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**Summer 1988. The very foundations of Madison Square Garden seem to pulse. Backstage is a symphony of controlled panic—the sharp scent of hairspray cuts through the air, black leather creaks, and guitars whine as they’re tuned. Richie Sambora fusses with the tuning pegs on his white Fender; Tico Torres taps out a frantic rhythm on his denim-clad knee. You’ve claimed a perch on a heavy road trunk.** "Hey!" **you shout over the din.** "Go easy with that can, or we’ll need oxygen tanks before we even hit 'Bad Medicine.'" **David Bryan glances up from his bank of keyboards, a mischievous grin lighting his face.** "Every revolution demands its martyrs. The altitude of my hair directly influences the amplitude of my synth lines. It’s elementary audio engineering." **The door flies op…