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A Shot of Poison (10th Anniversary Edition)
- Print Reviews
- December 17, 2020
Nostalgia is a powerful force, and Christopher Long’s account of hair metal icons Poison and their 2006 tour puts Ian Koss in a reflective mood.
Tom Keifer
- Music Reviews
- November 3, 2017
The Way Life Goes (Deluxe Edition) (Cleopatra Records). Review by Joe Frietze.
Poison
- Music Reviews
- June 29, 2007
Poison’d (EMI). Review by Christopher Long.
W.A.S.P.
- Music Reviews
- May 6, 2005
The Neon God: Pt. 2 – The Demise (Sanctuary Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Lynch Pilson
- Music Reviews
- August 21, 2003
Wicked Underground (Spitfire). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Bruce Dickinson
- Music Reviews
- November 12, 2002
Tattooed Millionaire (Columbia). Review by Joe Frietze.
Iron Savior
- Music Reviews
- September 24, 2002
Condition Red (Sanctuary / Noise). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
The Sins of Thy Past
- Features
- March 4, 2002
Stein Haukland risks great personal derision by revealing the ten guiltiest of his musical guilty pleasures. Be gentle.
Britny Fox
- Music Reviews
- January 16, 2002
The Best of Britny Fox (Columbia/Portrait/Legacy). Review by David Lee Beowulf.
Warrant
- Interviews
- July 26, 2001
The popularity of the down boys may have itself gone down, but Warrant never really went away. Christopher R. Weingarten catches up with one of hair metal’s biggest names (and formerly biggest manes), Jani Lane.

Un-Warrant-ed!
- Event Reviews
- April 23, 2001
All Isaac Airbourne wanted to do was to take his girlfriend out to see his favorite hair metal band from the ninth grade, but fate had other plans for him. Guess "Heaven" actually is too far away…
Poison
- Event Reviews
- October 26, 2000
Poison, with Cinderella, Dokken, and Slaughter, at Hard Rock Live in Orlando, FL on September 3, 2000. Concert review by Troy Jewell.
Samantha 7
- Interviews
- July 31, 2000
Poison guitarist Cecil "C.C." DeVille has cleaned up his act, and is back with a new trio called Samantha 7 that hearkens back to his (bleached blonde) glam roots. Cindy Harper caught up with the flamboyant rocker to get the full story.

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