Shame to see so many old posters in this old thread not around anymore.

As for me, it was Always that did it for me in 94 when I was 13. I was a bit of a chart nerd in the early 90s and I assume that's where I heard the song. I subsequently bought Crossroad on tape, even though I only vaguely had heard of some of the songs on it. I was hooked and played it on my Walkman constantly.

I then began to get the back catalogue and loved them all which began the obsession.
I then remember getting these days on tape as soon as it came out, and it was the soundtrack to my paper round every week. The subsequent gap in releases gave me more time to play catch up and turn even more obsessed buying collectibles, promos, vinyls, foreign releases, going to record fairs etc.. I remember going to an Internet cafe to watch the Crush pre release gig in 2000 at about 2 in the morning our time when the next Jovi album finally came around. In that time it was spent on newsgroups and email groups getting my fix!

Sadly Wembley 95 was a bit early for me, I'd never been to a concert at that point and it's a regret that I didn't make it my first one, although in the pre Internet days I wouldn't have even known how to get a ticket I don't doubt, the thought had never crossed my mind to try. Maybe being at the back of Wembley would have put me off, whereas instead my first gig of Richie in shepherds Bush in 98 with Jon appearing at the end was a perfect start, and now getting on for 30 gigs later, I'm still here.

They've been my no. 1 band now for 23 years and thankfully I still like the studio output and Im sure I'll continue to do so.