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Poison, the rock band, was formed in 1983, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and its members consisted of lead vocalist Bret Michaels, guitarist Matt Smith, bassist Bobby Dall and drummer Rikki Rockett.
Michaels began his performing career with a basement band called Laser and, then, in 1979, joined forces with longtime childhood friend Rockett to form a band called the Spectres. In 1980, Michaels and Rockett teamed up with Smith and Dall to form the band Paris and the group started playing the club circuit, performing mostly rock cover songs in local bars. The group formed a strong local following but in order to further their career the band made the decision to move to Los Angeles on March 6, 1980 and also changed the name of the group from Paris to Poison. Arriving in Los Angeles, the band struggled to survive away from home with no family and no money, but the band was determined to make it… (from Wikipedia)
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hair band members
Bret Michaels, lead vocals
C.C. DeVille, guitar
Bobby Dall, bass
Rikki Rockett, drums
other Poison band members
Richie Kotzen, lead guitar/vocals (1991–1993)
Blues Saraceno, lead guitar (1993-1996)
hair albums & top 40 songs
- Cry Tough
- I Want Action
- I Won’t Forget You (#13)
- Play Dirty
- Look What the Cat Dragged In
- Talk Dirty to Me (#9)
- Want Some, Need Some
- Blame It on You
- #1 Bad Boy
- Let Me Go to the Show
- Love on the Rocks
- Nothin’ but a Good Time (#6)
- Back to the Rocking Horse
- Good Love
- Tearin’ Down the Walls
- Look but You Can’t Touch
- Fallen Angel (#12)
- Every Rose Has Its Thorn (#1)
- Your Mama Don’t Dance (#10)
- Bad to Be Good
- Strange Days of Uncle Jack
- Valley of Lost Souls
- (Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice
- Swampjuice (Soul-O)
- Unskinny Bop (#3)
- Let It Play
- Life Goes On (#35)
- Come Hell or High Water
- Ride the Wind (#38)
- Don’t Give Up an Inch
- Something to Believe In (#4)
- Ball and Chain
- Life Loves a Tragedy
- Poor Boy Blues
Disc 1
- Intro
- Look What the Cat Dragged In
- Look But You Can’t Touch
- Let It Play
- Good Love
- Life Goes On
- Ride the Wind
- I Want Action
- Drum Solo
- Something to Believe In
- Poor Boy Blues
- Unskinny Bop
- Love on the Rocks
- Guitar Solo
- Every Rose Has Its Thorn
- Fallen Angel
- Your Mama Don’t Dance
- Nothin’ But a Good Time
- Talk Dirty to Me
- So Tell Me Why [New Studio Track]
- Souls on Fire [New Studio Track]
- Only Time Will Tell [New Studio Track]
- No More Lookin’ Back (Poison Jazz) [New Studio Track]
- Native Tongue
- The Scream
- Stand
- Stay Alive
- Until You Suffer Some (Fire and Ice)
- Body Talk
- Bring It Home
- 7 Days over You
- Richie’s Acoustic Thang
- Ain’t That the Truth
- Theatre of the Soul
- Strike Up the Band
- Ride Child Ride
- Blind Faith
- Bastard Son of a Thousand Blues
post-hair albums
Poison’s Greatest Hits: 1986–1996 (1996)
Crack a Smile… and More! (2000)
Power to the People (2000)
Hollyweird (2002)
Best of Ballads & Blues (2003)
Seven Days Live (2006)
The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock (2006)
Poison’d! (2007)
Live, Raw & Uncut (2008)
Double Dose: Ultimate Hits (2011)
live shows
Live In Bristol, CT 1988
Unplugged Full Concert