Jon Bon Jovi, Rock 'n' Roll's Premiere Family Man

Before he was rock 'n' roll's poster boy for family values, Jon Bon Jovi was just another grinning heartthrob up to his hairy chest in groupies. Well, that's according to newly uncovered photos of the rocker showing him splayed out on a bed with a quartet of half-naked beauties wiggling around him.
The photos (
censored version here) were snapped by photographer Ross Marino in 1985, a year before the rocker's band Bon Jovi released their breakout album 'Slippery When Wet.' Admittedly, it was staged as part of a possible effort to toughen the band's image following two lackluster albums and rising competition from more scandalous groups like Motley Crue.
But the photos didn't surface until now, with the release of 'Sex, Drugs and Bon Jovi,' a tell-all book by the band's former manager, Rich Bozzett. Why? At the time the singer was in a relationship with his high school sweetheart, Dorothea Hurley, who became his wife four years later. Bon Jovi's sex appeal was in his big hair, smoldering looks and tight clothing. He didn't need to show off with naked chicks.
So for years he urged Bozzett to destroy the pictures, fearing they would embarrass the love of his life and conflict with his unique image in the world of rock 'n' roll as a seemingly wholesome family man.
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Jon Bon Jovi, wife Dorothea Hurley and kids Jesse, Jacob and Stephanie Rose are seen leaving Dos Caminos restaurant in New York City on May 28. More Pics of the Rocker >>
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LOUISVILLE, KY - JULY 23: Jon Bon Jovi of Bon Jovi performs during Day 1 of the 2010 Hullabalou Music Festival at Churchill Downs on July 23, 2010 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jon Bon Jovi
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LOUISVILLE, KY - JULY 23: Jon Bon Jovi of Bon Jovi performs during Day 1 of the 2010 Hullabalou Music Festival at Churchill Downs on July 23, 2010 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jon Bon Jovi
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LOUISVILLE, KY - JULY 23: Jon Bon Jovi of Bon Jovi performs during Day 1 of the 2010 Hullabalou Music Festival at Churchill Downs on July 23, 2010 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jon Bon Jovi
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LOUISVILLE, KY - JULY 23: Jon Bon Jovi of Bon Jovi performs during Day 1 of the 2010 Hullabalou Music Festival at Churchill Downs on July 23, 2010 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jon Bon Jovi
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LOUISVILLE, KY - JULY 23: Jon Bon Jobi performs during Day 1 of the 2010 Hullabalou Music Festival at Churchill Downs on July 23, 2010 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Douglas Mason/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jon Bon Jovi
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LOUISVILLE, KY - JULY 23: Jon Bon Jovi performs during Day 1 of the 2010 Hullabalou Music Festival at Churchill Downs on July 23, 2010 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Douglas Mason/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jon Bon Jovi
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LOUISVILLE, KY - JULY 23: Jon Bon Jovi performs during Day 1 of the 2010 Hullabalou Music Festival at Churchill Downs on July 23, 2010 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Douglas Mason/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jon Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi Snapshots
LOUISVILLE, KY - JULY 23: Jon Bon Jovi performs during Day 1 of the 2010 Hullabalou Music Festival at Churchill Downs on July 23, 2010 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Douglas Mason/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jon Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi Snapshots
LOUISVILLE, KY - JULY 23: Jon Bon Jovi performs during Day 1 of the 2010 Hullabalou Music Festival at Churchill Downs on July 23, 2010 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Douglas Mason/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jon Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi Snapshots
LOUISVILLE, KY - JULY 23: Jon Bon Jovi performs during Day 1 of the 2010 Hullabalou Music Festival at Churchill Downs on July 23, 2010 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Douglas Mason/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jon Bon Jovi
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The Bon Jovi love story began in the late 1970s at Sayreville (N.J.) War Memorial High when he fell for his classmate Dorothea Hurley. He even copied her test answers in history class.
After high school he delved into the business of rock music, making demos, working at a record studio and forming what would become Bon Jovi. It was in those early years of the band that he and Hurley split up and the rocker even briefly dated actress Diane Lane.
"I've not been a saint. I've had my lapses," Bon Jovi, now 48, has said of that time period.
Just how he won Dorothea back plays out like a Bon Jovi song (or a scene straight out of John Cusack's 'Say Anything'). According to a 2007 profile piece in Parade magazine, Bon Jovi went to her parents' house in New Jersey, stood on the front lawn and called out to her that he needed to see her. His band was getting a gold record at a show at the Meadowlands arena that night, and there was no one he wanted there more.
They tied the knot in 1989 at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas and have never looked back. Together they have four children, Stephanie Rose, Jesse James, Jacob and Romeo.
Bon Jovi rarely talks about his life at home, but when he does it always reads like a love letter to his wife of 21 years.
"I think people see the cliché of the Rock Star," he told Parade a few years back. "We're supposed to get married every three years, trade in, trade out -- I don't even want to dare say trade up!"
"I made a good deal the first time," he adds. "If Angelina Jolie came in today, I wouldn't trade."
In other interviews he has admitted to being "cognizant of the fact that relationships have been breaking up around us, but it hasn't made me cling to her or the other way round. And although everyone says we're about the only couple still together in the rock business, it's not really true," citing Bono and his wife Ali and Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa.
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Never was impressed with him or his band.
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So you were unimpressed. Was that such a necessary thought that you just HAD to let the world know? Go away. We don't care.
Mike your taste must be in your butt.
He has a decent enough voice,his band is pretty good,and they did release some good songs.
Still,he has the IQ of a turnip,is arrogant beyond belief,and his politics suck.
For those of you who doubt he is really that stupid,he considers Goober Gore to be brilliant.
On reflection,he may not be as smart as the typical turnip.
It's funny how you are so unimpressed, yet you clicked on the link to this story, huh?!
I'm sure he's heartbroken.
It is so beautiful to see a family who has stayed together~! :)
Congrats to both of them.
God Bless them both and their family.
Your an idiot. They are awesome and the world knows it!
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Mike, have you not been listening to their music since the 80's, do I hear a little jealousy there. Jon's the man, good man. Should be more people like him. Name I used is my name on the bon jovi website, I am on the Street team. See the next concert, you will definately change your mind.
Hes never been one of my favorite, but those pics are funny, the hair and all.
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Didn't he have another band member in Bon Jovi whom he kicked out..? Someone he knew in high school, and when the gettin' got better, out went his high school friend, for good. I remember this very clearly. Does anyone know what his name is? He had dark hair ~
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Alec John Such was with the band for several years and in the 90s decided to quit to open a motorcycle store. He was short with dark hair. But he left the band, not kicked out.
You're half correct, Diane. John had a guitarist named Stanley (who used to play with shore band Bystander- remember them?), but he was not fired. I think he even played the guitar part to the band's breakout single in the studio. Stan turned down the opportunity to be Bon Jovi's guitarist because he had a wife and young child, and didn't think that he could manage touring and his family at the same time. Stan is no longer with his wife, and is raising his daughter.
Alec John Such
ALEC SUCH-SPELLING OF NAME??? HE DID THINGS-DISTASTEFUL THINGS
HE DID IT TO HIMSELF
He had an affair with Diane Lane while he was married.
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no he did not. That was before he was married.
Nancy, you might want to read the article... it's really not that long and says they had broken up (while dating) and he even dated Diane Lane.
yeesh read the story right.