Poison (band)
| Poison | |
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| General information | |
| origin | Harrisburg , United States |
| Genre (s) | Glam metal |
| founding | 1983 |
| Website | www.poisonweb.com |
| Founding members | |
| Bret Michaels | |
| Matt Smith (until 1985) | |
| Bobby Dall | |
| Rikki Rockett | |
| Current occupation | |
Vocals, rhythm guitar
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Bret Michaels |
| CC DeVille (1985–1991, since 1996) | |
Bass, keyboard , backing vocals |
Bobby Dall |
Keyboard, backing vocals |
Will Doughty (since 2007) |
Drums, percussion , backing vocals |
Rikki Rockett |
| former members | |
Lead guitar, backing vocals |
Matt Smith (1983-1985) |
Lead guitar, backing vocals |
Rick Marty (1991) |
Lead guitar, keyboard, backing vocals |
Richie Kotzen (1992-1993) |
Lead guitar, backing vocals |
Blues Saraceno (1993-1996) |
Lead guitar, backing vocals |
Tracii Guns (2000) |
Bass, backing vocals |
Phil Collen (2009) |
Bass, backing vocals |
Hugh McDonald (2009) |
Bass, backing vocals |
Eric Brittingham (2009) |
Keyboard, backing vocals |
Mark Konrad (1990-1991) |
Keyboard, backing vocals |
Stu Simone (1999-2000) |
Drums |
Bobby "Tango" Gibb (2009, 2012) |
Drums |
Fred Curry (2009) |
Poison is an American glam metal band from Harrisburg , Pennsylvania . The band moved to Los Angeles early and had their greatest success in the late 1980s. With over 15 million albums sold in the US alone, Poison were among the most successful rock bands of their time. The derogatory term " Poser Metal" was often applied to the band and partly defined by them. In the metal scene she was vehemently rejected in many cases, the criticism of her music mixed in part with homophobic remarks.
history
1983–1986: Band founded and first years
Poison was founded in 1983 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania under the name Paris . The band initially consisted of singer Bret Michaels (real name Bret Michael Sychak), drummer Rikki Rockett (real name Richard Ream), bassist Bobby Dall (real name Kuy Kendall) and guitarist Matt Smith. A first demo contained the tracks Rocks Like a Rocker , Razor's Edge and Steal Away .
In March 1984, the music producer Kim Fowley , who among other things had already helped The Runaways at the beginning of their career, noticed the band and persuaded them to move to Los Angeles to record their debut album there. Due to disagreements between Fowley and the band, this plan did not materialize. A renaming had to be done, however, because Bob Welch asserted his rights to the name Paris , which he held through his own band .
Because of Fowley's tips, the band then renamed themselves Poison and created a striking image. They alienated their looks feminine and used eyeliner , powder , lipstick and loads of hairspray to build a glam metal image. With simple and catchy songs, the band managed to arouse interest on the Atlantic Records label . The label financed a demo for the band that recorded the songs No. 1 included Bad Boy , Want Some, Need Some and Blame It on You , but was not interested in an album production.
With the new manager Vicky Hamilton (who later became the manager of Guns N 'Roses ), the band began looking for a record deal again . When guitarist Matt Smith's girlfriend was expecting her first child, he left the group and moved back to Harrisburg. At auditions for the post of guitarist, at which Smith was still present, Slash also played, who a little later achieved world fame with Guns N 'Roses. A hostility developed between the two groups at the beginning of their careers, which they continued through joint appearances and through the media. The band finally decided on former Screaming Mimis guitarist CC DeVille as a new member. The band especially liked a song he wrote for his old band, Talk Dirty to Me , and they recorded it.
1986–1991: On the wave of success
After DeVille's entry and with the help of his songwriting skills , the band recorded their debut album Look What the Cat Dragged In with producer Rik Browde in 12 days on a comparatively meager budget of $ 23,000 and released it in 1986 on Enigma Records . Extensive tours supporting Quiet Riot , Loudness and Cheap Trick , the positive reactions to the video for the single Talk Dirty to Me and the exclusive support slot for Ratt's American tour increased the band's presence in the media and contributed to the fact that Album climbed to number three on the Billboard 200 . In the end, the record sold over 3 million times. After Kiss singer Paul Stanley performed the Kiss classic Rock 'N' Roll All Nite together with the band at a performance in Dallas , Texas , which the band recorded for the soundtrack to the film Less Than Zero (German: Unter Null ) rumors began to arise that Stanley would produce the band's next record.
Contrary to these assumptions, Tom Werman produced the follow- up album Open Up and Say… Ahh! . The album made it to number 2 on the Billboard 200 in 1989 and included the ballad Every Rose Has Its Thorn, a song that reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the US airplay charts .
After a support tour for David Lee Roth , the band's first headlining tour followed in the USA with Lita Ford and Britny Fox as supporting acts. Her European debut gave Poison in the summer of 1990 in some unannounced club shows in England before in August in Donington Park at the Monsters of Rock - Festival occurred.
The third studio album Flesh & Blood , also released in 1990, showed maturity as the band used less makeup and focused more on the music instead of their glam rock appearance. The album again reached number 2 in the US charts and was followed by an almost two-year tour phase in America, Europe and Australia.
During this time, the band was accompanied on tour by bands like Warrant , Don Dokken , Slaughter , Alice in Chains , the BulletBoys and Trixter . At a show in Reno in May, Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and Whitesnake singer David Coverdale appeared on stage to have a jam session with the band .
1991–1999: Changing guitarists and dwindling success
Because there had been multiple disagreements during the tour, which ultimately led to Warrant's withdrawal from the tour, rumors of an imminent separation were raised. The tour was finally canceled due to a double broken finger from bassist Dall during an altercation with DeVille, and Michaels suffering from bronchitis .
In November 1991 the live album Swallow This Live was released , which was also the last album with CC DeVille for the time being. When the band performed at the MTV Video Music Awards in the fall of 1991, DeVille played a different piece than the rest of the musicians under the influence of cocaine and alcohol, which led to fights between Michaels and him backstage . After this incident, DeVille was kicked out of the band.
Poison signed the guitar virtuoso Richie Kotzen as a replacement and began recording the next album, which had the working title Resurrection , but which was finally released as Native Tongue . The brass section of Tower of Power , Sheila E. and Timothy B. Schmit could be heard as studio guests on the album . The album only reached number 16 on the Billboard 200 and remained on the list for only thirteen weeks, which meant that it could not build on the band's previous successes. In late 1993, Kotzen had to leave the band after confessing to be in a relationship with an ex-girlfriend of Rikki Rockett.
Blues Saraceno came to Poison for Ritchie Kotzen . The band did a South American tour with him before announcing his entry. On May 24, 1994 Michaels was injured in a car accident and suffered several fractures, whereupon the production work for the new album Crack a Smile was put on hold for the time being. It wasn't until almost a year later that the band could continue with the completion of the album. Due to his relationship with Baywatch - The Lifeguards of Malibu actress Pamela Anderson , which became known in the same year , Michaels was a frequent subject of articles in the tabloids during this period .
Although the album Crack a Smile was already finished, the record company Capitol Records decided in late 1996 to first publish the best-of compilation Greatest Hits 1986-1996 . With Lay Your Body Down and Sexual Thing it also contained two songs from the planned studio album. No new material appeared in the next two years, and members pursued their own careers.
1999–2007: New studio albums and live success
At the end of 1998 there was new contact between CC DeVille and the band and they got along well, whereupon he was hired again as a permanent guitarist in mid-1999. The subsequent Greatest Hits - Reunion festival tour with Ratt , Great White and the LA Guns was successful and the corresponding album, released two years earlier, had sold over a million times by then.
