Hollyweird

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Hollyweird

Studio album by Poison
Released	May 21, 2002
Recorded	2002
Genre	Glam metal
Length	42:04
Label	Cyanide Music
Producer(s)	Thom Panunzio
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Poison chronology
Power to the People (2002)	Hollyweird (2000)	Best of Ballads & Blues (2003)

Hollyweird is the sixth full studio album by American glam metal band Poison.

The record was released on March 21, 2002.

1 Musical style
2 Production and marketing
3 Songs
4 Track listing

[edit] Musical style

The record brought together Poison's original line-up for the first fully-blown studio project in more than a decade. The result was an at times awkward combination of old and new sounds, with guitarist C.C. DeVille frequently preferring pop and punk rock sounds to the heavy metal style which had characterised Poison's previous records. The band's new style was particularly evident in the songs "Emperor's New Clothes", "Livin' In the Now" and "Home (C.C's Story)" which featured DeVille on lead vocals.

[edit] Production and marketing

In the face of major label offers which would have required the band to re-record old material, the band decided to release the album through its own label, Cyanide Music.

Hollyweird was recorded at Henson Recording Studios, in Hollywood, California and Rock Central Studios in Sherman Oaks, California with producer Thom Panunzio.

[edit] Songs

The record's themes revolve almost exclusively around the trials and tributions of success in Hollywood, California; a theme which had previously been explored in the band's single "Fallen Angel" from its 1988 record Open Up And Say...Ahh!.

The first single released from the album was a cover of The Who song "Squeeze Box".

Bobby Dall on The Who cover “Squeeze Box”

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...Actually, that was Rikki’s idea. When we came into rehearsals...to break the ice for the new record...before we started fightin’ and arguin’ about songs, we went through a list of covers and remakes. ...It was the song that stuck and I think it fits perfectly for our band. It has a great melody and a great vocal, but it's also kinda sparse and undefined...it was kinda like an open pallet for us. [[1]]

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