Bret Michaels
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Bret Michaels is an American musician, actor, director, screenwriter, producer and reality television
personality. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist of the glam metal
band Poison
. Besides his career as lead singer, he has several solo albums to his credit, as well as one chart single. He appeared in the VH1
reality show Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
and its sequels, and as a judge on the talent show Nashville Star
. He was the winning contestant on NBC's reality show Celebrity Apprentice 3
.
. He has two sisters, Michelle and Nicole. He claims that his parents had originally intended for him to have the middle name "Maverick", after the title character in the popular James Garner
TV Western series Maverick
. He is of Carpatho-Rusyn descent.
At the age of six he fell ill, and during a three-week stay in the hospital, he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.
, bass player Bobby Dall
and guitarist 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.
, 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. In March of that year, however, Michaels collapsed onstage due to his diabetes. Responding to rumors that he was a drug addict, he announced publicly that he was a diabetic.
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."
Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s Poison became one of the biggest glam metal
bands in the world, recording their second album, the multi-platinum selling Open Up and Say... Ahh!, and their third album, the multi-platinum selling Flesh & Blood. However, their lives were characterized by the escalating tension between Michaels and DeVille that derived from their mutual drug use, which came to a head during their 1990/91 "Flesh and Blood" world tour. Also cited is the spectacle of DeVille's behavior during the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards
. After getting into a fistfight with Michaels, DeVille left the band, and descended further into addiction. Poison went on with new guitarist Richie Kotzen
recording the album Native Tongue
and then with guitarist Blues Saraceno
recording the album Crack a Smile... and More!. In the mid 1990s, after a night of partying, Michaels came close to dying when he crashed his Ferrari
into a telephone pole. He incurred serious injury, including broken ribs, a disfigured nose and lost teeth.
In 1999, reunited with original guitarist C.C. Deville, Poison went on a successful greatest hits reunion tour. In the next decade Bret Michaels would split his time between Poison and a successful solo career.
, the soundtrack to the same-titled movie
he directed, wrote, and starred in. In 2003, he released the studio album Songs of Life which featured the singles "Raine" (dedicated to his daughter) and "Bittersweet". Michaels also released his first solo music video for the single "Raine".
Michaels served as a judge during the 2005 season of reality television
singing competition Nashville Star
and released a country rock album in the same year called Freedom of Sound
which featured the singles "Right Now, Right Here", "Open Road" which Michaels performed live on the show and the hit single "All I Ever Needed
" (featuring Jessica Andrews), which also included a music video.
Michaels released a best of album called Rock My World
in June 2008 which featured music from his reality television series Rock of Love
including the new singles "Go That Far
" (Rock of Love theme), "Fallen" and "Start Again", the first 2 also featuring music videos with clips from the series. The album charted at #40 on the Billboard 200
, #4 on the Top Independent Albums, #4 on the Top Hard Rock Albums and #16 on the Top Rock Albums chart. In December 2008, Michaels released a single version of "Driven" (rock mix) which also featured a music video with preview clips for Rock of Love Bus and he also re released the "Fallen" single with acoustic, piano and demo versions included.
Michaels released a 30-minute DVD from Time Life in 2008 called Hard & Heavy Confidential featuring Bret Michaels which included acoustic versions of "All I Ever Needed", "Driven", "Every Rose Has Its Thorn
" and "Something to Believe In", it also included in depth interviews. The DVD was included in the Hard & Heavy cd/DVD collection from (Time Life) advertised on TV by Bret Michaels. The same 4 acoustic performances were also released on CD which was titled "Bret Michaels Acoustic Sessions."
In March 2010, Michaels released a new single called "Nothing to Lose
" from his upcoming new studio album, Custom Built
. The song featured the guest vocals of Miley Cyrus
. In April 2010, he released the second single "Lie to Me" and in May 2010 released the third single, "Wasted Time". Michaels performed on the American Idol season 9
finale on May 26 against his doctor's recommendation.
Michaels also performed a duet of "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" with Miley Cyrus on the June 18, 2010 episode Good Morning America
.
On July 6, 2010, Michaels released his new album Custom Built
, which along with its three singles, includes the song "Riding Against the Wind", which is the theme song for his new reality TV series Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It
. The album is Michaels highest charting solo album to date peaking at #1 on both the Top Independent Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums chart and also charting at #4 on the Top Rock Albums and #14 on the Billboard 200
.
On August 4, 2010, Michaels appeared in the fifth season of America's Got Talent
and performed "Every Rose Has Its Thorn
", accompanying himself on acoustic folk guitar.
Despite not being released as a single, a music video was produced for "Riding Against the Wind" a song from Michaels' latest album "Custom Built" that also doubles as the theme song for his new VH1 reality show Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It
. The music video was released on October 7, 2010, exclusively at Billboard's and contains footage from the series, which officially premieres on VH1 on October 18, 2010.
Michaels also released a music video for the cover of Sublime
's song "What I Got
", which is the fourth single from "Custom Built". The music video is a special tribute to his fans and was released on Thanksgiving.
dating competition series Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
, the first season of which premiered in July 2007. Jes Rickleff was the winner of Season One
. However, she announced during the October 2007 reunion show that she and Michaels were not right for each other and told runner-up Heather he was all hers and that he should have chosen Heather. The first season was released on DVD in early 2008.
The show's second season
premiered on January 13, 2008. On April 13, 2008, Michaels selected Ambre Lake as his "Rock of Love". After the show the two maintained a relationship, but parted ways after just a few months due to personal commitments, but they remain good friends.
A third season, Rock of Love Bus, premiered on January 4, 2009. which was a series high for VH1, Michaels chose Penthouse Pet Taya Parker
as the winner.
When asked about a fourth season of Rock of Love, Michaels said "Now they want me to come back for a fourth 'Rock of Love.' I feel that it should be something that changes up, but I still want that fun element. What you see is what you get with me."
established a film production company, Sheen/Michaels Entertainment, which produced the movie A Letter from Death Row
(1998), which Michaels wrote, directed and starred in, and for which he released a soundtrack album. They also produced No Code of Conduct
that same year, which Michaels also directed and acted in. Their company also produced the feature film Free Money
, starring Marlon Brando
and Mira Sorvino
, and the surfer movie In God's Hands in which Michaels also had a small acting role.
Michaels appeared in the CBS
sitcom Yes, Dear
, Season 1, Episode 6, titled Greg's Big Day, first aired 6 November 2000. He also appeared as himself in three episodes of The Chris Isaak Show
from 2001 to 2004.
On May 1, 2008, Michaels appeared on a special celebrity edition of Don't Forget the Lyrics!
, on which he raised $200,000 to donate to charity.
Michaels appeared on the 2009 Tony Award
s, during which a he was struck in the head by a set piece. He subsequently sued the event's organizers, claiming that the collision led to his 2010 brain hemorrhage. The suit is pending.
In 2010, Michaels was the winning contestant on the NBC
reality television series Celebrity Apprentice 3
on NBC.
Michaels stars in a series named Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It
, which depicts his life at home with his daughters and their mother. Filming of the series began before Michaels' health troubles, and filming was suspended after his hospitalization. VH1 aired a preview of the series on May 31, 2010, and the series aired in fall 2010.
Michaels hosted the Miss Universe 2010
pageant along with Natalie Morales
on August 23, 2010.
Michaels was portrayed as a guest singer in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
, which features him singing "Go That Far
" from his solo career, and Poison's "Talk Dirty to Me
".
.
He earned $640,000 for the American Diabetes Association
for competing in and ultimately winning the Celebrity Apprentice 3.
. Michaels' fear that Raine was "borderline diabetic" was a recurring element during Michaels' tenure on The Celebrity Apprentice 3
, on which he appeared to raise money for the American Diabetes Association
. Raine herself appeared on the season finale of that program on May 23, 2010, when her father won that season.
While filming the finale of his reality show, Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It
, Michaels proposed to Kristi Gibson, the mother of his two children and his on-again, off-again companion of 16 years. The finale aired December 20, 2010.
Bret Michaels was involved with Pamela Anderson
. An abridged version of an explicit sex tape the couple made appeared on the Internet in 1998 and was released on DVD
on September 7, 2005, by Metro Studios.
Michaels is a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers
of the National Football League
and the Minnesota Wild
of the National Hockey League
. He has a personalized guitar bearing the Steelers' logo, and played the national anthem at Three Rivers Stadium
. His favorite player was Jack Lambert, and Michaels has been a member of fan club "Lambert's Lunatics."
. He was in critical condition, and while some reports suggested that his condition had stabilized, others later stated that this was premature. On April 28, Michael's representatives reported that he was conscious and speaking, albeit slowly, for the first time since he was hospitalized.
In a news conference on May 5, 2010, Dr. Joseph Zabramski said Michaels has been released from the hospital and that "He's just one of those lucky people" and that "he'll make a complete recovery".
On May 20, 2010, it was reported on his official website that Michaels has been "readmitted to the hospital this week after suffering numbness on the left side of his body". While conducting diagnostic tests it was found that Michaels has a "patent foramen ovale (PFO), a hole in the heart." It was further reported that his condition is "operable and treatable" and his doctors believe they "have diagnosed the problem that caused the transient ischemic attack
(TIA) or warning stroke", but that they "feel it is highly unlikely this is connected to the brain hemorrhage he suffered just a few weeks earlier". On Oct 11, 2011, Michaels commented on his 2010 health scare with the following: "“2010 was, without question, a roller coaster year for me. But when you have an amazing family, and you still have a lot music left to make, and you have such incredible and supportive fans behind you, you’re going to fight until the very last breath before you throw in that towel.”
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
personality. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist of the glam metal
Glam metal
Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...
band Poison
Poison (band)
Poison is an American glam metal band that achieved great success in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. To date, Poison has sold over 30 million records worldwide and have sold 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100,...
. Besides his career as lead singer, he has several solo albums to his credit, as well as one chart single. He appeared in the VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
reality show Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels is an American reality television dating game show. It stars Bret Michaels, the lead singer from the band Poison. The show closely resembles its sister show Flavor of Love. The first season featured 25 women competing to be Michaels' girlfriend. Each week, the women...
and its sequels, and as a judge on the talent show Nashville Star
Nashville Star
Nashville Star is an American reality television program. It was transmitted during mid-2008 on NBC, following five seasons on USA Network. It premiered on March 8, 2003, and its five seasons on USA made it the longest-running competition series on cable television. In Canada, the show aired on CMT...
. He was the winning contestant on NBC's reality show Celebrity Apprentice 3
The Apprentice (U.S. season 9)
The Celebrity Apprentice 3 is the ninth installment of the United States version of the reality television series, The Apprentice. On April 29, 2009, NBC officially announced the renewal of Celebrity Apprentice for Spring 2010. The show premiered on Sunday, March 14, 2010...
