Poison (Band)

Shan Man of 98 KUPD, What Are You Listening To?

Shan Man of 98 KUPD You can hear 98 KUPD's weeknight DJ from 7-11 p.m. every weeknight and find his KUPD blogs at www.98kupd.com. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? Is this a trick question and are you trying to get me in trouble? Beli ... More >>

Top Phoenix Music Stories of the Week

The news waits for no one -- at least that's what we read somewhere -- so it's perfectly understandable that you, the reader, might have missed out on a musical tidbit, breaking news about your favorite venue, or one of our rants. So enjoy this digest-style sampling of some of our biggest stories f ... More >>

Bret Michaels Dishes on His Brain Hemorrhage, Poison, and Scottsdale

Bret Michaels is known nationally for his big hits and the big hair he sported as the singer of glam rock band Poison. More recently, his reality TV appearances on VH1's Rock of Love, and The Apprentice, have brought him to the attention of people who couldn't sing a single lyric from "Every Rose Ha ... More >>

Converge, Nile Theater, 10/30/12

Converge @ Nile Theater| 10/30/12By Mike Bogumill When trying to describe to people unfamiliar with Converge what kind of event I went to last night, I was hesitant to use a phrase like "metal show" or "hardcore show". While metal and hardcore certainly influence all the bands that performed, none ... More >>

In Celebration of the Best Metal Documentaries

See also: Metallica at Outside Lands: The Five Best Parts of the Band's Fiery San Francisco Show See also: The 10 Most Ridiculous Claims Made By Dave Mustaine of Megadeth See also: Lamb of God's Randy Blythe Set Free; Five Finger Death Punch Weighs InHeavy metal fans are a tenacious bunch. Plenty o ... More >>

KISS and Make-Up: Eight Male Make-Up Icons

See also: KISS/Crue Openers The Treatment Make American Rock 'n' Roll (But Hail From England) See also: Gathering of the Juggalos or S.S. Coachella? We Break Out the Scorecard See also: Alice Cooper's Mom Has the Original "School's Out" Panties See also: Dee Snider Talks About His New Book, Shut Up ... More >>

Rock of Ages: Corporate Rock Still Sucks

Metal Mondays: Heavy Metal Is Going to Be Fine

See also: Metal Mondays: Phoenix Needs a Heavy Metal Strip Club A friend of mine brought up a very pertinent question the other day, questioning the validity of current heavy metal. Metal will always have fans, turned on by classic metal gods who've been around for decades or whatever crap current ... More >>

Thrice Takes a Break

Wild Hair

Happy Hump Day: Five Songs From the '90s About Doing It

Bell Biv Devoe in their prime.​At some point recently I found myself trudging along the westbound 10 freeway, scanning through the FM dial, when I heard a familiar snare sequence followed by the chorus: "That girl is poison/Never trust a big butt and a smile/That girl is poison." Oh, yeah. A ... More >>

Steel Panther's Balls Out Delayed: Eight Albums to Rock The Family Jewels While You Wait

​If you're one of the Steel Panther fans anxiously awaiting the band's new record, Balls Out, well, you're just going to have to wait a little longer. The band announced on its website yesterday that the record has been pushed from its original release date of October 18 to October 31. Practi ... More >>

Top Ten Songs About Dust

July 5, 2011: The day everyone's cars were rendered absolutely filthyI was going to say that unless you were living under a rock the past few days, you probably heard about Tuesday night's massive dust storm -- known as a haboob in some parts of the world (parts that aren't home to Republican presid ... More >>

New York Dolls @ Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion

New York Dolls' Sylvain Sylvain Talks Touring with Poison and Mötley Crüe, High Heels, and Happiness

New York Dolls​The New York Dolls are widely considered one of the most influential bands in punk, glam, and hair metal. Mötley Crüe and Poison are among the dozens of acts that cite the Dolls as influences. Ironic, then, that the New York Dolls are opening for the Crüe and Poison this week in ... More >>

Of Montreal, Love Me Nots, Bret Michaels, King of Tranny, and My Friend Jason's Beach House Rave Over the Weekend

​My Friend Jason's Beach House at Madison Event Center It was Friday the 13th this past weekend, which means it was the perfect time for the annual Jason Vorhees-themed dance party put on by local rave promoter Clix Bag of Trix. This year's edition had a bit of a beach party twist as hockey ma ... More >>

Bret Michaels Talks Boys & Girls Club, the Barrow Neurological Institute, Sharing a Stage with Motley Crüe and Rock of Love

Nancy MazzeiBret Michaels is set to rock the Scottsdale waterfront this Friday in support of the Phoenix Children's Hospital and The Boy's & Girls Club of Scottsdale ​It's no real secret that I am a fan of Bret Michaels. I always had an appreciation for what he accomplished as the lead singer ... More >>

Six Million Dead: Arizona Death Metal to Rattle Your Brain

www.facebook.com/sixmilliondeadSix Million Dead: A million miles-per-minute.​Heavy metal has a rich and diverse history in Arizona. Our state has had a horde of notable residents: hard rock pioneer Alice Cooper, hair metal singer Bret Michaels of Poison, Judas Priest singer Rob Halford, Dave Musta ... More >>

Steelheart @ Club Red

Incoming: Alison Krauss, Bill Callahan, David Bazan, Dirty Beaches, Vans Warped Tour

Warped Tour 2011 - coming to a parking lot near you​Not a whole lot of new shows to announce this week, but at least there's a Warped Tour for that. The venerable punk rock tour is now in its 17th year, a rather impressive feat in this day and age. Bands such as NOFX, Poison The Well, Gym Class He ... More >>

Incoming: Cage The Elephant, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Eisley, Motley Crüe, Poison

Who's the one they call Dr. Feelgood?​There are lots of three and four-word band names among this week's just announced shows -- Cage The Elephant, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Panic! at the Disco, to name a few. However, as someone who is utterly fascinated with hair metal and early 1980's Sunset Stri ... More >>

Cricket/Desert Sky Pavilion's New Name a Mouthful: Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion

Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion: It really rolls of the tongue.​The outdoor amphitheater previously known as Desert Sky Pavilion, Cricket Pavilion, and Desert Sky Pavilion again now has a new name. It's a doozie, too. How much are you going to love seeing shows at the Ashley Furniture Ho ... More >>

Glassjaw at Clubhouse Music Venue Last Night

Melissa Fossum​Glassjaw Clubhouse Music Venue Thursday, February 24Last night's show by Glassjaw was eight years in the making. The band -- best known for their post-hardcore classic, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence and Vincent Gallo acting tough in the "Cosmopolitan Bloodloss" vi ... More >>

Scottsdale's Ultimate Block Party

Scottsdale's Ultimate Block Party @ Craftsman Court

Jimmy Eat World, Rx Bandits, Ed Kowalczyk, and Other New Year's Eve Concert Options

Rx Bandits are scheduled to perform on Friday, December 31, at Scottsdale's Ultimate Block Party.​Without being too hyperbolic, New Year's Eve is a major night when it comes to revelry. Besides the endless amounts of nightclub events and parties that will take place in an around the PHX, some big ... More >>

Bret Michaels at Arizona State Fair Last Night

Tom Bryant - www.avnewstodayonline.comBret MichaelsVeterans Memorial Coliseum at the Arizona State FairSaturday, October 23, 2010​Last night's Bret Michaels concert came with a fair amount of trepidation. What were fans to expect? Was Michaels going to play a show full his newer, solo material wit ... More >>

Fair Enough

Check out boxing and Bret Michaels this weekend

New Kings of Leon Music Video Just Released

​The highly-anticipated new music video for Kings of Leon's new single "Radioactive" was released this morning. It's a playful video in which the band and a joyous children's choir have a picnic next to a barn. As for the song itself, it's got gospel soul, and it's catchy as hell. I won't ruin the ... More >>

Album Stream: Sleigh Bells - Treats

​As was stated in one of today's earlier posts, May is a gigantic month for new music. I damn near pissed myself last night when the new Sleigh Bells album Treats hit the internet. The album is out today digitally and will be available in physical form June 22. The album has gained Exclusive First ... More >>

Please Don't Call Chickenfoot a “Supergroup”

Poison, Def Leppard, Against Me! Love Mania Pool Party, and "Native Confluence: Sustaining Cultures" Over the Weekend

​Poison and Def Leppard at Cricket Wireless Pavilion After drawing some fire for making an unfavorable comparison between Green Day and Poison in my review of last Saturday's show at U.S. Airways Center, I saw a rare chance to subject one of my statements to some scrutiny this Saturday as Pois ... More >>

Bret Michaels Vs. Billie Joe Armstrong: Poison at Cricket Pavilion Reviewed

Luke HolwerdaBret Michaels was the star of the show at Cricket Pavilion Saturday night.​In the messy science of music criticism it's not often a writer gets to test his hypotheses as directly as he'd like. After drawing some fire for making an unfavorable comparison between Green Day and Poison in ... More >>

Def Leppard and Poison Reside Far Apart on the Hair-Metal Spectrum

Green Day Brings Classic Rock Feel To U.S. Airways Show

Luke HolwerdaGreen Day's Billy Joe Armstrong on stage at U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix.​Depending on who you ask, there's something either: a) vaguelyorb) obviously and irredeemably pathetic about a 37-year-old man in skinny black jeans. So, yes, Green Day singer Billy Joe Armstrong immediatly ... More >>

Metal Elvis Bring Their Unique Concept to Martini Ranch Friday

Metal Elvis isn't your Mother's kind of Elvis! Scottsdale-based Elvis Presley tribute act Metal Elvis, who have been covering The King's classics with a metal twist from hard to glam to thrash metal, will bring their covers to Martini Ranch Friday.The group is comprised of lead singer "The K ... More >>

Bret Michaels Fractures Nose, Almost Loses Head at Tony Awards

The members of Poison are now officially old men. 1983 was a long time ago.Sometimes Monday morning just brings you a gleaming, radiant little bit of news that helps the transition into next week all the more smooth and less awkward. It's no big surprise that I am a gigantic fan of former hair metal ... More >>

Unskinny Bop, Local Poison Tribute Band, To Appear in John Cusack Flick

This guy is about to be a movie star.We thought enough of local Poison tribute band Unskinny Bop to give them a Best Of Phoenix award last year. John Cusack apparently thinks enough of them that they're slated to appear in his new flick Hot Tub Time Machine, which is filming in Canada right now. The ... More >>

Just Announced: Tool, Blink 182, Tori Amos

It always catches us off gaurd, but Arizona-based winemaker and film producer Maynard James Keen occasionally still dabbles in his side project, making spooky prog metal with his band Tool. The band's show at U.S. Airways is this week's biggest show announcement, headlining a list of thin summer of ... More >>

Lazarus A.D. is Bringing Thrash Back from the Dead

Shiny Toy Guns

Season of Poison
(Universal Motown)

Long Live Mock ’n’ Roll

Sham bands work double time on the reproduction line

Frozen yogurt makes its cultural comeback

Pretty Poison

Doofus dumper shows off her skillz

Various Artists

The Heavy Metal Box
(Rhino)

Mane Spotting

Poison guitarist makes hair-metal palatable -- almost

Metalhead

Queensrÿche

Umlaut pioneers bring noisy lucidity

Back Atcha, Future

A look back at the music scene in -- 2005?

The Great Puppet Caper

Fest gives puppets a hand