Na March 1983, Bon Jovi kpọrọ David Bryan, onye n'aka nke ya kpọrọ bassist Alec John Such na onye nwere ahụmahụ na-egwu egwu aha ya bụ Tico Torres, ha abụọ bụbu ndị òtù Phantom's Opera. A na-akpọ ya ka ọ bụrụ onye na-eduzi guitar maka obere njem na-akwado "Runaway" bụ enyi na onye agbata obi Bon Jovi, Dave Sabo ("The Snake"), ọ bụ ezie na ọ dịghị mgbe ọ sonyeere ìgwè ahụ. Ya na Jon kwere ibe ha nkwa na onye ọ bụla mere ya mbụ, ga-enyere onye nke ọzọ aka. Sabo mechara gaa n'ihu na-etolite ìgwè Skid Row Jon.
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