I'll drop this into this thread. With all the buzz regarding the Mötley Crüe movie (exaggerated as lots of it may be, given Nikki's relationship with embellishing stuff), it should be noted that Richie has been married to the same woman as Tommy Lee. Of course, the whole band may was quite a bit more rowdy back in the day - but the thing is:

The whole thing about Richie being not the most mature adult on the world isn't entirely new. Bon Jovi having become a "respectable" band, Jon hanging with sports team owners and politicans is more of the outlier here (which also isn't all that new).

Of course, you might think Richie was this deep bluesy soul, given his solo stuff, but just like for some time people would have thought Richie was the guy who actually wrote the hits and music, the stuff he did since he left the band kinda shot both of these assumptions down (and made me assume Jon probably contributed more than just some words, even for the stuff that sounds mostly like Richie).