"Bret Michael Sychak" (born March 15, 1963 in Butler, Pennsylvania) is best known as the lead vocalist of the glam metal Rock band
Poison and for starring in the VH1 reality show "Rock of Love with Bret Michaels".
==Music career==
The band Paris began in 1983, with Michaels forming the band in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1984. The original lineup for Paris was Leighton Zema on lead vocals, Bret Michaels on guitar, Brian Bircher on drums, Jonathan Combs on synthesizer/gong, and Patrick 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 clubs there. Poison became one of the biggest of the 80's hair metal bands in the world and also recording several hit albums such as the 8 million seller "Open Up and Say...Ahh!".
Michaels recorded his first solo album in 1998 "A Letter from Death Row" the soundtrack to the same-titled movie he directed, wrote, and starred in. In 2003, he released the studio album "Songs of Life". Michaels 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".
Michaels had a short but notorious relationship with Pamela Anderson. An abridged version of an explicit sex tape the couple made appeared on the Internet and was released on DVD on September 7, 2005 by Metro Studios. Michaels later stopped the sexually explicit tape from being distributed, although the "teaser" version of it is still widely available on the Internet.
Michaels is a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League and the Edmonton Oilers. He has a personalized guitar bearing the team's logo, and played the national anthem at Three Rivers Stadium. His favorite player was Jack Lambert, and Michaels has been a member of fan club "Lambert's Lunatics."
== Rock of Love ==
Michaels' personal life has been the subject of a VH1 reality dating series, "Rock of Love with Bret Michaels". The first season's relationship with Jes didn't last past the reunion show. While the second season's relationship with Ambre lasted past that, it apparently has ended as Michaels has filmed a third season called "Rock of Love Bus with Bret Michaels."
==Discography==
===Albums===
*1998 - "A Letter from Death Row" (Soundtrack)
*2000 - "Country Demos" (Demos)
*2001 - "Ballads, Blues & Stories" (music/stories compilation)
*2003 - "Songs of Life"
*2005 - "Freedom of Sound"
*2008 - "Rock My World" (Rock of Love soundtrack/Best of album)
===Singles===
* "Party Rock Band" (featuring C.C. DeVille) (1998)
* "Raine" (2003)
* "Bittersweet" (2003)
* "All I Ever Needed" (2004)
* "Open Road" (2005)
* "Go That Far" (2007)
* "Fallen" (2007)
* "Start Again" (2008)
===Poison===
*"Look What the Cat Dragged In" (1986)
*"Open Up and Say...Ahh!" (1988)
*"Flesh & Blood" (1990)
*"Swallow This Live" (1991)
*"Native Tongue" (1993)
*"Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986-1996" (1996)
*"Crack a Smile...and More!" (2000)
*"Power to the People" (2000)
*"Hollyweird" (2002)
*"Best of Ballads & Blues" (2003)
*"The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock" (2006)
*"Poison'd!" (2007)
*"Live, Raw & Uncut CD" (2008)
==Filmography==
Features:
*"Burke's Law" - 1 episode (1994)
*"In God's Hands" (1994)
*"A Letter from Death Row" (1998)
*"The World's Greatest Magic 5" (1998)
*"No Code of Conduct" (1998)
*"Martial Law" - 1 Episode (1999)
*"Poison: VH1 Behind the Music (1999)
*"Yes, Dear" - TV Series (2003)
*"Nashville Star" - TV Series Season 3 (2005)
*"Rock of Love with Bret Michaels" - TV Series (season one) (2007)
*"Rock of Love 2" - TV Series (season two) (2008)
Referenced from Wikipedia:
Bret Michaels
