Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Waƙar ta fara samun watsa shirye-shirye a yankin New York, sannan sauran tashoshin 'yar'uwa a manyan kasuwanni suka ɗauki waƙar. A watan Maris na shekarar 1983, Bon Jovi ya kira David Bryan, wanda a biyun ya kira Alec John Such da kuma dan wasan drummer mai suna Tico Torres, dukansu sun kasance daga kungiyar Phantom's Opera. An yi amfani da shi don kunna guitar mai jagora don ɗan gajeren yawon shakatawa na tallafawa "Runaway" shi ne abokin Bon Jovi da maƙwabcinsa, Dave Sabo ("The Snake"), kodayake bai taɓa shiga ƙungiyar ba. Shi da Jon sun yi wa juna alkawarin cewa duk wanda ya fara yin hakan, zai taimaki ɗayan. Sabo daga baya ya ci gaba da kafa kungiyar Skid Row. Jon ya ga kuma ya burge shi da guitarist na gari Richie Sambora wanda abokin aikinsa Alec John Such da drummer Tico Torres suka ba da shawarar. Sambora ya yi yawon shakatawa tare da Joe Cocker, ya yi wasa tare da rukuni mai suna Mercy kuma an kira shi don yin gwaji don Kiss. Ya kuma taka leda a kan kundin Lessons (wanda aka fara shirin fitarwa a 1982; sake sakewa a kan CD ta hanyar Long Island Records a 1995) tare da ƙungiyar Message, wanda Alec John Such ya kasance bassist. An sanya hannu kan saƙo zuwa Led Zeppelin's Swan Song Records lakabi, kodayake ba a taɓa sakin kundin a hukumance a lokacin ba. A halin yanzu, WAPP, tashar da ta fara kunna "Runaway" ta yi aiki tare da WOR-TV (yanzu WWOR-TV) a kusa da Secaucus, NJ a kan shirin bidiyon kiɗa, Rock 9 Videos, na ɗan gajeren lokaci a cikin 1984.Tico Torres kuma gogaggen mawaƙi ne, wanda ya yi rikodi kuma ya yi wasa tare da Phantom's Opera, The Marvelettes, da Chuck Berry. Ya bayyana a kan rikodin 26 kuma kwanan nan ya yi rikodin tare da Franke da Knockouts, ƙungiyar Jersey tare da waƙoƙin da aka buga a farkon shekarun 1980.  Tambaya: Wace Kamfanin Rubuce-rubuce ne ya sake sakin kundin Richie Sambora na Darasi?
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