Bret Michaels Teams Up With KISS, Van Halen Legends on '80s Remake
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Good Songs & Great Friends finds Michaels covering some of his all-time favorite songs along with material from his own hit catalog. The album features guest performances from the likes of Loretta Lynn, Jimmy Buffett, Phil Collen (Def Leppard), Gary Rossington, Peter Keys & Rickey Medlocke (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Leslie West (Mountain), Jaret Reddick (Bowling for Soup), Bobby Capps (38 Special), Joe Perry (Aerosmith) C.C. Deville (Poison) and others.
You can check out Ace Frehely (KISS), Michael Anthony (Chickenfoot, Van Halen) and rapper Lil Jon, joining Michaels on a new version of the Poison anthem the "Nothin' But a Good Time" and Lorreta Lynn, Joe Perry, and Hugh McDonald (Bon Jovi) reinterpeting the power ballad standard "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," below.
Good Songs & Great Friends will hit stores on Feb. 26 and can be pre-ordered here. Michael's live online coverage of the Grammy Awards kicks off 7:15 EST, Sunday night on AOL.com.
- w/ Poison at the MTV Music Awards (1987)
- w/ Aerosmith's Steven Tyler (1991)
- Backstage after a Poison show (1990)
- w/ ex-girlfriend Pamela Anderson (1994)
- w/ Poison (1999)
- w/ duet partner Miley Cryus (2010)
- w/ current girlfriend Kristi Lynn Gibson (2011)
- w/ Tom Cruise at 'Rock of Ages' premiere (2012)
- w/ daughters Raine and Jorja (2012)
- w/ 'Celebrity Apprentice' costars Dee Snider, Lisa Rinna, and Marilu Henner (2012)
- 2012: The Year in Rock/Metal Photos
- KISS, Motley Crue
- Rise Against
- Steven Tyler
- Coheed and Cambria
- Halestorm
- All Time Low
- Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio
- Asking Alexandria
- The Gaslight Anthem
- Of Mice & Men
- Rush
- Jonny Craig
- Iron Maiden
- Like Moths to Flames
- Slipknot
- Smashing Pumpkins
- Sleeping With Sirens
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Transit
- Incubus
- The Wonder Years

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