Bret Michaels Talks About 20 Years of Poison
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Bret Michaels of Poison was on with 979X in Scranton, Pennsylvania on Wednesday (October 25). He talked about the band's 20 year anniversary, the band's mechanical skills, C.C. DeVille ready to be a daddy soon, his solo work, how he still gets excited about going on stage, what he's got going on for Halloween, participating in the rock n' roll fantasy camp in LA, and his fan club. You can download and listen to the interview here.
Source: Rockdirt
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21 Comments on "Bret Michaels Talks About 20 Years of Poison"
3. writes:
I must agree...Poison sucked and still does....!!!!! I grew up and lived my teenage years during the mid 80s, and I still am a HUGE fan of the whole hair metal "genre".. The was alot of good "hair metal" bands: Dokken,Motley Crue, Whitesnake, ...but not these morons.... Poison......Yuck... although some say that they were more of a "glam metal"...it doesnt matter they still sucked !!..none of them had any talent except CC Deville..and he isnt all that great of a guitarist... not compared to other "hair metal" guitarists...
I went to ALOT of concerts in the 80s....and I only ever walked out of one show dissappointed...and that was a Poison concert in 88...the only good thing about the show was that Poison was headlining and there was 4 good bands before them... I left during Poisons 2nd song... and I still feel the scars of that first song and a half....
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i'm with you godlike, i graduated h.s. in 84, and was a concert going, dope smokin muthaf***a all through the 80's,(and some of the 70"s too..lol i'm old) but anyway, with all the great bands to see during the era, i have to admit poison was on my list...about #1,945 i think. thank the metal gods i never made it down that far...........HIMMM!!!!
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I was and still am a fan of most "hair metal"...I guess mainly because I started playing guitar in the 70s..Hendrix,Page,Clapton,Gibbons,Nugent..and then EVH came along..and all hell broke loose for guitarists in the 80s "hair metal"explosion... Thats where 90% of the shredders out there now got there first taste of good guitar players...From bands like Dokken,Dio,Iron Maiden,Whitesnake,Judas Priest.....not Poison....what a piss poor excuse for a band....I have never seen CC Devilles name on any guitar hero list...maybe for guitarists who wore make-up...but then I am thinking Lita Ford,Jennifer Batten or Ace Frehley wore more make-up and are better guitarists.... Poison...what a joke.....
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7. writes:
I hate to say this but I actually liked POISON for some unexplainable reason.Probably because 6 or 7 broad's I really wanted to f*** liked them.(I'm so ashamed)I did'nt snap out of it until GnR appetite for destruction came out.Ahh the good old day's before Axl lost his motherf***in mind.
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funny story, and 100%true.. way back in the late 80"s, when i lived in lawton ok. , we had a concert club ther called the hard rocks, not to be confused with the hard rock cafe. anyway, we had a lot of the hair bands come through, either in concert or promoting other bands, or just checking sh** out. ( pantera played there about three times a month when they were just starting out, we were only a few hours away from dallas). but back to the point....brett was there one night promoting some little piss-ant band, and me, my friend tommy, and our girlfriends walked in and noticed that brett was there in all his flaming glory withn a ton of women all around him. now tommy and myself, being kinda psychotic, and having no respect for brett, poison, or the band he was promoting, started hacking on brett, telling him we could make a lot of money off of him down on first street, (where all the other ho's were) and he took offense at this and said he could take any one of our girls and f*** them, and there wasn't anything we could do but watch. of course, we found this extremely funny and promptly and loudly laughed in his face. at this point the stupid motherf***er got up and walked over to our table with the intention of backing up his statement. as soon as he got to the table he leaned over to talk to one of the girls, and tommy grabbed him by the back of his neck, had him face down on the table, took out his blade, and cut a handfull of bretts hair off before any could do a dman thing about it. at that point his (bretts) security jumped up and ran over to help him, unfortunatly, i was finished with my budweiser and could think of nothing better to do with it than crack it over the head of the security guy who was the first to reach us. so there we were, brett screaming, and i mean SCREAMING, at the top of his lungs, trying to get out of the club, one security gaurd unconcious on the floor, cops on the way, so we got the f*** out. in the car after our getaway tommy said, hey look at my new trophy, he still had a handfull of bretts hair, and has it to this day. the next day we went back to the club expecting not to be let in or worse yet, arrested, but to our surprise we walked in to applause and a free bar tab for getting rid of brett, who said to the owner he would never come back to that club again.(thats why the free bar tab)anyway........HIMMM!!!!
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11. writes:
LOL!!!!!.....Rumor has it he is seriously arrogant.Which is why he C.C. & Bobby are constantly at each other's throat's to begin with.The crazy part is to this day he still has a huge following.Go figure....All I know is if I turn on the radio and hear.BRETT MICHAELS LOVES BUFFALO next time he comes to town (which is like ounce every 2 or 3 yrs)I'm gonna puke.
12. writes:
That was a most excellent story....no need to apologize...that space was worth it...I am laughing my a$$ off at that picture of Brett face down on the table yelling for help...
Somehow I bet that he(Brett) doesnt share that story with anyone...what an arrogant bastard....HA
13. writes:
BRETT MICHAELS TALK ABOUT 20 YEARS OF c***SUCKING.......
THIS 80s KING OF COKKSUCKERS IS NOT METAL............but a sorry fag who wanted to be like the great axl rose......the only hair metal band guns n roses (and at one point pantera) who truly impressed me..........
although twisted sister is not bad...........but poison defines gayness itself........
they're like da A7X AKA FAGGETS of the 80s................
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19. writes:
Seems I "Just Got Lucky"..I wont have to spend anymore "Sleepless Nights" and no more feeling "Alone Again"..beause Im "Breaking The Chains",and I am a "Prisoner"no more..The "Cry of the Gypsy" has included "So Many Tears" from a "Jaded Heart". It seems I was "Lost Behind the Wall"..but "In My Dreams" the "Lightning Strikes Again" and now I am "Slippin Away" "Night after Night", I will be "Standing in the Shadows" waiting for the "Kiss of Death" but then there she was...She was "Heaven Sent" but she told me "Its Not Love" and then she asked me if she will still have to hide from "Mr Scary"... I told her I am "The Hunter" and Ive got "Bullets to Spare"..I have not committed a "Felony" I have "Without Warning" fallen "Into the Fire" and suddenly I heard "Seven Thunders" and I see "Paris Burning" yes its "Burning Like a Flame"...But I am "Like a Rock""Til the Livin End.. suddenly I felt the "Kiss of Death" and I know that I am "In the Middle" and I cant "Stop Fighting Love" with "Tooth and Nail"... I will "Unchain the Night" "When Heaven Comes Down" because I am a "Dream Warrior" and I am gonna "Turn on the Action"...Yes I am a "Night Rider" and I have a "Heartless Heart" but only then do I ask myself " Will the Sun Rise"???
****ok so I have too much time on my hands...I am godlike...and I approved this message,Because nothing rhymes with Rockin except DOKKEN.!!!!!!!!
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1. Scorched_Earth writes:
I can not understand for the life of me why ANYONE actually likes this band. I will give up that they have an energetic stage show, but otherwise, they are PURE crap for 14 year old girls in the 80's who, by now, should all be married to a fat, surly drunk...