Life on Planet Rock by Lonn Friend (Bon Jovi Demo)

Five years ago, I made demo for a proposed VH1 TV show called, Rock A Mile with Lonn Friend. I took my DV camera to Europe and spent 10 days with Bon Jovi, collecting images and moments with the band I'd known and covered since the heyday of RIP magazine. Jon gave me permission to shoot unhampered as well as the rights to intercut the live concert footage directed by his brother Tony. Aside from a few friends and a handful of agents and TV executives -- all of whom to this day can't see pulling the trigger on a TV show hosted by a sometime rock journalist full time fan -- this 10 minute slice of my original 26-minute clip has never been seen publicly anywhere. I spent $10k to produce RAM. It was a labor of love. To me, this is an intimate look inside one of rock's greatest bands and illustrates the kind of cool content that can come from deep, personal access. I made it for Bon Jovi fans because they are a massive, connected, loyal and passionate tribe. I reference the summer 2001 Euro sojourn in my just-released memoir, Life on Planet Rock ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ... within the massive, "Ballad of Jon and Richie" chapter. That's it. STILL livin' on a prayer.. Lonn Friend

Channel: Music
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Author: lonnsworld

Length: 09:59
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