Because Bret Michaels is semi-relevant again due to the success of his VH1 reality show Rock of Love (and its follow up Rock of Love: Tour Bus), a publishing company has paid him money to write his autobiography. The book will discuss his childhood with diabetes and his life as a rock star, as well as bringing us all up to date with his struggles to reinvent himself through his trashy reality show.
According to a rep for Michaels, the book, which is being published by Simon and Schuster, will take readers through the rocker’s humble upbringing in Harrisburg, Pa. (where he struggled with childhood diabetes), his wild ride with Poison, the car crashes that nearly took his life, and the 10-year journey to reinvent himself on VH1’s top-rated show.
Michaels, whose season finale of Rock of Love Tour Bus winds up on April 12, and Poison will be on tour this summer with fellow hair-metal band Def Leppard.
[from People]
On the official cover of the book Bret is doing his best impression of Mary-Kate and Ashley’s prune faces, and wearing his trademark bandanna and mascara.
I’m still not sure how Bret Michaels has kept a name for himself this long. He’s touring this summer with his band Poison and Def Leppard, so there’s clearly demand enough for an autobiography, but I can’t imagine there will be anything much we haven’t heard before.
The book, called Roses & Thorns, comes out June 23rd.
Bret Michaels is shown at a Super Bowl party at the Playboy Mansion on 2/1/09. Credit: WENN.com
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Takes me back to nights driving the levee, music blasting, all of us singing along, “Eeevery Rooose has it’s thorn….” Good times!
I never dreamed at the time that Bret would continue to haunt us. God, his show has the skankiest women EVER. Even my husband is amazed/repulsed/shocked by them.
Chapter 1 will be entitled “Coping with male pattern baldness – bandannas or comb-overs?”
omg let me guess, the bio talks about women, rock n roll, and drugs,,,,snore!!!
Working title,” Heroin, booze, and the skanks I’ve plowed on the tour bus”
I wonder what he will say about his crap music’s drastic decrease in popularity in the early 90s. I believe this is around the time he took an interest in tequila and motocross. I suppose that will be his excuse since the title of the book shows he doesn’t get how hard his favorite song sucks. gag one of his tour bus hos for reals. (added by Mobile using Mippin)
Dang, the increased agony of the one-hit wonder. And the one hit was crap anyway. How long can one slide on mascara alone?
Chapter 2 – Pouting.
Maybe the publisher should consider releasing this in audio only format, or at least as just a giant picture book…
I’ve heard that his “hair” is really just a gaggle of faux strands attached to his bandanna.
i think he wears spanx under his clothes.
Brett Michaels knows how to write? Who knew?!
And who the hell does he think he is kidding with that bandana and hat. We all know what’s going on underneath it dude.
Didn’t E! already over his story?
I feel this way if you don’t like his music why are you on his site about him?? You must like something about him or you are all just hipocrites!!!! No one said you have to listen to his music or watch his show that was your choice so stop bashing him.
Yes to 5:12. No man that age has nice blonde locks like that. Definitely horse hair attached to the bandana. He should just shave it all off, would look heaps better I am sure. He might even get another roll with Pammy.