Editing Poison (band) (section)

===''Native Tongue'', ''Greatest Hits'' and ''Crack a Smile'' (1993–2000)===
DeVille was fired and replaced by guitarist [[Richie Kotzen]]. Poison's fourth album, ''[[Native Tongue (Poison album)|Native Tongue]]'', was released February 8, 1993. It was strongly influenced by Kotzen's fresh songwriting contributions and guitar performance. It marked a change for the band as they abandoned their anthemic party tunes to focus on more serious subjects, and was far more [[blues-rock]] oriented than glam metal. Containing the singles "[[Stand (Poison song)|Stand]]" which featured the Los Angeles First A.M.E. Church Choir on backing vocals, "[[Until You Suffer Some (Fire And Ice)]]" and "[[Body Talk (Poison song)|Body Talk]]", the album received generally positive reviews and did go Gold, but following the arrival of [[grunge]] sales were sluggish compared with the first three albums. The band toured in support of the album, but tensions mounted between Kotzen and the rest of the band. Kotzen's future in the band was doomed when it was discovered that he had become romantically involved with Rockett's then-fiancée Deanna Eve. Kotzen was promptly fired, and replaced by [[Blues Saraceno]] in November 1993, who completed the world tour with the band including the famous "Hollywood Rock" concerts in [[Rio de Janeiro]] and [[São Paulo]], Brazil, where they played to over 165,000 people.

Poison began recording its sixth album, ''[[Crack a Smile]]'', in early 1994. Recording was brought to an abrupt halt in May 1994, when Michaels was involved in a car accident where he lost control of his [[Ferrari]]. Michaels suffered a broken nose, ribs, jaw, and fingers and lost four teeth. After his recovery in 1995, the band continued recording the album. The album became shelved shortly after this, with no release date anywhere in sight. Instead, the label opted for a ''[[Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996|Greatest Hits]]'' compilation, which featured two new tracks with Saraceno on guitar, "Sexual Thing" and "Lay Your Body Down". The first Greatest Hits album was released on November 26, 1996, and sold extremely well, going on to reach double platinum status.<ref>{{cite web |title=Poison's Greatest Hits 1986-1996 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/poisons-greatest-hits-1986-1996-mw0000082506/credits |website=Allmusic}}</ref>

After several years apart, Michaels and DeVille were able to patch up their differences; and Michaels welcomed DeVille back into Poison in 1996 to replace Saraceno.<ref name=yahoomusic>{{cite web|last=Weber |first=Barry |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/poison/biography/ |title=Poison Biography |publisher=Yahoo! Music |access-date=October 26, 2011}}</ref>

Michaels was involved with [[Pamela Anderson]]. After Poison's and Michaels' longtime attorney, Ed McPherson, obtained a Federal injunction prohibiting the distribution of an explicit [[sex tape]] that the couple made, an abridged version of the tape appeared on the internet in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=Celebrity sex tapes|publisher=WCBS-TV|url=http://wcbstv.com/slideshows/celebrity.sex.tapes.20.228647.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211112506/http://wcbstv.com/slideshows/celebrity.sex.tapes.20.228647.html|archive-date=February 11, 2010}}</ref>

Michaels and actor friend [[Charlie Sheen]] co-founded a production company called Sheen Michaels Entertainment. In 1998, Michaels made his acting debut alongside Charlie and [[Martin Sheen]] in the movie ''[[A Letter from Death Row (film)|A Letter from Death Row]]'', which was also written and directed by Michaels.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119521/|title=Bret Michaels: A Letter from Death Row  |website=[[IMDb]] |year= 2010 }}</ref>

The ''Greatest Hits'' reunion tour took place in the summer of 1999, with the original lineup. The show at [[DTE Energy Music Theatre|Pine Knob Amphitheater]] in metro Detroit drew a sell-out crowd of 18,000, and other shows averaged crowds of 12,000. In addition, the band appeared on VH1's ''[[Behind the Music]]''. On March 14, 2000, ''[[Crack a Smile|Crack a Smile...and More!]]'' was finally released, with the single "[[Shut Up, Make Love]]" and power ballad "[[Be the One (Poison song)|Be the One]]". In addition to the outtakes, live recordings from the 1990 installment of the ''[[MTV Unplugged]]'' series were included.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crack a Smile... And More - Poison |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/crack-a-smile-and-more-mw0000177243 |website=Allmusic |access-date=June 26, 2020}}</ref>