ARTIST · GLAM METAL

Poison

Gang vocals and lipstick swagger—party-metal with just enough twang to wink.

Glam metal
Hard rock

Updated 27 October 2026

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Biography

Look What the Cat Dragged In bottled late-night sleaze into neon hooks.

Every Rose Has Its Thorn soundtracked power-ballad rotations for decades.

Reunion economics proved nostalgia plus musicianship still fills sheds.

Lossless streams expose doubled rhythm guitars, reverb snare, and stacked “yeah” shouts.

Poison moved from Pennsylvania to Los Angeles, where Bret Michaels, Bobby Dall, Rikki Rockett, and C.C. DeVille became part of the Sunset Strip glam scene. Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986) included Talk Dirty to Me, and Open Up and Say… Ahh! (1988) added Every Rose Has Its Thorn.

Flesh & Blood (1990) followed, but DeVille left in 1991. The band regrouped in 1999 and has toured regularly.

Interesting facts about Poison

01 American glam metal band formed in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania in 1983; Bret Michaels is lead vocalist.
02 Open Up and Say… Ahh! (1988) included Every Rose Has Its Thorn and Nothin' but a Good Time.
03 Multiple platinum US certifications across late 1980s studio albums.
04 Every Rose Has Its Thorn reached number one in the US.
05 Talk Dirty to Me is from their debut album.