"We played it for our label and management and they told us it would end our career": The story of the glam metal classic inspired by an unfaithful exotic dancer

Poison topped the US charts in late 1988 with a power ballad that singer Bret Michaels poured his broken heart into ...

This ’80s Hair Metal Frontman Turned Personal Heartbreak Into a No. 1 Hit

In the 1980s, a legendary hair metal band soared to the top of the charts with a song fueled by its frontman’s real-life ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1988, Poison Topped the Chart With One of the Greatest Power Ballads Ever Written—Inspired by a Devastating Phone Call Made From a Laundromat

Thirty-seven years ago today, Poison started a multi-week run at the top of the Hot 100 chart with a 1980s classic.
Phoenix New Times

Every Rose Has its Thorn

Some mothers will do anything to live their starlet fantasies vicariously through their children. So what if you have to spring ten grand on wigs and false teeth or drug your little miss sunshine with ...
New Scientist

We are horrified to discover that not every rose has a thorn

Feedback doesn’t want to overstate this, but we think we have found a problem that will rewrite a huge swathe of music and literature and force us to reconsider one of our most cherished metaphors. It ...
WMUR

Bret Michaels to close out 2025 season at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom

Bret Michaels is bringing his high-energy "Parti-Gras" tour to the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. Fans can expect a full house as the Poison frontman performs hits like ...
The Harvard Crimson

‘The Roses’ Review: Every Rose Has Its Thorn

“The Roses,” released Aug 29 and directed by Jay Roach, follows the story of Ivy (Olivia Coleman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch) through their marriage and its messy and chaotic deterioration. The ...