Bobby Dall’s Rise to Fame with Poison

Bobby Dall, the bassist of hard rock band Poison, was born in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania in November 1963. He started playing guitar but switched to bass at 15 years old and moved to Los Angeles with Bret Michaels, Matt Smith, and Rikki Rockett to play for the band Paris before they changed their name to Poison in 1983.

Poison released their debut studio album Look What the Cat Dragged In on Capitol Records in 1986, which reached #3 in the US and was certified 3x Platinum. Their second album Open Up and Say…Ahh! was released in 1988, reached #2 in the US and was certified 5x Platinum. “Every Rose Has Its Thorn,” a single from the album, reached #1 in the US. Poison’s third album Flesh & Blood was released in 1990, and they would go on to release several more albums including Native Tongue in 1993, Crack a Smile… and More! in 2000, Hollyweird in 2002, and Poision’d! in 2007.

Poison has sold over 50 million records globally and 15 million in the US. Dall’s net worth is estimated to be $4 million.

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