One month before the 1987 Monsters of Rock festival I told Jon Bon Jovi that his band didn’t seem to fit that metal gig

By Steve Newton

On June 18, 1987, I did a phone interview with Jon Bon Jovi, whose band at the time was topping the charts worldwide with the Slippery When Wet album.

Just over a month later–on August 22–Bon Jovi was scheduled to headline the massive Monsters of Rock festival at England’s Castle Donnington, headlining over acts like Dio, Metallica, Anthrax, and W.A.S.P.

At one point I mentioned that I thought Bon Jovi didn’t really fit into the Metallica/W.A.S.P. metal realm, but Jon replied that it was his band’s bill, and the headliner puts it together.

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