Poison is an American rock band formed in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania in The most successful incarnation of the band consists of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Bret Michaels , drummer Rikki Rockett , bassist Bobby Dall and lead guitarist C.
The band achieved huge commercial success in the mids through the mids and sold over 50 million records and DVDs worldwide. In the s, following the release of the band's first live album, Swallow This Live , the band experienced some line up changes and the fall of glam metal with the grunge movement, but the band's fourth studio album, Native Tongue , still achieved Gold status and the band's first compilation album, Poison's Greatest Hits: — , went double platinum.
The original line up reformed for a greatest hits reunion tour in The band began the s with the release of Crack a Smile They released the album, Hollyweird , in and in the band celebrated their year anniversary with The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock tour and album, which was certified Gold and marked Poison's return to the Billboard top 20 charts for the first time since Band members have released several solo albums and starred in reality TV shows.
Since their debut in , they have released seven studio albums, four live albums, five compilation albums, and have issued 28 singles to radio. In VH1 ranked them at No. Poison, initially named Paris, was formed in , in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and consisted of lead vocalist Bret Michaels , bassist Bobby Dall , drummer Rikki Rockett and lead guitarist Matt Smith. Michaels began his performing career with a basement band called Laser and, then, in , joined longtime childhood friend Rockett to form a band called the Spectres.
In , 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.
