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Bret Michaels

Butler, United States • b. 1963-03-15

Bret Michaels is credited on 536 releases across 109 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1985–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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536

Pressings credited

109

Albums

5

Decades active

166

In collections

Biography

Bret Michael Sychak (born March 15, 1963), known professionally as Bret Michaels, is an American rock musician. He is the frontman of Poison, which has sold over 65 million albums worldwide and 30 million records in the United States. The band has also charted 10 singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and a number-one single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". Besides his career as frontman, he has several solo albums to his credit, including the soundtrack album to the 1998 film A Letter from Death Row in which Michaels starred, wrote and directed, and a rock album, Songs of Life, in 2003. Michaels has appeared in several films and TV shows, including as a judge on the talent show Nashville Star which led to his country influenced rock album Freedom of Sound in 2005. He starred in the hit VH1 reality show Rock of Love with Bret Michaels and its sequels, which inspired his successful solo album Rock My World. He was also the winning contestant on NBC's reality show Celebrity Apprentice 3 and also featured in his own reality docuseries Bret Michaels: Life as I Know It, which inspired his highest-charting album as a solo artist, Custom Built, reaching No. 1 on Billboard's Hard Rock chart. He is also known for hosting Rock My RV with Bret Michaels on the Travel Channel. In 2006, Hit Parader ranked Michaels at No. 40 on their list of greatest heavy metal singers of all time.

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Credited work

536 releases · 109 albums · active 1985–2025

  • Performance · 870
  • Production · 70
  • Other credits · 69
  • Engineering · 56

Studios: Music Grinder Studios · Amigo Studios · A&M Studios · Rumbo Recorders

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