Bon Jovi Unfiltered: What Fans Love to Hate About the Legendary Band

JunkYard Rock Stories ^ | 1/11/25 | JP

[DallasBiff]

We reached out to a hair metal community on Reddit and asked them to share their thoughts on what they find most annoying about the band Bon Jovi.

What started as a simple question quickly spiraled into a heated discussion, with fans passionately expressing their opinions. As it turns out, Bon Jovi remains a polarizing topic even among fans of the genre, and the responses we received were nothing short of colorful.

[BipolarBob]

Refrigeration helps. You can’t leave stuff like that at room temps or it goes bad quickly.

[A Navy Vet]

Blaze of Glory

[Fledermaus]

Legendary............bad.

[AAABEST]

Bleh - commercial chick band.

Zambora was a good player - but the songs were very shallow and douchey.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Blue Highway]

Bre was a typo. I meant he. Bon Jovi was the singer, Richie Sambora was the guitarist. Here's Jon Bon Jovi playing at a Harris/ Biden rally to 12 people and 7 pumpkins....

Notice all the idiots wearing masks outdoors...

[HonkyTonkMan]

[HonkyTonkMan]

[Yardstick]

That was their best one, with a great performance by Jeff Beck.

[Jim W N]

I guess the poster in the background tells you all you need to know about this guy.

Next.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Really? ‘Scar Tissue’ is one of my favorite songs of all time. Love the rappy-sing-songy rhythm of it.

I like ‘Snow,’ too.

But, they were popular with my teen boys back in the day, so I may have been over-exposed and/or brainwashed somehow. ;)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

If it's any consolation, guys like these are now well into their 60's, fat and balding. Well, except for David Lee Roth and Robin Zander. They'll always be HAUT in my mind. Forever!

[Libloather]

...the rappy-sing-songy rhythm of it.

Nailed it.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Honestly, I have no idea who Bon Jovi is. I've heard the name of course. I realize he is some kind of celebrity.

For years I would go to the supermarket and see tabloids at the checkout counter with headlines about someone named "Jen". (Seems she was mixed up with someone named "Ben"?). So the headlines would screem Jen and Ben this, Jen and Ben that. After years I kinda figured out "Jen" must be a movie star. Who the guy is, I have no idea.

[ArcadeQuarters]

He’s a Biden supporter.

[nwrep]

He is a serial killer.

[Jim W N]

Yeah. I guess the poster in the background tells you all you need to know about this guy.

Next.

[maddog55]

I thought Boy George was Bon Jovi’s solo career.

[rollo tomasi]

Hair spray brands (Especially Aqua Net?) and its investors we dismayed when 3 chord grunge took over. At least hair metal bands were fun and humorous.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I didn’t have to live through ‘Big Hair’ for guys or gals, but I DID have a Farrah Fawcett haircut at one point. I mean, we ALL did - a Dorothy Hamil (skater) short cut, too!