Poison and Ratt
Funny you mentioned those 2. Met both bands in Charleston WV. Same show. Poison’s first national tour.
All pretty fun guys. We had a blast, plenty of BEAUTIFUL women backstage. Back in the days before we realized we weren’t going to live to 30 if we didn’t quit being stupid.
Only one I didn’t meet that night was Stephan Pearcy, and I met him in Charlotte on a solo club tour many years later.
Call them crappola if you like, but CC Deville, and Robin Crosby were two of the best.
Dude, no doubt you are right. A lot of those bands I probably just judged on appearance and dismissed their music like a tool anyhow.
Freegards
CC Deville was a laughably bad guitar player, a true poser. The guy who played for Ratt (I’m blanking on his name) was truly talented, OTOH.