Jon Bon Jovi

If His Name Was Chet Smith, He'd Be a VP Candidate Now

Ten Performers Besides Bruce Springsteen Who Were Considered for the Super Bowl

Rotation

No Going Forward

Edward Burns hasn't improved with practice

Deja Vu All Over Again

The cocktail party never ends in le cinema du Henry Jaglom

Bon Appétit!

Have a Nice Day with some ´80s heartthrobs

The Lone Star Saloon

Bar Review

Bunnyface Killahs

A veteran Liverpudlian rock band and a kung-fu-obsessed Staten Island MC have more in common than you think

Podnography

And you thought those audio files were only used for music

Jimmy Eat World

Futures (Interscope)

King Artless

Bruckheimer's knights go for grit but lose the glory

Rodeo's Gonna Git You, Sucka

When the Fat Show calls, you better answer

Sub: Par

Kathryn Bigelow's Widowmaker cruises into choppy seas

Paid In Full

Sensitive, saccharine and practically messianic, Pay It Forward works like a charm

Boot Camp

A pumped-up U-571 recalls Wolfgang Petersen's famous German submarine drama

Sound Check

A pumped-up U-571 recalls Wolfgang Petersen's famous German submarine drama

Local Album of the Week: Low Man's Joe's Where I Stand

Low Man's Joe Where I Stand www.myspace.com/lowmansjoeBefore "Wanted Dead or Alive," before "It's My Life," before Jon Bon Jovi went off to Hollywood and took the Lost Highway through Nashville in 2007, Bon Jovi was a pretty decent hard-rock band. Poppier than most, definitely, but Jon's Springsteen ... More >>

Low Man's Joe: Where I Stand

Low Man's Joe Where I Stand www.myspace.com/lowmansjoeBefore "Wanted Dead or Alive," before "It's My Life," before Jon Bon Jovi went off to Hollywood and took the Lost Highway through Nashville in 2007, Bon Jovi was a pretty decent hard-rock band. Poppier than most, definitely, but Jon's Springsteen ... More >>

Idol Beat: Jamie Foxx, Officially Not Giving a Crap Since 1992

​Last night's Idol took us down to the top three contestants, but as expected, it took a long time to get there. The thing is, at this point the filler doesn't even feel like filler any more, just as the eliminations don't even feel real. This is the end of the 18th week of the season, and the ... More >>

American Idol: Jamie Foxx, Officially Not Giving a Crap Since 1992

​Last night's Idol took us down to the top three contestants, but as expected, it took a long time to get there. The thing is, at this point the filler doesn't even feel like filler any more, just as the eliminations don't even feel real. This is the end of the 18th week of the season, and the ... More >>

Jon Bon Jovi, Mayor Parker SEARCH For Youth Answers

Photos by Allison WagonerHouston Mayor Annise Parker and Jon Bon Jovi stand with their autographed plates that will be featured on SEARCH's "Wall of China."​Jon Bon Jovi has a concert at Toyota Center Tuesday, but he came to Houston a day early to do some voluntary community-service work for t ... More >>

Bon Jovi Rides His Steel Horse to Meet Annise Parker

Photos by Allison WagonerHouston Mayor Annise Parker and Jon Bon Jovi stand with their autographed plates that will be featured on SEARCH's "Wall of China."​Even though there's a famous APB on him, Jon Bon Jovi met with Mayor Annise Parker yesterday and was not arrested. Bon Jovi has a concer ... More >>

Last Night: Bon Jovi At Toyota Center

Photos by Groovehouse​Bon Jovi Toyota Center May 17, 2011 Keep the faith with Bon Jovi and their hordes of Houston fans in our slideshow. It's no easy feat to emerge relatively unscathed from the ruins of the '80s metal boom. Bon Jovi's more glam-oriented contemporaries can no longer hope to ... More >>

UH Students Go Inside Bon Jovi's Space-Age Stage

Photos by Matthew Keever​As if he hadn't done enough already, we can add philanthropy to the list of John Bon Jovi's accomplishments. Already world renowned for his music, the rock icon and No. 1 worldwide touring act of 2010, according to Billboard and Pollstar, is out to help people, and a l ... More >>

Five Jobs for Fastow

Enron honcho needs work.

He's Alive! Top 9 Musician Death Hoaxes of 2011

Gotta hand it to Jon Bon Jovi, the guy has a sense of humor.​It seems like 2011 was the year of the celebrity death hoax which involved many musicians. We use that term loosely for the sake of this blog. Death is never a joking matter but you can't help but chuckle at the thousands of folk w ... More >>

10 Rock Stars the GOP Should Nominate for President

Now, we're talking!​As the 2012 presidential race begins to heat up in earnest, Rocks Off can't help but feel that the front-runners for the Republican nomination are lacking a certain je ne sais quoi. Call it star power. Call it sex appeal. Whatever it is, these guys ain't got it. If the G ... More >>

Forever Young: Musicians Who Refuse To Age

"I'm forever, sugar tits!"​The other day, looking around on YouTube for Pantera stuff -- did you know that this month Vulgar Display Of Power turns 20? -- I found a relatively recent clip of lead singer Phil Anselmo VH1 Classic's That Metal Show from late 2010. The current Down crooner and mou ... More >>