Flesh & Blood

If all hair metal is pretty much junk food, Poison are the Twinkies – zero nutritional value, kind of gross but still utterly addicting, and they inexplicably never go stale. Debut Look What the Cat Dragged In contains the purest bubblegum pleasure, but by album number three, their best, C.C. Deville had learned to play his guitar (whether or not that’s a good thing is up for debate) and the band got a little more ambitious with the songwriting. The title track might be the heaviest thing the band ever did, and the big singles like “Unskinny Bop” and “Something to Believe In” show some real maturity peeking through the mascara.