loser from the UK went to a concert and Bon Jovi came out to perform an encore. That loser thought he could do better so he insulted Bon Jovi by calling them wankers and then formed his own band. After 20 years of trying, he had some local success in his hometown and actually opened for Bon Jovi once or twice. Unfortunately there isn’t a happy ending because they never had any real success.

But "Gotta Love Bon Jovi Bashing"


The End!

No... you're not making a fool of yourself.

You're 38 months old right? Oh... in that case, yes mate, you're making yourself look like a complete and utter wanker (look it up).

This has now been explained to you three times. LET IT GO. You weren't right the first time, just because you jump up and down and try and blind everyone with a whole new league of f*cktardness, you still aren't right...

And once more, for the cheap seats - Thunder were a big enough band to support Bon Jovi at Wembley, they travelled the world and made enough money to set up their own record label, put out records themselves, re-unite for gigs every year and still sell out the kind of places Richie would love to fill on his solo tour. Not bad for a 'little band from the UK.'

But I guess if it ain't right under your nose, it ain't worth knowing, right? Mate, you're an advert for everything that's wrong with your country. Thankfully, other than you, Americans with that attitude only exist in fiction and one half of congress.

Also, from the nation that has 'The World Series' and calls their NFL winners 'World Champions' you might want to take the condescension down a notch their Rainman.