Poison (Band)

The Ten Douchiest Guitar Players of All Time

Hey, we can all appreciate a quality guitar god. Anyone who considers themselves a fan of music knows the joy of watching their favorite axeman/woman go on a tear and destroy the crowd with their fast-fingered prowess, signature style and lush mane of flowing hair. It's the textbook rock & roll sexy ... More >>

Rock of Ages Posits Tom Cruise as a Hair-Metal God and Hair-Metal as Something Un-Awful

15 of This Weekend's Best Shows: Miguel Migs, Oak Cliff Film Festival, Iris DeMent and More

It'll Do Club Grand OpeningSaturday, June 16, at It'll Do ClubEver driven eastbound on Elm Street until it hits the dead end? Then chances are you've seen the It'll Do Club. Shrouded in the long-forgotten East Ellum neighborhood, this club opening marks another step in Deep Ellum's expansion. Plu ... More >>

H20 Music Festival - Cotton Bowl - 6/9/12

H20 Music Festival Cotton Bowl Saturday, June 9 See also: Scenes from the H20 Music Festival I stood at the entrance of the "House That Doak Built," watching Dallas Fire and Rescue workers help a middle-age Hispanic lady onto a stretcher, and I couldn't help but think about how much of a misnomer ... More >>

Jimmy Menkena: "I Thought The Beatles Wrote Every Single Kind Of Music."

We praised Menkena when their debut album, With You I'll Travel, came out last year. But the lineup has changed since then, and now features prominent members of The Polyphonic Spree, The Demigs and The Felons. In advance of their free show at The Foundry on Saturday with Fort Worth's The Cush, we a ... More >>

Bret Michaels: "I Wrote 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn' in a Laundromat in Dallas"

How Bret Michaels turned fronting a rather mindless hair metal band into a multimedia career lasting nearly four decades is one of those mysteries that may never be solved. Belting out syrupy power ballads like "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is one thing, but becoming a reality television star, screenwr ... More >>

Drue Mitchell Rides the Airwaves From DFW to L.A.

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. ​ Drue Mitchell has worked for 97.1 KEGL in promotions, as on-air jock at (old frequency) 94.5 KDGE and 89.7 KVRK, and now does television for a Christian music network in Los Angele ... More >>

3 Doors Down's Chris Henderson Saw 3 Doors Down Before He Was Even In The Band

3 Doors Down​Love 'em or hate 'em, 3 Doors Down have been around since the mid-'90s, with five albums in their canon. They're currently touring on last year's mega-selling Time of My Life, but you can still hear songs on the radio from their debut album. Led by vocalist (and the band's original dr ... More >>

The Worst Show Tim Kasher's Ever Seen? An Opening Set From Poison at a KISS Show.

​ Tim Kasher, on a break from recording with Cursive and The Good Life, is trekking through the states on his own at the moment. And he's doing so in support of a couple of solo release, too -- last year's The Game of Monogamy, and a new EP featuring some leftover songs from that same recording s ... More >>

Ten Songs To Get You Through International Kissing Day

​According to the people I follow on Twitter, today is International Kissing Day. How annoying is that? As if Valentine's Day wasn't bad enough, now we have International Kissing Day to annoy the pants off anyone who doesn't have someone to smooch on. Apparently, Kissing Day was dreamed up as an a ... More >>

The Strangest Stage Names In Music History

Metta World Peace​When Lakers forward Ron Artest announced last week that he is legally changing his name to Metta World Peace, the Internet exploded with bafflement and criticism. Obviously, this is coming from sports fans. We in the music world are accustomed to odd stage names. Dallas' own Eryk ... More >>

Last Night: Mötley Crüe, Poison and The New York Dolls at Gexa Energy Pavilion

Mötley Crüe, Poison, New York DollsGexa Energy PavilionJune 7, 2011Better than: sitting on your couch watching the Mavs win. Sure, the game was dramatic, but not as dramatic as Tommy Lee's drum rig. Alex ScottTommy Lee's drum kit was quite literally on fire last night. For more pictures from the ... More >>

New York Dolls' David Johansen On The Need For Proper Balance of Optimism and Pessimism

David Johansen of the New York Dolls​David Johansen's career is the entertainment equivalent of a patchwork quilt. The New York Dolls' first incarnation, after all, lasted just a few years. After dissolving that first time, Johansen recorded several solo albums, then began an acting career. (Remem ... More >>

Four Shows to Tickle Your Fancy This Tuesday

Whether it's glam metal, Midwestern punk, wholesome indie pop or arena rock from South Africa, we got a little bit of everything in the musical offerings this evening.

As Motley Crue Turns 30, Mick Mars Balances Pleasing The Fans With Finding His Own Muse

Mick Mars​Motley Crue are a love-or-hate type of deal. From their look to their music, everything about them gets a reaction. And, for 30 years now, the Crue has refused to go away, still living as loudly as they play. Guitarist Mick Mars is known as the quiet, stoic member of the Crue -- relative ... More >>

Motley Crue, Poison, New York Dolls

Tuesday, June 7,at Superpages Center

Productions reliving the '80s miss the decade's dumb fun.

