Bon Jovi is very successful, but I haven't met anyone in my life who'd have said 'Jon Bon Jovi is my hero'. That's why although he is a superstar, he is not a Rock God in my opinion. He's not a hero. Maybe cause he's 'too normal' like D said, or because his lyrics aren't as meaningful as a lot of others'. I don't know.
When I was a kid, I sometimes asked myself 'what Axl Rose would do?' (in a tough situation). I know it was childish, but hey, I was a child. I also know that I did know nothing about Axl Rose's personality, he was only a reference person for me as the symbol of total coolness, so I thought he'd chose the best solution. Don't start to laugh, hey. Anyway, my point is that while I can see kids thinking what Axl, Cobain etc. would do, I cannot picture anyone who thinks of Jon this way.

I bet that the sales won't go drastically high after the 6-month exclusive deal expires. I wonder if the album will go platinum in a year.

I am bored of this 'the media hates Axl' bullshit. EVERY BAND gets a lot of bad press. Even Metallica, AC/DC and Guns N' Roses. Not to mention that he drove himself and his band to this ridiculous situation with his album. The truth is that people don't care enough to buy the album, and most of who buy it, do it for the curiosity. BB is the smallest part of the low sales, it's more about the lack of promo and the fact that people don't see this band as Guns N' Roses. Tell me that a GN'R caliber band should celebrate that their long-awaited album went gold (not platinum or multi-platinum) in 6 weeks, in the strongest shopping period of the year.

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