NOTE: If you are being directed from the 'Sex, Drugs and Bon Jovi' website what is below is NOT a review of the book but merely some immediate reflections upon skimming the book.
You can read the full review over at this link and it's the only link you should concern yourself with. Unless you feel the need to have these pictures, then I can't recommend it. Whether you feel the need to buy it or not is entirely your choice I'm merely trying to guide people as to whether or not it is worth your time and money. xT This was a very welcomed and unexpected surprise in my mailbox when I got home from work today...
I've only skimmed it and there are issues with dates, times and facts, but overall it's a memento of a time long ago that isn't documented all that well. Even when the band released a hard cover book last year, the 80's pictures were too few and far between. In my humble estimation, the band would have been better off buying the archives of Mark Weiss and releasing a book of his work. The pictures here aren't at the level of the talent of Weiss, but they weren't meant to be. They're more intimate, warm and show a band at the beginning of what would become an unforeseeable and unbelievable ride to the topper-most of the popper-most.
The book is larger and nicer than I had imagined. It is hard cover and is well put together. Now about the racy pictures and the controversies alluded to in the press releases? In my opinion, the band doesn't have anything to worry about, but Bozzett does take you inside their world and even though it all ended badly for him, he does provide a fascinating look into their world.
As mentioned, I have only skimmed it and can't comment fully on the book until I take a deeper dive into it
[go here for the full review and deeper dive], but was pleasantly surprised with the unique and one-of-a-kind pictures the book does have. Leave the controversy to the side and don't focus on it. The best parts are the beginnings and the sudden ascent to the top. Check back in coming weeks for a more detailed review.
The book can be found
HERE
