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Who was better looking?

188 replies

scorpiogirly · 18/07/2026 18:03

Please settle an argument. Who was better looking? Axel or bon Jovi?

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Wheelbarrowracer · 18/07/2026 22:53

Jbj. Hands down. Him, Brad Pitt, Robert redford all have a classically good looking face.

Axl always reminded me of a girl i was at school with.

ladygindiva · 18/07/2026 22:57

Jon bongiovi by about a million miles. Back then and now.

ladygindiva · 18/07/2026 22:58

BauhausOfEliott · 18/07/2026 22:03

God forbid women should be allowed to have fun.

OP, the answer is Jon Bon Jovi, clearly. Far better looking, much more charismatic on stage and also a much better singing voice. Axl sang like a cat having a fight by a bin.

I agree with this

Bitofashock · 18/07/2026 22:58

Axl then! But now older and looking back at the photos jbj. Axl had a very raw sexy thang going on… plus was a massive fan in the day.

AliceNotInChains · 18/07/2026 22:59

Axl was beautiful back in the day and he had swagger! I had such a crush on him for years. Unfortunately he now looks like my ex mother in law.

Jon was also cute back in the day but I think Axl had the edge (but then I do like a bad boy!)

AliceNotInChains · 18/07/2026 23:01

AnonymityAnonymity · 18/07/2026 18:22

I"m not quite sure what you mean.

But yes im busy catching up on MN after a quite busy gardening day.

I just feel the last thing guys who already think they are God's gift to women need is a group of sycophants pandering to their egos by debatung how nice looking they are.

Bet you’re fun at parties ☺️

NooNakedJacuzziness · 18/07/2026 23:09

JBJ. Axl was hot but some of his views were very problematic. Listening to his ranting on Get in the Ring always cracks me up tho

DrCoconut · 18/07/2026 23:09

My ex had quite a resemblance to Jon Bon Jovi. He knew it too and modeled his appearance on him. The effect was stunning. Pity he turned out to be an AH.

crazeekat · 18/07/2026 23:12

Axl. Bad boys all the way! 🔥

AnonymityAnonymity · 18/07/2026 23:18

AliceNotInChains · 18/07/2026 23:01

Bet you’re fun at parties ☺️

Tbh I would find a party where all the women were stood around discussing how good looking the guys were pretty tedious and embarrassing.

SilenceInside · 18/07/2026 23:20

This thread is like one conversation between one group of people at a party @AnonymityAnonymity - the kind of party where if you wander around for a while you’ll find lots of other groups discussing other things. Just like you’ll find lots of threads discussing other topics on MN.

AliceNotInChains · 18/07/2026 23:33

AnonymityAnonymity · 18/07/2026 23:18

Tbh I would find a party where all the women were stood around discussing how good looking the guys were pretty tedious and embarrassing.

But you’d choose to stick around anyway? Or would you go and find another conversation that interests you?

DrCoconut · 18/07/2026 23:38

Duff McKagan was the best looking member of GnR. I think there needs to be a return to men looking like this! (said in lighthearted fun before anyone jumps on me)

AliceNotInChains · 18/07/2026 23:45

DrCoconut · 18/07/2026 23:38

Duff McKagan was the best looking member of GnR. I think there needs to be a return to men looking like this! (said in lighthearted fun before anyone jumps on me)

Ooo yes I fancied duff too, he had a sexy voice to go with it

AliceNotInChains · 18/07/2026 23:46

Did anyone fancy James Hetfield?

PickledMuffin · 18/07/2026 23:49

Bon Jovi

Flannelenthusiast · 19/07/2026 00:35

AliceNotInChains · 18/07/2026 23:46

Did anyone fancy James Hetfield?

Definitely not! 😂

Ian Astbury however... 🔥

Additup · 19/07/2026 09:03

OwlBeThere · 18/07/2026 22:47

Ah yes, whilst Jon was sitting at home knitting. 😂😂😂

😂😂😂

Sartre · 19/07/2026 09:05

Conventionally speaking, Bon Jovi definitely is and his son looks just like him. I always preferred slash to Axl.

metalmum15 · 19/07/2026 09:36

AliceNotInChains · 18/07/2026 23:46

Did anyone fancy James Hetfield?

I find him more attractive now than when he was younger

BauhausOfEliott · 19/07/2026 09:52

AnonymityAnonymity · 18/07/2026 18:22

I"m not quite sure what you mean.

But yes im busy catching up on MN after a quite busy gardening day.

I just feel the last thing guys who already think they are God's gift to women need is a group of sycophants pandering to their egos by debatung how nice looking they are.

You do realise this discussion isn’t for their benefit, surely? This thread is for our enjoyment, not theirs.

Are straight women not allowed to enjoy looking at / thinking about men we find sexually attractive? Why do we have to deny ourselves that pleasure?

I’m glad you enjoy gardening but it doesn’t make you morally or intellectually superior to someone who enjoys whiling away five minutes on looking at attractive men with no shirts on. If you don’t get any pleasure from physically attractive men, that’s completely fine, but no need to try to guilt-trip other women about it. We’re allowed to experience attraction. It’s a normal human impulse.

I also did some gardening yesterday. Then I went for a run. Then I relaxed with a book. Then I whiled away a happy few minutes reminiscing with a friend via WhatsApp before the football about a French footballer we both fancied the pants off in the 90s. It was a pleasant interlude in my day.

XelaM · 19/07/2026 09:54

Jim Morrison

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BauhausOfEliott · 19/07/2026 10:00

AnonymityAnonymity · 18/07/2026 22:25

God forbid women should be allowed to have fun

I'm all for a bit of fun. But this is just silly.

You’re not ‘all for a bit of fun’ at all.

You’ve come on to a thread for women who are having a bit of fun precisely to tell them why they shouldn’t be having fun because it’s not the kind of fun you personally approve of.

If you pop up on an entirely harmless and lighthearted thread to piss on other people’s chips, you are not, by definition, ‘all for a bit of fun’.

Anyway. To get back to the topic at hand, has nobody mentioned Peter Steele from Type O Negative yet?

I would have climbed that man like a tree in his heyday.

BauhausOfEliott · 19/07/2026 10:04

Hottest rock star of all time = Bruce Springsteen

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backslashruby · 19/07/2026 10:52

Jon Bon Pony. Better looking than either of them.

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