Bret Michael Sychak (born March 15, 1963), professionally known as
Bret Michaels, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, producer,
and actor. He gained fame as the frontman of rock band Poison who have
sold well over 45 million records worldwide and 15 million records in
the United States alone. The band has also charted 10 singles to the
Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and a
number-one single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn".Besides his career as
frontman, he has several solo albums to his credit, including the
soundtrack album to the 1998 film A Letter from Death Row in which
Michaels starred, wrote and directed, and a rock album, Songs of Life,
in 2003. Michaels has appeared in several films and TV shows,
including as a judge on the talent show Nashville Star which led to
his country influenced rock album Freedom of Sound in 2005. He starred
in the hit VH1 reality show Rock of Love with Bret Michaels and its
sequels, which inspired his successful solo album Rock My World. He
was also the winning contestant on NBC's reality show Celebrity
Apprentice 3 and also featured in his own reality docu-series Bret
Michaels: Life As I Know It, which inspired his highest charting album
as a solo artist, Custom Built, reaching No. 1 on Billboard's Hard
Rock list. He is also known for hosting on the Travel Channel. In
2006, Hit Parader ranked Michaels at #40 on their list of greatest
heavy metal singers of all-time.Michaels was born Bret Michael Sychak
on March 15, 1963, to Wally and Marjorie Sychak, north of Pittsburgh
in the city of Butler, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Mechanicsburg,
Pennsylvania. He attended Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School. He
has two sisters, Michelle and Nicole. He claims that his parents had
originally intended for him to have the middle name "Maverick", after
the title character in the popular James Garner TV Western series
Maverick. He is of Carpatho-Rusyn (from his paternal grandfather),
Irish, English, German, and Swiss descent. Bret's great-uncle Nick
Sychak fought at Omaha Beach in the Invasion of Normandy and was
killed in action in France in 1944.
Bret Michaels, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, producer,
and actor. He gained fame as the frontman of rock band Poison who have
sold well over 45 million records worldwide and 15 million records in
the United States alone. The band has also charted 10 singles to the
Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and a
number-one single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn".Besides his career as
frontman, he has several solo albums to his credit, including the
soundtrack album to the 1998 film A Letter from Death Row in which
Michaels starred, wrote and directed, and a rock album, Songs of Life,
in 2003. Michaels has appeared in several films and TV shows,
including as a judge on the talent show Nashville Star which led to
his country influenced rock album Freedom of Sound in 2005. He starred
in the hit VH1 reality show Rock of Love with Bret Michaels and its
sequels, which inspired his successful solo album Rock My World. He
was also the winning contestant on NBC's reality show Celebrity
Apprentice 3 and also featured in his own reality docu-series Bret
Michaels: Life As I Know It, which inspired his highest charting album
as a solo artist, Custom Built, reaching No. 1 on Billboard's Hard
Rock list. He is also known for hosting on the Travel Channel. In
2006, Hit Parader ranked Michaels at #40 on their list of greatest
heavy metal singers of all-time.Michaels was born Bret Michael Sychak
on March 15, 1963, to Wally and Marjorie Sychak, north of Pittsburgh
in the city of Butler, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Mechanicsburg,
Pennsylvania. He attended Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School. He
has two sisters, Michelle and Nicole. He claims that his parents had
originally intended for him to have the middle name "Maverick", after
the title character in the popular James Garner TV Western series
Maverick. He is of Carpatho-Rusyn (from his paternal grandfather),
Irish, English, German, and Swiss descent. Bret's great-uncle Nick
Sychak fought at Omaha Beach in the Invasion of Normandy and was
killed in action in France in 1944.
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