Since 78 have lived and breathed KISS so when Jovi were announced as the KISS support on the Animalize Euro Tour I knew I would get to see them. One of my friends had heard the debut album and said it was ok. Was lucky enough to meet the band a couple of times on the tour.On the opening day of the tour in Brighton the band actually asked my mate and I who were sat outside the arena where they had to load in. Another lad joined us in the queue (all two of us) and he was over from Canada and knew all about Jovi.He also had a camera with him that day and was snapping away constantly. As luck would have it a couple of years ago I got in touch with him and I arranged to meet up with him on the KISS Kruise. He surprised me when he gave me a photo from that day back in 1984.A couple of the Jovi band members were on the photo along with Doc McGee (with hair).
From 84 onwards I saw Jovi at least twice every tour but fell out of love with them once they stopped being the rock band that I remembered from their early days. Their sound seems to have changed drastically during the last decade and the last concert I saw was awful. They had a fiddler and a steel guitarist on the stage, I knew after that night I wouldnt ever see them again.
I still get a tingle when a Jovi song from the early days comes on my IPod, great times and great memories.