7800° Fahrenheit

1985

The "Bon Jovi" tour was finished in November 1984, but Jon and Richie immediately started to work on the second album without a break. Bon Jovi joined Lance Quinn and recorded their second LP in The Warehouse Studios in Philadelphia with Obie O'Brien. "7800° Fahrenheit" was released in April 1985. The band put a lot of emotions in this album, nevertheless a lot of fans would agree that 7800 Degrees Fahrenheit was the worst BJ album. The record wasn't a real success but Bon Jovi were more popular than ever.

In April 1985, Bon Jovi began their first major headlining tour in Japan. After Japan, they toured Europe starting in Paris. In the States, they were the opening act for Ratt's American tour and they got more support from the audience than the headliners. "It was hell," Jon later explained. "Me and Stephen (Pearcy, Ratt's frontman) definitely didn't get along." Jon later overcame any rivalry to contribute backing vocals to the Ratt track "Heads I win, Tails you lose". Another event that year was they performed at the Texas World Music Festival with Deep Purple, Scorpions, Night Ranger, Ted Nugent, Grim Reaper and Victory, and at Farm Aid I in Illinois.
 

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