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C.C. DeVille
C.C. DeVille
American musician
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Rikki Rockett
Rikki Rockett
American musician
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Bret Michaels
Bret Michaels
American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
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Bobby Dall
Bobby Dall
American musician
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Def Leppard
Def Leppard
British rock band
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Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe
American heavy metal band
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Richie Kotzen
Richie Kotzen
American guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Cinderella
Cinderella
American rock band
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Slaughter
Slaughter
American rock band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada
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Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks
Finnish rock band
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Steel Panther
Steel Panther
American band
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Tesla
Tesla
American rock band
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Autograph
Autograph
American heavy metal band
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Warrant
Warrant
rock band from the United States
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Winger
Winger
rock music group from the United States
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The 69 Eyes
The 69 Eyes
Finnish Gothic-Rock Band
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Heart
Heart
American rock band
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Bad English
Bad English
band
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White Lion
White Lion
Danish/American, hard rock/heavy metal band
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Mr. Big
Mr. Big
American rock band
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Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi
rock band from the United States
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Stryper
Stryper
American band
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Steelheart
Steelheart
band
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FireHouse
FireHouse
American rock band
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Faster Pussycat
Faster Pussycat
American heavy metal band
Members, past and present

Poison is an American heavy metal/glam metal band which achieved commercial success in the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s and has sold 15 million records in the United States and over 50 million albums worldwide. The band has charted ten singles in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and the Hot 100 number-one, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". 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!, which was certified 5× platinum in the US. Their third consecutive multi-platinum and best selling album was Flesh & Blood. The most successful incarnation of the band consists of founding members lead singer and rhythm guitarist Bret Michaels, drummer Rikki Rockett, bassist and pianist Bobby Dall and longtime lead guitarist and backing vocalist C.C. DeVille. In the 1990s following the release of the band's first live album, Swallow This Live, the band experienced some line up changes and the fall of pop metal with the grunge movement. But the band's fourth studio album, Native Tongue, still achieved Gold status and the band's first compilation album, Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996, went double platinum.

The original line up reformed for a greatest hits reunion tour in 1999. The band began the 2000s with the release of Crack a Smile... and More!, followed by the Power to the People album. They released the album, Hollyweird, in 2002 and in 2006 the band celebrated their 20-year anniversary with The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock tour and album, which was certified Gold and marked Poison's return to the Billboard top 20 charts for the first time since 1993. Band members have released several solo albums and starred in reality TV shows. After 30 years, the band is still recording music and performing. Since their debut in 1986, they have released seven studio albums, four live albums, five compilation albums, and have issued 28 singles to radio. In 2012 VH1 ranked them at #1 on their list of the "Top 5 Hair Bands of the '80s".