Metal playlists from the underground
The tour trailer for this summer’s Def Leppard and Posion shows can be seen below. Lita Ford will also be performing. Watch the Rock of Ages Tour spot: Def Leppard, Poison, and Lita Ford 2012 Tour Dates Jun. 20 – Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheater Jun. 22 – Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless […]
Poison is an American 80’s hair metal band that is still active and popular to this day, mainly due to the television success of singer Bret Michaels. Poison features C.C. DeVille on guitar, Bobby Dall on bass, and Rikki Rockett on drums. They aren’t the greatest musicians in the world, however, they have created some […]
Bret Michaels of Poison can’t seem to get a break when it comes to his health. From The Birmingham News: “Someone said, ‘Bret, you rock!,’ and this glass filled with vodka and Red Bull fell on my head, and something in the glass scratched my eye,” Michaels said. “It was this comedy of errors that […]
The Mötley Crüe and Poison summer tour rumor has recently and finally become reality. This summer these two 80’s metal greats will dominate over three dozen North American cities June through August. This will also make for an interesting matchup as some Crüe-heads out there may think they are way too cool for a Poison […]
Update July 6: Read the Custom Built album review here Poison frontman and reality star Bret Michaels offers brand new solo material with the single “Nothing to Lose,” from his upcoming album Custom Built. Hold it hard rock fans, don’t get too excited because this track is more Goo Goo Dolls than “Look What the […]
Hard rockers Def Leppard, Poison, and Cheap Trick will be hitting the road together this summer for a 40 date US tour. Very interesting…who remembers Joe Elliot trash talking Poison last summer? 23-June Camden, NJ 25-June Cuyahoga Falls, OH 26-June Darien Center, NY 28-June Scranton, PA 30-June Mansfield, MA 01-July Holmdel, NJ 03-July Saratoga Springs, […]
This day in 1990, Poison’s “Unskinny Bop” [Flesh & Blood] hit #3 on the charts [Source: rockhall.com]. Ah, the good old days.
Teddy Geiger contributed 9 songs to The Rocker Original Soundtrack including a cover of Poison’s “Nothin’ But A Good Time.” If you are not familiar with Teddy Geiger, and probably shouldn’t be if you are a rock and roll loyalist, he makes acoustic-driven pop. If you like James Blunt then you should love this guy. […]
My 100th rock show consisted of a solid performance by Poison. LiveNation actually did something cool and sold tickets for $10.30 with service charges the day before the show, since nobody originally bought tickets. Even with this deal, the stadium was far from packed. Of what I can remember, the highlights were “Ride The Wind,” […]