Bret Michaels, when asked what he thought, pulled no punches on what he thought about bands talking smack about any other bands. According to the Poison frontman, and Rock of Love star and “prize”, they’re all in it to make music, together, and they should all respect each other. He thought it was funny that Elliott was playing the “sell-out” card, when Def Leppard had recently lip-synched their entire performance on Dancing with the Stars. Touché.

Check out the beginnings of this mayhem.

Exhibit A

Analysis

Perhaps Joe Elliott’s mistake –besides having lip-synched, himself- was in judging Poison’s intent. While it may seem that a band puts sales and image before substance, maybe the music really did come first –for the band- but some third-party pre-packagers applied the image-thing to cover up the fact that they suck. So, if you don’t like something, just say that. Of course, I have to admit to judging image-over-substance. I think, though, that the blame belongs to the people who sell it, more than to the performers. I believe that most of the biggest “sell-outs” are in it for the music. If they’re hacks, they don’t know that they’re hacks. They truly believe they’re original, and don’t suck. Of course, sucking is in the eyes of the beholders.

Maybe, Poison 2008, really is just the culmination of money-making stunts, a bad hat, a bad bandanna, and a bad song that gets played to death. (See Bret Michaels’ Image Rocks Dairy State –Got Bret???.) Oh, well. Joe says “vapid”, Bret says “just plain fun”. Joe says “sell-out”. Bret says “we’re all in it for the music”.

So, ROCK ON!, or SUCK ON! Whichever you do, Joe Elliott and I may not listen, but be yourself, be sincere, and someone will. Just because everyone doesn’t like you, doesn’t make you bad.

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