I am a young fan but in 2000 I was not really a Bon Jovi fan with IML but when I saw the commercial for One Wild Night Live I knew I needed that cd so I bought it and then I have bought almost every one of there cds!

in 1995, i saw SOMETHING FOT THE PAIN video on tv, i liked that song, i also heard the name of bonjovi from my friends, but i dont love him too much, i just like SFTP, then in 2000, i saw IT'S MY LIFE vide on tv, it was 5 years that i didnt have any news from the band, i saw IML for times, then i love the band, so i downloaded this song, then bought CRUSH album, then all of the albums! so now im a huge fan!!!

My absolute first exposure to the band was via 7 11, in a Aurora, Colorado. They had a promotional thing where you would get these tabs/buttons with various rock groups on it when you purchased a Slurpee or Drink. Dio was one of them..Bon Jovi was another. I remember both because I thougth the names were so strange. I was into KISS. I didn't get the Bon Jovi button though. It was 1985. There was also a friend of mine in JR High that was into them and a couple of other people I knew. But I really didn't know much about the band.

I was also getting all these love letters written to me by this girl who had this huge crush on me at the time...she was writing how she was feeling sad one day and was listening to "Silent Night" by Bon Jovi.

So up to that point..that was my exposure to the band...then one day I was at the local arcade. They had a video jukebox which was in the center of the place. This video came on which showed a concert crowd with a lighting truss raising up on the stage and someone shouting out "SHOT THROUGH THE HEART!....." I could see three guys standing on a ledge and they jumped off with these huge explosions of sparks shooting up behind them.

Not long after I picked up my Slippery When Wet LP..several months later I saw my first concert featuring Bon Jovi.

Fan for life.

[color=][/color]Ive been a fan since KTF, ive grown up listening to rock music (BJ, aerosmith, def leopard, status quo) you could say ive hada privaleged upbringing :D .I'm 16 now and some of my earliest memories are listening to BJ blasting round the house.
KTF
Always

Ceri Wyn :lol:

for me it was Bed of roses :D

Well, it's a really long story: I became a fan at the age of 5 when I first heard "Livin on a prayer". My Mom had her alarm clock always set on the same radio station and one day when I woke up they played it. Back then I had no clue about English and therefore didn't really understand what they sang but I somehow try to sing the lyrics with Jon. It sounded like what I would call now "Baby English" ;). Anyway, since that day Bon Jovi have always been a huge part of my life and will forever be!

Way back in 1984 was when I got hooked - thanx to a family member.I was only 8 then and now my own 3 year old has the Jovi Bug :D

In the 80s I was into U2, Queen and disliked all those hair bands very much (actually I didn't listen to their music, I just disliked what their represented) and thought of Bon Jovi as one of the hair bands. So, I kind of judges them without listening to them only because their image scared me. Then in 92 I was given KTF and loved it. Then I got all Bon Jovi records and was blown away. :o

I still don't like most of the hair bands (although now I understand that it's not right to judge music styles, we should judge artists). With Bon Jovi it's a different story. I just LOVE them :lol: I don't think of Bon Jovi as a hair band anymore though. Just a classic r'n'r band.

I like BJ when I was 12 years old, and the first song I heard was : Runaway !...y'know BJ is my 'first love'...and people said "First love will never die".....Now I'm 29 years old,and I still love 'em. My friends and I made a BJ community in Jakarta, it's called "Die Hard Fans of Bon Jovi"
Bon Jovi Rules !