Bret Michaels hit a milestone birthday today (March 15th)… so I gave him a call to sing and have Bret Michaels birthday chat. 🙂 I don’t normally give out ages, but he said it first: Bret is 60 today and damn, he looks good. More than that Bret is feeling good. This man is not letting off the gas. He is full of energy and ready to rock Detroit for Parti-Gras on July 13th at Pine Knob. Bret is giving US a birthday present. To celebrate, the 6-Pack Give Back tickets are available (this week only) through TicketMaster.com. It’s 6 lawn tickets for under $100 ($16.50 per ticket when you buy 6). Bret wants everyone to come out, enjoy the show, and have some extra money left for other shows too.
Bret and I had a really great conversation. He talked about his recent time on the ’80s cruise (check out pics on Bret’s Facebook page), Parti-Gras, what his attitude is on turning 60, and what his mission is in the way he lives his life.
The thing I love most about talking with Bret is his sincere desire to lift people up, let them know they are heard, and throw a killer party. Bret also drops a bomb about a POSSIBLE special guest at Parti-Gras! Check out the full conversation here:
Bret Michaels Birthday Chat with Doni
I hope you enjoyed the interview! -Doni
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Bret Michaels' Top Seven Songs
Before we get to Bret Michaels’ Top Seven Songs, let’s learn a little bit about Bret. Hair band metal god, Bret Michaels was born Bret Michael Sychak on March 15, 1963, in Butler, Pennsylvania. According to biography.com, a young Bret teamed with his pal Ricky Rockett in a band in the early 80s. Soon after they would group together with bassist Bobby Dall and guitarist Matt Smith to form the band “Paris”.
Unimpressed by the audience in steel town Pittsburgh, the band moved to sunny Los Angelos. Soon after, Matt Smith was replaced by C.C. Deville and they went from being called Paris to Poison. They changed their appearance to reflect the hair bands of the time like Motley Crue.
Poison made the rounds until they scored a record deal with Enigma Records. Soon after they released their very successful album Look What the Cat DraggedIn in 1986. Which also included the hit song “Talk Dirty To Me”.
But it was in 1988, that Poison really hit the charts when they released their second album Open Up and Say . . . Ahh! This record was a huge success. It included the party anthem “Nothin’ But a Good Time” and Bret’s most famous song “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”. This album took Poison to stardom.
As music tastes changed in the 90s, so did the appeal of Poison. Bret would go on to pursue other interests and a solo career.
He starred in the incredibly popular “Rock of Love” television show on VH1 in 2007. The show lasted for three seasons and spawned several spin-offs.
Bret still makes appearances and continues to tour and produce music. His latest tour “The Stadium Tour” featuring Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Poison, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts has been insanely successful and was the 4th highest-grossing tour as of August 2022.
Here are Bret Michaels’ Top Seven Songs:
1. Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Released on Poison’s second album Open Up and Say… Ahh! in 1988. “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” is about Bret Michaels’s real-life struggle with trying to keep a working relationship with his girlfriend, Tracy Lewis. He could not maintain the relationship while his career was taking off and he also believed that because of this she was cheating on him. Easily one of Bret’s most recognized songs with numerous variations.
2. Talk Dirty To Me
Poison’s first single “Talk Dirty to Me” was released on the album Look What the Cat Dragged In in 1986. This album was the catalyst to Poison and Bret’s soon-to-be superstar status.
3. All I Ever Needed
“All I Ever Needed” as Bret’s number-one song currently. Released in 2005 on the Freedom of Sound album. This is a country song duet with Jessica Andrews.
4. Go That Far
Rock of Love!Bret Michaels surged back into pop culture with the hit VH1 show “Rock of Love”. The song “Go That Far” from the album Rock My Worldreleased in 2008, was the theme song of the show.
5. Something To Believe In
Off the album Flesh & Blood released in 1990. According to songfacts.com, this song was written by Bret after his bodyguard, Kimo died on Christmas Eve alone in his hotel room.
6. Nothin' But a Good Time
Another hit off Poison’s 1988 album, Open Up and Say… Ahh!. Ricky Rockett is quoted as saying this song was “written for everyday people”.
Unbroken
One of Bret Michaels’s newer songs. Released in 2019 on the same named album “Unbroken”. Songfacts.com says that Bret wrote this with his 13-year-old daughter who also plays piano on the track.
Donielle Flynn has two kids, two cats, two dogs, and a love of all things rock. She’s been in radio decades and held down top-rated day parts at Detroit, Philadelphia, and Washington DC radio stations throughout her tenure. She enjoys writing about rock news, the Detroit community, and she has a series called “The Story Behind” where she researches the history of classic rock songs.
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