Richie Sambora to Billy Corgan: “Disappointed by the Bon Jovi Doc”

Recently the former guitarist of Bon Jovi, Richie Samborawas a guest of the podcast of Billy Corgan. On the sidelines of the chat, to the microphones of “The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan”, Sambora has among other things told to the frontman of the Smashing Pumpkins that they have not stayed “disappointed” of the way in which it was represented in the documentary “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story”. Through four episodes, the series directed and produced by Gotham Chopra He retraced the group’s adventure celebrating the forty years of career through archive images, testimonies of friends and heroes, as well as interviews with the members of the band, including Richie, who left training in 2013.

Then remembering the day on which his contribution was recorded for “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story”, Sambora told Corgan: “At that point, I had been outside the band for over ten years. I was holding a Songwriting seminar in Abbey Road with some young authors and asked me: ‘Would you dedicate half an hour?‘.

I said: ‘Okay’. I entered another study, they arranged me for a moment with the makeup. I didn’t even know what the common thread of the documentary was. I was not part of the band from what seemed to me a life. So I tried to be fun, but.The questions they asked me were without intelligence and did not require profound answers. Then I said: ‘Stop’. So I spoke with the director, which I really like – his grandfather is Deepak Chopra, a famous author and popularizer of alternative medicine linked to the New Age philosophy. It is a talent. I asked him: ‘What are you looking for? What is the goal? ‘ And so, in the end, almost nothing about my interview ended up in the documentary “.

When Billy Corgan pointed out that It was not he who took care of the assemblythe former jon bon Jovi’s inno repeated: “It was six and a half hours long”.

Already in April of last year, on the occasion of the document exit, it had been reported that Richie did not like the way he had been represented in the episodes. Before the documentary release, at “People” Jon Bon Jovi had revealed that he had Invito Sambora in his home To look together three quarters of the series, adding: “There has never been animosity”. However, a source had told “People” that “Richie went to Jon taking a birthday present – a beautiful guitar – and looked at Jon’s documentary. Richie then left the house after the third episode Because he was tired of what he was seeing. “The same spokesman had added:” In Richie he did not like the way he was represented. He did not agree with the way they had framed his exit from the band And, for him, happiness has more value than money. “

On another occasion, guest of “The Allison Hagendorf Show”, Sambora said on “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story”: “Obviously this is the personal point of view of Jon Bon Jovi. This documentary is his vision, his project. I had nothing to do with it. And there are some inconsistencies regarding temporal periods and other things “.

When Hagendorf pointed out that the documentary It is a celebration of the Bon JoviSambora replied: “It could be moreù. It could be reduced to two hours. For me, the celebration would have been on the big songs we wrote. “He added:” For me, the celebration of these 40 years It had to be focused on those songs that people have made their own in their lives. But, as I said, it was his project “.

During the chat, Allison Hagendorf also resumed a ruling of the do not regret having left the Bon Jovi, but to regret the way he had done it. When asked what he would have done differently if he could go back, Sambora had therefore replied: “I would probably have gone before. Maybe a couple of albums first, because … I think Jon was taking a direction in which he no longer wanted to be part of a band. “