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Rikki Rockett
Richard Allan Ream (born August 8, 1961), better known by the stage name Rikki Rockett, is an American drummer for rock band Poison. The band has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide and 15 million records in the United States alone. Biography Richard Allan Ream was born on August 8, 1961, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, the youngest of two children of Norman and Margaret Ream. He attended Cedar Cliff High School in Camp Hill. Before founding Poison with vocalist Bret Michaels, Rockett worked as a hairdresser, lifeguard, dishwasher, emergency medical technician and a suit salesman. In late 1993, Rockett discovered that the then guitarist Richie Kotzen of Poison was having a relationship with Deanna Eve, Rockett's fiancée at the time. Kotzen was fired due to this incident. In VH1's ''Behind the Music'', singer Bret Michaels said he never wanted to speak to Kotzen again. In 1995 Rikki co-created and coloured the 6 issue comic book series, Sisters Of Mercy, published by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moondance Jam
Moondance Jam is an annual rock and classic rock festival held in mid-July in the Leech Lake/ Chippewa National Forest Area near Walker, Minnesota. It is recognized as Minnesota's largest rock festival and a major classic rock festival in the United States. The Jam has gone from being a party for a few hundred family and friends back in 1992 to a rock 'n' roll and camping celebration that entertains tens of thousands today mainly because it has maintained a clean, safe and friendly atmosphere along with open festival seating for general admission ticket holders. History Early beginnings The Moondance Jam was started by Bill and Kathy Bieloh in 1992, when they sought a way to promote the riding stables that they owned. The first jam was a modest start featuring mostly regional acts, as well as The Blenders, spread out over two days. In 1993, the jam expanded and featured Head East and Badfinger, beginning a tradition of more established and popular classic rock acts. For the thir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 album '' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''. It was written primarily by John Lennon and credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership. Lennon's son Julian inspired the song with a nursery school drawing that he called "Lucy – in the sky with diamonds". Shortly before the album's release, speculation arose that the first letter of each of the nouns in the title intentionally spelled "LSD", the initialism commonly used for the hallucinogenic drug lysergic acid diethylamide. Lennon repeatedly denied that he had intended it as a drug song, and attributed the song's fantastical imagery to his reading of Lewis Carroll's '' Alice in Wonderland'' books. The Beatles recorded "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" in March 1967. Adding to the song's ethereal qualities, the musical arrangement includes a Lowrey organ part heavily treated with studio effects, and a drone provided by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Of Ballads & Blues (album)
''Best of Ballads & Blues'' is a greatest hits compilation album from the American hard rock band Poison. It was released August 5, 2003 on Capitol Records. Content Unlike '' Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986-1996'', this compilation focuses on the group's power ballads and blues-oriented songs and also includes two acoustic recordings of " Something to Believe In" (#2 with new lyrics) and "Stand". The compilation debuted at #141 on The Billboard 200 chart. Selected versions of the album featured an exclusive bonus disc featuring 3 live tracks, which was also available as a promo single. Track listing # "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" - (from the album Open Up and Say...Ahh!). # " Something to Believe In" - (from the album Flesh & Blood). # " Life Goes On" - (from the album Flesh & Blood). # "I Won't Forget You" - (from the album Look What the Cat Dragged In). # "Good Love" - (from the album Open Up and Say...Ahh!). # "Lay Your Body Down" - (from the album Crack a Smile...and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollyweird
Hollyweird is the sixth studio album by American glam metal band Poison, released on May 21, 2002 through Cyanide Music and debuted at No. 103 on The Billboard 200 chart and No. 8 on the Independent Albums chart and sold 11,000 copies in its first week. As of 2022, it is the band's most recent album of original material. Musical style The record brought together Poison's original line-up for the first full studio project since Flesh & Blood. The result was a combination of old and new sounds, with guitarist C. C. DeVille frequently preferring pop and punk rock sounds to the heavy metal style that had characterized Poison's previous records. The band's new style was particularly evident in the songs "Emperor's New Clothes", "Livin' In the Now" and "Home (C.C's Story)", which featured DeVille on lead vocals. Production and marketing In the face of major label offers that would have required the band to re-record old material, the band decided to release the album through their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power To The People (Poison Album)
''Power to the People'' is an album by the American rock band Poison, released on June 13, 2000 on the band's independent label, Cyanide Music. It marked the return of the original lineup, together for the first time since 1991's '' Swallow This Live'' with the return of C.C. DeVille who replaced Blues Saraceno. The album is a part studio, part live album consisting of five newly recorded studio tracks and 12 live tracks from Poison's successful 1999–2000 greatest hits reunion tour. The album was re-packaged and re-released in 2006 as '' Great Big Hits Live! Bootleg'' without the studio tracks or drum and guitar solos. (Live hits only version) Music and lyrics The title track featured a rap-tinged sound which was influenced by contemporary nu metal and rap metal bands. In a 2000 interview, Bret Michaels described the song as being a tribute to Poison fans. Michaels has labelled "Can't Bring Me Down" as "one of the most uplifting songs that we've done in a long time". Recep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crack A Smile
