C.C. DeVille (born May 14, 1962 in Brooklyn, New York) is best known as the lead guitarist of the American glam metal band Poison. He has also acted in both reality television and television drama shows. May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Glam metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s - early 1980s in the United States. ... “Hard Rock” redirects here. ... Poison is an American glam metal band which originally achieved popular success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... “NY” redirects here. ... the very definition of a guitarist is cody allen and taylor hines because of there un ending guitar skills and awsomnes. ... Glam metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s - early 1980s in the United States. ... Poison is an American glam metal band which originally achieved popular success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Reality television is a genre of television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and features ordinary people instead of professional actors. ... Dramatic programming is television content that is scripted and (normally) fictional. ...

Early years

He was born as Bruce Anthony Johannesson in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn, New York. His interest in music grew after having seen The Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan Show (he was two years old at the time). DeVille began playing the guitar at the age of five after he was given a $27 Japanese Telecaster copy. As his love of music grew, he began listening to bands such as Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Cheap Trick, and Queen. Bay Ridge is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Bay Ridge is located in the southwest corner of Brooklyn, New York. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... Ed Sullivan Edward Vincent Sullivan (September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974) was an American entertainment writer and television host, best known as the emcee of a popular TV variety show called The Ed Sullivan Show that was at its height of popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. ... 1950s-style Telecaster with natural finish, with metal bridge cover removed. ... For the bands 1969 self-titled debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album). ... “Rolling Stones” redirects here. ... David Bowie (IPA: []) (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ... This article is about the band Aerosmith. ... Van Halen is an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California in 1972. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year. ...

At the age of 18, DeVille formed the band Lace in New York, which adopted a highly sexual, "glam" image. It was during this time period that DeVille began writing the song "Talk Dirty To Me", which would later appear on Poison's first album, Look What the Cat Dragged In. Look What the Cat Dragged In was the debut album of American glam metal band Poison. ...

DeVille began studying music theory at New York University, but never completed his studies. Instead, he moved to Los Angeles in 1981 and played in various bands, including Screaming Mimi, Lace Slip, St James and Roxx Regime (which later changed their name to Stryper), before auditioning for Poison. New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in New York City. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Stryper is a Christian metal band from Orange County, California, USA. Formed in 1983, they are pioneers in the mainstream popularization of Christian rock music. ... Poison is an American glam metal band which originally achieved popular success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ...

DeVille's audition impressed drummer Rikki Rockett and bassist Bobby Dall, but angered vocalist Bret Michaels. DeVille refused to play the songs that had been given to him as preparation, and instead jammed with a guitar riff he had written. The riff, which would eventually be featured in the Poison single "Talk Dirty to Me", would ultimately launch the band's career. Slash, who would go onto fame with Guns N' Roses, also auditioned for the position, but declined prior to Deville's try-out; citing that Poison's music was just not his style after Rikki Rockett suggested that he wear make up and change his clothing style. A drummer in Action A drummer is a person who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... Rikki Rockett (born Richard Allan Ream, 8 August 1961, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania) is best known as the drummer for the American glam metal band, Poison. ... Robert Harry Kuykendall also known as Bobby Dall (born November 2, 1958[1] in Miami, Florida is best known as the bass player from American glam metal band Poison. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. ...

Popular success

DeVille co-wrote Poison's debut album with Bret Michaels. Look What the Cat Dragged In was released on August 2, 1986. It included three hits, "Talk Dirty to Me," "I Want Action," and "I Won't Forget You." Sales for the album topped 2 million copies. DeVille also wrote much of the material for Poison's second album, Open Up And Say...Ahh!, which was released on May 21, 1988 and would ultimately go on to sell 8 million copies worldwide. It included the hit song "Nothin' But a Good Time", co-written by DeVille. is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Open Up and Say… Ahh!, was the second and most successful album by American hair metal band Poison. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...

In 1990, DeVille performed lead guitar on Warrant's hit song "Cherry Pie", from the album Cherry Pie. Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Warrant is an American glam metal band from Van Nuys, California which enjoyed its greatest success in the late 1980s and early 1990s with several multi-platinum albums, particularly the single and album Cherry Pie. ... Cherry Pie is the second music album by American glam metal band Warrant. ...

Discography

1986 - Poison - Look What the Cat Dragged in
1988 - Poison - Open Up and Say Ahh!
1990 - Poison - Flesh & Blood
1990 - Warrant - Cherry Pie
1990 - Sam Kinison - Have You Seen Me Lately? - Wild Thing
1990 - Sam Kinison - Leader of the Banned
1991 - Poison - Swallow This Live (Double Disc Set - Remastered '04 - Sold as a Single CD)
1993 - CC Deville - Son in Law Soundtrack - Hey Good Lookin' (with Spike from the Quireboys)
1996 - Poison - Greatest Hits - 1986-1996
1998 - Bret Michaels - A Letter From Death Row - Party Rock Band
2000 - The Muffs - Hamburger
2000 - Samantha 7
2000 - Poison - Crack a Smile & More (features CC on various tracks)
2000 - Poison - Power to the People
2001 - Poison - Greatest Video Hits - DVD (Compiled of the 2 VHS tapes that were previously released)
2002 - Poison - Hollyweird
2003 - Poison - Best of Ballads & Blues
2003 - Bret Michaels - Songs of Life - Party Rock Band
2006 - Poison - The Best of Poison - 20 Years of Rock
2007 - Poison - Poison'd (cover album) Look up spike in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Quireboys is a British rock band who were briefly successful in the early 1990s, and who like Dogs DAmour were associated with a sleazy form of hair metal, although both bands music was a very British-flavoured blues rock. ...

Notes

External links

• C.C. DeVille at MySpace
• C.C. DeVille Interview