Poison Album: “Seven Days Live”

"Seven Days Live" captures POISON (Bret Michaels, Bobby Dall, Rikki Rockett and Richie Kotzen) at the height of their international success with a full show recorded at London's Hammersmith Apollo in 1993. Featuring classic tracks like "Unskinny Bop", "Talk Dirty To Me", "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", "Nothin' But A Good Time" and more, the collection demonstrates what 10 years of hard work can do.

Track listing:

01. The Scream

02. Strike Up the Band

03. Ride The Wind

04. Good Love

05. Body Talk

06. Something To Believe In

07. Stand

08. Fallen Angel

09. Look What The Cat Dragged In

10. Until You Suffer Some (Fire & Ice)

11. 7 Days Over You

12. Unskinny Bop

13. Talk Dirty To Me

14. Every Rose Has Its Thorn

15. Nothin' But A Good Time

I bought this on video back in the day when I was living in the UK. This concert was in support of the Native Tongue album (very underated) and was filmed in London. It's a small venue but Poison were never very big in the UK and frankly their popularity was waning when this came out. It's a great show with Richie Kotzen doing a fine job as lead guitarist and getting in to the groove. Highlights are actually one of the "new" songs "Until You Suffer Some" and a rip-roaring "Fallen Angel" and "Ride The Wind". It's a great concert video and if you're a Poison junkie a must have.

First let me say I have seen the original lineup live several times with the latest being 7/30/06 and these guys always put on a great show.

That being said, I would have loved to have got the chance to see a show during the short lived Richie Kotzen era. I am a fan of Kotzen's Shrapnel work and think Native Tongue is one of Poison's best albums.

Though CC's solos fit the "classic" material better, it was so refreshing and entertaining to see Kotzen rip it up in the songs. The sweep picking on "Look What the Cat Dragged In" was KILLER! All of the Native Tongue material is played to perfection. After Kotzen finished his concert solo I thought, "Man that was short". It was hilarious to hear Brett's comedic rant when returning to the stage concerning the length of the solo.

The audio and video are OK, considering this was filmed 13 years ago. This is extremely entertaining and it's awesome to have the chance to see a show from this era. If you prefer the original lineup, buy a ticket and get out and see them on their 20th Anniversary tour. Highly recommend both the DVD and the current tour!

Since your not going to find much on Poison DVD I say get it(If you love Poison). When I first watched the show I thought it sucked. The quality is low but over time you get use to it. I like CC and I'm glad he's been working on getting clean. You get to see the other side of him on Surreal Life and he is a cool guy but he is not on this DVD. Kotzen tried to fill CC's part but that didn't last long for many reasons. Richie is very good in this show but his ego is very apparent. I love Stand,Until you suffer and 7 days over you. Because of Kotzen and these songs I have ordered Native Tongue. Just got the 20 years of rock CD/DVD because I need more Poison on DVD. The new song American Band is good but I wish they had put Lay your body down on there too. That song rocks. Under $20.00 so get the DVD.

"Seven Days Live," shows us a very cool Poison performance staged at London's Hammersmith Apollo Theater in 1993. While their popularity was almost gone in the states, the Brits seemed to really turn out and dig this concert throughout the DVD.

The biggest treat to this DVD is, we get to see the band on the "Native Tongue" tour with guitarist Ritchie Kotzen. While most Poison fans detest all things Kotzen related, I actually dug what he brought to the band in 1993. The guy was a talented song writer and guitar player, and he more than handled C.C. Deville's parts in this DVD. Another shocker with this DVD release is that most of the songs represented here are from the aforementioned "Native Tongue", which we know didn't sell very well for Poison here in the states. To me, this is a real treat. We get to see them perform songs they probably have never performed since and probably never will again.

The quality of the DVD is very cool as well. Some of the concert is in black & white, however most is in marvelous bright colors. The band also sounds very tight and business-like on this DVD. Bret's singing is decent (for him I mean), and Kotzen, Dall and Rockett kick all kinds of butt! The song selection is pretty much what you'd expect except for the "Native Tongue" songs, but for the most part they include the "hits".

If you like Poison, or you've seen them in concert like myself and others, you should really cjeck this DVD out. There's no C.C. on it, but it's pretty cool to see Ritchie Kotzen do his thing.