Rockett: “Absolutely and these tours work because fans can bank on getting a lot of bang for the buck. The nuances are subtle from a fan’s perspective and the main thing is fans are going to love this.”ī: Absolutely and fans are going to get a three hour show filled with about forty top ten hits. Mötley Crüe and Poison have been through similar circumstances. Is there really a difference between Home Sweet Home and Every Rose Has It’s Thorn? We’ve always gotten along with Motley, but we went through this little period of time where there were some differences and I do understand Motley going ‘we started earlier in rock and if the whole ‘80s thing is coming down – we need to separate ourselves away from it if we want to continue to have a career.’ I get that, but I do think that if you turn tail and run from who you are that can be devastating.”ī: Especially, when fans grew up loving your music and that image. I don’t know where this stuff comes from. What’s worst is when the band starts to get twisted about it too. I said to Lars, ‘are we fighting?’ and he said, ‘not that I know of’. I had a beer one time with Lars Ulrich and at the same time there was a cover story in Hit Parader about METALLICA versus Poison. I think too many bands get wrapped up in this stuff. If, for example, you look at my wife’s playlist she’s got everything from Motley to MAROON 5 to country. In fact, most don’t even have one genre in their playlist. They like good songs and you can’t have just one band in your playlist. Your general overall fan just likes good music. So for a fan that loves ‘80s music they don’t care about… They like a TESLA song, a Motley song, a BON JOVI song and they don’t understand the nuances between the images or this and that. You don’t know the difference between a Harley, Yamaha or a Triumph until you’re in it and then all of a sudden everything seems so different. Let me put it to you this way, recently, I read this article about motorcyclists from an outsider’s perspective and if you don’t ride a motorcycle you think all motorcycles are the same. Rikki Rockett: “I never had the negative energy and, honestly, I’ve always been a Mötley Crüe fan. Has that negative energy passed or will this tour truly be a battle of the bands? Fans have been clamoring for this double bill since 1986, but the Motley guys never seemed to take Poison seriously and often put down the band.
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caught up with the affable skin man to discuss rock’s greatest guilty pleasure, Poison.ī: You’re on tour this summer with MÖTLEY CRÜE.
Well, twenty-five years later the band rolls on and drummer Rikki Rockett looks back on his time in Poison with pride and looks forward with eager anticipation. When POISON released their first album back in 1986, the hip rock critics panned the band and gave them less than a year to exist.
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