GAMES: GameSpot GameFAQs MOVIES: Metacritic Movietome Comic-Con

Trivia

  • The album The Best Of Poison, marked 13 years since the band has made it into the American top 20 charts.
  • They have covered many songs including Kiss' "Rock And Roll All Nite", Loggins and Messina "Your Mama Don't Dance" and many more.
  • In the past, the band have been signed with Capitol Records and Enigma Records.
  • Richie Kotzen was only part of the band for the Native Tongue album. He was DeVille's replacement after conflict between DeVille and Bret Michaels.
  • Whilst Rikki Rockett and Bobby Dall always play drums and bass guitar respectively, C.C. DeVille and Bret Michaels alternate between vocals and guitar.
  • As of early 2007, Poison are signed with Cyanide Records.
  • During an awards show in 1991, C.C. DeVille and Bret Michaels had a fist fight behind the scenes. This led to DeVille being fired, even though he later returned to the band. And after a 2006 show at Atlanta, Bobby Dall and Michaels had to be separated after a conflict led to another fight.
  • The two founding members of Poison were Rikki Rockett and Bret Michaels. They are also the longest serving members as they are still with the band.
  • Poison's only single to have reached number 1 in America is Every Rose Has Its Thorn.
  • Poison's song, Every Rose Has Its Thorn, has been featured in at least six television shows and three movies.
  • They have released many albums including Look What The Cat Dragged In (their debut album), Flesh & Blood, Native Tongue, Hollyweird and many more.
  • Bobby Dell and Bret Michaels, two Poison members, were sued by a Geffen publicist after an alleged assault where the two poured ice over her head.
  • In Poison's early days, their manager negotiated with a club called The Troubadour , in which the club could pay for their shows by covering the band's rent. Their shows were successful and some nights, the band even made a profit.
  • The band name, Poison, was inspired by a shirt worn by Mick Shrimpton in This Is Spinal Tap.
  • Before they were known as Poison, they went under the name Paris.
  • In total, there has been seven members of Poison, as of 2006.

Quotes

  • Bret Michaels: Here is the best things that [Poison] had going for us: We had nothing to lose! In other words, none of us worked any kind of a job. I was 17 years old when I left. I had quit high school and was working at a music store. We wanted to write original material. We packed up our van and literally that was it.

advertisement