Jon Bon Jovi is obsessed with Benjamin Franklin
Before he was a world-famous rock star, Jon Bon Jovi was a kid in Sayreville, N.J., playing in bands with his friends. That evolution, from opening at local clubs to fronting Bon Jovi, is chronicled in a new four-part Hulu docuseries, “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story," about the musician’s life and career. “You’ve heard that old story about people saying that their life flashes before them just before they die," said Bon Jovi, 62.
“I had the benefit of seeing my life flash before me, and hopefully I’m not going to die anytime soon." The band has always been like a family, Bon Jovi said. “Even if we were going through growing pains, there was always, ‘You may say something bad about me, but if somebody else says something bad about you, I’m going to beat his ass,’" he said. “We feel that way about past and present members.
I would defend them [all] to the hilt." Alec John Such, who played bass guitar, left the band in 1994 and died in 2022, and Richie Sambora left Bon Jovi in 2011. The band currently includes keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, guitarists Phil X and John Shanks, and bass guitarist Hugh McDonald. Bon Jovi lives in Palm Beach, Fla., and New Jersey with his wife, Dorothea Hurley.
The couple have four children, Stephanie, 30, Jesse, 29, Jake, 21, and Romeo Bongiovi, 20. Here, he discusses the rest stop in New Jersey named for him and debunks a myth about his hair in the ’80s. What time do you get up on Mondays, and what’s the first thing you do after waking up? I’m up by 7 at the latest.
I like Mondays. I feel like they’re a fresh start, and they’re either my forgiveness for the weekend sins or a jumping-off point. Usually [the first thing] is get a cup of coffee, turn on a news outlet and
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