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| FUN FACTS |
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| *Rikki once traded a $35 belt buckle for a poster of Peter Criss* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Bret's sister introduced him to Rikki, who was her hairdresser* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *C.C. went to NYC and majored in psychology* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Bobby had his ear pierced when he was 11* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *The original title of Open Up and Say........Ahh! was Swallow This One* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Rikki was born in the back of his dad's taxi cab* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Poison once shared living quarters with Motley Crue* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *LWTCDI was recorded at Music Grinder in L.A.* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *All of Poison appears in the film Fast Forward* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Rikki has delivered two babies* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Bobby had plans to become a lawyer* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *The Stand video was shot at the Bingo Building, a warehouse in L.A.* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Poison filmed their first video Cry Tough at The Palace, an L.A. club* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Bobby's first car bought with Poison money was an '87 fire engine red T-top MT2 Toyota with black leather seats* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *The original title of Native tongue was going to be Resurrection* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Rikki once got strip searched coming back from Canada* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Bret & Rikki had walk-in parts in the suspense film Body Doubles* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *The original Poison* |
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| More will be added as I get time to do it :) |
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| Rikki Bobby Matt Bret |
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Rikki was once left at the Amityville House over night* Thanx to LN for this nugget ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Look What The Cat Dragged In was put together for only $28k* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Poison drove to L.A. in an old ambulance with $800 in their pockets* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Bret became the singer in 1979 during the Spectre days* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Poison sponsored a NASCAR driven by Derrike Cope during the 2002 season* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Bret has been on Playgirl's "Top Ten Sexiest Rockstars" list many times* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Rikki enjoys doing undercover stakeouts to catch animal abusers* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Back in the day, Poison went through the following while on tour (on average)....* 5,760 cans of beer 876 bottles of Evian water 240 gallons of fruit juice 180 large Domino's pepperoni pizzas 120 pounds of shrimp cocktail (w/ sauce) 60 buckets of Kentucky Fried Chicken (extra crispy) 438 candy bars 1752 bite-sized Reese's peanut butter cups (smooth) 2482 cloth bandaids 292 Neutrogogena soap 2628 towels 584 batteries 876 boxes of Trojan condoms (lubricated) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Bobby's mom worked in a loony bin* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Poison used to keep a groupie database on computer sorted by name, city, and best sexual attributes* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Bret wanted to (& maybe still does) write a fictional autobiography called "The Day the Music Died"* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Every Rose Has It's Thorn was originally going to be on the Look What The Cat Dragged In album* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *When the four first moved to L.A. they shared a one room apartment* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |