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POISON BEST FRIENDS ’TIL THE VERY END!

"If there's one thing you quote me on, it's this," insists beefy Bret Michaels in that oh-so-subtle way he has. And, as usual, the extremely vocal vocalist for Poison gets his way. "Poison are best friends. In fact, we're friends before we're a band.

October 2, 1989
Vicki Arkoff

"If there's one thing you quote me on, it's this," insists beefy Bret Michaels in that oh-so-subtle way he has. And, as usual, the extremely vocal vocalist for Poison gets his way. "Poison are best friends. In fact, we're friends before we're a band. We've gone through the best of times and the worst of times and we've stuck it out together."

The golden (make that platinum) boys of Poison aren't usually prone to understatement, but in this case, Michaels' comment only scratches the surface of the true dream behind rock's rowdiest representatives. Their rags-to-riches story ("Or rather, our rags-to-better rags story," says Bret humbly) has been marred by a plethora of lawsuits causing financial strains on the would-be millionaires. "This is the first year we're making any money," says drummer Rikki Rockett, "after being ripped off by business and s#@$ that would crush most bands."

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