.
Early life
Michaels was born Bret Michael Sychak, to Wally and Marjorie Sychak, north of Pittsburgh in the city of Butler, PennsylvaniaButler, Pennsylvania
The city of Butler is the county seat of Butler County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, situated north of Pittsburgh. The population was 15,121 at the 2000 census.- History :...
. He has two sisters, Michelle and Nicole. He claims that his parents had originally intended for him to have the middle name "Maverick", after the title character in the popular James Garner
James Garner
James Garner is an American film and television actor, one of the first Hollywood actors to excel in both media. He has starred in several television series spanning a career of more than five decades...
TV Western series Maverick
Maverick (TV series)
Maverick is a western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins. The show ran from September 22, 1957 to July 8, 1962 on ABC and stars James Garner as Bret Maverick, a cagey, articulate cardsharp. Eight episodes into the first season, he was joined by Jack Kelly as his brother...
. He is of Carpatho-Rusyn descent.
At the age of six he fell ill, and during a three-week stay in the hospital, he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.
Music career
Michaels began playing the guitar as a teenager. With drummer Rikki RockettRikki Rockett
Richard Allan Ream , better known by the stage name Rikki Rockett, is an American drummer best known for his work with the glam metal band, Poison.-Biography:...
, bass player Bobby Dall
Bobby Dall
Robert Harry Kuykendall also known as Bobby Dall is an American musician best known as the bass guitarist for Poison. Dall is the youngest of three children...
and guitarist Matt Smith, he formed the band Paris, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Mechanicsburg is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA, eight miles west of Harrisburg. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. Mechanicsburg was settled in 1806 and incorporated as a borough on April 12, 1828...
in 1983. After playing the Pennsylvania bar circuit, in early 1984 they moved to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
to seek fame on the Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Palisades...
scene, eventually changing their name to Poison
Poison (band)
Poison is an American glam metal band that achieved great success in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. To date, Poison has sold over 30 million records worldwide and have sold 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100,...
. 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 RecordsEnigma Records
Enigma Records was a popular rock and alternative American record label in the 1980s. It was initially a division of Greenworld Distribution, an independent music importer/distributor, which it split-off from in 1985 to become its own company...
, and their first album, Look What the Cat Dragged In
Look What the Cat Dragged In
Look What the Cat Dragged In is the debut studio album by American glam metal band Poison, released in 1986 through the Enigma label of Capitol Records....
. 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. In March of that year, however, Michaels collapsed onstage due to his diabetes. Responding to rumors that he was a drug addict, he announced publicly that he was a diabetic.
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
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is a power ballad by American glam metal band Poison. It was released in 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 . It was...
", 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."
Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s Poison became one of the biggest glam metal
Glam metal
Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...
bands in the world, recording their second album, the multi-platinum selling Open Up and Say... Ahh!, and their third album, the multi-platinum selling Flesh & Blood. However, their lives were characterized by the escalating tension between Michaels and DeVille that derived from their mutual drug use, which came to a head during their 1990/91 "Flesh and Blood" world tour. Also cited is the spectacle of DeVille's behavior during the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards
1991 MTV Video Music Awards
The 1991 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 5, 1991, honoring the best music videos from June 2, 1990, to June 15, 1991. The show was hosted by Arsenio Hall at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles....
. After getting into a fistfight with Michaels, DeVille left the band, and descended further into addiction. Poison went on with new guitarist Richie Kotzen
Richie Kotzen
Richie Kotzen is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.At a young age, Richie Kotzen was taken by music and first began playing piano at the age of five. At the age of seven he was inspired by the band KISS to learn the electric guitar...
recording the album Native Tongue
Native Tongue (album)
Native Tongue is the fourth studio album by American hard rock band Poison, released in 1993 through Capitol Records. It peaked at #16 on the Billboard 200, #20 on the UK Albums Chartand was certified Gold by the RIAA on April 21, 1993....
and then with guitarist Blues Saraceno
Blues Saraceno
Blues Saraceno is an American rock guitarist, composer, and music producer who currently resides in Los Angeles California. Saraceno was discovered by Guitar for the Practicing Musician magazine, at the age of 16, which assisted him in releasing instrumental recordings on an independent basis...
recording the album Crack a Smile... and More!. In the mid 1990s, after a night of partying, Michaels came close to dying when he crashed his Ferrari
Ferrari
Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947...
into a telephone pole. He incurred serious injury, including broken ribs, a disfigured nose and lost teeth.
In 1999, reunited with original guitarist C.C. Deville, Poison went on a successful greatest hits reunion tour. In the next decade Bret Michaels would split his time between Poison and a successful solo career.
2000s
Michaels recorded his first solo album in 1998 A Letter from Death RowA Letter from Death Row (album)
A Letter from Death Row is the debut solo album by Bret Michaels, the lead singer of the rock band Poison. The album is a soundtrack to the movie A Letter from Death Row which Bret Michaels wrote, directed and starred in..-Content:...
, the soundtrack to the same-titled movie
A Letter from Death Row (film)
A Letter From Death Row is a 1998 psychological thriller film directed by Marvin Baker and Bret Michaels, lead singer of the hard rock band Poison. Bret Michaels also wrote the film and starred in it. The film was released by Sheen Michaels Entertainment, a company created by Bret Michaels and...
he directed, wrote, and starred in. In 2003, he released the studio album Songs of Life which featured the singles "Raine" (dedicated to his daughter) and "Bittersweet". Michaels also released his first solo music video for the single "Raine".
Michaels served as a judge during the 2005 season of reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
singing competition Nashville Star
Nashville Star
Nashville Star is an American reality television program. It was transmitted during mid-2008 on NBC, following five seasons on USA Network. It premiered on March 8, 2003, and its five seasons on USA made it the longest-running competition series on cable television. In Canada, the show aired on CMT...
and released a country rock album in the same year called Freedom of Sound
Freedom of Sound
Freedom of Sound is the third solo studio album by Bret Michaels, lead singer of the rock band Poison.It is a country rock album released in 2005, the same year Bret Michaels was a judge on the Country music reality tv show Nashville Star....
which featured the singles "Right Now, Right Here", "Open Road" which Michaels performed live on the show and the hit single "All I Ever Needed
All I Ever Needed
"All I Ever Needed" is the first single released from Bret Michaels third studio album, Freedom of Sound. The song is a duet with country music singer Jessica Andrews. It was released on October 9, 2004, where it debuted at #57 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.-Music video:The song...
" (featuring Jessica Andrews), which also included a music video.
Michaels released a best of album called Rock My World
Rock My World (album)
Rock My World is the fifth music album by rock artist and Poison vocalist, Bret Michaels. This album is a greatest hits compilation featuring songs from his last two studio albums and also features three new tracks plus a remixed track. All the music heard during his reality television shows Rock...
in June 2008 which featured music from his reality television series Rock of Love
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels is an American reality television dating game show. It stars Bret Michaels, the lead singer from the band Poison. The show closely resembles its sister show Flavor of Love. The first season featured 25 women competing to be Michaels' girlfriend. Each week, the women...
including the new singles "Go That Far
Go That Far (Bret Michaels song)
"Go That Far" is the title of a song written by Bret Michaels, and was recorded by Michaels as the first single for his compilation album, Rock My World. "Go That Far" is the theme song for VH1's highest rated reality series "Rock of Love with Bret Michaels"and the album "Rock My World" is the...
" (Rock of Love theme), "Fallen" and "Start Again", the first 2 also featuring music videos with clips from the series. The album charted at #40 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, #4 on the Top Independent Albums, #4 on the Top Hard Rock Albums and #16 on the Top Rock Albums chart. In December 2008, Michaels released a single version of "Driven" (rock mix) which also featured a music video with preview clips for Rock of Love Bus and he also re released the "Fallen" single with acoustic, piano and demo versions included.
Michaels released a 30-minute DVD from Time Life in 2008 called Hard & Heavy Confidential featuring Bret Michaels which included acoustic versions of "All I Ever Needed", "Driven", "Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is a power ballad by American glam metal band Poison. It was released in 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 . It was...
" and "Something to Believe In", it also included in depth interviews. The DVD was included in the Hard & Heavy cd/DVD collection from (Time Life) advertised on TV by Bret Michaels. The same 4 acoustic performances were also released on CD which was titled "Bret Michaels Acoustic Sessions."
In March 2010, Michaels released a new single called "Nothing to Lose
Nothing to Lose (Bret Michaels song)
"Nothing to Lose" is the title of a song written by Bret Michaels, and was recorded by Michaels as the first single for his solo album, Custom Built. The song was originally recorded by Michaels himself, however, he was working with Miley Cyrus who asked to sing on the track with him...
" from his upcoming new studio album, Custom Built
Custom Built (album)
Custom Built is the fourth studio album by Poison lead singer and reality television star Bret Michaels. It was released on July 6, 2010 and is Michaels' first studio album since 2005's Freedom of Sound, which produced his only charted single to date. The lead-off single from the album, "Nothing to...
. The song featured the guest vocals of Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus is an American actress and pop singer-songwriter. She achieved wide fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana....
. In April 2010, he released the second single "Lie to Me" and in May 2010 released the third single, "Wasted Time". Michaels performed on the American Idol season 9
American Idol (season 9)
The ninth season of American Idol premiered on January 12, 2010 and concluded on May 26, 2010 on Fox. Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi all returned as judges, and Ellen DeGeneres permanently replaced Paula Abdul as the fourth judge. Idol Gives Back also returned for the season and was...
finale on May 26 against his doctor's recommendation.
Michaels also performed a duet of "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" with Miley Cyrus on the June 18, 2010 episode Good Morning America
Good Morning America
Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
.
On July 6, 2010, Michaels released his new album Custom Built
Custom Built (album)
Custom Built is the fourth studio album by Poison lead singer and reality television star Bret Michaels. It was released on July 6, 2010 and is Michaels' first studio album since 2005's Freedom of Sound, which produced his only charted single to date. The lead-off single from the album, "Nothing to...
, which along with its three singles, includes the song "Riding Against the Wind", which is the theme song for his new reality TV series Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It
Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It
Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It is a follow-up to the reality series Rock of Love. The reality docu-series is about Bret Michaels and his family. Filming of the series began before Michaels' health troubles, and filming was suspended after his hospitalization...
. The album is Michaels highest charting solo album to date peaking at #1 on both the Top Independent Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums chart and also charting at #4 on the Top Rock Albums and #14 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
.
On August 4, 2010, Michaels appeared in the fifth season of America's Got Talent
America's Got Talent (season 5)
The fifth season of America's Got Talent, an American television reality show talent competition, premiered in the United States on the NBC network and on Canada's Global on June 1, 2010...
and performed "Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is a power ballad by American glam metal band Poison. It was released in 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 . It was...
