RIKKI ROCKETT’s ‘Ghost Notes: My Life In Poison’ memoir to arrive this summer

RIKKI ROCKETT's 'Ghost Notes: My Life In Poison' memoir to arrive this summer

26-03-2026

POISON drummer Rikki Rockett‘s long-awaited memoir, “Ghost Notes: My Life In Poison”, which was written with writer duo Leif Eriksson and Martin Svensson, will finally arrive this summer via Rare Bird Books. The book’s official cover was shared by Rikki on social media.

Quick pump for my book:

From the suburbs of Pennsylvania to the neon blaze of Los Angeles, Rikki Rockett’s life has always moved to a louder, faster rhythm.

Brutally honest and darkly funny, Ghost Notes strips away the mythology to reveal the man behind the drums. It’s a story of survival, reinvention, and what it means to keep going when the music fades.

For fans and collectors, we are offering a limited number of signed copies available exclusively through Rare Bird. Only while supplies last. Preorder Ghost Notes today and step inside a life lived loud, fast, and without apology.

(I now return you to Rockett Mafia!)

Rikki is the co-founder and drummer for the band POISON, which exploded into the highly competitive Los Angeles music scene in the 1980s, making a name for themselves in the clubs on the Sunset Strip.

POISON has sold over 50 million records worldwide, releasing eight studio albums, four live albums, and four compilations. The band has charted 10 singles on the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and one Hot 100 number-one smash hit, “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”.

POISON‘s reunited original lineup — Rockett, Michaels, bassist Bobby Dall and guitarist C.C. DeVille — completed “The Stadium Tour” with MÖTLEY CRÜE, DEF LEPPARD and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS in 2022. The trek was originally scheduled to take place in the summer of 2020 but ended up being pushed back to 2021, and then to 2022, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Rockett was declared cancer free more in 2016 after undergoing an experimental treatment. He was diagnosed with oral cancer back in 2015.

In April 2022, Rockett married his longtime girlfriend TC Smith at the Granada Theatre in Santa Barbara, California.

Rikki was previously married to singer/songwriter Melanie Martel. They share joint custody of their two kids — son Jude Aaron Rockett and daughter Lucy Sky Rockett.

In October 2024, Rikki announced the launch of a new band called THE ROCKETT MAFIA.

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