Metal Anarchy

Poison have cancelled their plans to celebrate the 40th anniversary of “Look What The Cat Dragged In” on tour this year. Drummer Rikki Rockett says the trek never came to fruition because frontman Bret Michaels “wanted the lion’s share of the money.”

Rockett told Page Six the following:

“We had a great offer, I thought. But we left the table. It didn’t work.”

Really what it came to was [guitarist] C.C. [DeVille], [bassist] Bobby [Dall], and I were all in, and I thought Bret was, but he wanted the lion’s share of the money, to the point where it makes it not possible to even do it. It’s like $6 to every one of our dollars. You just can’t work that way.

I don’t do this just for the money. I do have a love for this, absolutely. But at the same time, you don’t want to go out and work really hard just to make somebody else a bunch of money.”

Despite this, he confirmed that he’s not angry:

“Every member of this band has given me so much privilege in life. It’s like hating your parents.”

He also added the following when asked about the possibility of recruiting a new singer:

“It’s not out of the question. But doing that is like surgery: it’s the last resort. I don’t want to do that. I’m not quarreling with Bret… We just didn’t come to agreement. I don’t like it, and I’ll say that, but it’s not like, ‘Let’s put up our dukes.’ I don’t think there’s a better frontman for Poison.”