“Ratt was a damn good band though.”
Toward the end the drug abuse took it’s toll. I saw them live in ‘88 with (shudder) Poison and Ratt was the headliner. Frankly 2/3 of the crowd split after about 10 minutes of Ratt.
Yanno, Poison wasn't innovative, intricate, or exceptionally talented (they had average talent) but they can put on one hell of a show, TODAY, in 2008. While I tend to like the harder hair metal (like Ratt, Skid Row, Dokken, etc.) as well as Iron Maiden, etc...I do enjoy Poison and admit their concerts are great.
And speaking of bad 80s hair...I present, the one, the only, Poison, ca. 1987:
