Every Rose Has Its Thorn
by Gary Keesler
Title
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Artist
Gary Keesler
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art
Description
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is the title of a power ballad song by American glam metal band Poison.
It was released in October 1988 as the third single from Poison's second album Open Up and Say... Ahh!.
It is the band's only number-one hit in the U.S., reaching the top spot on Christmas Eve in 1988 for three weeks (carrying over into 1989) and it also charted at #11 on the Mainstream Rock chart.
It was a number 13 hit in the UK. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" was named number 34 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 80s", #100 on their "100 Greatest Love Songs" and #7 on MTV and VH1 "Top 25 Power Ballads".
Bret Michael Sychak (born March 15, 1963), professionally known as Bret Michaels, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and reality television personality.
Bret Michaels was born Bret Michael Sychak, to Wally and Marjorie Sychak, north of Pittsburgh in the city of Butler, Pennsylvania. He has two sisters, Michelle and Nicole.
Michaels began playing the guitar as a teenager.
With drummer Rikki Rockett, bass player Bobby Dall and original guitarist and creative force, David Besselman.
The lead guitarist who actually introduced Brett to Rikki and Bobby, soon left the band for creative differences.
The band then hired Matt Smith, he formed the band Paris, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania in 1983.
After playing the Pennsylvania bar circuit, in early 1984 they moved to Los Angeles to seek fame on the Sunset Boulevard scene, eventually changing their name to Poison.
That same year he met 16-year-old Tracy Lewis, who would become both his girlfriend, and the muse for one of his most memorable songs.
Eventually Matt Smith tired of the band's struggle to find fame, and returned home.
He was replaced with C.C. DeVille, who would become both Michaels' friend and a source of conflict.
1980s 1990s: Local publicity about the band eventually led to a record deal with Enigma Records, and their first album, Look What the Cat Dragged In.
It did not see great success until 1987, when Michaels convinced the band to film a video for their song, "Talk Dirty to Me".
The album went platinum, and the band became famous.
1987 also saw the dissolution of his relationship with Lewis, who felt that fame had changed him.
Though Michaels contends that Lewis was unfaithful to him, Lewis (now Lewis Crosby) insists that it was Michaels who was unfaithful.
Michaels was inspired by the breakup to write "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", explaining that the rose represented his fame and success, whereas the loss of his relationship represented the thorn.
The song was released as a power ballad single in December 1988, and is regarded as "the ultimate '80s anthem about heartbreak".
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