JAKARTA - In an appearance on the "White Line Fever" podcast, former Europa guitarist Kee Marcello talks about how 1980s Swedish glam metal band Easy Action was forced to take legal action against Poison.
The band led by vocalist Bret Michaels is suspected of 'stealing' the chorus of Easy Action's song We Go Rocking for their hit song, I Want Action. Marcello said that Easy Action had received compensation in this case.
"I got in contact with the producer of the Poison (Look What The Cat Dragged In) album, Ric Browde, and he told me that he brought the Easy Action album and the Hanoi Rocks album into the studio when he was making the Poison album, and he was wearing We Go Rocking and suggested Poison to make a cover of the song," said Marcello.
"And they said, 'This is a goddamn Swedish glam band. Who would know?' And they just tricked us. And this is Ric Browde personally saying it. So it's pretty obvious that it happened.
"If I made a mistake like that, I'd be like, 'Sorry. I screwed up. Dude, I took your song. I'm so sorry.' (But) to this day, believe it or not, they blatantly deny it."
When Poison played at the Sweden Rock Festival, Marcello said, they had a press conference, and a lot of people asked about 'What about Kee Marcello? How about Easy Action? How about We Go Rocking?' but they answered; '(We) never heard of any of it.'
"They frankly deny it. And it's very silly. At least agree that sometimes you are wrong. So, I don't know. I don't want to meet these jerks," said the owner of this distinctive and melodic tone.
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