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'''Bret Michael Sychak''', also known as '''Bret Michaels''', (born [[March 15]], [[1963]] in [[Butler, Pennsylvania]]) is best known as the lead [[vocalist]] of the [[Rock (music)|Rock]] band [[Poison (band)|Poison]] and starred in the reality show ''[[Rock of Love with Bret Michaels]]'' on [[VH1]].
'''Bret Michael Sychak''', also known as '''Bret Michaels''', (born [[March 15]], [[1963]] in [[Butler, Pennsylvania]]) is best known as the lead [[vocalist]] of the [[Rock (music)|Rock]] band [[Poison (band)|Poison]] and starring in the reality show ''[[Rock of Love with Bret Michaels]]'' on [[VH1]].


==Music career==
==Music career==

Revision as of 00:59, 7 March 2008

Bret Michaels

Bret Michael Sychak, also known as Bret Michaels, (born March 15, 1963 in Butler, Pennsylvania) is best known as the lead vocalist of the Rock band Poison and starring in the reality show Rock of Love with Bret Michaels on VH1.

Music career

Michaels formed the band Paris in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1984. The original lineup for Paris was Leighton "Tugger" Zema on lead vocals, Bret Michaels on guitar, Brian Bircher on drums, and Pat Bircher on bass. All original members, except Michaels, were from Steelton, PA, but they were all replaced by the members of what later became Poison. The band moved to Los Angeles in 1984 to begin touring the clubs there. Poison became famous recording several albums and touring around the world.

Bret Michaels recorded his first solo album in 1998 'A Letter From Death Row' a soundtrack to the movie he directed, wrote and starred in.

In 2003 Michaels released the solo album Songs Of Life.

He also 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.[1]

The song "Go That Far" appears in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.[2] Bret Michaels also makes an appearance as the lead singer for this song and "Talk Dirty to Me" by Poison in the same game, re-recording the vocals for the in-game cover of the second-mentioned song.

Other ventures

Michaels and actor Charlie Sheen 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, as well as releasing a soundtrack album. They also produced No Code Of Conduct in the same year. Their company also produced the feature film Free Money, starring Marlon Brando and Mira Sorvino.

Michaels appeared in an episode of the CBS sitcom Yes, Dear.[1][3]

The cable-TV network VH1 announced on February 14, 2007 that Michaels would star as the bachelor in the reality television dating-competition series Rock of Love With Bret Michaels.[4][5]

Jes was the winner of the series; She also had a boyfriend outside the show and claimed that the casting directors chose her off the street. However, she announced during the reunion show that she and Michaels were not right for each other and he should have chosen the runner up, Heather. Michaels is also the star in the second season of Rock of Love, which premiered on January 13, 2008.

Personal life

Michaels has suffered from Type 1 diabetes since the age of six (as Michaels later attested in the Behind the Music special, backstage photos of the singer injecting insulin led many to think that he was a heroin addict). As a child, his family relocated to Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania near Harrisburg. He attended Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School and was interested in music from an early age.

Michaels was associated with singer Susie Hatton during the early 1990s. He has two daughters with Kristi Lynn Gibson. Raine Elizabeth Sychak was born on May 20, 2000, and Jorja Bleu Sychak was born May 5, 2005.[1] As of 2007, Michaels and Gibson are separated and share custody of their children.

Michaels had a short but notorious relationship with Pamela Anderson. An explicit sex tape the couple made appeared on the Internet [1] and it was released as a DVD on September 7, 2005 by Metro Studios. Michaels later stopped the sexually explicit tape from continued distribution, though it is still widely available on the internet.

Michaels is a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League.[6] He has a personalized guitar bearing the team's logo, and played the national anthem at Three Rivers Stadium.[7] His favorite player was Jack Lambert, and Michaels has been a member of fan club "Lambert's Lunatics."[8]

In 2007, Michaels was part of an Armed Forces Entertainment tour through Kuwait and Iraq.

Discography

Solo albums

Singles

Poison

Filmography

Features:

  • Burke's Law - 1 episode (1994)
  • In God's Hands (1994)
  • A Letter From Death Row (1998)[9]
  • The World's Greatest Magic 5 (1998)
  • No Code of Conduct (1998)[10]
  • Martial Law - 1 Episode (1999)
  • Poison: VH1 Behind the Music (1999)
  • Nashville Star - TV Series Season 3 (2005)
  • Rock of Love with Bret Michaels - TV Series Season one (2007)
  • Poison: Live, Raw and Uncut (2007)
  • Rock of Love 2 - TV Series Season two (2008)[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c Bret Michaels at IMDb
  2. ^ http://www.guitarherogame.com/gh3/ Guitar Hero Game
  3. ^ Yes, Dear episode "Greg's Big Day" at IMDb
  4. ^ StarPulse.com News
  5. ^ RealityBlurred.com
  6. ^ Bretmichaels.com "It was also said that Bret could be considered the front man for the Steelers for his devotion and love for the team."
  7. ^ Bretmichaels.com "Bret who hails from Pittsburgh was asked to sing the national anthem at one of the last Steelers games held at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium before it was demolished."
  8. ^ Diabetes Health "When Bret was a kid, his most influential role model was a Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker by the name of Jack Lambert. Says Bret, "He was one of these people that just had this ferocious go-for-it attitude. And that's the attitude that helped to develop my thinking. Bret Michaels is dumb. When they would be losing games, you could just see him come on the field and motivate that team to win. Finding a way. You're not going to win every game, you're not going to have a platinum record every time you put a song out, but it's the going for it that is really the pot of gold. As I've gone along, as I've experienced life, I've learned that it's the going after it that's the really awesome thing."
  9. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119521/ IMBD Film Reference
  10. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131502/ IMBD Film Reference
  11. ^ http://blog.vh1.com/2007-10-09/rock-of-love-2-rocker/ Rock Of Love 2
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