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“I gave him my copy of ‘Born to Run.’ He totally fell in love with Bruce. He immersed himself in the stuff,” Mantas said.

“Jon used to spend all his money on these Bruce bootlegs. The career of Springsteen was a big inspiration for the young Bon Jovi. “Atlantic City Expressway was essentially a Jukes-Springsteen tribute band,” Pallagrosi said. The Sound of Asbury Park from a new generation. The band was performing horn-driven R&B infused rock ‘n’ roll with lots of Springsteen and Southside Johnny covers. Then Pallagrosi took over the bookings at the club and the guys, who included Bryan at the core of the band, started opening for national acts like Hall and Oates, Norman Nardini, Mink Diville and more. “We played the Fast Lane two years in a row of Sundays with no more than 20 people,” Mantas said. Jake is very, very happy.”īrown and Bongiovi went public with their engagement last month.The Fast Lane at the time was owned by Phil DiAngelo and run by Jim Giantonio and the shows there, including concerts by U2, the Ramones and Joan Jett, were decidedly more cutting edge than what was going on at the Pony. Growing together and so I think that all of my kids have found the people that they think they can grow together with and we like ‘em all.”Īnd he had words of praise for Brown, who is best known for her starring role in “Stranger Things.” “You know, if you find the right partner and you grow together, I think that would be my advice really, is growing together is wise. “I don’t know if age matters,” Bon Jovi responded. “When your almost 21-year-old says, “I’m getting engaged,” do you worry for them that they’re too young or because you were so young when you were with Dorothea, you weren’t engaged that young, but do you worry as a dad about how old or how young they are?” Cohen asked.

“I got three of my four.”Ĭohen pointed out that Bon Jovi and his wife of 34 years, Dorothea, were high school sweethearts. The rocker’s 20-year-old son, Jake Bongiovi, is engaged to 19-year-old actress, Millie Bobby Brown.ĭuring a recent appearance on SiriusXM’s “Andy Cohen Live,” Bon Jovi shared that more than one of his children are heading to the altar. Jon Bon Jovi is standing up for young love.