Absolutely horrific shit - Sambora is going Stevie Wonder area.. Too bad Richie used to be great..

Not a fan at all of the snippets. I respect that Richie wants to try something new but I can’t see this being what his fans have been waiting for. I was hoping for him to continue some of the great songwriting on Aftermath, like Seven Years Gone, Every Road, Weathering the Storm, You Can Only Get So High.

Then again if these are only two out of a hundred - I guess there might be some great stuff as well. If I would have only heard Sugar Daddy and Burn That Candle Down prior to Aftermath I wouldn’t have been att excited at all.

This would have been perfect for The Experience.

"Here's what we have, here's what you'll get, but for some reason it'll never happen"

I am so sick of this shit when it comes to this band.... Teasers, snippets, 100 plus songs, etc.

Enough already! Just give us the completed material or say nothing!

Yep. That pretty much sums it up for me. :)

And, ftr, there's absolutely nothing wrong with a little Stevie Wonder. JMO. :p :D

From a promotional standpoint, this is really smart. He's using a good friend that has a MASSIVE name in the guitar community with a decent sized audience to tease some of the new music. It's possible it will be a guitar heavy album and this is the audience he wants to go after. This is his first solo material since 2012, it's been a long wait, teasing a bit is pretty par for the course in marketing.

Not sure if I like it. Definitely not a love at first listen. I'll wait till I hear the whole body of work, for now it sounds like a mess ;p

I don’t think Richie is focused enough and that’s the difference between Jon and Richie (amongst other things]! I don’t think he really knows what he wants in life or his career so everything is so haphazard including this!

That's a bit of a stretch. I can't stand anything Richie has done professionally for a decade, but come on, how can we say he doesn't know what he wants in life? Even if you are on the drunk/drugged bandwagon, perhaps he wants to be a drunk druggie.

Could even argue he left Bon Jovi because he does really know what he wants in life.

I agree completely. I think that professionally all Richie really wants now is to make the kind of music that he wants to make, when he wants to make it. And that's exactly what he's doing. He clearly has no interest in living his life on the road and in the studio and who can blame him.

People forget that most are looking to slow down and retire when you get into your 60s. Why should Richie be any different?

Quoted for truth!! I really doubt Richie has stars in his eyes or is dreaming of playing stadiums and arenas and having gold albums at this stage in his career. He wants to be creatively fulfilled and sometimes that creativity comes screaming out with many different styles and directions. I dont dig all of aftermath but I enjoy and admire that it sounds honest and from a pure place. I only hope for the same with anything he releases in the future....