", accompanying himself on acoustic folk guitar.
Despite not being released as a single, a music video was produced for "Riding Against the Wind" a song from Michaels' latest album "Custom Built" that also doubles as the theme song for his new VH1 reality show Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It
Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It
Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It is a follow-up to the reality series Rock of Love. The reality docu-series is about Bret Michaels and his family. Filming of the series began before Michaels' health troubles, and filming was suspended after his hospitalization...
. The music video was released on October 7, 2010, exclusively at Billboard's and contains footage from the series, which officially premieres on VH1 on October 18, 2010.
Michaels also released a music video for the cover of Sublime
Sublime (band)
Sublime was an American ska punk band from Long Beach, California, formed in 1988. The band's line-up, unchanged until their breakup, consisted of Bradley Nowell , Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh . Michael "Miguel" Happoldt also contributed on a few Sublime songs, such as "New Thrash." Lou Dog, Nowell's...
's song "What I Got
What I Got
"What I Got" is a song from Sublime's eponymous third album titled Sublime and was the band's biggest radio hit, posthumously after singer Bradley Nowell's 1996 heroin overdose. It was the second single to be released by the band, following "Date Rape" . The song was one of the most popular singles...
", which is the fourth single from "Custom Built". The music video is a special tribute to his fans and was released on Thanksgiving.
Rock of Love
Michaels starred in the reality televisionReality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
dating competition series Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels is an American reality television dating game show. It stars Bret Michaels, the lead singer from the band Poison. The show closely resembles its sister show Flavor of Love. The first season featured 25 women competing to be Michaels' girlfriend. Each week, the women...
, the first season of which premiered in July 2007. Jes Rickleff was the winner of Season One
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels (season 1)
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels is a competition-driven reality television series starring Bret Michaels, the lead singer of the band Poison. The 12-episode series, which premiered July 15, 2007 on VH1 , was created by Cris Abrego and Mark Cronin .-Overview:Filmed at locations in and around...
. However, she announced during the October 2007 reunion show that she and Michaels were not right for each other and told runner-up Heather he was all hers and that he should have chosen Heather. The first season was released on DVD in early 2008.
The show's second season
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels (season 2)
The second season of Rock of Love with Bret Michaels was confirmed by VH1 in October 2007. On December 8, 2007, VH1 started playing advertisements for Rock of Love 2 with Bret Michaels...
premiered on January 13, 2008. On April 13, 2008, Michaels selected Ambre Lake as his "Rock of Love". After the show the two maintained a relationship, but parted ways after just a few months due to personal commitments, but they remain good friends.
A third season, Rock of Love Bus, premiered on January 4, 2009. which was a series high for VH1, Michaels chose Penthouse Pet Taya Parker
Taya Parker
Taya Parker is an American model, actress, singer and reality TV show contestant best known for winning the VH1 reality television show Rock of Love Bus. She is also the 2009 Pet of the Year for Penthouse magazine.-Modeling:...
as the winner.
When asked about a fourth season of Rock of Love, Michaels said "Now they want me to come back for a fourth 'Rock of Love.' I feel that it should be something that changes up, but I still want that fun element. What you see is what you get with me."
Other television and film appearances
Michaels and actor Charlie SheenCharlie Sheen
Carlos Irwin Estevez , better known by his stage name Charlie Sheen, is an American film and television actor. He is the youngest son of actor Martin Sheen....
established a film production company, Sheen/Michaels Entertainment, which produced the movie A Letter from Death Row
A Letter from Death Row (film)
A Letter From Death Row is a 1998 psychological thriller film directed by Marvin Baker and Bret Michaels, lead singer of the hard rock band Poison. Bret Michaels also wrote the film and starred in it. The film was released by Sheen Michaels Entertainment, a company created by Bret Michaels and...
(1998), which Michaels wrote, directed and starred in, and for which he released a soundtrack album. They also produced No Code of Conduct
No Code of Conduct
No Code of Conduct is a 1998 action film directed by Bret Michaels. The film stars Charlie Sheen, and Martin Sheen as father-and-son vice unit detectives, along with Mark Dacascos who portrays Charlie Sheen's partner...
that same year, which Michaels also directed and acted in. Their company also produced the feature film Free Money
Free Money (film)
Free Money is a 1998 black comedy film directed by Yves Simoneau, produced by Nicolas Clermont and written by Anthony Peck and Joseph Brutsman.- Plot :...
, starring Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando, Jr. was an American movie star and political activist. "Unchallenged as the most important actor in modern American Cinema" according to the St...
and Mira Sorvino
Mira Sorvino
Mira Katherine Sorvino is an American actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Mighty Aphrodite and is also known for her role as Romy White in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.- Early life :Sorvino was born in Tenafly, New Jersey...
, and the surfer movie In God's Hands in which Michaels also had a small acting role.
Michaels appeared in the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
sitcom Yes, Dear
Yes, Dear
Yes, Dear is a television sitcom that aired from October 2, 2000, to February 15, 2006, on CBS. It starred Anthony Clark, Jean Louisa Kelly, Mike O'Malley and Liza Snyder....
, Season 1, Episode 6, titled Greg's Big Day, first aired 6 November 2000. He also appeared as himself in three episodes of The Chris Isaak Show
The Chris Isaak Show
The Chris Isaak Show is a television sitcom which follows a fictionalized version of the life of American rock musician Chris Isaak. The show portrays Isaak and his band members as everyday people with everyday problems...
from 2001 to 2004.
