Go Back in Time with These Epic Pics of Bon Jov...

It doesn't get more '80s than this

Published Time: 09.04.2024 - 01:31:09 Modified Time: 09.04.2024 - 01:31:09

It doesn't get more '80s than this.

In 1986, the members of Bon Jovi — Richie Sambora, Jon Bon Jovi, Alec John Such, Tico Torres and David Bryan — embarked on their Slippery When Wet Tour, traveling the globe in support of their hit album of the same name. After kicking off in Canada, the group traveled to Japan and Australia, through Europe and to just about every city in America to belt their hits like "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer."

"We thought we had a really good record," frontman Jon Bon Jovi recalled on a 2021 episode of the Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt podcast. It was: the album itself went 12-times Platinum and the tour was a major financial success for the group.

Grab your neon leggings, crimp your hair and take a trip back to the late 1980s with some incredible photos of the band on the Slippery When Wet Tour.

Bandmates Richie Sambora, Jon Bon Jovi, Alec John Such, Tico Torres and David Bryan celebrated their record achieving gold status in 1986.

Ahead of the band's Detroit tour stop in 1987, frontman Jon Bon Jovi posed for this glamour shot.

Alec John Such and Richie Sambora rocked it out onstage in Detroit in 1987.

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ir Detroit show, David Bryan and Jon Bon Jovi played a game of cards on their private plane.

At the 1987 Monsters of Rock festival at England's Castle Donington, David Bryan, Richie Sambora, Jon Bon Jovi, Tico Torres and Alec John Such posed in all their glory.

Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora had some fun on stage during one of their 1987 tour stops.

While on the road in 1987, the group posed for another iconic portrait.

On stage in Sydney in 1987, Jon Bon Jovi showed off his signature smile.

Frontman Jon Bon Jovi managed to have fun backstage at a show in 1987, too!

Is Jon Bon Jovi's hair also slippery when wet?

Guitarist Richie Sambora was always one for on-stage theatrics.

Jon Bon Jovi's late-'80s tour style included glimmering jackets and lots of hair accessories.

Jon Bon Jovi was doing aerial tricks even before Pink!

Backstage on a 1987 tour stop, the band took these amazing portraits. Here's keyboardist David Bryan and Jon Bon Jovi.

And feast your eyes on guitarist Richie Sambora and drummer Tico Torres.

Never stop rocking, guys.