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Bret Michaels
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| Bret Michaels | |
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| Birth name | Bret Michael Sychak |
| Born | March 15, 1963 |
| Origin |  Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Glam metal Hard rock Country |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals Guitar |
| Years active | 1984-Present |
| Label(s) | Capitol Records Cyanide Music Inc. |
| Associated acts |
Poison |
| Website | BretMichaels.com |
Bret Michael Sychak, also known as Bret Michaels, (born March 15, 1963 in Butler, Pennsylvania) is best known as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison and starred in the reality show Rock of Love with Bret Michaels on VH1.
Michaels has suffered from Type 1 diabetes since the age of six (as Michaels later attested in the Behind the Music special, backstage photos of the singer injecting insulin led many to think that he was a heroin addict). He was born in Butler, Pennsylvania and is a Pittsburgh Steelers fan. As a child, his family relocated to Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania near Harrisburg. He attended Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School. He was interested in music from an early age. Michaels formed the band Paris in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1984. The band, which later became Poison, moved to Los Angeles in 1984 to begin touring the clubs there.
The song "Go That Far" appears in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. Bret Michaels also makes an appearance as the lead singer for this song and "Talk Dirty to Me" by Poison in the same game, re-recording the vocals for the in-game cover of the second-mentioned song.
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Michaels and actor Charlie Sheen established a film production company, Sheen/Michaels Entertainment, which produced the movie A Letter From Death Row (1998) which Michaels wrote, directed and starred in, as well as No Code Of Conduct the same year. Their company also produced the feature film Free Money, starring Marlon Brando and Mira Sorvino.
Michaels appeared in an episode of the CBS sitcom Yes, Dear.[1][2] He also served as a judge during the 2005 season of reality television singing competition Nashville Star.[1] He was scheduled to star in an autobiographical movie, tentatively entitled Between a Rose and a Thorn, that was scheduled to begin production in 2006.[citation needed] He was scheduled to be a member of the Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp, held February 15-19, 2007.[citation needed]
The cable-TV network VH1 announced on February 14, 2007, that Michaels would star as the bachelor in the reality television dating-competition series Rock of Love With Bret Michaels.[3][4]
Jes was the winner of the series, however, she announced during the reunion show that she and Michaels were not right for each other and he should have chosen the runner up, Heather. Michaels has been confirmed to star in the second season of Rock of Love.
Michaels was associated with singer Susie Hatton during the early 1990s. He has two daughters with Kristi Lynn Gibson. Raine Elizabeth Sychak, was born on May 20, 2000, and Jorja Bleu Sychak, born May 5, 2005.[1] As of 2007, Michaels and Gibson are separated and share custody of their children.
Michaels had a short but notorious relationship with Pamela Anderson. An explicit sex tape the couple made appeared on the Internet [1] and it was released as a DVD on September 7, 2005 by Metro Studios. Michaels later stopped the sexually explicit tape from continued distribution, though it is still widely available on the internet.
Michaels is a Pittsburgh Steelers football fan.[5] He has a personalized guitar bearing the team's logo, and played the national anthem at Three Rivers Stadium[6]. His favorite player was Jack Lambert, and Michaels has been a member of fan club "Lambert's Lunatics."[7]
Michaels recently won Best Dude of The Year 2007
In 2007, Michaels was part of a USO tour through Kuwait and Iraq.
- 1998 - A Letter from Death Row (soundtrack album)
- 2000 - Country Demos
- 2001 - Ballads, Blues & Stories (Interview/music album)
- 2003 - Songs Of Life
- 2005 - Freedom of Sound
- Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)
- Open Up and Say...Ahh! (1988)
- Flesh & Blood (1990)
- Swallow This Live (1991)
- Native Tongue (1993)
- Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986-1996 (1996)
- Crack a Smile...and More! (2000)
- Power to the People (2000)
- Hollyweird (2002)
- Best of Ballads & Blues (2003)
- The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock (2006)
- POISON'D (2007)
- ^ a b c Bret Michaels at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Yes, Dear episode "Greg's Big Day" at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ StarPulse.com News
- ^ RealityBlurred.com
- ^ Bretmichaels.com "It was also said that Bret could be considered the front man for the Steelers for his devotion and love for the team."
- ^ Bretmichaels.com "Bret who hails from Pittsburgh was asked to sing the national anthem at one of the last Steelers games held at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium before it was demolished."
- ^ Diabetes Health "When Bret was a kid, his most influential role model was a Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker by the name of Jack Lambert. Says Bret, "He was one of these people that just had this ferocious go-for-it attitude. And that's the attitude that helped to develop my thinking. When they would be losing games, you could just see him come on the field and motivate that team to win. Finding a way. You're not going to win every game, you're not going to have a platinum record every time you put a song out, but it's the going for it that is really the pot of gold. As I've gone along, as I've experienced life, I've learned that it's the going after it that's the really awesome thing."
- Bret Michaels Official Web Site
- Bret Michaels at MySpace
- Official Poison Web Site
- Rock of Love Cast Photo
| Poison |
|---|
| Current members |
| Bret Michaels | C. C. DeVille | Bobby Dall | Rikki Rockett |
| Former members |
| Blues Saraceno | Richie Kotzen | Matt Smith |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: Look What the Cat Dragged In | Open Up and Say... Ahh! | Flesh & Blood | Native Tongue | Crack a Smile... and More! | Power to the People | Hollyweird | Poison'd! |
| Compilations: Poison - Rock Champions | Rock Breakout Years: 1987 | Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986-1996 | Best of Ballads & Blues | The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock |
| Live albums: Texxas Jam 1987 | Swallow This Live | Great Big Hits Live! Bootleg |
| Videography |
| Videos: Sight for Sore Ears | Flesh, Blood, & Videotape | 7 Days Live | Greatest Video Hits | Live in Concert | Nothing But a Good Time! Unauthorized |
Video Hits | Best Of Poison, The (20 Years Of Rock/+DVD) |
| Singles |
| "Cry Tough" | "Talk Dirty to Me" | "I Want Action" | "I Won't Forget You" | "Nothin' But a Good Time" | "Fallen Angel" | "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" | "Your Mama Don't Dance" | "Unskinny Bop" | "Something to Believe In" | "Ride the Wind" | "Life Goes On" | "Flesh and Blood (Sacrifice)" | "So Tell Me Why" | "Stand"| "Until You Suffer Some (Fire and Ice)" | "Shut Up, Make Love" | "The Last Song" | "Rockstar" | "Sqeeze Box" | "We're An American Band" | "What I Like About You" |
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