Legendary guitarist Richie Sambora could quickly be returning to Bon Jovi, revealing in a brand new interview that discussions for his comeback are at the moment underway.
“We’re speaking about it,” Sambora mentioned in an interview with Absolute Radio. “I don’t suppose there’s any motive to not [return to Bon Jovi] at this level.”
He went on to make clear that he and frontman Jon Bon Jovi maintain “no malice” in direction of one another, explaining: “I imply, we did one thing… There’s not quite a lot of bands that did what we did.
“I don’t know when Jon’s going to get his voice collectively and [when a Bon Jovi reunion featuring Sambora is] going to occur, however now we have to get on the market and do it for the followers actually. I really feel a second obligation. I’ve had such a privilege and a chance – and this isn’t bullshit, it’s actually true – my life is fairly good, all the time has been, and I get to do what I like to do for a dwelling. And it’s a rattling good dwelling. And I by no means actually stopped, actually.”
As for the prospect of recording new materials with Bon Jovi himself, Sambora quipped: “Oh, if he doesn’t let me, he’s loopy. I’m on a tear.”
Reflecting on his prior position within the band, he continued: “Really, I did write that different (Bon Jovi) stuff, too. It’s a misnomer when folks go simply because his identify is on [the band] that’s the identify. We simply couldn’t consider the rest actually.
“Folks suppose that I simply provide you with the guitar elements and one thing like that. However songwriting is conceptual. It’s important to have an idea. It’s a narrative. And it might probably typically simply come from searching the window and observing and quite a lot of instances it comes from your individual life and for essentially the most a part of Bon Jovi my life was rather a lot [more] vibrant than all people else’s within the band!”
Sambora carried out with Bon Jovi for precisely 30 years – from the band’s inception in 1983 up till 2013 – explaining years after his departure that he left as a result of “household needed to come first”. He briefly reunited with the band in 2018, although, acting at their induction into the Rock & Roll Corridor Of Fame.
Earlier this month, Sambora was revealed to have been the thriller superstar singing in a jacket potato costume on The Masked Singer UK.