Interesting facts about Bret Michaels
- Bret Michaels is an American singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison.
- Michaels was born Bret Michael Sychak, to Wally and Marjorie Sychak, in Butler, Pennsylvania.
- Michaels has two sisters, Michelle and Nicole.
- Bret's favorite movie is Rambo. And in his free time he likes to read. His favorite book is The Outsiders.
- Bret Michaels was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of six (as Michaels later attested in the Behind the Music special, backstage photos of the singer injecting insulin led many to think that he was a heroin addict).
- Bret's earliest musical influences were Kiss, AC/DC, Sweet, and Aerosmith.
- Michaels has starred in the VH1 reality show Rock of Love with Bret Michaels and its sequels, and as a judge on the talent show Nashville Star. He is a contestant on NBC's reality show Celebrity Apprentice 3.
- Bret Michaels is the only musician in history to successfully write, direct, executive produce, camera operate, perform his own stunts, score, star in, and record a soundtrack for A Letter From Death Row.
- Bret's favorite show is The Simpsons. Bret's band Poison, has been mentioned several times in the show.
- Michaels wrote the song Something to Believe In for roadie and friend Kimo after his untimely passing. As a way to remember him, Bret got a tattoo on his left forearm the reads, Something to Believe In. Also, in the tattoo is a cross with a rose and a vine wrapping around it.
- Bret Michaels is 5 ft, 9 in.
- Bret Michaels middle name was originally going to be Maverick .
- On April 12, 2010, Michaels was rushed to hospital after suffering intense stomach pains resulting in an emergency appendectomy.
- On April 22, 2010, Michaels was rushed again to hospital with an "excruciating" headache, where doctors discovered that he had suffered a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage. He was in critical condition, and while some reports suggested that his condition had stabilized, others later stated that this was premature.
