We believe it can have impact on vocal folds in the way that they close, and it seems it can maybe possibly cause some nerve damage.” If your respiratory system changes, the way that you sing is going to change, especially if it reduces your lung capacity. “We know it can have a wide range of impacts in the way it affects the respiratory system. He couldn’t sing for two weeks because of it, he told on the onset of the just-concluded tour.Ī COVID effect is “probably a very reasonable thing to consider in what’s going on with him,” Edwards said. Effects of COVID-19īon Jovi tested positive for COVID in October 2021.

Here are four possible causes for Bon Jovi’s voice issues, according to various experts interviewed for this article.

“Bon Jovi should check in with a laryngologist and get his vocal folds looked at,” said Matt Edwards, associate professor of voice and voice pedagogy at the Shenandoah Conservatory in Virginia, vocal coach, and author of “So You Want to Sing Rock ’N’ Roll?” “There’s all kinds of things that can creep up and cause problems, many of which we have no control over.” Reps for the band declined to comment for this story. “People are posting videos that aren’t very flattering and they’re going off on him, and that’s (blanked) up as far as I’m concerned,” he said.īon Jovi hasn’t publicly acknowledged the negative reviews. Pallagrosi used to sit in with Bon Jovi’s pre-Bon Jovi bands. “He’s getting slammed - I feel bad for him,” said Tony Pallagrosi, music promoter and former member of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes.

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