Bobby Bandiera of the Asbury Jukes, touring guitarist for Bon Jovi
"Jesus, I don't think there is a Jersey Shore sound. I mean, over the years people that have become famous from being from this area, namely Bruce (Springsteen). I mean, even Bruce's sound is different than Southside Johnny's sound, in that it doesn't have a four-piece horn section. It's still R&B, it's still rock 'n' roll, but then there's Bon Jovi, who lives right around the corner, who doesn't have any horns and it's pretty much a guitar-driven (sound), so I don't think there's a sound, per-se.
"I mean, then you can look at Frank Sinatra ... and a few other artists that have come from New Jersey and say, 'Well, they had nothing to do with a loud, distorted guitar.' It was a different era, but I don't think there is (a Jersey Shore sound), I don't think there is such a thing. I think it's just an encapsulation of people's input that happened to take music to a serious level and start to re-create what their influences have been and then add to it whatever they bring to it and make it, and that's anywhere from New Jersey to L.A. I mean, I don't know if there's a New Jersey sound, per-se."
