Bret Michaels is releasing his autobiography this fall, and as MetalSucks notes, it will be sure to not be as interesting as either The Dirt or anything Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille would commit to paper. More »
I noted during last night’s Idol eliminations that the harmonizers of Boyz II Men would be on Don’t Forget The Lyrics, the song-remembering game show that sends its viewers rushing to Google during its commercial breaks. More »
Bret Michaels will be taking a break from affronting reality TV viewers and old Poison fans to affront Guitar Hero players in the game’s third installment, where he’ll be wanking out a version of “Talk Dirty To Me.” Wait, Michaels and not C.C.? My god this unconscionable ass is an attention whore. More »
Alert! Last night’s Rock Of Love contained actual musical content; Bret took three of the lucky ladies, including the one with “clown tits,” to a session at the Jim Henson studios with Don Was. More »
Rock of Love, VH1’s latest attempt to create an emotional equivalent to the Faces of Death series, consists of once and future Poison lead singer Bret Michaels and the women competing for his affections. It’s the rock remix of and follow-up to Flavor of Love, on which Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav tried to find someone to marry, sorta. But the genre switch has also changed something about the ladies participating (well, in addition to the racial inversion): this time, there are groupies, and there are rockers.
An e-mail from a reader today, subject line “bret michaels horrible/wonderful reality show”: “Have you seen it? As per VH1 policy, they’re rerunning it six times a day. It’s just ghastly, but you truly cannot turn away. From Michaels’ pathetic, forced enthusiasm to his bizarre wigs to the varying levels of desperation in each contestant, well, this thing is quite special.” I haven’t seen all of the first episode, in fact–I caught the first two segments when it streamed online last week, and we did break the news that Bret was the “’90s rock star” the ladies would be competing for–but it’s waiting on the TiVo, almost begging me to write about it. Should I heed its call? I’m still a little indie-logged from the Pitchfork festival, so clearly this calls for an Idolator focus group. Check out the pros and cons, as well as a handy poll, after the jump.
The first episode of Rock Of Love, VH1’s “ladies love Bret Michaels” tramp-a-thon, is now streaming online. Five-minutes-in impression: It’s going to be real hard not to root for the one whose favorite song is “Every Thorn Has Its Rose.” More »
The first episode of Rock Of Love, VH1’s “ladies love Bret Michaels” tramp-a-thon, is now streaming online. Five-minutes-in impression: It’s going to be real hard not to root for the one whose favorite song is “Every Thorn Has Its Rose.” More »
