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A bitter Pennsylvania rocker has become the target of angry Bon Jovi fans after confessing he sparked a hoax suggesting JON Bon Jovi had died just before Christmas.
Jeffrey Goho has owned up to penning a fake press release stating the You Give Love a Bad Name singer had died after falling into a coma in a New Jersey hotel on 19 December (11) - and posting it online.
news from Female First">Bon Jovi's representatives were quick to dismiss the hoax but not before the news reached worried fans.
Now Goho confesses to the Asbury Park Press, "I'm in a band as well, and I was going into the recording studio, and we had talked about how the music industry just started taking a turn into crazy new worlds that no one, really, can assess. Long story short, I was talking to my band members on their down time, and we got so worked up in the conversation, I just kind of took the liberty and started (the rumor), because I was so irritated".
But the little-known rocker admits his post has had serious consequences "I'm not proud of it. I'm getting a lot of backlash from it, but as stupid as it sounds, that's how it started. I just had a blurb and went with it".
And he has urged angry rock fans to stop sending "hate mail" to his bandmates in Philadelphia-area group Minutia, insisting, "They are in no way involved".