![]() ![]() ![]() “America’s on fire,” he sings in “American Reckoning”, which was released in July. Alongside songs that address gun violence and Donald Trump’s tumultuous term as president, they paint a picture of a nation in turmoil. Two new tracks, recorded from his home studio in New Jersey, which directly address Floyd’s death and the pandemic, have been added. (He has been happily married to his childhood love, Dorothea, since he was 27, and though he has watched bandmates and peers succumb to drug addiction and alcohol abuse, including his dear friend and writing partner Richie Sambora, who left the band after 30 years in 2013 after a few stints in rehab, he has never threatened to go the same way.)īut the album, which was postponed from its initial May release, and its title have changed in the months since. His hair still has that metal puff and he’s looking absolutely stellar at 58, his decision to swerve the rock star lifestyle at a young age having paid dividends. “There’s a wryness, because it’s an election year, but it’s also because I have a clear vision of where the band is going, so that was the double entendre,” he tells me. ![]()
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