''Crack a Smile... and More!'' is the fifth studio album from the American hard rock band Poison. The record was released on March 14, 2000. The album features guitarist Blues Saraceno, who was hired as the band's new lead guitarist following the firing of Richie Kotzen in late 1993. Saraceno appeared on the band's last album release '' Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996'' in 1996, which featured two new tracks with him on lead guitar. Those two new tracks re-appear on this album along with thirteen new songs and five bonus tracks. The album moved around 12,000 copies in its first week of release to debut at #131 on The Billboard 200 album chart. Musical style ''Crack a Smile'', while replete with guitar performances comparable with those on Poison's previous studio record, '' Native Tongue'', contains few traces of the seriousness of that record. Production and marketing The life cycle of ''Crack a Smile'', which began in 1994, was brought to an abrupt halt in May 1994, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Native Tongue (Poison Album)
''Native Tongue'' is the fourth studio album by American glam metal band Poison, released in 1993 through Capitol Records. It peaked at #16 on the ''Billboard'' 200, #20 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA on April 21, 1993. It has also been certified by CAN platinum. This is the only album to feature lead guitarist Richie Kotzen. Kotzen was hired as the band's guitarist following the firing of C.C. DeVille in late 1991. The album features the singles "Stand", " Until You Suffer Some (Fire And Ice)" and " Body Talk". Production and marketing Admitted as a full-fledged member of the band rather than a "hired gun", Kotzen was given considerable creative freedom. Resultingly, Kotzen's writing and performing contributions dominated the album. Kotzen would later be expelled from the band following the world tour, after it was discovered that he had been romantically involved with the fiancee of drummer Rikki Rockett. Recollections of the album, while no do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swallow This Live
''Swallow This Live'' is the first live album by American glam metal band Poison. It was released in 1991 by Capitol Records. The album peaked at number 51 on the Billboard 200, number 42 on the Cash Box albums chart, and was certified Gold in 2001 by the RIAA. Production and marketing The album features sixteen live tracks from Poison's first three studio albums ''Look What the Cat Dragged In'', '' Open Up and Say...Ahh!'', and '' Flesh and Blood''. These live tracks were recorded in Miami, Orlando, and Tampa during the Florida section of Poison’s '' Flesh and Blood'' world tour. ''Swallow This Live'' also contains four new studio tracks, which were the last recorded before guitarist C.C. DeVille departed from Poison later in 1991. One of these, "So Tell Me Why", was released as a single and reached number 25 in the United Kingdom in November 1991 and features a music video. Track listing Disc 1 # "Intro" (1:20) # "Look What the Cat Dragged In" (3:36) # "Look But You Can't ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flesh & Blood (Poison Album)
''Flesh & Blood'' is the third studio album by American glam metal band Poison, released on July 2, 1990, through the Enigma label of Capitol Records. It peaked at number 2 on the Billboard charts and more than 7.2 million copies were sold worldwide. It peaked at number 1 on the Cash Box charts. The album was an attempt by the band to establish a more serious musical stance, more than just the hair metal party dynamic of 1988's '' Open Up and Say... Ahh!''. It spawned two top 10 singles, "Unskinny Bop" and " Something to Believe In" and three other hit singles, " Ride the Wind", " Life Goes On", and " (Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice". It was certified Platinum in 1990 and triple Platinum in 1991 by the RIAA. It has been certified 4× Platinum by CAN and Gold by BPI. Production and marketing The album was recorded and mixed at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with Canadian producer Bruce Fairbairn and mixer Mike Fraser. The front cover art fea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Up And Say
Open or OPEN may refer to: Music * Open (band), Australian pop/rock band * The Open (band), English indie rock band * ''Open'' (Blues Image album), 1969 * ''Open'' (Gotthard album), 1999 * ''Open'' (Cowboy Junkies album), 2001 * ''Open'' (YFriday album), 2001 * ''Open'' (Shaznay Lewis album), 2004 * ''Open'' (Jon Anderson EP), 2011 * ''Open'' (Stick Men album), 2012 * ''Open'' (The Necks album), 2013 * ''Open'', a 1967 album by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity * ''Open'', a 1979 album by Steve Hillage * "Open" (Queensrÿche song) * "Open" (Mýa song) * "Open", the first song on The Cure album ''Wish'' Literature * ''Open'' (Mexican magazine), a lifestyle Mexican publication * ''Open'' (Indian magazine), an Indian weekly English language magazine featuring current affairs * ''OPEN'' (North Dakota magazine), an out-of-print magazine that was printed in the Fargo, North Dakota area of the U.S. * Open: An Autobiography, Andre Agassi's 2009 memoir Comput ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Look What The Cat Dragged In (album)
''Look What the Cat Dragged In'' is the debut studio album by American glam metal band Poison, released on May 23, 1986 through Enigma Records. Though not a success at first, it steadily built momentum and peaked at #3 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 on May 23, 1987. The album spawned three successful singles: "Talk Dirty to Me", " I Want Action", and "I Won't Forget You". ''Look What the Cat Dragged In'' was certified gold in 1987 and 3x multi-platinum in 1990 by the RIAA. It has also been certified silver by the BPI, and platinum in Canada. Production and marketing The record was described by vocalist Bret Michaels as a "glorified demo". It was recorded in twelve days at Los Angeles' Music Grinder Studios with producer Ric Browde, for a cost of US $23,000, part of which was funded from the pockets of the band members and their families. Background It originally included only one single, " Cry Tough"; however, ''Look What the Cat Dragged In'' became a surprise success and subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |