After numerous reports claiming that Bon Jovi is working on a new album following the 2012 hit, "Inside Out," the frontman finally speaks out during an interview with People magazine.
"I was in the studio all day working on the new record. I walked here from the studio," Jon Bon Jovi said. "I just read the paper, it gives you an opportunity to write something ... It's early but I'm about a dozen songs in. I feel good."
But while a new album is in the works, fans should not expect a reunion tour as previously suggested, since former guitarist and co-founder Richie Sambora reveal that he has already moved on and is now working with Michael Jackson's former guitarist, Orianthi.
The 55-year-old rock star shared details about his new project to Ultimate Classic Rock.
"You know what, I'll tell you, we've played so many shows in so many places, he revealed. "It's been kind of a whirlwind, between the writing process and working with other artists and just us getting to know each other as artists and musicians and touring."
Furthermore, Sambora said that its about time that he move on from the Bon Jovi mania and the 30 years he spent with the band is more than enough time for him to feel proud.
While he is moving on from the band, Sambora acknowledges the fame of Bon Jovi and all the hit albums they made together.
"You have your first No. 1 record, your first hit single and then we had the second one and the 10th one and then you play all of the stadiums," Sambora said of his former band. "It's just insane. It was an insane ride. Thirty years is a good run for anything. Keeping a band together for 30 years is not the easiest thing to do in the world, and we worked really hard at it."
Furthermore, Sambora clarified rumors suggesting that his decision to leave the band had something to do with mone.
I just needed some kind of change," he explained of his exit from Bon Jovi. "It's not about money; it's about music."
Sambora also shared that Bon Jovi's authenticity really helped the band's career and that's why Bon Jovi is still out there 30 years after everything started and now that a new album is on the way without him in the band.
"I think [it was about] good songs and the authenticity didn't really change," he said. "You know, you can't all of a sudden [be] Bon Jovi and turn into f-in' Pink Floyd! Some bands try that and it doesn't work. Stick to who you are and be authentic - I think that was a big part of it - and then just go out there and work."
"I don't care what band you're in - you're a live band, you've got to go out there and prove it every night, and we did. We kept on working really, really hard. It was all hard work and that work ethic never stopped. We're blue-collar kids at heart."
