Its not aVH1 puff piece,according to Bon Jovi.
You wont remember who you bullshitted.
Its always best to just tell the honest-to-God truth.
Richie Sambora (Hulu)
Then you might remember what you said.
I dont mind living that truth.
Part of our continuing success is that Im not trying to be something I used to be.
This isnt the 80s Im not here on a nostalgia tour.
The series is chronological.
Fortunately, there was a still picture, he said.
Its Samboras appearance in the documentary that makes it sizzle.
Sambora left the band in 2013.
No, not for lack of f*cking trying, the singer says.
Jon says that he and Sambora are fine now.
He came to see me in August, and we spent the night.
Everything was just fine, but we had a show that night.
This is a band that I put together, that he was the last member to join.
Then he really took an integral part by the third album, for sure.
Then he left us 10 years ago.
There was a before, so theres going to be an after.
Jon added that the door is always open for Samboras return.
Phil X has done an incredible job.
John Shanks, my co-producer and buddy, hes done nine of my albums, he said.
Wed look like Lynyrd Skynyrd, but f*ck yeah, come on up.
Theres always another guitar to plug in.
Thank You, Goodnightstarted at a breakfast between Jon Bon Jovi and director Chopra, son of Deepak Chopra.
The younger Chopra founded Religion of Sports with Tom Brady and Michael Strahan in 2016.
He has directed series including Facebook WatchsTom vs. Timeand ESPN+sThe Man in the Arena: Tom Brady.
Jon Bon Jovi is a big Patriots fan.
The breakfast we had was about the 40 years, Chopra told Deadline.
Maybe wed do four parts and break it up by decades.
That was exciting and interesting.
The bands career was heavily documented since it began.
I have a big space for this stuff, he said.
There was bags and bags with 30 or 40 unreleased songs.
He added that he now is going through this archive to create a virtual museum of audio and video.
This comes as the band is gearing up to releaseLegendary, its 16th studio album, in June.
He calls the vocal-cord issues horrible.
Could you imagine that one cord is literally atrophy?
The strong one is pushing the weak one, and youre singing out of tune.
I pride myself on being a singer.
Ive sung with Pavarotti.
I know how to sing.
Now, its like that athlete where youve got to figure it out again.
Im well into the process.
But that was daunting.
I think we did a pretty good job of covering the 40 [years], he said.
The majority of Bon Jovis peers never really made it past the 80s.
Grunge killed off the majority of hair metal bands, and times changed.
But the band kept going, and instead of relying on its previous hits, chalked up new No.
The message seems clear: Work your ass off.
Theres some kid in his bedroom right now thats gunning for you, he said.
Its not dissimilar to being an athlete or a quarterback.
Theres always somebody thats coming up behind you.
But then as you grow up, youre proud of the work you do.
You better have been good enough to ask Mr. and Mrs. Smith for their hard-earned dollar.
Im not going out on the road unless were great.
Youll never see the fat Elvis.
Chopra compares him to Brady and Kobe Bryant, who he worked with on ShowtimesKobe Bryants Muse.
Theres also the resilience.
He reminds me a lot of Kobes combativeness.
Toms kind of a pushover, Jon is not, but thats great.
It creates tension, and thats a good thing.
You also adapt the filmmaking style around the subject.
But did he ever worry about making a documentary about the bands legacy while it was still going?
Hence the title Thank You, Goodnight, because no one knows the ending.
