Rollingstone.com spoke to POISON singer BRET MICHAELS recently about a number of topics. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

On the DEF LEPPARD/Poison/CHEAP TRICK tour: “It’s a shame the economy sucks, but people still need to go out and have a great night and a lot of fun. I think we’re going to give it to them at a pretty awesome price. It’s the night of a thousand hits. All of us have a good competitive spirit and the fans will be the ones that win.”

On Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott calling Poison a “shite band” last summer: “Joe may have been having a bad day, who knows? The bottom line is I like their music. Phil Collen is a good friend of mine. Joe and I e-mailed each other right after that and we straightened things out. I told Joe, ‘Look, I have enough problems fighting with my own band. I can’t take on anything else. I can’t fight everybody. I grew up loving your music and you guys are awesome.’ He wrote back, ‘I’m sorry, mate. It was a bad day for me and they asked me some off the wall questions.’ ”

On the possibility of a new Poison record: “I’d love to say yes, but I’m probably lying. I don’t know if our four heads are all in the right place to make a new album. I would love to make one, I just want it to be a pleasurable experience. My brain is too creative and I don’t want to go in there and fight with these guys at this point. I’d love to do it and if the time is right and everyone’s head is in it, that would be great. We just aren’t there now.”

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