i'm not sure when i first heard them -- but i remember that Crossroads was always played in the house when i was younger. but i didn't know that it was bon jovi. the first time i heard a song that i actually knew to be bon jovi was IML, and i hated it...and when i listened to the whole Crush album (my sister had bought it)...i had a serious dispassion for them but when i found out that Crossroads was BJ (i was surprised at first) then i got the older albums my respect for them came back