ALAS. Little Lord Lardass will NOT be doing his MORON DANCE to "Unskinny Bop" as Bret Michaels joins the cancelations

[Miles Archer]

4. Michaels actually attempted to sideline that whole image for a brief period in 1992.

The fourth album, "Native Tongue." They had fired guitarist CC Deville and brought in Richie Kotzen, who got his start on Mike Varney's Shrapnel Records.

Depending on one's perspective, being a "Shrapnel Records Artist" wasn't necessarily a badge of honor. Varney witnessed the rapid ascension of Eddie Van Halen and sought out every long haired dude who could play at the speed of light. This included guys like Paul Gilbert in RacerX, who went on to Mr. Big and superstar status in Japan.

On "Native Tongue," they went for a more serious, harder sound. Problem was, Kotzen sort of felt the band was beneath him and oh...yeah, he also SLEPT WITH THE WIFE OF THE BAND'S DRUMMER, so he was out, Deville was invited back, and the rest is history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Tongue_(Poison_album)