Charlie Sheen at AAC: My Top 10 Observer-ations

Not exactly a sellout at Sheen's supposed 8 p.m. kickoff 10. I'm not real good sucky at math, but I'm estimating there were 1,500 people at American Airlines Center last night for Charlie Sheen's "Violent Torpedo of Truth" Tour. The AAC holds 20,000, and no way it was 10 percent full. Sad. 9. ... More >>

Sleigh Bells Ring. Are You Listening?

Local Music 'Mericans: Mike Schoder Has Been Responsible For Bringing A Lot of Great Music, Both Live and On Record, To Town For Years.

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we meet some of the people behind the local music scene -- those who aren't necessarily members of local bands, but more the people who make the scene move. Mike Schoder​Back in 2004, Mike Schoder took over ownership of Greenville Avenue's Granada Theater ... More >>

Which Musicians Will Die in 2011?

Rangers 4, Twins 3: My Top 10 Observations

​Live from Rangers Ballpark in Arlington ... 10. News of Vladimir Guerrero's imminent demise were, in retrospect, premature. His sixth-inning homer to left gave the Rangers their fourth consecutive win - another playoff-esque, 4-3 triumph over the Minnesota Twins - and dwindled thei ... More >>

Part 2: Second Floor Chef J. Chastain is So Over Steakhouses

Photo by Robert Bostick​In part two of our three-part series, we lob a few questions at Second Floor chef J. Chastain. CoA: What is your favorite Dallas restaurant? Chastain: I can't pick just one but I mainly enjoy restaurants that are chef-driven, highly creative but maintain a casual atmos ... More >>

Bret Michaels, Fuel, Cowboy Mouth, North of Autumn

Tuesday, July 20, at American Airlines Center

Gig Alert: The Expendables, Big B, Tomorrow's Bad Seeds and Dirty Penny Tonight at House of Blues

No, it's not promoting the Dallas show. But it's a sweet poster.​Quite a busy Tuesday evening with OK Go at the Granada and Sarah Jaffe up at Dan's Silverleaf. But if you have an inkling for a bit more ska and hip-hop in your musical diet, then I suggest heading down to the House of Blues.Headlini ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Boston Headlines the Texxas Jam in the Summer of '87

​A few months back we spoke of the late, great Texxas Jam, and I'll be honest -- that poster at right is mine. It's framed and hangs in the Unfair Park home office, near the framed flier for Joe Jackson's June 2, 1984, Body and Soul Tour stop at the Fair Park Bandshell. It's my sole souvenir from ... More >>

From the Muddy Banks of Forney, Slipping and Sliding Through the Warrior Dash

Chelsea Leiber​We begin this week where we spent most of last week: at the Warrior Dash in Forney, where my fellow warriors and I spent the weekend traversing 14 obstacles from hell. We worried about parking, since that seemed to be an ongoing issue, but once we arrived it wasn't a problem at all. ... More >>

Good Godfather! Al Pacino's Bringing a Greatest-Hits One-Man Show to AT&TPAC in November.

​Maria May at the AT&T Performing Arts Center just sent over a release announcing the 2010-'11 seasons of the Brinker International Forum, TITAS and JAZZ ROOTS -- quite the trifecta, especially when you look at the roster for the Brinker International Forum. The whole kit, along with the atten ... More >>

Good Friday: Lions, Dustin Cavazos, Faster Pussycat, Daniel Folmer, Dove Hunter, Leon Russell

​Feels like this week has flown by, but maybe that's because I'm back in the saddle again here at DC9. Which means, yep, it's on me again to put together your weekend show list. So, without further ado, here it is. First, the show's we've already brought to your attention--and there were a bunch o ... More >>

Cheap Trick, Def Leppard, Poison

Friday, August 21, at Superpages.com Center

Last Night: Reel Big Fish and The English Beat at Gilley's

Reel Big Fish, The English BeatGilley'sJuly 26, 2009​Better than: Going to bed early out of loyalty to a 9 to 5 job you don't like anyway."Hey, after the show, you wanna turn this energy around and ride the rollercoaster on the ceiling?" says Reel Big Fish frontman Aaron Barrett, referring to the ... More >>

Poison From the Past

Bust out the Aqua-Net and head to Billy Bob's

New Jack City

Shiny Dancer

Winger rocks the ballad and the ballet

Night Songs

Cinderella and Poison tease fans and their hair

Goin' South

Billy Bob's takes in another wayward pop-country band

The Vans Warped Tour

July 19

The Crit and Shap Poll

You've had the best; now, the year's most overrated records

Out Here

School of fish

The Verve Pipe wriggles out from under a hit song

Events for the week

Roadshows

Channel surfing

The 1994 Dallas Video Festival mixes equal parts ineptitude and brilliance