BRET MICHAELS Says He 'Would Love' To Make A New POISON Album

May 12, 2009

Andy Greene of RollingStone.com recently conducted an interview with POISON singer Bret Michaels. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

On DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott calling POISON a "shite band" last summer:

"Joe may have been having a bad day, who knows? The bottom line is I like their music. Phil Collen [DEF LEPPARD guitarist] is a good friend of mine. Joe and I e-mailed each other right after that and we straightened things out. I told Joe, 'Look, I have enough problems fighting with my own band. I can't take on anything else. I can't fight everybody. I grew up loving your music and you guys are awesome.' He wrote back, 'I'm sorry mate. It was a bad day for me and they asked me some off the wall questions.'"

On the possibility of a new POISON record:

"I'd love to say yes, but I'm probably lying. I don't know if our four heads are all in the right place to make a new album. I would love to make one, I just want it to be a pleasurable experience. My brain is too creative and I don't want to go in there and fight with these guys at this point. I'd love to do it and if the time is right and everyone's head is in it, that would be great. We just aren't there now."

On the possibility of "Rock of Love 4":

"I don't know. I have to see where me and ['Rock Of Love 3' winner] Taya go. We didn't plan on a third one. You don't finish one and then they start scheduling a show. All three were shot at all different times. It just depends if it works out. If I can withstand doing it and everyone wants to do it, then it's definitely possible. It doesn't suck being on a show with 25 women that can't leave until I say so. They can't escape. If there was to be something else, who knows what I would do. Maybe I'd be a love guru doctor and I'd give advice. Life throws me a lot of curves and I'll see what happens."

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