But that was more part of an evolution...it came slowly...there were hints of it on Keep The Faith Already. To me - going from the stuff that we know they were recording before....i.e. Jon's tv appearences, The Message, The Rest, Powerstation Years, Frankie and the Knockouts, Scandal etc etc... to the first two records is like KABOOM!!!!! The only hint of metal in pre-Jovi days is Phantom's Opera (Alec's band or whatever it was called) but surely that was marginal...