Rest In Peace

Album: Stranger in This Town (1991)
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Songfacts®:

  • In a 1991 interview with Martha Quinn on the MTV show Rockline, Richie Sambora said the inspiration for this song came from his reading philosophy at the time, and he wanted to do something with shock value. The meaning of rest in peace is not an obituary but let's put things on ice until I'm back home off tour.

    The song is part of his debut solo album, Stranger in This Town. His Bon Jovi bandmate Jon Bon Jovi released his first solo album, Blaze Of Glory, the previous year. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Alexander Baron - London, England

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