Finally, the long-held album Crack a Smile , expanded to include a few songs and therefore renamed Crack a Smile… And More , was released in 2000. Shortly afterwards another album with five new songs and many live recordings of the 1999 tour was released with Power to the People on the band's own label Cyanide Music . In the same year there was also a Poison tribute album entitled Show Me Your Hits . All three albums were commercial failures and could not build on the successful albums of the past, be it due to the long waiting time or the quality of the recordings.
In the summer of 2000 another tour was played together with Cinderella , Dokken and Slaughter . In 2001 the Glam Slam Metal Jam followed with it along with Quiet Riot , Warrant and Enuff Z'Nuff as standard support. Bulletboys , Vince Neil and Great White also performed at some concerts . Another tour with Styx and Survivor was started, but it had to be canceled after a few concerts because bassist Bobby Dall sustained a spinal injury.
In 2001, the single Rockstar was released exclusively on the band's website. The 2002 studio album entitled Hollyweird flopped commercially, but the subsequent Hollyweird World Tour with Cinderella , Winger and Faster Pussycat was well attended. At a concert in the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel , New Jersey all members supported by Drowning Pool , the band at the presentation of Kiss - cover songs rock and roll all night .
On the 2003 tour Harder, Louder, Faster , the band was supported by Skid Row and Vince Neil . In the same year a ballad compilation called Best of Ballads and Blues was released , for which the band re-recorded the two songs Something to Believe In and Stand .
On August 31, 2003, in Clarkston , Michigan, one of the trucks carrying the band's equipment caught fire. In addition to the stage structures, the sound system and some instruments as well as various other utensils were loaded in it. The Harder, Louder, Faster tour was continued with reduced equipment. In summer 2004 Poison supported Kiss on their US tour. This was followed by a break in which Michaels devoted himself to his solo career.
The compilation The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock , released in 2006, was the band's most successful album in more than 15 years and was the first album since Native Tongue to hit the top 20 on the Billboard 200 in 1993 . On the associated tour, the band played live again and with new equipment for the first time in almost two years. In June 2007 the studio album Poison'd! , an album consisting entirely of cover versions . At position 32 on the Billboard 200, it was far more successful than any other studio material published since 1993.
Since 2007: touring and inactivity
From July 2007 to April 2009 examined frontman Bret Michaels in three seasons of Reality - Dokusoap Rock of Love of music channel MTV woman of his dreams, which he had to choose from 20 candidates each. The participants had to compete in various competitions, e.g. B. Mud wrestling prove. The winner received prize money. The series was a spin-off of Flavor of Love .
In early 2010, Michaels was twice within two weeks by emergency surgery saved his life after he first an appendectomy had to be carried out and then a brain hemorrhage suffered.
In 2011, the band was sued because two of their songs, written by CC DeVille, would actually belong to the defunct band, Kid Rocker , for which DeVille originally wrote them. A California court dismissed the lawsuit in April 2013 on the grounds that the plaintiff should have noticed the similarities much earlier and not in 2011. Claims in this regard can only be made retrospectively for three years.
The last headlining tour Rock of Ages 2012 with Def Leppard and Lita Ford took place in 2012 . Since then, the members have been concentrating on their solo projects and have only made irregular support appearances. In spring and summer 2017 the band went on tour with Def Leppard and Tesla . A new headlining tour was planned for 2018.
successes
The band was and is particularly successful in North America. Her debut album, Look What the Cat Dragged In , reached number 3 on the US charts, stayed on the Billboard 200 for over two years and sold over 3 million copies. The successor Open Up and Say… Ahh! became even more successful than its predecessor and sold over 5 million copies in the USA alone. The third album, Flesh & Blood, sells over 4 million times in the US. The following albums after the studio break from 1993 to 2000 could not build on this success, but the band remained successful with tours with their old material.
The album Open Up and Say… Ahh! reached number 7 in Australia and number one in New Zealand . It stayed on the hit list in both countries for over a year.
Twelve of the band's singles reached the Billboard Hot 100 , five of which made it into the top ten. The ballad Every Rose Has Its Thorn climbed to number one on the US charts in 1988 .
In Europe, the band was particularly successful in the United Kingdom . There eleven singles reached the British charts and the album Flesh & Blood rose to number three in 1990. In the rest of Europe and in German-speaking countries, the band was never particularly successful, which explains why the tour activities are almost exclusively limited to the USA.
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 AT
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 CH
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 UK
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 US
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| 1986 | Look What the Cat Dragged In | - | - | - |
UK-  |
US3  × 3
(101 weeks)US |
2005 as Rock Breakout Years: Re- released in 1987 and 2006 in a Remastered 20th Anniversary Edition with three bonus tracks
|
| 1988 | Open Up and Say… Ahh! | - | - |
CH30 (1 week) CH |
UK18th  (21 weeks)UK |
US2 × 5
(70 weeks)US |
Released in 2008 in a Remastered 20th Anniversary Edition with a bonus track and an interview
|
| 1990 | Flesh & Blood |
DE31 (14 weeks) DE |
AT17 (12 weeks) AT |
CH11 (13 weeks) CH |
UK3 (11 weeks)UK |
US2 × 3
(63 weeks)US |
Re-released in 2010 in a Remastered 20th Anniversary Edition with two bonus tracks
|
| 1993 | Native tongue |
DE60 (9 weeks) DE |
AT39 (1 week) AT |
CH24 (5 weeks) CH |
UK20 (3 weeks) UK |
US16 (13 weeks)US |
|
| 2000 | Crack a Smile ... And More | - | - | - | - |
US131 (1 week) US |
|
| 2002 | Hollyweird | - | - | - | - |
US103 (1 week) US |
|
| 2007 | Poison'd! | - | - | - | - |
US32 (4 weeks) US |
Cover album, 8 new songs and 5 already published
|
Live albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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AT
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CH
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UK
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US
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| 1991 | Swallow This Live | - | - | - |
UK52 (2 weeks) UK |
US51 (13 weeks)US |
16 live songs and 4 new songs
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| 2000 | Power to the people | - | - | - | - |
US166 (1 week) US |
5 new songs and 12 live songs, in some cases also classified as a sixth studio album
|
More live albums
- 2006: Seven Days Live
- 2008: Live Raw and Uncut
Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
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DE
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AT
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CH
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UK
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US
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| 2003 | Best of Ballads & Blues | - | - | - | - |
US141 (1 week) US |
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| 2006 | The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock | - | - | - | - |
US17th (29 weeks)US |
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| 2010 | Poison - 10 Great Songs | - | - | - | - |
US145 (1 week) US |
Re- released in
2014 as Poison: The Millennium Collection
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| Number one albums | DE-DE | AT-AT | CH-CH | UK-UK | US-US | |||
| Top 10 albums | DE-DE | AT-AT | CH-CH | UK1UK | US3US | |||
| Albums in the charts | DE2DE | AT2AT | CH3CH | UK4thUK | US12US | |||
More compilations
- 1996: Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996 (UK:silver, US: × 2Double platinum )
- 2001: Poison - Rock Champions
- 2010: Poison - Box Set (Collector's Edition)
- 2011: Nothin 'But a Good Time: The Poison Collection
- 2011: Double Dose: Ultimate Hits
- 2013: Poison: Icon
- 2014: Poison: Gold
Singles
Chart placements
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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CH
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UK
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US
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| 1987 | Talk Dirty to Me Look What the Cat Dragged In |
- | - |
UK67 (3 weeks) UK |
US9 (16 weeks) US |
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| Cry Tough Look What the Cat Dragged In |
- | - |
UK97 (1 week) UK |
- | |||
| I Want Action Look What the Cat Dragged In |
- | - | - |
US50 (10 weeks) US |
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| I Won't Forget You Look What the Cat Dragged In |
- | - | - |
US13 (21 weeks) US |
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| 1988 | Nothin 'but a Good Time Open Up and Say… Ahh! |
- | - |
UK35 (6 weeks) UK |
US6 (19 weeks) US |
Re-release in UK 1989 (48th place)
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| Fallen Angel Open Up and Say… Ahh! |
- | - |
UK59 (2 weeks) UK |
US12 (16 weeks) US |
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Every Rose Has Its Thorn Open Up and Say… Ahh! |
DE38 (12 weeks) DE |
CH12 (19 weeks) CH |
UK13 (9 weeks) UK |
US1 (21 weeks)US |
only published in Europe in 1989
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| 1989 | Your Mama Don't Dance Open Up and Say… Ahh! |
- | - |
UK13 (7 weeks) UK |
US10 (14 weeks) US |
Cover by Loggins and Messina
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| 1990 | Unskinny Bop Flesh & Blood |
- | - |
UK15 (7 weeks) UK |
US3
(19 weeks)US |
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| Something to Believe In Flesh & Blood |
- | - |
UK35 (6 weeks) UK |
US4th (21 weeks)US |
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| 1991 | Ride the Wind Flesh & Blood |
- | - | - |
US38 (12 weeks) US |
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| Life Goes On Flesh & Blood |
- | - | - |
US35 (13 weeks) US |
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| So Tell Me Why? Swallow This Live |
- | - |
UK25 (2 weeks) UK |
- | |||
| 1993 | Stand Native Tongue |
- |
CH39 (2 weeks) CH |
UK25 (3 weeks) UK |
US50 (10 weeks) US |
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| Until You Suffer Some (Fire & Ice) Native Tongue |
- | - |
UK32 (3 weeks) UK |
- | |||
| Number one singles | DE-DE | CH-CH | UK-UK | US1US | |||
| Top 10 singles | DE-DE | CH-CH | UK-UK | US5US | |||
| Singles in the charts | DE1DE | CH2CH | UK11UK | US12US | |||
More singles
- 1987: Rock and Roll All Nite (cover of Kiss )
- 1991: (Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice
- 1994: Body Talk
- 1994: The Scream (promo single)
- 2000: Be the One / Shut Up, Make Love
- 2000: Power to the People
- 2000: The Last Song
- 2001: rock star
- 2002: Squeeze Box (cover of The Who )
- 2003: Shooting Star
- 2006: We're an American Band (cover of Grand Funk Railroad )
- 2007: What I Like About You (cover of The Romantics )
- 2007: SexyBack (cover by Justin Timberlake )
Video albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
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US
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| 1989 | Sight for Sore Ears |
US8 (11 weeks) US |
VHS
contains all music videos for the albums Look What the Cat Dragged In and Open Up and Say… Ahh! Re- released in 2001 as part of Poison Greatest Video Hits |
| 1991 | Flesh, Blood & Videotape |
US11 (8 weeks) US |
VHS
contains all of the music videos for the Flesh & Blood album and several interviews re-released in 2001 as part of Poison Greatest Video Hits |
| 2001 | Greatest Video Hits |
US16 (7 weeks)US |
DVD
contains all of the band's music videos at the time |
| 2008 | Live, Raw & Uncut |
US7 (9 weeks) US |
DVD
recording of a concert at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in St. Louis , Missouri in the summer of 2007 |
More video albums
- 1992: Swallow This Live: Flesh & Blood World Tour (VHS)
- 1993: Seven Days Live (VHS, since 2006 also as DVD)
- 1999: VH1 Behind the Music: Poison (VHS, since 2010 also as DVD)
- 2003: Nothing but a Good Time! Unauthorized (DVD)
- 2005: Poison Video Hits (DVD)
- 2006: The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock (DVD)
Tribute albums
- 2000: Bret Michaels presents: A Salute to Poison: Show Me Your Hits
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
silver |
gold |
platinum
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Sales | swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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 Australia (ARIA)
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- |
gold1
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- | 35,000 | australianfuncountdowns.blogspot.de |
 Canada (MC)
|
- |
3 × gold3
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10 × platinum10
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1,105,000 | musiccanada.com |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
|
- |
gold1
|
platinum1
|
22,500 | nztop40.co.nz NZ2 |
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United States (RIAA)
|
- |
7 × gold7th
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13 × platinum13
|
16,550,000 | riaa.com |
|
United Kingdom (BPI)
|
2 × silver2
|
2 × gold2
|
- | 320,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
2 × silver2
|
14 × gold14th
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24 × platinum24
|
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literature
- Irwin Stambler: The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock and Soul . 3rd revised edition. St. Martin's Press, New York City 1989, ISBN 0-312-02573-4 , pp. 528-530.
Web links
- Official website
- Poison at laut.de
- Detailed biography ( memento from March 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) at MusicMight (English)
- Poison at Discogs (English)
swell
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↑ "As you know there is an US glam fag band called POISON, what do you think of them?"
- “I haven't heard them yet (luckily!), But our bass player told me that he saw a video with them and he got sick for two weeks after it. When I first saw their lp cover, I thought: 'Oh, nice US chicks, I would like to fuck one of them .....' But then I learned that it were boys. (At least they pretended to be male .......) (Maybe they are 'crossovers') If they should become as fameous as (or should I say' notorius'?) As MOTLEY CRAP or PISSED SISTER, we ' ll probably have to change our name. Maybe to POISONED, 'cause we don't want to be mixed up with all that homo shit. " Poison. infernal massacre . In: Jon Kristiansen : Slayer . N ° 1 to 5 . Rosières en Haye: Camion Blanc 2009, p. 363. - ↑ a b Interview with Matt Smith at poisonfanclub.com from April 15, 1999
- ↑ KISS 'Paul Stanley:' It's going full speed and anyone in the way is gonna get creamed ' - 2Fast2Die from January 20, 2016 (English)
- ↑ Poison Poised For No. 1 With Red-hot 'Every Rose' - Orlando Sentinel, December 18, 1988
- ↑ Antidote For Poison: Bret Michaels Tries Going Solo As Rumors About His Band Grow - Chicago Tribune, October 14, 1991 (English)
- ↑ CC DeVille: No longer Poison to be around ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The Topeka Capital-Journal of June 23, 2000 (English)
- ↑ Poison's Bret Michaels: CC DeVille and I Beat the 'Living Crap Out of Each Other' - Loudwire, May 8, 2015 (English)
- ↑ Interview with Richie Kotzen ( Memento from September 17, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) at ElectricBasement from September 14, 2004 (English)
- ↑ Biography of the band on the Moondance Jam website , accessed on February 18, 2017 (English)
- ↑ Poison tour dates canceled as bassist undergoes emergency surgery - twenty-two 'Glam Slam Metal Jam' dates canceled - MTV from August 7, 2001
- ↑ DROWNING POOL Make Onstage Appearance At POISON Show - Blabbermouth.net, July 16, 2002 (English)
- ↑ POISON'S Stage And Gear Destroyed By Fire - Blabbermouth.net, August 31, 2003
- ↑ Interview with Rikki Rockett on the 20 Years of Rock -Tour at Sleaze Roxx , July 13, 2006 (English)
- ↑ a b c d e f Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Bret Michaels on Appendectomy: "I Could Have Died" - US Weekly of April 17, 2010 (English)
- ↑ Bret Michaels Remains Hospitalized After Brain Hemorrhage - ABC News of April 24, 2010 (English)
- ↑ Poison Responds to Song Theft Allegations (Exclusive) - The Hollywood Reporter of October 27, 2011 (English)
- ↑ Poison Wins Battle In Suit Claiming It Ripped Off Songs - Law360 of April 8, 2013 (English)
- ↑ DEF LEPPARD Announces North American Tour With POISON And TESLA - Blabbermouth.net from January 12, 2017 (English)
- ↑ BRET MICHAELS Wants POISON To Embark On Headlining Tour In 2018, Says He Is Open To Making New Music With Band - Blabbermouth.net, January 24, 2017
- ↑ Open Up And Say ... Ahh! in the Australian charts
- ↑ Open Up And Say ... Ahh! in the New Zealand charts
