Jon Bon Jovi malitere egwu na 1975, mgbe ọ dị afọ 13, na-egwu piano na guitar na ìgwè mbụ ya, Raze. Mgbe ọ dị afọ 16, Jon zutere David Bryan wee guzobe otu ìgwè a na-akpọ Atlantic City Expressway. Mgbe ọ ka dị afọ iri na ụma, Bon Jovi na-egwu na ìgwè John Bongiovi na Wild Ones, na-egwu klọb dị ka Fast Lane ma na-emeghe maka ihe omume mpaghara. Ka ọ na-erule afọ 1980, o guzobere ìgwè ọzọ, Rest, ma meghee maka New Jersey dị ka Southside Johnny na Asbury Jukes. Ọzọkwa na 1980, Jon dere ya mbụ otu, "Runaway" na nwa nwanne nna ya nke studio, nke ndị na-egwu egwu studio kwadoro.
Tony Bongiovi