i became a fan when i heard its my life but id heard of them before. i think i knew about them since i was about 4 or 5. i remember reading about them in the tabloid newspapers in the early 90s, when there were rumours about them splitting up (so there were headlines like "its all ovi for bon jovi") and all this fuss about jon getting his hair cut. i knew about them, and i knew it was "them" not "him", but no one else that i knew knew that as well and they all said "him" so i said "him" too for a while, and i knew a little about them but i didnt know any of their songs cos they never seemed to get on the radio much... i was really surprised at people who thought IML was their first song, i assumed everyone had heard of them before, like me...