Bobby Dall

Bobby Dall
Bobby Dall live with Poison on July 11, 2008 at the Moondance Jam
Background information
Birth name	Robert Harry Kuykendall
Born	November 2, 1963 (1963-11-02) (age 46)
Origin	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres	Glam metal, Hard rock
Occupations	Bassist, Musician
Instruments	Bass, Keyboards
Years active	1983–present
Associated acts	Poison
Website	http://www.poisonweb.com/

Robert Harry Kuykendall also known as Bobby Dall (born November 2, 1963^[1] in Seidel Hospital, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania is best known as the bass guitar player from American glam metal band Poison.

Dall is the youngest of three children. He moved to Florida with his family for a short time, but returned to Harrisburg when he was still young.

Dall had ambitions of studying law, but ultimately turned to music instead. He began playing guitar but switched to bass at the age of 15. Dall later moved to Los Angeles, California with Bret Michaels, Rikki Rockett, and Matt Smith to play with the band Paris, later to become Poison.

Dall has two children: Zachary Brandon (born December 16, 1990) and Zoe Brianne (born January 9, 1997).

Dall now lives in Indialantic, Florida.

Current

During a show in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 25, 2006, band members Bret Michaels and Dall had to be separated by fellow Poison member Rikki Rockett and members of the road crew after Bob hurled his famed neon green B.C. Rich Warlock bass and nailed Bret in the knee.

Recent events: Rocking On (2006–present)

Poison live at Holmdel, New Jersey in 2006. Left to right: C.C. DeVille, Rikki Rockett, Bret Michaels and Bobby Dall.After a year off, Poison returned to the music scene. They celebrated their 20th anniversary with a "20 Years Of Rock" tour in the summer of 2006, with fellow rockers Cinderella and Endeverafter opening. The tour swiftly became one of the most successful tours of 2006 in the U.S., averaging about 10,000 people per night. To complement it, the band had released an anniversary compilation album The Best Of Poison: 20 Years Of Rock, in April that year. The album also features a new track, a cover of Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band", produced by Don Was. The compilation debuted at #17 with a first week sales total of 39,721, which marked Poison's return to the top 20 charts for the first time since 1993.

On August 1, 2006, Capitol Records released remastered versions of the first three Poison albums: Look What the Cat Dragged In, Open Up and Say...Ahh! and Flesh and Blood, in honor of Poison's 20th anniversary. All three include bonus tracks. Look What the Cat Dragged In features the extra track "You Don't Mess Around With Jim," Open Up and Say...Ahh! (which uses the previously banned album cover instead of the censored one) has the extra track "Livin' For The Minute" and an interview with the band, and Flesh and Blood features two extra tracks: an alternate version of "Something to Believe In" and an instrumental cover of the Sex Pistols' "God Save the Queen".

DeVille appeared on VH1's reality television show The Surreal Life in March that year, the same day he got out of rehab. "Your Mama Don't Dance" was played in the movie "RV" in 2006.

During the show in Atlanta on August 25th that year, Bret Michaels and Bobby Dall had to be separated by members of the road crew and the rest of the band after the two came to blows right before the encore, with Michaels throwing his mic at Dall, and Dall retaliating by slamming his bass into Michaels, injuring his knee. Michaels apologized later and stated, "You may have just seen the last concert by Poison in its current formation". The altercation happened before the band's set ended with "Talk Dirty To Me". After some tense moments and Michaels' apology to the crowd including his explanation that "like brothers, sometimes you have to air things out", the band did finish the set. Dall left the stage immediately.[8] There have been many physical conflicts within the band over the years, but this is the first onstage since the fistfight between Michaels and Deville at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1991, but that took place after the performance, not during. The band took time out while Michaels continued with his solo tour.

On January 3, 2007, Poison announced on their official MySpace page that they would like their fans to help pick favourite classic rock songs for the new studio album that they are to record. The fans replied with suggestions like Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Freebird", Sweet's "The Ballroom Blitz", and AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long", along with what might be an obvious choice - Alice Cooper's "Poison". On January 28th, Rikki Rockett explained,

"The Album will be ready for a summer Poison tour. That is the plan, anyway. p.s. The songs we are doing are NOT what you expect"

On February 14, 2007, it was announced by VH1 that Bret Michaels is going to have his own reality show called Rock of Love with Bret Michaels, where women will have to compete for his love and prove they can keep up with his rock star life. Rock of Love premiered on July 15, 2007.[9][10]

During 2007, Poison went on a summer tour with Ratt. They released their covers album, now named Poison'd!, on June 5th through Capitol Records. White Lion was removed from the tour due to legal issues, and Vains of Jenna took their place. The August 2nd sold-out show in at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre St. Louis, Missouri was taped for a live concert DVD and for a HDNet Concert special called: POISON: LIVE, RAW & UNCUT that aired on October 26th as part of Heavy Metal Halloween. The band also appeared that night on the channel's Sound Off with Matt Pinfield. [11]

The band played at the Rock2Wgtn rock festival in Wellington, New Zealand, on the weekend of March 22-23, 2008. The festival also included fellow legendary rockers KISS, Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, Whitesnake, and Finnish hard rock act Lordi.[12]

Poison live at the Sweden Rock Festival in 2008 Poison have been confirmed that they are playing at the Sweden rock festival 2008.[13] Sebastian Bach is slated to be the opening act on this Summer's 2008 Poison tour, also featuring Dokken. This is somewhat controversial as Bach has been vocal about his dislike of Poison in the past, but apparently he was able to bury the hatchet with the rock band for a Summer tour in North America. Bach will also open for Poison and co-headliner Tesla at the 2008 Lions Club benefit concert in Greenville, Wisconsin.

On March 28th that year Rikki Rockett was arrested on suspicion of rape in Los Angeles after getting off a flight from New Zealand. According to police reports, a woman in Neshoba County, MS, filed a report stating that on September 23, 2007, Rockett sexually assaulted her in his room at the Silver Star Hotel & Casino located on a Choctaw Indian reservation. [14] Rocket was exonerated of all charges on May 22, as it was discovered that he was not in Mississippi during the time of the alleged rape, and that a man by the name of John Minskoff used Rockett's name when he met the woman before raping her.[15]

Bret Michaels also starred in Rock of Love with Bret Michaels (season 2). Both seasons were successful and led to a solo compilation album which featured a few new tracks heard on the series. The album was titled Rock My World and was released in June 2008.

Poison live DVD, "Live Raw Uncut", released on Tuesday, July 15th, 2008, was filmed in St. Louis, Missouri during the Poison'd tour in 2007. This DVD/CD set will be initially exclusive to Best Buy stores and will include behind-the-scenes footage as a bonus feature as well as a live audio CD with selections from the concert. It sold around 2,400 copies in its first week of release to debut at position No. 8 on Billboard's Top Music Videos chart.

Also in 2008 a live CD version of the Poison DVD "Seven Days Live" was released.

On January 14, 2009, Poison frontman Bret Michaels has unveiled plans to team up with fellow rockers Def Leppard for a summer 2009 tour.

Discography

Poison

• Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)
• Open Up and Say...Ahh! (1988)
• Flesh & Blood (1990)
• Swallow This Live (1991)
• Native Tongue (1993)
• Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986-1996 (1996)
• Crack a Smile...and More! (2000)
• Power to the People (2000)
• Hollyweird (2002)
• Best of Ballads & Blues (2003)
• The Best Of Poison: 20 Years Of Rock (2006)
• POISON'D (June 2007)
• Live, Raw & Uncut CD (2008)
• Seven Days Live 2008 Cd (2008)

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