Poison drummer Rikki Rockett argued that the success of the Stadium Tour with Motley Crue, Def Leppard and Joan Jett proved rock music wasn’t useless.

The highway journey ended on Sept. 9, with plans for comparable performances to happen in different elements of the world subsequent 12 months. The North American run is reported to have made round $5 million each evening.

“Such a loopy summer time!” Rockett wrote in a social media put up, accompanied by an image of Poison taking a bow along with a full stadium behind them. “I believe we proved that rock ’n’ roll is just not useless. Neither is our model of rock ’n’ roll!”

He admitted his band nonetheless obtained criticism for a perceived lack of musical skill however stated the state of affairs was truly “a part of our success.” “Again within the day, jazz peeps criticized rock ’n’ roll for having gamers who weren’t proficient, all of the whereas having zero concept what makes good rock ’n’ roll,” he famous. “Poison isn’t a jazz-rock fusion/progressive metallic band. Hell, more often than not we aren’t even actually metallic – we’re rock ’n’ roll.”

His message to those that most popular extra complicated music was to “get pleasure from stuffing thirty second notes right into a 150bpm track or no matter floats your boat. Rock ’n’ roll strikes the soul, and if you happen to all hate us for it, then that’s cool! We moved souls this summer time. I do know it. I noticed it within the followers’ eyes. Not the critics. I couldn’t give two shits about you critics. Baste in your bitter cream sauce of hate.”

Referring to one in every of his band’s signature tracks, Rockett signed off, “Nuthin’ however a great time? Rattling proper! I really like you all! Until subsequent time, keep in mind: Seeing is believing, however feeling is the reality!”