In 1988 This Band RULED…Just 3 Years Later Their MUSIC Was ERASED From Our Culture-Professor of Rock

Sometimes you just gotta kick back and let it rock. And that’s what today’s song is all about. One of the 80s’ ultimate party anthems, Poison and their hit Nothing But a Good Time is a high-octane antidote for the daily grind. But even though it nearly reached the top of the charts and anchored a multi-platinum record with Open Up and Say Ah!, this song actually came from humble beginnings. Living in a hole-in-the-wall warehouse, complete with cockroaches, this band was really slumming it. But at the same time, they were hustling hard. With an unrelenting work ethic for promotion their band they hit the streets and clubs of LA… determined to make a name for themselves. They even tried to hijack Van Halen and Motley Crue fans out in the parking lot before their shows. These guys would stop at nothing to make the big time. It was platinum or bust for Bret Michaels, CC DeVille, and Poison … But either way, these guys were determined to enjoy every minute of it. The story is coming up… NEXT on the Professor of Rock.

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So, it’s time for another edition of #1 in Our Hearts. This show honors songs that were so unbelievably great, they absolutely should've been #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. But for whatever reason, be it radio play, lack of marketing, label support, or just sheer stupidity, the song came up short. On previous episodes, we have covered Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard, Patience by Guns N Roses, and Home Sweet Home by Motley Crue.

As for today’s episode, we’re going with Poison’s ‘Nothin’ But a Good Time’, a track that comes from their 1988 sophomore album ‘Open Up and Say… Ahh!’.

Heavy metal glam rockers Poison first formed back in 1983 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Instigated by lead singer Bret Michaels and drummer Rikki Rockett, they were soon joined by Bobby Dall on bass and Matt Smith on lead guitar. Known early on as ‘Paris’, this foursome proudly adopted a full-on 80s glam-metal look. Said Rikki, “We grew up with David Bowie and Alice Cooper, T. Rex… and that’s why we looked the way we did.” Kiss was an influence as well.

Paris was popular in Pennsylvania, but they knew that if they were going to make it, they had to get to where the action was. So with $400 in their pockets and their sights set on the Sunset Strip, they headed west to Los Angeles. That was in March 1983. Said Bobby Dall, “We sold everything we owned and went to L.A.—sold our cars, sold our stereos, our records. I sold my record collection!!!”

Soon after arriving Paris changed their name to Poison and got to work hustling the LA club scene. According to Dall, they were the “self-promotion whores of the town.” There wasn’t a day they that they weren’t promoting the band… stapling fliers, knocking doors, whatever it took…