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Songs Of Life (Bret Michaels Album)
''Songs of Life'' is the debut solo studio album by Bret Michaels, lead singer of the rock band Poison. The album was released April 22, 2003 and coincides with the same date of his two-year-old daughter Raine's birthday. The album is written and produced by Bret Michaels, Cliff Calabro and co-produced by Jeremy Rubolino. The music is inspired by events from Bret Michael's life. Content The Poison style rock album features thirteen new tracks including the first single of the album "Raine", a song dedicated to his daughter Raine Elizabeth Sychak born on May 20, 2000. "Raine" also features Michaels' first solo music video which was directed by award-winning director Shane Stanley Shane Stanley (born June 15, 1971 in Encino, Los Angeles) is a filmmaker and founder of Visual Arts Entertainment, a film and television production company based in Los Angeles. He is best known for producing '' Gridiron Gang'' starring Dwayne .... The video was shot in ten locations over six months ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bret Michaels
Bret Michael Sychak (born March 15, 1963), known professionally as Bret Michaels, is an American singer and musician. He gained fame as the frontman of rock band Poison who has sold over 50 million albums worldwide and 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted 10 singles to the Top 40 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and a number-one single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". Besides his career as frontman, he has several solo albums to his credit, including the soundtrack album to the 1998 film '' A Letter from Death Row'' in which Michaels starred, wrote and directed, and a rock album, '' Songs of Life'', in 2003. Michaels has appeared in several films and TV shows, including as a judge on the talent show ''Nashville Star'' which led to his country influenced rock album '' Freedom of Sound'' in 2005. He starred in the hit VH1 reality show ''Rock of Love with Bret Michaels'' and its sequels, which inspired his successful solo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard rock music was produced by the Kinks, the Who, The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Cream, Vanilla Fudge, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. In the late 1960s, bands such as Blue Cheer, the Jeff Beck Group, Iron Butterfly, Led Zeppelin, Golden Earring, Steppenwolf and Deep Purple also produced hard rock. The genre developed into a major form of popular music in the 1970s, with the Who, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple being joined by Queen, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Kiss, and Van Halen. During the 1980s, some hard rock bands moved away from their hard rock roots and more towards pop rock.V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra and S. T. Erlewine, ''All Music Guide to Rock: the Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul'' (Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books, 3rd edn., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Letter From Death Row (album)
''A Letter from Death Row'' is a soundtrack album by Bret Michaels, the lead singer of the rock band Poison. The album was released August 25, 1998, and is the soundtrack to the movie '' A Letter from Death Row'' which Bret Michaels wrote, directed and starred in. Max T. Barnes worked as an engineer on the project which also featured guest musicians including Poison band members. Content The album features 13 new songs. The singles include the album titled track "A Letter from Death Row" and "Party Rock Band" which features C.C. DeVille on lead guitar. The recording of "Party Rock Band" was the first time Bret Michaels and C.C. DeVille played together since 1991 when Poison parted ways with C.C. DeVille. This recording eventually led to the reunion of the original Poison lineup. Rikki Rockett is on drums for the promo single "The Last Breath" and Randy Castillo is on drums for the song "I'd Die for You" which was released as a Maxi single. Film '' A Letter from Death Row'' is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freedom Of Sound
''Freedom of Sound'' is the second solo studio album by Bret Michaels, lead singer of the rock band Poison. It is a country rock album released in 2005, the same year Bret Michaels was a judge on the country music reality tv show ''Nashville Star''. Content The album features fourteen new tracks and four previously released songs (bonus tracks) from his first two studio albums. The lead-off single from the album, " All I Ever Needed" featuring Jessica Andrews appeared on Billboard's "Hot Country Songs" chart, with its best position being number 45. All I Ever Needed also features a music video which appeared on Billboard's "Hot Videoclip Tracks" chart in 2008. "Right Now, Right Here" and "Open Road" which Bret performed live on Nashville Star were also released as singles. The album also includes a new country version of the #1 smash hit Poison song "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", a duet version of "Raine" (feat. Edwin Mccain) and two unreleased demos; "Future Ex Wife" and "T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poison (American Band)
Poison is an American glam metal band formed in 1983, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The most successful incarnation of the band consists of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Bret Michaels, drummer Rikki Rockett, bassist and pianist Bobby Dall, and lead guitarist and backing vocalist C.C. DeVille. The band achieved huge commercial success in the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s and has sold 16 million records in the United States and over 50 million albums worldwide. The band is perhaps best known for the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number one hit single "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", and other top 40 hit singles in the 1980s and 1990s, including "Talk Dirty to Me", "I Won't Forget You", " Nothin' but a Good Time", "Fallen Angel", "Your Mama Don't Dance", " Unskinny Bop", " Something to Believe In", " Ride the Wind", and " Life Goes On." The band's breakthrough debut album, the multi-platinum ''Look What the Cat Dragged In'', was released in 1986, followed by '' Open Up and Say... Ahh!' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Stanley
Shane Stanley (born June 15, 1971 in Encino, Los Angeles) is a filmmaker and founder of Visual Arts Entertainment, a film and television production company based in Los Angeles. He is best known for producing '' Gridiron Gang'' starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson for Sony Pictures and directing Bret Michaels's music videos. Stanley won a production Emmy Award at sixteen, and a second at nineteen for his work on The Desperate Passage Series. He made his directorial debut helming his own screenplay ''A Sight for Sore Eyes''. Books Stanley wrote '' What You Don't Learn in Film School'' which released Jan 30, 2018 and co-wrote Bret Michaels's autobiography ''Roses & Thorns'' for Simon & Schuster. His father Lee's autobiography, ''Faith in the Land of Make-Believe'', is based on the family and their years dealing with juvenile inmates in Los Angeles County, a cause to which Lee dedicated over twenty-five years. Stanley was also mentioned in ''Sweet Demotion'', the autobiography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballads, Blues & Stories
''Ballads, Blues & Stories'' is a unique storytellers music CD from Bret Michaels, the lead singer of the rock band Poison. Released in 2001 it consists of Bret Michaels' solo music and Poison songs, with a recorded story before each song, about how the songs were created and written. Content The album features new songs "It's Me Your Talking To", "Stay With Me" and "Walk Away" along with an unreleased demo "The Other Side of Me" and new solo versions of the Poison hit singles "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" and " Something to Believe In". Retrieved August 19, 2021. The CD contains 20 tracks in total which includes 10 tracks of stories from Michaels talking about the songs. Track listing # "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" - (New solo version) # "Steel Bar Blues" - (from the album '' A Letter from Death Row'') # "Walk Away" - (New track, also later released on the studio album ''Freedom of Sound'') # "The Devil Inside" - (from the album '' A Letter from Death Row'') # "Stay With Me" - (Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Debut Albums
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
