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BRET MICHAELS On TONY AWARDS Lawsuit: 'I'm Sorry It Came To This' - Mar. 28, 2011
POISON frontman Bret Michaels' attorney, Alex Weingarten, issued a statement on the singer's behalf on Friday, following the filing of Bret's lawsuit against the Tony Awards in conjunction with a mishap that occurred during the 2009 show, which resulted in a head injury for Michaels. The statement reads: "The Tony Awards dropped a piece of the stage on Bret's head, and then instead of doing the right thing, joked about it and played it off for ratings … Bret never wanted to file a lawsuit, but the Tony Awards have left us with no choice. They must be held accountable for almost killing Bret, and that is what we are going to do."
A copy of the lawsuit can be viewed as a PDF file at this location.
In other news, Michaels, 48, discussed the legal dispute after being honored Saturday at a juvenile-diabetes fundraiser sponsored by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. According to D Magazine, Bret said that talks to resolve the matter earlier broke down because, "let's just say, they were pretty cold," Michaels said, referring to the defendants in the lawsuit. In the end, he decided mainly to ask to be compensated for work time lost due to his injuries, which included stitches with a cut lip and a broken nose. Michaels explained that the broadcast could have been "delayed" to avoid embarrassing him. "They never needed to show me getting hurt," he added. "They didn't offer to pay my medical costs or anything. … I'm sorry it came to this."
The suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, states that Michaels was told by the producers that he should simply exit from the stage rear after he was done with his performance. The suit states that Michaels was never told the scenery piece would be descending or given "any warning of the existence of the dangers it presented."
According to the lawsuit, Bret nearly died in April 2010 from a subarachnoid brain hemorrhage, which he believes was caused by the injuries he suffered at the Tony Awards. In his suit, Michaels claims, "One of the most common causes of this type of hemorrhage is head trauma — exactly like the one Michaels suffered at the hands of the Tony Awards." Michaels notes, "Through his sheer will to live, to see his children grow up, [he] was able to survive this trauma."
Shortly after the Tony Awards incident, Tonys spokeswoman Christina Stejskal said the rocker "missed his mark," which resulted in him failing to get back to the stage in time (as did the rest of POISON) and trying to jump up, only to have a descending set piece smack him on the head and knock him to the ground.
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BRET MICHAELS Says 'One Day' POISON Will Write All-New Music Again - Apr. 7, 2011
Tom Conway of the South Bend Tribune recently conducted an interview with POISON singer Bret Michaels. A few excerpts from the chat follow below.
On suffering a brain hemorrhage that nearly killed him in April 2010:
Bret: "It was totally life-changing, as you might expect. The doctors said, 'If you have children, you need to bring them down.' Those are words you never want to hear. It transcends scary. It's really the deepest, most wrenching kind of fear."
"When I got out of the hospital, I feel like a lot of people expected me to sit at home and wait for the sky to fall, and that's not me," he says. "If anything, the experience said to me, 'Life is short and life is fragile, so you better go live it.' ... Rock and roll has been my life. It has truly been my savior. So for me, getting back on tour probably saved me, at least on a mental/spiritual level. If I sat around the house letting the world pass me by, my soul would have deteriorated. There would have been nothing left of me."
On reuniting with his POISON bandmates this summer for a 25th-anniversary tour with MÖTLEY CRÜE:
Bret: "I think I did imagine a lifelong career with them. Life is about loyalty to me. You stick together. I'm still amazed by POISON and by what we've done together in our career so far. We turned nothing into something. And we never faked it."
"As far as writing all-new material, I'm not sure when that will happen. But I'm sure that it will one day. I love writing music and I love those guys as though they're my brothers. When the time is right and the inspiration hits, I'm sure we'll all find ourselves back in the studio together."
On his appearances on such reality shows as VH1's "Rock Of Love With Bret Michaels" and "The Celebrity Apprentice":
Bret: "'Rock Of Love' granted me access to a whole new generation of fans, who I have embraced and I feel have embraced me. We had a blast on the show, and all the girls were great to be around. I always say that they were the real rock stars.
"Right now in my life, as everyone saw on 'Life as I Know It', I'm focused on trying to make my family be as good as it can be. Kristi [Bret's on-again girlfriend] was there by my side when my world almost came crashing down."
"'Celebrity Apprentice' was unbelievably awesome. I had the best time. I was excited to show the world that I'm driven and determined and a hard worker. ... It was coming off of 'Rock Of Love', which was such a blast, but I wanted to let the world know there was more to me than just partying it up. I've worked very hard my whole life. I felt up to the challenge, and, obviously, I did something right. ... And the fact that I was working to support diabetes research and that my winnings were to a cause that's so important to me, that was a huge motivator."
Read the entire interview from South Bend Tribune.
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If it's anything like Bret's solo albums - please don't.
Considering all the great, melodic/glam rock out there coming out of Europe, I don't really see why these guys couldn't write another Flesh + Blood with melodic catchy tunes, mixed with bluesy stuff.
But they got to do it like they give a shit. Unlike like Russ, I do NOT think Crack A Smile was their finest hour.
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MÖTLEY CRÜE Fans To Decide Band's Setlist - Apr. 15, 2011
MÖTLEY CRÜE has decided to let the fans decide the band's setlist for this summer's tour via online vote. According to CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx, a voting page will be placed at the group's official web site, Motley.com, on Monday, April 18. He says, "You wanted it, you got it, fuckers..."
