<P> Tico Torres used the opportunity to further pursue his painting while David Bryan started writing and composing various musicals . In 1998, Richie Sambora released his second solo outing titled Undiscovered Soul . </P> <P> In 2012, the band members embarked on solo projects once again while recording What About Now . Returning to film composing for the first time since Blaze of Glory, Jon Bon Jovi wrote and recorded two songs for the Al Pacino film Stand Up Guys, while Richie Sambora recorded and released his third studio album, Aftermath of the Lowdown, and supported it with a short world tour in October 2012 . Tico Torres focused on playing golf, taking part in several tournaments, while David Bryan made a short performance at Fantiscritti, Carrara on May 26, 2012 . </P> <P> Bon Jovi's musical style has generally been characterized as hard rock, glam metal, arena rock and pop rock . </P> <P> The band's first four albums blended the glam metal and hard rock genres . Their first two albums used a heavier mixture of glam metal and hard rock while their follow up which were Slippery When Wet and New Jersey featured a more mainstream commercialized mixture of glam metal and hard rock . They had shed the glam metal sound by their fifth studio album, Keep the Faith, and their sixth, These Days, utilizing a more mature hard rock sound . Crush was characterized as "far enough into pop / rock to actually stand a chance of getting airplay", while Bounce was described as "heavy, serious rock". Have a Nice Day was also characterized as being heavier than Crush . </P>

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