The Archive: BON JOVI – November 1, 1989 (On The Street)

From Steve Mascord

Thanks, Catte, for the find.  Definitely a fun trip down memory lane :)

Over a quarter of a million people have experienced his brand of noisy rock first hand on the current tour, and it doesn’t finish until February. In between, Jon has has enjoyed the success of proteges Skid Row and worked on albums by Alice Cooper and Cher. There’s been an “historic” Russian festival which was apparentIy more notable for its backstage shenanigans than for its onstage feats (more about that later) and, yes, even Jon’s top secret marrage to long time sweetheart Dorothea Hurley.

Jon, one time studio hand at the Power Station in New York, is now certified American cultural figurehead.But while he’s rarely been one to kiss and tell, isn’t being married on the quiet a bit like, well, a rock star?

"We knew if we had a regular wedding, we would have had to invite a thousand people,” he says. “And I didn’t do it for those thousand people, or for my record company..or for my manager. I did it for me, I did it for her. We didn’t tell anyone. We didn’t tell our families, we didn’t tell our friends, we didn’t tell the band.

"I don’t need to hide it. But like, there’s nothing left in my life that’s private any more. I can’t sit in my own house with the bedroom windows without the shades on ‘em because somebody’s taking a picture of my bedroom window. You know, there’s always somebody hanging out in front of my house. People are wonderful, mind you, they’re great people but I can’t do anything in private."

Jon is so agreeable it’s almost as if you think you’ve called the wrong house.

The whole interview/article can be found here. Quite amusing :)

~ Hath