"Kerrang! Confidential" - Richie Sambora

K:  What is your nickname and why?

R:  Sambo, for obvious reasons.  I'm pretty sure it's the only nickname I've
ever had - it's stick with me since high school.

K:  At school, were you a dunce or a teacher's pet?

R:  Neither.  I was hardly ever at school, so it's hard to say what I was!
Most school days, I went and sat on the beach.  But I still came in every so
often and did pretty well!

K:  What was your first shag like?

R:  It was in the back of a car!  Not particularly comfortable, but not
particularly bad, either.  Quite nice, actually.

K:  Who is your best friend?

R:  That would be my wife Heather (Locklear, the well-known TV actress) - and
not just because she's standing nearby!  It's turned out to be a really great
marriage for us.  Four years now, and still going strong.

K:  What's the best pet you've ever had?

R:  I'd have to say that would be the two dogs we've got now.  They're my
wife's dogs.  Ahh.... here comes Lambchop now!

K:  Have you ever been arrested?

R:  Yes, unfortunately!  I've been arrested twice.  The first was when I got
drunk and disorderly, when I was a graduate.  It was just a silly teenage
thing.  Then I was caught for possession of a reefer.   It was only a little
bit, though, so they weren't really too tough on me.  So it was just twice.
And that's all very much in the past now.

K:  What would you be if you weren't a rock star?

R:  Jesus!  I guess I'd still be a musician, playing clubs and making music
somehow.  The difference would be that no one would ever know who I was!

K:  What's the most extravagant thing you've ever bought?

R:  I guess that would have to be a house!  Or a car.  Or my collection of
guitars, which is still as ridiculous as the last thing Kerrang! came over and
had a look.

K:  How would you describe yourself on a blind date form?

R:  I guess I'd go for: `A pretty fun guy.  I'm as crazy as you wanna go!'.

K:  Who's gagging for a shagging?

R:  Oh man.  I'm married.  I can't say that sort of thing - I'm in the penalty
zone with that one!

K:  Who's gagging for a smacking?

R:  Let me see... who needs a good punch in the face?  I'd have to say The
Spice Girls do.  I can't believe the attention they get.  I mean, who gives a
f**k about them?!

K:  What's the best rumour you've ever heard about yourself?

R:  That I had a two-headed love-child from Mars!  Man, I'm serious!  It's
amazing, the shit these tabloid papers come out with.  Heather and I have
appeared in so many bullshit stories over the years...

K:  What's in your wallet right now?

R:  Nothing special.  Some credit cards, a little cash, some receipts....

K:  What's your favourite joke?

R:  I'm really not a joke kinda guy.  I'm more into spontaneous, off-the-cuff
type things.  Now, David (Bryan, Bon Jovi keyboardist) is the guy for jokes in
the band.  You should ask him.  He's still recovering, from the that accident
with his finger.  That was bad luck, man.

K:  If you were marooned on a desert island without food, which of the members
of Bon Jovi would you choose to eat first?

R:  Ahhh, I ain't answering that shit!  That's really cruel, man!

K:  What's your drug of choice?

R:  Well, it used to be pot.  Nowadays, I would guess it's alcohol.  Of
caffeine - I drink coffee all day.

K:  What does God look like?

R:  She looks good!

K:  When you die, how would you like to go?

R:  Quick.