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In my other post I stated 'I blame him meeting Orianthi' and not 'I blame Orianthi' if that helps.
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
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I've been a huge since I was a kid in the early 90s - Bonjovi was awesome live in the 90s and were at the top of their game songwriting/studio wise with These days - IMHO once the 2000s rolled around, BJ started to go down hill, especially as Jon's voice started to decline and he changed to compensate.
When Richie started hanging with Orianthi, the was the first time really that I became aware that he had serious problems; sluring his speech, playing really slopily compared to before and coming across as a not a happy person.
I remember seeing some vids of richie playing live with Orianthi and it was awful; she didn't offer anything on the rhythm guitar side of things live and when they'd both play solos at the same time(!) It sounded terrible. I skipped that tour (and sadly the tour richie did before that pre-Orianthi; really regret that now, as probably the last time Richie was kind of himself if you know what I mean)
Have nothing against Orianthi; she obviously works hard at what she does, but for my taste she's a talented but pretty average guitar player, very bland singer and the tunes of hers I've heard were really uninspiring pop tunes.
Back fo Ritchie, I think he's either still abusing drugs or is suffering from the after effects (apparently he got hooked on painkillers a while back when he tore his shoulder?) I also wonder (and I really hope it's not the case) if he might be suffering from some kind of illness? Aside from his physical health, it's no surprise that his mental health would've taken a hit after his Divorce, his father passing away etc, and that's before even taking in to account the effect of stopping after pretty much being on the road with BJ fir decades)
Don't know what the hell was going on with the masked singer crap; needs to sack whoever his manager is!...
Really hope he can get the help he needs/get through, as I'd love it if he'd forget about chasing pop Rock hits and do another album like Undiscovered Soul, as that (same with These Days before it) was a great album and showed some maturity and didn't sound forced.
Apologies for the long post - just so sad to see richie still having problems. Would still love to meet the guy some day (would have so many questions about some of his guitar playing over the years)