Hollyweird

Infobox Album | Name = Hollyweird
Type = studio
Artist = Poison


Released = May 21, 2002
Recorded = 2002 at Henson Recording Studios, Hollywood, California and Rock Central Studios in Sherman Oaks, California
Genre = Hard rock Glam metal
Length = 42:04
Label = Cyanide Music
Producer = Thom Panunzio
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:jsv1z88a3yv8 link]
Last album = "Power to the People" (2000)
This album = "Hollyweird" (2002)
Next album = "Best of Ballads & Blues" (2003)

Hollyweird is the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Poison, released on March 21, 2002 through Cyanide Music.

Musical style

The record brought together Poison's original line-up for the first full studio project since Flesh & Blood. The result was a combination of old and new sounds, with guitarist C. C. DeVille frequently preferring pop and punk rock sounds to the heavy metal style which had characterised Poison's previous records.fact|date=August 2008 The band's new style was particularly evident in the songs "Emperor's New Clothes", "Livin' In the Now" and "Home (C.C's Story)" which featured DeVille on lead vocals.

Production and marketing

In the face of major label offers which would have required the band to re-record old material, the band decided to release the album through their own label, Cyanide Music. "Hollyweird" was recorded at Henson Recording Studios, in Hollywood, California and Rock Central Studios in Sherman Oaks, California with producer Thom Panunzio. The album debuted at #103 on The Billboard 200 chart and #8 on the Top Independent Albums chart.

ongs

The album's themes revolve almost exclusively around the trials and tributions of success in Hollywood, California; a theme which had previously been explored in the band's single "Fallen Angel" from their second album "Open Up And Say...Ahh!".

The first single released from the album was Rockstar which was released on the web as a preview for the album, the 2nd single was a cover of "The Who" song "Squeeze Box".

Bobby Dall on The Who cover “Squeeze Box”

Track listing

#"Hollyweird"
#"Squeeze Box" small|(originally performed and recorded by The Who)
#"Shooting Star"
#"Wishful Thinkin'"
#"Get Ya Some"
#"Emperor's New Clothes"
#"Devil Woman"
#"Wasteland"
#"Livin' In The Now"
#"Stupid, Stoned & Dumb"
#"Home" (Bret's Story)
#"Home" (C.C.'s Story)
#"Rockstar"

ingles

*"Rockstar" - 2001
*"Squeeze Box"
*"Shooting Star"

Band Members

* Bret Michaels - lead vocals
* Bobby Dall - bass
* Rikki Rockett - drums
* C.C. DeVille - guitar, lead vocals on "Emperor's New Clothes", "Livin' In the Now" and "Home (C.C's Story)"