Jon Bon Jovi: Cosa Glasnostra
Steve Mascord, Kerrang!, 11 November 1989
After all the dirt dished out by Mötley Crüe about Moscow, Doc McGhee and the New Jersey Syndicate Jon Bon Jovi has at last decided that it's his time to talk. And when the stars talk, they talk first to Kerrang! in this case to Steve Mascord our man Down Under. Straight from the horse's mouth our ol' cobber hears the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Ready? Okay it's all down to a Red Army soldier with a firework. Stop guffawing and read on...
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