Im an undergraduate archaeologist at queens university, belfast. Today my friend and I (both 26 years old) started the usual music debate.

Clearly i got started on bon jovi waiting for him to slag them off. he was the typical "sure living on a prayer is the cheesiest.....and they are just glam 80's etc etc."

He explained that he actually likes the band to some extent as he had crossroads etc. i asked him if he had heard of these days but he hadnt.

Well.....from my i- pod i let him here the following performance:-
the guy could not believe it and said that for a band that he thought were pretty average, were ****ing awesome. obviously i was very pleased.

But the main point here is that people really dont know the bon jovi story or should i say the these days story. if you know these days your a fan if you dont, your not