Frontman Bret Michaels has sold over 25 million albums with his band Poison. One of his solo songs "Go That Far" was included on Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock along with a 1986 hit "Talk Dirty To Me". He has also starred on VH1's Rock of Love and Rock of Love 2 reality television series.

Bret Michaels was born in Butler, Pennsylvania on March 15, 1963. At the age of six, Michaels was diagnosed with Type I diabetes, a condition which has required him to take insulin on a daily basis.

Michaels has two daughters with former romantic interest Kristi Lynn Gibson. His first daughter, Raine Elizabeth Sychak was born on May 20, 2000, his second daughter Jorja Bleu Sychak was born May 5, 2005.

Michaels currently appears as one of the contestants on season three of the Celebrity Apprenticehttp://www.examiner.com/x-24089-Atlanta-Reality--Talk-Show-TV-Examiner~y2009m10d16-New-cast-of-Celebrity-Apprentice-leaks-during-first-days-of-filming-in-NYC

As of May 1, 2010, Bret Michaels is still being hospitalized at the Barrow Neurological Institute's intensive care unit in Phoenix, Arizona having suffered, what doctors have described as a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage, which in laymen terms is bleeding at the base of the brain stem, on April 22nd. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20363506,00.html

Dr. Joseph Zabramski, the head neurosurgeon attending Michaels, commented that "Bret's fight to stay conscious during the hemorrhage and get to the emergency room," was key to saving his live. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/04/30/brett.michaels.condition/index.html The road to recovery for Michaels is still complicated. Dr. Zambraski added that the singer's recovery still faces, "a few roadblocks." http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/04/30/brett.michaels.condition/index.html

In cases of a brain hemorrhage similar to what Michaels suffered, it is not out of the ordinary for doctors not to isolate the source of the bleeding. In certain instances the source itself may be too small to properly detect or the hemorrhage itself can curtail further pressure and bleeding.http://us.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/26/bret.michaels.injury.ppl/index.html?hpt=Sbin

Several web sites reported on April 24, 2010 that Bret Michaels was awake and talking with family at his bedside. http://celebs.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978194986

On April 23, 2010 reports from People Magazine were the first to indicate that Bret Michaels was then at an undisclosed hospital in critical condition after being rushed to the facility the night before after experiencing severe headaches.http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20363506,00.html

This episode comes shortly after Michaels had to undergo an emergency appendectomy on April 12, 2010. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/04/bret-michaels-rushed-back-to-the-hospital/1 That incident occurred in San Antonio, Texas. Michaels was still reportedly rehabilitating from that surgical intervention at a facility that specializes in surgical rehabilitation for diabetic patients.

At the moment, there are no reports if the singer's brain hemorrhage is in anyway related to the appendectomy procedure or his preexisting diabetic condition.

• 1986: Look What the Cat Dragged In
• 1988: Open Up and Say...Ahh!
• 1990: Flesh & Blood
• 1991: Swallow This Live
• 1993: Native Tongue
• 1996: Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986-1996
• 1998: A Letter From Death Row (soundtrack album)
• 2000: Country Demos
• 2000: Crack a Smile...and More!
• 2000: Power to the People
• 2001: Ballads, Blues & Stories (Interview / music compilation)
• 2002: Hollyweird
• 2003: Songs Of Life
• 2003: Best of Ballads & Blues
• 2005: Freedom Of Sound
• 2006: The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock
• 2007: Poison'd!
• 2008: Rock My World