From 'Slippery When Wet' to 'Keep the Faith,' their big choruses soundtracked a generation.
If you want the full picture, start with 'Livin' On a Prayer' and then put on 'Keep the Faith.' That's the band in two songs.
When 'Livin' On a Prayer' hit in 1986, it turned a local New Jersey band into a stadium act overnight. That song's working-class anthem quality, along with tracks like 'Never Say Goodbye,' gave them a sound that dominated rock radio for years. They became one of those bands you just knew, whether you loved them or not.
They formed in Sayreville in 1983 and broke through with 'Slippery When Wet' three years later. The lineup shifted over time, Alec John Such retired in 1994, Richie Sambora left in 2013, but they kept releasing albums like 'New Jersey' and 'Keep the Faith' through the '90s.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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