RICHIE SAMBORA

 Richie Sambora, whose real name is Richard Stephen Sambora, was born on the 11 July 1959 in Perth Amboy.

As a young boy Richie started to play Guitar. He played in the band "The Message" but when he came to listen to a concert of Bon Jovi he was really enthusiastic about the sound. And then... well, you can read about it if you go two pages back to "The history of the Band"...

True words from Richie Sambora: "A professional musican must be able to listen which many people forget. In a band you have to able to see that others sometimes also have good ideas. You can't play well yourself until the others do too so discussing things properly is absolutely necessary".

Richie is married with the famous actress ("Melrose Place") Heather Locklear. They married on 17 December 1994 in Paris and they have a daughter who´s called Ava Elizabeth (born on 4 october 1997).

His hobbies are basketball and boating. He also "collect" Guitars.
And Richie really likes The Beatles.

He did two solo albums: "Stranger in this Town" and "Undiscovered Soul".

Again: the secret of Bon Jovi's success? Richie: "Our power is that we write very visual songs. Who listens to the compositions, feels part of it. That's David's influence, that's why he's so good in composing film music."