Editing Poison (band) (section)

===''Flesh & Blood'' and ''Swallow This Live'' (1990–1992)===
Poison continued their adherence to the "work hard, play hard" motto, following up with their third album, ''[[Flesh & Blood (Poison album)|Flesh & Blood]]'', which was released June 21, 1990. It also was highly successful, being certified 3× Platinum in the U.S. and 4× Platinum in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Poison%20&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50|title=RIAA – Gold & Platinum|website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|access-date=January 25, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php|title=Canadian Recording Industry Association|access-date=January 25, 2010}}</ref> The album's success prompted the impetus for a further world tour. The album also features an alternative cover, as the original featured what appeared to be running ink or possibly blood from a tattoo. The record went multi-platinum, spawning two gold singles: "[[Unskinny Bop]]" and the ballad "[[Something to Believe In (Poison song)|Something To Believe In]]" which was dedicated to the band's security guard and close friend James Kimo Maano who had died. "[[Ride the Wind (song)|Ride the Wind]]" and "[[Life Goes On (Poison song)|Life Goes On]]" were the other single releases that charted, the last single released was the title cut, "[[Flesh and Blood (Poison single)|Flesh & Blood (Sacrifice)]]".

Poison received a letter from Secretary of Defense [[Dick Cheney]] thanking the band for contributing 20,000 CDs of the album ''Flesh & Blood'' to lift the morale of U.S. Troops during Desert Storm, and their continued support of the Armed Forces.<ref>{{cite web |title=Poison 2008 |url=https://www.moondancejam.com/bands/2008/poison.html |website=www.moondancejam.com |publisher=Moondance Events |access-date=August 26, 2022 |quote=Poison received a letter from Vice President Dick Cheney thanking the band for contributing 20,000 CDs of the album Flesh & Blood to lift the morale of U.S. Troops during Desert Storm, and their continued support of the Armed Forces.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Balsam |first1=Joel |title=Whatever happened to these famous'80S hair bands? |url=https://www.grunge.com/266840/whatever-happened-to-these-famous-80s-hair-bands/ |website=grunge.com |publisher=Static Media |access-date=August 26, 2022 |date=May 25, 2022}}</ref>

One of the band's few appearances in the UK was on August 18, 1990, at [[Donington Park|Donington's]] [[Monsters of Rock]] festival in the summer of 1990. [[Whitesnake]] and [[Aerosmith]] headlined with Poison, [[Quireboys]] and [[Thunder (band)|Thunder]] supporting them. This event was broadcast on [[BBC Radio 1]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Donington - Monsters of Rock 1990 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/052791ca79ee47a2bfe85f336e14cf31 |website=BBC Radio 1 England |date=August 18, 1990 |access-date=June 25, 2020}}</ref>

After two consecutive years on the road, band members were at each other's throats with personal differences and drug addictions. Poison recorded several performances during its 1990/1991 Flesh & Blood world tour, which were released in November 1991 as the band's fourth album, ''[[Swallow This|Swallow This Live]]''. The double album features live tracks from Poison's first three studio albums and four new studio tracks including the single "[[So Tell Me Why]]", which were the last recorded before C.C. DeVille's departure from the band later that year.