On May 1, 2008, Michaels appeared on a special celebrity edition of Don't Forget the Lyrics!
Don't Forget the Lyrics!
Don't Forget the Lyrics! is a game show that originally aired on Fox from July 11, 2007 to June 19, 2009, hosted by Wayne Brady and produced by RDF USA, part of RDF Media. The launch of this show prompted NBC to move up the launch of their similar game show The Singing Bee...
, on which he raised $200,000 to donate to charity.
Michaels appeared on the 2009 Tony Award
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
s, during which a he was struck in the head by a set piece. He subsequently sued the event's organizers, claiming that the collision led to his 2010 brain hemorrhage. The suit is pending.
In 2010, Michaels was the winning contestant on the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
reality television series Celebrity Apprentice 3
The Apprentice (U.S. season 9)
The Celebrity Apprentice 3 is the ninth installment of the United States version of the reality television series, The Apprentice. On April 29, 2009, NBC officially announced the renewal of Celebrity Apprentice for Spring 2010. The show premiered on Sunday, March 14, 2010...
on NBC.
Michaels stars in a series named Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It
Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It
Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It is a follow-up to the reality series Rock of Love. The reality docu-series is about Bret Michaels and his family. Filming of the series began before Michaels' health troubles, and filming was suspended after his hospitalization...
, which depicts his life at home with his daughters and their mother. Filming of the series began before Michaels' health troubles, and filming was suspended after his hospitalization. VH1 aired a preview of the series on May 31, 2010, and the series aired in fall 2010.
Michaels hosted the Miss Universe 2010
Miss Universe 2010
Miss Universe 2010, the 59th edition of the pageant, was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on August 23, 2010. It was hosted by Bret Michaels and Natalie Morales...
pageant along with Natalie Morales
Natalie Morales
Natalie Leticia Morales is the news anchor for NBC's Today.-Career:Morales was an anchor and correspondent for MSNBC from 2002 to 2006...
on August 23, 2010.
In other media
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is a music video game, the third main installment in the Guitar Hero series, and the fourth title overall...
, which features him singing "Go That Far
Go That Far (Bret Michaels song)
"Go That Far" is the title of a song written by Bret Michaels, and was recorded by Michaels as the first single for his compilation album, Rock My World. "Go That Far" is the theme song for VH1's highest rated reality series "Rock of Love with Bret Michaels"and the album "Rock My World" is the...
" from his solo career, and Poison's "Talk Dirty to Me
Talk Dirty to Me
"Talk Dirty to Me" is the second single from Poison, originally from the album Look What the Cat Dragged In. It was the band's first big international hit.It is a staple on their live shows and was named by VH1 40th greatest hard rock song of all time...
".
Charity work
Michaels and his band visited troops at Al Asad Air Base on October 6, 2007, while on a tour of U.S. bases in Iraq in support of Armed Forces EntertainmentArmed Forces Entertainment
Armed Forces Entertainment is the official United States Department of Defense agency for providing entertainment to U.S. military personnel overseas. Armed Forces Entertainment hosts over 1,200 shows around the world each year, reaching over 500,000 personnel at 355 military installations...
.
He earned $640,000 for the American Diabetes Association
American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association is a United States-based association working to fight the consequences of diabetes, and to help those affected by diabetes...
for competing in and ultimately winning the Celebrity Apprentice 3.
Personal life
Michaels has two daughters with Kristi Lynn Gibson. Raine Elizabeth Sychak was born in May 2000, and Jorja Bleu Sychak was born in May 2005. They live in Scottsdale, ArizonaScottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2010 the population of the city was 217,385...
. Michaels' fear that Raine was "borderline diabetic" was a recurring element during Michaels' tenure on The Celebrity Apprentice 3
The Apprentice (U.S. season 9)
The Celebrity Apprentice 3 is the ninth installment of the United States version of the reality television series, The Apprentice. On April 29, 2009, NBC officially announced the renewal of Celebrity Apprentice for Spring 2010. The show premiered on Sunday, March 14, 2010...
, on which he appeared to raise money for the American Diabetes Association
American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association is a United States-based association working to fight the consequences of diabetes, and to help those affected by diabetes...
. Raine herself appeared on the season finale of that program on May 23, 2010, when her father won that season.
While filming the finale of his reality show, Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It
Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It
Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It is a follow-up to the reality series Rock of Love. The reality docu-series is about Bret Michaels and his family. Filming of the series began before Michaels' health troubles, and filming was suspended after his hospitalization...
, Michaels proposed to Kristi Gibson, the mother of his two children and his on-again, off-again companion of 16 years. The finale aired December 20, 2010.
Bret Michaels was involved with Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Denise Anderson is a Canadian-American actress, model, producer, author, activist, and former showgirl, known for her roles on the television series Home Improvement, Baywatch, and V.I.P. She was chosen as a Playmate of the Month for Playboy magazine in February 1990...
. An abridged version of an explicit sex tape the couple made appeared on the Internet in 1998 and was released on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
on September 7, 2005, by Metro Studios.
Michaels is a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
of the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
and the Minnesota Wild
Minnesota Wild
The Minnesota Wild are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
of the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
. He has a personalized guitar bearing the Steelers' logo, and played the national anthem at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...
. His favorite player was Jack Lambert, and Michaels has been a member of fan club "Lambert's Lunatics."
