I wasn't trying to say Bon Jovi are diverse, that's obviously not the case! What I was saying was that if you're going to say Bon Jovi are not a special band and are just a bit of fluff then you don't offer up RHCP as an alternative because that is all they are. Admittedly I do not have an extensive range of their material but from the outside looking in they appear to have 2 songs. A funk rock song a la Give It Away and a slow, nice, summery song like Californication. They just keep releasing different variations of those songs. Maybe there's loads of really intelligent interesting experimental album tracks that I don't get to hear but I've never had the inclination. I just find them really boring and whenever I see live footage of them AK sings like shit.

Never seen Frusciante live but I doubt he'll ever blow Sambora away, I've seen Sambora solo live when solos aren't cut short and he was incredible. There's probably better technicians out there but Sambora has that combination of technique, melody and feeling that I've never heard Frusciante display. From what I've heard his solo's sound a bit of a mess although they may be innovative and technically astounding, I don't know, I'm not a musician!