Poison is an American rock band which originally achieved popular success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band has sold over 25 million records to date worldwide.

Formed by a group of aspiring rock musicians from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Poison moved to Los Angeles, California in search of fame. The band's roots, and those of glam metal in general, lay in America's east, and in particular, the sounds and images associated with the New York Dolls, KISS, Boston, Aerosmith, and Cheap Trick. These influences were transplanted to California in the late 1970s, mutated following the release of Van Halen's debut in 1978, and ultimately ignited into a colourful music scene on L.A.'s Sunset Strip in the 1980s. The band's later work would also exhibit a Southern rock and blues influence.

Poison's music is characterised by straightforward melodies and catchy guitar riffs. The band's tunes are often not remembered as well as their garish costumes, overblown hair, feminizing make-up, and frenetic stageshow, all delivered via the metal-heavy MTV of the mid to late 1980s. To many, Poison was the epitome of the Sunset Strip glam metal scene. For their fans, this meant a straightforward celebration of hedonism; for their critics, it meant music which was uninspired and unimportant.

January 03, 2007 Poison announced on their official My Space page that they would like the fans to help pick songs for the new album they are to go into the studio to record an album of your favorite classic rock songs. The fans replied with suggestions like Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Freebird," The Sweet's "Ballroom Blitz," and AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" along with what might be an obvious choice -- Alice Cooper's "Poison."

Poison had a lot of success in 2006 with a cover of Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band." and are no strangers to recording covers on their albums. Other songs they have covered are "Your Mama Don't Dance" (Loggins and Messina), "Squeeze Box" (The Who), "Cover of the Rolling Stone" (Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show) and "Rock and Roll All Nite" (KISS). Rikki Rockett also recorded a solo album of covers in 2003 entitled Glitter 4 Your Soul.

January 28, 2007 Rikki Rockett:

“The Album will be ready for a summer Poison tour. That is the plan, anyway. p.s. The songs we are doing are NOT what you expect!”

On February 14, 2007, it was released by VH1 that Bret Michaels is going to have his own reality show called "Rock of Love With Bret Michaels" where women will have to compete for his love and prove they can keep up with his rock star life.[4][5]

C.C. Deville and longtime girlfriend Shannon Malone welcomed their first child, a boy named Vallon Deville Johannesson, on March 15.

During 2007 Poison are to go on a summer tour with Ratt and will also release the covers album POISON'D on June 5th through Capitol Records. Tramp's White Lion has been added to the tour.