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Originally Posted by DevilsSon
...(T)here's no way he was in Bon Jovi back in 1982. In fact, there wasn't even anything called Bon Jovi back in 1982...
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Originally Posted by Guitar.com (circa 2000 before the Crush tour)
Richie Sambora - Kiss Reject, Pop Rock Hero
In 1983, just a few months before he joined Bon Jovi, guitarist Richie Sambora was in a practice room bashing out songs like "Detroit Rock City," "Hard Luck Woman," and "Rock and Roll All Night" with three musicians who know the tunes better than anyone. That's right, Sambora was auditioning for the "hottest band in the land, KISS."
"They were actually pissed I showed up," Sambora recalls. "They liked they way I played but they were going, "you know this one? That one?" And I'm goin' "No."
After being turned down by Kiss ("Honestly, I didn't really want it. I was really only trying for it as a good business measure"), he went for his next big audition, and bingo, he was invited to replace guitarist Dave Sabo in Bon Jovi...
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Somebody is lying like a rug. But Richie's the one who has
told this story consistently over the years, and more to the point, the timeline fits.
Got revisionism, Paul?
P.S. Dave Sabo was an inexperienced underaged temporary fill-in, and he knew it. The guitarist Richie actually replaced left at the last minute to join a cover band!