I'm not trying to defend Bon Jovi, brainiac. Rdpkopper said that "Nikki rules", I said that he's one major style over substance dude. One who hasn't written a song on his own in a long time (even on his solo albums), let alone a good one. So the "he's the creative genius in MC"-angle doesn't work. Whether Bon Jovi also utilized songwriters has nothing to do with that. If he had accused Tom Jones of being shit, would that have made him a better songwriter, just because that guy doesn't really do any writing?