Formed in 1983 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and later based in Los Angeles, Poison are an American glam-metal band (Bret Michaels, C.C. DeVille, Bobby Dall, Rikki Rockett). They became famous in the late 1980s for catchy party anthems and radio-friendly ballads and released several best-selling albums and compilations.

Core lineup includes Bret Michaels (vocals), C.C. DeVille (guitar), Bobby Dall (bass) and Rikki Rockett (drums). Key hits referenced across reviews include "Nothin' But a Good Time", "Talk Dirty to Me", "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" and "Unskinny Bop". The band shifted styles in the 1990s (Native Tongue) and experienced lineup changes.

DeBaser's reviews portray Poison as a quintessential 1980s American glam-metal band known for party anthems and radio ballads. Reviews praise their immediacy and catchiness while noting lineup and stylistic changes. Later albums show attempts at maturity that divided opinion.

For:Fans of 1980s glam/hair metal, nostalgia listeners, newcomers curious about party rock and power ballads

 Well... Poison belongs to that successful trend of the eighties known as Glam Metal-Rock (but also Glam Hard Rock, Pop Metal, Party Metal, and "We Do Naughty Stuff with Our Drunk Girlfriends Metal")

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 Who's playing "Talk dirty to me" because when the glam-j (allow me the neologism) puts it on, the world collapses and everyone is on the floor on top of each other and under each other, doing it on tables, in bathrooms, on the dance floor and wherever, while all those without a girl in their hands magically become guitar heroes striking a pose?

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 This album certainly deserves a listen, it's not a masterpiece, but a great album of the proposed genre, where Poison, in my opinion, have been great interpreters of "Glam Rock".

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