RIKKI ROCKETT about possibility of new POISON music: “I would do it in a minute”
01-04-2025
In a recent interview with The Hair Metal Guru, POISON drummer Rikki Rockett was asked about the possibility of new music from the glam metal icons. He responded: “I don’t know. I am sitting right here. I would do it in a minute. I have a little studio out here… So I’m ready to work. I love touring and I love recording. I love the involvement on both ends of the music business — not the business part; I hate the business part of it. But playing and recording, anytime, man. I’m good to go.”
POISON‘s last album of new material was 2002’s “Hollyweird”. An album of covers, “Poison’d”, followed in 2007.
Back in 2018, POISON bassist Bobby Dall said that the band “should” be making a new studio album but claimed that he didn’t know if it would happen. “I’m not going to bullshit you and say there’s any new music in the process of being made,” he told All That Shreds. “Would I like there to be? Yes. But, it’s a matter of everyone having the time. Everybody in the band has other commitments. Some members have younger children than others. So between those two issues, it’s difficult, and, you know, there are health issues as we get older. Should we be making a new record? Yes, definitely. But will it happen? I don’t know.”
In a 2017 interview, Rikki acknowledged that part of the reason the band hasn’t been motivated to work on new music has been the fact that fans rarely show interest in hearing fresh material performed live when classic rock groups go on tour. “We could write the second coming of ‘Talk Dirty To Me’, and I don’t know if people wanna hear it or not, and that’s a frustrating thing; it really is,” he said. “AEROSMITH was able to do it, but not everybody is. I mean, even THE ROLLING STONES have had problems with that in the last few years. So… I don’t know. But I do think it’s important to stay viable. For the ‘über fans,’ it’s always a really, really good thing. And that’s what you do it for — you do it for you, you do it for the real fans, the real true fans.”
More recently, Rockett admitted that he and other members of POISON harbored some resentment toward frontman Bret Michaels, whose frequent tours as a solo artist caused the band to take a five-year break from the road.
“I think we need to get away from each other and do other things, but at the same time, I think he spent a little too much time away,” Rockett said. “There’s definitely some resentment, but not resentment like I want him to fail. I want him to do good. I just want POISON to be important too, and I would like him to put a little more energy into POISON.”
Last October, Rikki confirmed to SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk” that POISON is planning to return to the road in 2026 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band’s debut album, 1986’s “Look What The Cat Dragged In”.
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