HOT GALLERY: How These Rock Stars Met Their Wives

Jon Bon Jovi and wife Dorothea in the 1980s

Jon Bon Jovi met his one-and-only wife Dorothea in a high school history class—and even admitted to copying her answers while they were students at Sayreville War Memorial High in (where else?) New Jersey. They had a quickie wedding at Las Vegas's Graceland Wedding Chapel in 1989 and have been giving love a good name ever since!

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Jon Bon Jovi and wife Dorothea Today

In the rock world, relationships can be hard to sustain, but these childhood sweethearts will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary this year! The couple have four children, ranging in age from 10 to 21, and spend time as a family between their luxury multi-floor apartment in Soho in New York City and, of course, New Jersey, where they have a palatial estate. Check out these Heavy Metal Rockers, Before They Were Stars!

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Caleb Followill and Lily Aldridge in 2009

The Kings of Leon frontman met model and Victoria's Secret Angel Lily Aldridge at the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California, back in 2007. Lily is reportedly the inspiration for the band's titillating song "Sex on Fire." The singer and model tied the knot in Santa Barbara in May 2011.

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Caleb Followill and Lily Aldridge Today

Followill once gushed to the press about his bride: “I can’t wait to raise a family with her, because she’s a great woman.” Seems the lucky singer got his wish when the happy couple welcomed their daughter, Dixie Pearl Followill, just two months ago in June. The family spends most of their time in Nashville.

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Dave Grohl and Jordyn Blum in 2003

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl met his second wife, Long Island native Jordyn Blum, in 2001 in the bar of the Sunset Marquis Hotel in Los Angeles. But he almost didn’t land the pretty blond. He told Elle.com: "We went out on a few dates and I decided that I wasn't ready for a serious relationship, so I stopped calling. After three months, I had a revelation and called back.”

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Dave Grohl and wife Jordyn Blum Today

Dave and Jordyn married on August 2, 2003, so the couple celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary. They have two daughters, 8-year-old Violet Maye and 5-year-old Harper Willow, and the family lives in L.A.

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Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed in 1989

Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed met the old-fashioned way (for rock stars and models): at a party at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills in 1983. The man known as the “Demon” for the rock band Kiss met the centerfold model (and now his recent bride) and says he used this line to land her: “There are no skeletons in Gene Simmons's closet.”

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Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed Today

Gene and Shannon moved in together just three years after meeting in 1986 and raised two kids, but didn’t actually marry until 28 years later in 2011. Shannon only said yes after threatening to leave Gene for his philandering ways, which resulted in lots of family therapy (all filmed for their hugely popular reality TV show Gene Simmons Family Jewels). Oh, boy, is this hair for real? '80s Band Hair Styles, Before They Were Stars photo gallery!

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Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani in 1997

Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale met superstar Gwen Stefani, lead singer of the ska punk band No Doubt, in 1995, when their bands were on tour together. Gwen actually still lived at home with her family then, at age 25: “When I started dating Gavin, I was still at my parents' house,” she revealed in an issue of Harper’s Bazaar.

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Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani Today

These singers married in 2002 and have two gorgeous young boys together, Kingston and Zuma and are expecting a third child. So what’s the secret to a rock-solid rock star marriage? According to Gwen, it is doing things your hubby likes, like wearing her signature lipstick to bed: “I like to make my husband like me more, and he likes it when I'm wearing makeup,” she told Bazaar.

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Joel Madden and Nicole Richie in 2007

Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden and reality star Nicole Richie were introduced through mutual friends and had a casual e-mail friendship. When Joel split from longtime girlfriend Hilary Duff in 2006, he and Nicole started dating a month later. Supposedly, Nicole pursued Joel first and liked that “he was a good mama’s boy in a bad-boy body.”

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Joel Madden and Nicole Richie Today

The couple got engaged in February 2010 and married on December 11, 2010, and have two children: daughter Harlow Winter Kate Richie Madden and son Sparrow James Midnight Madden. Both Joel and Nicole spend considerable time now using their fame for charitable causes, and Joel is even a UNICEF Goodwill ambassador.

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Ted Nugent and Shemane Nugent in the 1980s

The "Cat Scratch Fever" rocker and notorious outspoken outdoorsman Ted Nugent met Shemane Deziel while a he was guest on Detroit's WLLZ-FM radio station and she was a member of their news staff. Nerds strike back! Find out which music superstars nerded out in high school, Before They Were Stars!

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Ted and Shemane Nugent Today

Ted and second wife Shemane married on January 21, 1989, and had a son Rocco. Seems the couple also work together: Mrs. Nugent filmed, hosted, and produced the award-winning show Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild for the Outdoor Channel. She is also the author of Married to a Rock Star [natch] and a Zumba fitness expert (random).

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Rob Zombie and Sheri Moon in 1999

Heavy metal musician and horror movie filmmaker Rob Zombie met his zombie bride Sheri around 1989 when the two were introduced by mutual friends at Toad's Place, a concert venue in New Haven, Connecticut. Sheri’s name was definitely less moony and more mundane at the time: Sheri Lyn Skurkis.

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Rob Zombie and Sheri Moon Today

The happy horror couple dated for 13 years before getting hitched on Halloween in 2002. After their marriage, Sheri, an actress and accomplished fashion designer, changed her name to Sheri Moon Zombie, and the duo often work together on films and tours: Sheri is known as a “scream queen” and has been the costume designer for many of Rob’s tours.