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Bon Jovi is preparing to tell it all. The multiplatinum rockers are working on creating their 25th anniversary with Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful. This is supposedly going to have pictures & portraits of previously unreleased photographs and will also have special writings by the band members themselves.

Publishers HarperCollins said in statement released on March 3, 2009, “The book offers unprecedented insights into the lives of the members when on stage, on the roads, and at home, as well as intimate reflections on the highs & lows of their twenty-five years together.”

Wow man this would be real interesting to read, a complete history of stuff and that too not just about Bon Jovi who we all love but also on the other band members covering 25 years of togetherness and to be able to see insider pictures of the bad men rockers who have sobered as the years have progressed is a collector’s pick.

The only down side is that the book will only be out next fall so we’ll have to wait that bit longer.

These days, Bon Jovi’s a little bit country, a little bit rock ‘n’ roll and the biggest band around. After nearly a quarter-century together, the Garden State quintet landed its first chart-topping bow thanks with the country-infused Lost Highway. For the week ended Sunday, Lost Highway found its way to the top by selling 291,000 copies. These the music is more of fusion and mixing and remixing tunes to try and get something that the fans and audience shall take to. The other thing is that musicians need to be at their creative best at all times to woo the fans. They might folk to your album on your past record but what will eventually drive sales is the quality of the album. ‘It’s my life’ from Bon Jovi is a song that I keep mumbling quite often and surely the singer is one of the best in the business.

With the success with a country remake of “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” with Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles, which earned them the sole Grammy of their 25-year career, Bon Jovi is releasing the country-influenced album “Lost Highway” on Tuesday on Island Records. And nobody in the band seems sure what the reception will be — from their fans to the country music industry.

Jon Bon Jovi said during a recent interview.
“I just found myself listening to this kind of music, and finding that they were telling stories. That’s something we’ve been doing our whole career,” he said. “So it was very much a fit for us.”

But while the albums of Bon Jovi’s career have tended in the past decade to be more politically influenced “Bounce” was inspired by 9/11, “Have a Nice Day” followed the presidential election, this album appears to be personal, filled with stories inspired by the band members’ lives, loves and losses.

It was the inspiration behind the album, which despite its lukewarm reception from critics has already received a fair amount of airplay for its first single “(You Want to) Make a Memory.”

“Richie (Sambora) and David (Bryan) suffered a lot in the last year, a lot of pain. In what had been a very peaceful decade and a half, suddenly there was a lot of pain in the organization,” Bon Jovi said. “I think it was cathartic for Richie to express with me or through me the hell he has been dealing with: losing his dad, losing the wife. And David, it’s the same thing. So it was an easy record to write.”