BRET MICHAELS ROCK, LAHOMA, OF LOVE, MY WORLD

Poison frontman and newfound reality TV star Bret Michaels will do a lot of rocking with three namesakes this year.

Bret Michaels, frontman for Poison and star of the VH1 show Rock Of Love, will be spearheading a crew of 80s metal bands for the second annual Rocklahoma taking place in a field in Pryor, Oklahoma July 10 through 13. The bands booked for the show so far include Warrant (featuring Jani Lane), Bret Michaels, LA Guns (featuring Tracii Guns), Enuff Z Nuff, Cinderella, Night Ranger and Tesla, among many others.

Michaels talked about not playing with Poison and talked about his solo band.

“Real simple, here’s what happens with the solo band: It is a full-on band. It sounds amazing. We get to bring out the Poison hits. It sounds amazing. I get to play all the Poison hits, we bring those out. I get to do some Poison songs I don’t always get to do with the band that I love. We’ll call them the b-sides or album cuts. And then I get to do the solo songs, I get to some cover stuff, and I talk a lot. My solo show is a big pyro-energized Storytellers. In between the songs I get to tell the fans about what I was thinking, why I wrote it, but we keep the energy up. Big explosions, big excitement. It’s going to play out there so people feel they’re in a living room with 40,000 people in it.”

Michaels, the star of Rock Of Love, talked about the success of his reality dating/matchmaking VH1 show.

“I want to thank not only the media and the fans, but for making the VH1 show the Rock Of Love, the number one show on cable Television. I want to thank you very much for that. That is awesome. Keeping the rock and roll, brother. Keeping the Rock and Roll alive and kicking.”

The Poison frontman then talked about what to expect from his solo album titled Rock My World.

“So, we’re getting to do… We’re going to kick off… I got a brand new solo album, simply titled Rock My World, and that comes out a week before we get there. We’re going to kick off all that music that night along with all the Poison hits.”

While Rock My World drops in April, fans can also pick up his forthcoming autobiography released this Fall by Simon and Schuster.