Health
On April 12, 2010, Michaels was rushed to the hospital after suffering intense stomach pains, and an emergency appendectomy was performed. On April 21 or April 22, 2010, (sources differ), Michaels was again rushed to the hospital, this time with an "excruciating" headache. Doctors discovered that he had suffered a massive subarachnoid hemorrhageSubarachnoid hemorrhage
A subarachnoid hemorrhage , or subarachnoid haemorrhage in British English, is bleeding into the subarachnoid space—the area between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater surrounding the brain...
. He was in critical condition, and while some reports suggested that his condition had stabilized, others later stated that this was premature. On April 28, Michael's representatives reported that he was conscious and speaking, albeit slowly, for the first time since he was hospitalized.
In a news conference on May 5, 2010, Dr. Joseph Zabramski said Michaels has been released from the hospital and that "He's just one of those lucky people" and that "he'll make a complete recovery".
On May 20, 2010, it was reported on his official website that Michaels has been "readmitted to the hospital this week after suffering numbness on the left side of his body". While conducting diagnostic tests it was found that Michaels has a "patent foramen ovale (PFO), a hole in the heart." It was further reported that his condition is "operable and treatable" and his doctors believe they "have diagnosed the problem that caused the transient ischemic attack
Transient ischemic attack
A transient ischemic attack is a transient episode of neurologic dysfunction caused by ischemia – either focal brain, spinal cord or retinal – without acute infarction...
(TIA) or warning stroke", but that they "feel it is highly unlikely this is connected to the brain hemorrhage he suffered just a few weeks earlier". On Oct 11, 2011, Michaels commented on his 2010 health scare with the following: "“2010 was, without question, a roller coaster year for me. But when you have an amazing family, and you still have a lot music left to make, and you have such incredible and supportive fans behind you, you’re going to fight until the very last breath before you throw in that towel.”
Studio albums
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Rock |
US Indie Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels... |
US Hard Rock |
CAN Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
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| 2003 | Songs of Life
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| 2005 | Freedom of Sound Freedom of Sound Freedom of Sound is the third solo studio album by Bret Michaels, lead singer of the rock band Poison.It is a country rock album released in 2005, the same year Bret Michaels was a judge on the Country music reality tv show Nashville Star.... |
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| 2010 | Custom Built Custom Built (album) Custom Built is the fourth studio album by Poison lead singer and reality television star Bret Michaels. It was released on July 6, 2010 and is Michaels' first studio album since 2005's Freedom of Sound, which produced his only charted single to date. The lead-off single from the album, "Nothing to... |
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| 2011 | Get Your Rock On
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Compilation albums
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Rock |
US Indie Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels... |
US Hard Rock |
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| 2001 | Ballads, Blues & Stories Ballads, Blues & Stories Ballads, Blues & Stories is a compilation interview / music CD from Bret Michaels, the lead singer of the rock band Poison. Released in 2001 it consists of Bret Michaels' solo music and Poison songs, with a recorded story before each song, about how the songs were written.The CD contains 20 tracks...
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| 2008 | Rock My World Rock My World (album) Rock My World is the fifth music album by rock artist and Poison vocalist, Bret Michaels. This album is a greatest hits compilation featuring songs from his last two studio albums and also features three new tracks plus a remixed track. All the music heard during his reality television shows Rock... VH1 Classic VH1 Classic is a television network, launched on May 8, 2000. It is operated as part of MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom and primarily features music videos and concert footage from the 1970s through the mid-1990s, though it formerly included a wider range of genres and time periods... |
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Soundtrack albums
| Year | Album details |
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| 1998 | A Letter from Death Row A Letter from Death Row (album) A Letter from Death Row is the debut solo album by Bret Michaels, the lead singer of the rock band Poison. The album is a soundtrack to the movie A Letter from Death Row which Bret Michaels wrote, directed and starred in..-Content:...
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Extended plays
| Year | Album details |
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| 2000 | Country Demos
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| 2008 | Bret Michaels: Acoustic Sessions
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
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| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
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| 1998 | "A Letter from Death Row" | — | A Letter from Death Row |
| "Party Rock Band" (with C.C. DeVille) | — | ||
| 2003 | "Raine" | — | Songs of Life |
| "Bittersweet" | — | ||
| 2004 | "All I Ever Needed All I Ever Needed "All I Ever Needed" is the first single released from Bret Michaels third studio album, Freedom of Sound. The song is a duet with country music singer Jessica Andrews. It was released on October 9, 2004, where it debuted at #57 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.-Music video:The song... " (with Jessica Andrews Jessica Andrews Jessica Danielle Andrews is an American country music singer. At age 15 in mid-1999, she made her debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts with the single "I Will Be There for You", from her debut album Heart Shaped World, released in 1999 on DreamWorks Records Nashville.Andrews... ) |
45 | Freedom of Sound |
| "Right Now, Right Here" | — | ||
| 2005 | "Open Road" | — | |
