The Los Angeles Times recently conducted an interview with POISON frontman Bret Michaels and WARRANT guitarist Erik Turner at the June 8th premier for the film Rock Of Ages. In the excerpt below, Michaels and Turner give their commentary on the movie soundtrack:

Bret Michaels: ‘Every Rose Has Its Thorn’ (Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Cruise, Mary J. Blige): “That was the emotional centerpiece of the movie. Everyone was singing it, and it was such a great moment in my life, watching these A+ stars singing your song in a good movie, a song I wrote in a Dallas laundromat in the middle of a heartbreak.”

‘Nothin’ But A Good Time’ (Hough, Boneta, Brand, Baldwin): “Everyone really pulled their weight, especially Diego Boneta and Julianne Hough. You have to put a lot of passion into this song, and they just belted it.”

‘Paradise City’ (Cruise): “Tom is such a rock star. He formed his own character, but really got the Bret Michaels part down to the hat. There are lots of great performers, but you have to have the look, the identity. Listen to Tom singing this. It has such good energy. He hung out at our Tampa arena show, and he’s very intense and sincere, in a good way. When he works on a film, he always gets the part exactly right. And now he’s an ’80s rock God.”

‘We Built This City’ / ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ (Brand, Zeta-Jones): “It feels great watching Catherine Zeta-Jones and Russell Brand enjoying a genre that’s stood the test of time. All things go up and down in your career, and it’s awesome to see this coming back.”

Erik Turner: ‘Paradise City’: Tom did a great job. That’s a hard song to sing. Axl (Rose) has this high rasp that’s not easy to do. Plus, GUNS N’ ROSES is one of my favorite bands.”

‘More Than Words’ (Hough, Boneta): “Julianne and Diego did great, and the producers and the band did such a strong job. The drummer Josh Freese is ace, one of the best, and I liked that they hired one band to play all the songs, so it feels like one body of work.”

‘Heaven’ (Hough, Boneta): “Music is the soundtrack of your life, and these songs take you back to the time when, say, you met your future wife. We just played Fargo to 20,000 people and a guy asked if he could propose to his girlfriend just before we played this song. He was shaking up there, but it proved that people still love this music.”

Read the entire interview at this location.

The Rock Of Ages premiere in Los Angeles was a red carpet event featuring performances by DEF LEPPARD and Bret Michaels. The Rock Of Ages film and album sees the all-star Hollywood cast - Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Russell Brand, Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Malin Akerman - singing some of the greatest hits of the hair band era including Guns N' Roses, WHITESNAKE, NIGHT RANGER, DEF LEPPARD, BON JOVI, JOURNEY, POISON, TWISTED SISTER, FOREIGNER, BON JOVI and JOAN JETT.

Check out the highlights and the Def Leppard and Poison live footage below: