Jon Bon Jovi

Jon Bon Jovi spent the years from 1983 to 1988 establishing his hard rock band Bon Jovi as one of the most popular in the Western world with multi-platinum albums such as Slippery When Wet and New Jersey. He then put the band on hold and made a solo album, Blaze of Glory (July, 1990), whose songs were inspired by the motion picture Young Guns II. Bon Jovi the band was reactivated with Keep the Faith in 1992. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide