Editing C.C. DeVille (section)

===Leaving Poison===
While touring in support of ''Flesh and Blood'', and despite Poison's success, substance abuse and tensions with other members of the band, particularly lead singer Bret Michaels, led to conflict within the band.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Ribhu |date=2021-12-18 |title='The Substance Abuse Was Taking A Toll On All Of Them': Inside The Rise And Fall Of Glam Rockers Poison |url=https://okmagazine.com/p/poison-band-break-up-reelz-documentary/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=OK Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Leading up to the release of the [[live album]] ''[[Swallow This Live]]'' conflict between Michaels and DeVille culminated in a fistfight backstage at the [[1991 MTV Video Music Awards]] after DeVille played the wrong song, playing "[[Talk Dirty To Me]]" instead of "[[Unskinny Bop]]", and being high and intoxicated during the performance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hopper |first=Alex |date=2023-08-09 |title=5 Rock Performances that are Notorious for Going Awry |url=https://americansongwriter.com/5-rock-performances-that-are-notorious-for-going-awry/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=American Songwriter |language=en-US}}</ref> Asked to quit, DeVille left Poison and was replaced by guitarist [[Richie Kotzen]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Phares |first=Heather |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/richie-kotzen/biography/ |title=Richie Kotzen Biography - Yahoo! Music |publisher=New.music.yahoo.com |access-date=2012-03-06}}</ref>

Following his departure from Poison, DeVille formed Needle Park, a band that also featured vocalist [[Spike (musician)|Spike]] of [[The Quireboys]], bassist [[Tommy Henriksen]], and drummer [[James Kottak]] (later of [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]]), and recorded "Hey, Good Lookin'" for the soundtrack to the [[Pauly Shore]] movie ''[[Son in Law]]''.