At the risk of bringing the wrath of Bon Jovi fans down upon me....Jon Bon Jovi and company may be "survivors " and they may have sold a lot of records (the poor fools that bought them), but gimme a break---is there anything *great* or *groundbreaking * or *influential* about Bon Jovi? No, no, and no. "Wanted Dead Or Alive" may be a decent rocker, but that one song ain't enough for an induction. Sorry, but I'm just not a Bon Jovi fan, and I have never understood their popularity. They are one band that I feel do NOT belong in the RnR Hall Of Fame.

On this one I probably agree with Musicologist. They have some great hits, but Bon Jovi shifts their sound on a regular basis to maintain constant popularity blatantly. They jumped on the hair metal train when all the hair metal bands were successful, then INSTANTLY right when grunge wipes hair metal off the map, they switch to adult contemporary ballads to follow the next pop trend. Now, they switch to pop-country to follow THAT trend. Although I like a lot of the early songs and think "Livin' ; on a Prayer" is a classic, I just see them as perpetual sellouts. Other forgotten hair bands like Cinderella and Poison and Tesla probably had MORE integrity by not trying to change their sound to follow the next trend as much. Yeah oddly I think I'd rather see Poison in.But I'd stop with hair metal after Van Halen, GNR, and Def Leppard. To me, Bon Jovi doesn't really seem better than similar minor arena rock/AOR artists like Bryan Adams or Eddie Money (all they have over them is enduring popularity, solely because Bon Jovi kept changing its sound to jump on the next trend).If you're gonna talk about Bon Jovi, the arena rock bands like Boston and Journey should be first (I view Bon Jovi as Springsteen-mee ts-Journey pretty much), and the prog rock bands and hard rock bands like Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Rush, King Crimson, and Yes should all be in first too.Bon Jovi has some case due to its commercial success, I suspect Bon Jovi will get in faster than most of their influences, and that bites.I'm not against popular rock acts getting in. I am against popular rock acts getting in who constantly change their sound and weren't the innovators for any of their sounds...You want arena rock in? Go for Heart, Bad Company, Boston, Journey, or Foreigner. Those guys didn't change their sounds as much, probably had more impact, and are more fondly remembered as classic rock bands. Even though Heart's "These Dreams" period is critically debased, I'd say even they sold out less than Bon Jovi did.Having said that, it's not my call. Bon Jovi is buddies with Springsteen (who has a lot of influence on the committee as Springsteen' ;s manager Jon Landau is one of the most important people on the nominating committee) and they've already been nominated, so they're in. I don't think I agree with it, though.

Sometimes he's good.....someti mes he is not so good......