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Poison: Band
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Poison is a rather misguided country band from the '80s whose live music could and would often be fatal, causing listeners to bleed from the ears until death in bed. However gruesome this may sound, a survey has found it to be the preferred choice when up against enduring the music.
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After a year off, Poison returned. They celebrated its 20th anniversary with a "20 Years Of Rock" tour in the summer of 2006, with fellow rockers Cinderella and Endeverafter opening. The tour swiftly became one of the most successful tours of 2006 in the U.S., averaging about 20,000 people per night. The band had released an anniversary best-of album The Best Of Poison: 20 Years Of Rock, in April 2006. The record ... features a new track, a cover of Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band", produced by Don Was. This marked Poison's return to the Billboard top 20 charts for the first time since 1993. The compilation debuted at #17 with a first week sales total of 39,721.
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Shortly after the release of Swallow This Live, Poison fired Deville due to his increasing addiction to drugs and alcohol. His replacement, Richie Kotzen, made his commercial debut with the band on the 1993 Native Tongue album, which, despite some strong reviews and a hit single, "Stand," was a commercial disappointment. Kotzen was fired during the subsequent tour, and Blues Saraceno became Poison's third guitarist. The band recorded their fifth studio album, Crack a Smile, for release in 1996, but the record was shelved and replaced with the Greatest Hits: 1986-1996 disc. Toward the end of 1996, Saraceno left and Deville returned to the band, which eventually resulted in a successful reunion tour in the summer of 1999; the Crack a Smile sessions were finally released the following spring, soon followed by the mostly live Power to the People. Another tour was cut short by an accident that left Dall with serious back surgery and at least a six-month break from the band.
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Poison's fifth album, Native Tongue was released on February 8, 1993. The record was strongly influenced by Kotzen's fresh songwriting contributions and guitar performance. It marked a change for the band as they abandoned their anthemic party tunes to focus on more serious subjects. Containing the single "Stand," the album received generally positive reviews, but sales were comparatively sluggish, selling only 1 million copies worldwide. The band toured in support of the album, but tensions mounted between Kotzen and the rest of Poison. Kotzen's future in the band was doomed when it was discovered that he had become romantically involved with Rockett's ex-fiancée Deanna Eve.
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Hollyweird's reception was lukewarm at best, and Poison spent some time out of the spotlight while Michaels and Rockett released solo albums. They reconvened in 2006, celebrating their 20th anniversary with a nationwide tour and a greatest hits album. The Best Of Poison: 20 Years Of Rock debuted in the Billboard Top Twenty, a feat the band hasn't accomplished since Native Tongue. The following year brought similar luck, with the band's seventh studio effort -- a covers album entitled Poison'd! -- moving over 20,000 units during its first week. ~ Barry Weber, All Music Guide
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Poison‚ one of rock’s most iconic and enduring bands‚ has recorded a new album of cover songs‚ featuring many of their favorite rock classics. POISON’D!‚ the band’s first new studio album since 2002‚ will be released June 5 on CD and digitally by EMI America Records/Capitol.
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