Move over C.C…
Native Tongue – Poison (1993)
Poison - Native Tongue
When I was 17 I was in a glam rock band, hanging out with other glam rock bands, spending all my time listening to glam rock bands. One of the biggest at the time was of course Poison, but they had one huge problem – their guitarist sucked balls. And so, in a move of cosmic jizz proportions, they junked him and got Richie Kotzen – one of the most awesome and able players on the planet – and made this album. And Jesu Jumping Christos, does it rock. Richie was allegedly (this is the story I heard at the time, I don’t know for sure) binned from the band for indulging in extra-curricular wossname with a band member’s wife, so they only recorded the one album with him, and that still burns because this record is *so* good it hurts. If you wrote off Poison as a no-frills no-thrills gimmicky party band, you obviously never heard this album. Get on it.
Standout tracks: Stand, Blind Faith, 7 Days Over You
You’ll like this if you like: Mr. Big, Cinderella, Skid Row
It was drummer Rikki Rocketts fiancé that RK was banging.I think they got married and are now divorced?
I like anything Kotzen does so I am biased.Musically speaking ofcourse