BLACK AND DECKER' MEETS MISS CLAIROL' POISON vs MOTLEY CRUE
Ever notice just how many people think Poison reminds them of Motley Crue? Or how many people—folks like you and I—find absolutely nothing in common between the two bands other than the fact that they both put out great records, are damn good live, and in the past year or two, depending on which one you're talking about, have become uncontrollably popular?
BLACK AND DECKER' MEETS MISS CLAIROL' POISON vs MOTLEY CRUE
Ever notice just how many people think Poison reminds them of Motley Crue? Or how many people—folks like you and I—find absolutely nothing in common between the two bands other than the fact that they both put out great records, are damn good live, and in the past year or two, depending on which one you're talking about, have become uncontrollably popular? Makes it a difficult bout to score, indeed. The teams seem destined for a tie, but, guys, play ball!
Everyone's got to start somewhere, and for Motley and Poison, points of entry were as opposite as day and night. “We were both dying to get out of Mechanicsburg," recalls Pennsylvanian Rikki Rockett of his budding musical partnership with Bret Michaels. “It's a great town, but you can't express yourself there. We recruited Bobby Dali from Florida and moved to L.A. with our original guitarist." Later parting on mutually positive terms, the Poisoned ones auditioned 56 guitarists before New York exile C.C. DeVille entered their lives. Still, Poison had worked the East Coast for over a year before taking on Los Angeles.