I roto i te 16, Jon tutaki Rawiri Bryan, ka hanga e ia he kapa i huaina Atlantic City Expressway. tonu i roto i tona taiohi, i tākaro Bon Jovi i roto i te kapa John Bongiovi me te Wild Ones, te tākaro karapu pērā i te nohopuku Lane me te whakatuwheratanga mō ngā mahi rohe. Na 1980, i hanga e ia tetahi atu kapa, te Rest, ka whakatuwhera ake mo New Jersey mahi pērā i Southside Johnny me te Asbury Jukes. ano i roto i 1980, Jon tuhi tona tuatahi kotahi, "Runaway" i roto i te taiwhanga o tona whanaunga, tautoko e kaiwaiata taiwhanga. i whakatangihia te waiata e te te teihana irirangi rohe i runga i te rīpene kohinga. Na roto i te waenganui o te tau 1982, i waho o te kura, me te mahi wā-wā i te toa wahine, ka hoatu e Jon Jon he mahi i roto i te Bon Jovi Power Studios i Manhattan, i reira i te tuhi i te kapa i roto i te wāhi pērā i te Fast Lane me te whakatuwheratanga mō ngā mahi rohe. i roto i te tau 1982,
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