| 2007 | "Go That Far Go That Far (Bret Michaels song) "Go That Far" is the title of a song written by Bret Michaels, and was recorded by Michaels as the first single for his compilation album, Rock My World. "Go That Far" is the theme song for VH1's highest rated reality series "Rock of Love with Bret Michaels"and the album "Rock My World" is the... " (Rock of Love Rock of Love with Bret Michaels Rock of Love with Bret Michaels is an American reality television dating game show. It stars Bret Michaels, the lead singer from the band Poison. The show closely resembles its sister show Flavor of Love. The first season featured 25 women competing to be Michaels' girlfriend. Each week, the women... theme) |
— | Rock My World |
| "Fallen" | — | ||
| 2008 | "Start Again" | — | |
| "Driven" (rock mix) | — | ||
| 2010 | "Nothing to Lose Nothing to Lose (Bret Michaels song) "Nothing to Lose" is the title of a song written by Bret Michaels, and was recorded by Michaels as the first single for his solo album, Custom Built. The song was originally recorded by Michaels himself, however, he was working with Miley Cyrus who asked to sing on the track with him... " (with Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus Miley Ray Cyrus is an American actress and pop singer-songwriter. She achieved wide fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana.... ) |
— | Custom Built |
| "Lie to Me" | — | ||
| "Wasted Time" | — | ||
| "What I Got" | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Burke's Law | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994 | In God's Hands | |
| 1998 | ||
| 1998 | ||
| 1998 | No Code of Conduct No Code of Conduct No Code of Conduct is a 1998 action film directed by Bret Michaels. The film stars Charlie Sheen, and Martin Sheen as father-and-son vice unit detectives, along with Mark Dacascos who portrays Charlie Sheen's partner... |
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| 1999 | High Tension, Low Budget | Documentary (The Making of a Letter from Death Row) |
| 1999 | Martial Law | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1999 | Behind the Music Behind the Music Behind the Music is a television series on VH1. It originally ran from 1997 to 2006, before it was stopped and only aired new episodes sporadically. The series places its generality on documentation of musical artists or groups who are interviewed and profiled, and discuss how their careers became... : Poison |
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| 2002 | Documentary | |
| 2003 | Yes, Dear Yes, Dear Yes, Dear is a television sitcom that aired from October 2, 2000, to February 15, 2006, on CBS. It starred Anthony Clark, Jean Louisa Kelly, Mike O'Malley and Liza Snyder.... |
TV series |
| 2005 | Nashville Star Nashville Star Nashville Star is an American reality television program. It was transmitted during mid-2008 on NBC, following five seasons on USA Network. It premiered on March 8, 2003, and its five seasons on USA made it the longest-running competition series on cable television. In Canada, the show aired on CMT... |
TV series, season 3 |
| 2007 | Rock of Love with Bret Michaels Rock of Love with Bret Michaels (season 1) Rock of Love with Bret Michaels is a competition-driven reality television series starring Bret Michaels, the lead singer of the band Poison. The 12-episode series, which premiered July 15, 2007 on VH1 , was created by Cris Abrego and Mark Cronin .-Overview:Filmed at locations in and around... |
TV series |
| 2008 | Rock of Love 2 Rock of Love with Bret Michaels (season 2) The second season of Rock of Love with Bret Michaels was confirmed by VH1 in October 2007. On December 8, 2007, VH1 started playing advertisements for Rock of Love 2 with Bret Michaels... |
TV series |
| 2008 | Don't Forget The Lyrics | Fox TV |
| 2008 | Ellen-Fox Shows | February 14, 2008 |
| 2008 | Saturday Night Live | |
| 2009 | Rock of Love Bus with Bret Michaels Rock of Love Bus with Bret Michaels Rock of Love Bus with Bret Michaels is the third season of Rock of Love with Bret Michaels and was confirmed by VH1's website in a blog on July 16, 2008. In the show, eligible women live on tour buses and travel with Bret Michaels, competing for his attention and affection. The show premiered on... |
TV series |
| 2008 | VH1's "100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs | Host (5-part special; December 2008 – January 2009) |
| 2009 | E True Hollywood Story: Bret Michaels | |
| 2009 | singing "Wheels of Thunder" in Little Zoo Coupe | |
| 2009 | Behind the Music Behind the Music Behind the Music is a television series on VH1. It originally ran from 1997 to 2006, before it was stopped and only aired new episodes sporadically. The series places its generality on documentation of musical artists or groups who are interviewed and profiled, and discuss how their careers became... : Bret Michaels |
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| 2009 | American Pie Presents: The Book of Love | as himself |
| 2010 | as himself | |
| 2010 | Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It is a follow-up to the reality series Rock of Love. The reality docu-series is about Bret Michaels and his family. Filming of the series began before Michaels' health troubles, and filming was suspended after his hospitalization... |
as himself |
Music videos
| Year | Song | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | "Raine" | Shane Stanley | |
| 2003 | "Menace to Society" | Live montage video | |
| 2005 | "All I Ever Needed" | Christie Cook | 2nd version with Iraq footage released in 2008 |
| 2008 | "Go That Far" (Rock of Love Rock of Love with Bret Michaels Rock of Love with Bret Michaels is an American reality television dating game show. It stars Bret Michaels, the lead singer from the band Poison. The show closely resembles its sister show Flavor of Love. The first season featured 25 women competing to be Michaels' girlfriend. Each week, the women... theme)" |
Shane Stanley | 3 versions – with Rock of Love clips, with live clips and standard with no clips |
| 2008 | "Fallen" | Shane Stanley | 2 versions – with and without Rock of Love clips |
| 2008 | "Driven (Rock Mix)" | Shane Stanley | cut and uncut versions |
| 2010 | "Riding Against the Wind" (Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It is a follow-up to the reality series Rock of Love. The reality docu-series is about Bret Michaels and his family. Filming of the series began before Michaels' health troubles, and filming was suspended after his hospitalization... Theme) |
Shane Stanley | |
| 2010 | "What I Got" | Bret Michaels | |