Twenty Years Ago: I'll let the videos do the talking.
And a few that don't allow embedding:
"Life Goes On": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Beq8dxup7Pk
"Something To Believe In": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk11Ywen5a4
"(Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isJQodWtH50
If any band is hair metal royalty, it's Poison. "Flesh and Blood" was the band's third album, and their last featuring their original lineup. This album had its share of hits, but I think the real gems here are the songs you probably don't know. "Let It Play," "Poor Boy Blues," and "Life Loves A Tragedy" are three of my all-time favorite Poison songs.
Not too long after this album (and the live disc that followed it), guitarist C.C. DeVille went bonkers, and the other guys went through Richie Kotzen and Blues Saraceno -- actually releasing two criminally underrated albums, one with each of them -- before realizing that they were a bigger draw together than they were apart, and got back together. They've been doing virtually the same exact live show since that first reunion tour.
Today: Bret Michaels is probably the bigger story these days, with the reality shows, health crises, and creepy old man Miley Cyrus duets. I would love to say that these guys could put together respectable new music, but really, they haven't done anything new that's worthwhile in any quantity since this album. 2000's "Power To The People" was an EP of five songs that weren't awful with a couple of mindless live tracks; then 2002's "Hollyweird" was beyond dreadful. The only redeeming track on their 2007 covers disc was actually a version of Justin Timberlake's (!!) "Sexyback," which was only available on the Wal-Mart version of the disc.
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