Before we get to Bret Michaels’ Top five Songs, let’s learn a little bit about Bret. Hair band metal god, Bret Michaels was born Bret Michael Sychak on March 15, 1963, in Butler, Pennsylvania. According to biography.com, a young Bret teamed with his pal Ricky Rockett in a band in the early 80s. Soon after they would group together with bassist Bobby Dall and guitarist Matt Smith to form the band “Paris”.
Unimpressed by the audience in steel town Pittsburgh, the band moved to sunny Los Angelos. Soon after, Matt Smith was replaced by C.C. Deville and they went from being called Paris to Poison. They changed their appearance to reflect the hair bands of the time like Motley Crue.
Poison made the rounds until they scored a record deal with Enigma Records. Soon after they released their very successful album Look What the Cat Dragged In in 1986. Which also included the hit song “Talk Dirty To Me”.
But it was in 1988, that Poison really hit the charts when they released their second album Open Up and Say . . . Ahh! This record was a huge success. It included the party anthem “Nothin’ But a Good Time” and Bret’s most famous song “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”. This album took Poison to stardom.
As music tastes changed in the 90s, so did the appeal of Poison. Bret would go on to pursue other interests and a solo career.
He starred in the incredibly popular “Rock of Love” television show on VH1 in 2007. The show lasted for three seasons and spawned several spin-offs.
Bret still makes appearances and continues to tour and produce music. His latest tour “The Stadium Tour” featuring Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Poison, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts has been insanely successful and was the 4th highest-grossing tour as of August 2022.
Here are Bret Michaels’ Top Five Songs:
