POISON... THE REVIEW!

8-16-08
RIVERBEND
CINCINNATI, OHIO

WE ARRIVED (AMY AN I) TO THE SHOW AN SEBASTIAN BACH HAD ALREADY STARTED. WHAT A PERFORMANCE! EXCELLENT STAGE PRESENCE AN ALWAYS A TREAT TO SEE THIS GUY STILL DOIN IT AFTER 20 YEARS. DOKKEN CAME ON NEXT... SHORTER PERFORMANCE THAN USUAL. I EXPECTED IT TO BE A LITTLE LONGER, BUT LIKE ALWAYS, IF YOU'RE A DOKKEN FAN, YOU WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS PERFORMANCE! DON DOKKEN STILL HAS IT. GREAT VOICE AND AN EXCELLENT BAND! FINALLY, POISON TOOK THE STAGE WITH A HUGE BANG! 22 YEARS OF COMMIN TO CINCINNATI, THEY STILL PUT ON ONE HELL OF A SHOW! FOR ALL THE 80'S METAL HEADS OUT THERE, THIS WAS YER SHOW AN THANK YOU, BRET, FOR THE KIND WORDS FOR THE LATE MR. K! HE IS MISSED. CEE CEE, LOOKED LIKE HE WAS A LIL WORE OUT. I THINK HIS DAYS OF RUNNING ON STAGE WITH THE WILD HAIR IS ABOUT TO SOON COME TO AN END. BUT AS FOR EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE BAND, GREAT JOB AND THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL NIGHT!

NOW... LET'S GET TO THE BRUTAL PUNISHMENT.

#1. PAUL D, WE HAVE WITNESSES WHO SAW YOU SINGING POISON SONGS (IT'S OK... WE STILL LOVE YOU!).

#2. BRET MICHAELS AFTER-PARTY AT THE BLUE NOTE WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST JOKE EVER! THE BEST PART ABOUT IT, AN I WILL SALUTE DOUG ON THIS, BECAUSE HANDS DOWN DOUG IS THE MAN FOR PUTTING THE SHOW ON THERE AND BRINGING IN ALL THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE HE MADE AWESOME BAR SALES THAT NIGHT, WHICH REALLY LOOKED GOOD. AT NO POINT DO I BLAME DOUG OR THE BLUE NOTE STAFF FOR ANY OF THE PROBLEMS THAT OCCURRED. THE DJ WHO HOSTED THE AFTER PARTY IN THE VIP ROOM WHILE WAITING FOR BRET'S ARRIVAL WAS A JACKASS! I REALLY HOPE HE DIDN'T MAKE A DIME BECAUE IF HE DID, HE RIPPED THEM OFF. HE SUCKED! MY ADVICE TO THE BLUE NOTE, NEVER EVER HAVE HIM THERE EVER AGAIN! MOVING ON... BRET MICHAELS... YOU'RE AN ASS! YOU SHOW UP FOR 12 MINUTES IN THE VIP SECTION OF THE BAR AFTER PEOPLE PAYED BOOKOO BUCKS TO MEET AN GREET YOU. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED... WELL NO, YOU SHOULD BE UTTERLY EMBARRASSED FOR THAT AFTER SHOW PERFORMANCE! THESE PEOPLE PAID HARD EARNED MONEY, AN YOU MADE THEM WAIT ALL NIGHT... YOU DIDN'T SHOW UP TIL ALMOST 1:30! ESPECIALLY BRINGING IN BIG JOHN WITH YOU, WHO HAS THE IQ OF A FUCKIN BOWLING BALL HOLE! THE WORST PART IS YOU GOT PAID TO DO THIS! YOU WERE PAID TO SHOW UP AT THIS PARTY AND MINGLE WITH YOUR FANS AN YOU DIDN'T. THAT'S PITIFUL AND PATHETIC! THAT'S WHY I'M SURE THAT CEE CEE'S PARTY WAS PROBABLY 100 TIMES BETTER. NOW, I HEARD THIS STATEMENT MORE THAN ONCE THAT NIGHT, AN THIS COMES FROM ALL THE HOE BAGS WHO ONLY CAME BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BE ON ROCK OF LOVE. I HEARD MORE THAN ONCE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE BRET THE BEST BLOWJOB OR FUCK HIS BRAINS OUT TO BE ON THE SHOW. WHAT A JOKE! I'VE SEEN BETTER WOMEN ON A JENNY CRAIG COMMERCIAL THAN WHAT WAS THERE LAST NIGHT. NOT ONLY WERE THEY TRASHY, BUT THEY WERE JUST DOWN RIGHT SMELLY AND DISGUSTING. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE ALL THOSE PEOPLE THERE BUT THE ONLY REASON THEY CAME WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMEBODY FAMOUS THERE. THAT'S A SHAME BECAUSE LOCAL TALENT NEEDS THE SAME SUPPORT AN THEY ARE THERE WEEK AFTER WEEK WORKING THEIR ASSES OFF FOR MUCH LESS THAN BRET WAS PAID! THESE PEOPLE PAID TO SEE A FAMOUS PERSON... $20 JUST TO GET IN THE DOOR AN WAY MORE TO GET INTO THE VIP SECTION! YOU CAN COME TO GREAT SHOWS FOR $5 EVERY WEEKEND... AND THE BAND MEMBERS WILL MINGLE WITH YOU ALL NIGHT! I CHALLENGE EVERY ONE THAT WAS THERE AT THE BRET MICHAEL'S AFTER PARTY TO BE AT THE BLUE NOTE FOR THE NEXT LOCAL SHOW. BRING YER ASSES BACK OUT... SUPPORT CINCINNATI'S LOCAL BANDS! PROVE IT TO THEM THAT YOU'RE THEIR FANS AS WELL AS POISON FANS. HORNS UP FUCKERS!

P.S. THESE ARE SHOUT OUTS: I WANNA SAY HEY TO KRIS LANE, SHANE MOSLEY, PERK, AN TO MR. RILEY HIMSELF... THANKS FOR THE BEER! HATS OFF TO THE BLUE NOTE SECURITY STAFF FOR DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB OF CONTROLLING THE CROWD WHILE BRET MICHAEL'S WAS BEING JERKED OFF BY BIG JOHN IN THE TOUR BUS PARKED RIGHT OUTSIDE. HORNS UP FUCKERS!