THE YEAR IS 1990!
- Poison formed in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1984 as Paris. They moved to Los Angeles in an ambulance Michaels bought for $700 and begin playing in clubs there.
- Slash, who was in a pre-Guns N’ Roses band with Axl Rose called Hollywood Rose, auditioned for Poison when Smith left. C.C. DeVille got the gig, in part because he embraced the look, while it was clear Slash was not going to wear makeup.
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According to Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille, the phrase “Unskinny Bop” has no particular meaning. DeVille wrote the music and used the phrase as a placeholder for the lyrics, which lead singer Bret Michaels would write. When their producer Bruce Fairbairn heard the phrase, he thought it was perfect for the song, even though he had no idea what it meant.
- Poison got a record deal in 1986, disbanded in 1994 and re-formed in 1999. They never officially break up, they just go long stretched on hiatus.
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