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Bobby Dall
Dall live with Poison on July 11, 2008, at the Moondance Jam
Background information
Birth name	Robert Harry Kuykendall
Born	(1963-11-02) November 2, 1963 (age 61)
Origin	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres	Glam metal, hard rock
Occupation	Bassist
Years active	1983–present
Website	poisonweb.com

Robert Harry Kuykendall, also known as Bobby Dall (born November 2, 1963), is an American musician best known as the bassist for the rock band Poison.

Dall had ambitions of studying law, but ultimately turned to music instead. He began playing guitar but switched to bass at the age of 15. Dall later moved to Los Angeles with Bret Michaels, Rikki Rockett, and Matt Smith to play with the band Paris, which later became known as Poison.

Personal life

Dall is the youngest of three children. He lived in Palm Bay, Florida with his family from the age of 9 to age 17, before relocating to Harrisburg. Dall currently resides in Indialantic, FL.

Dall has two children: Zachary (born 1990) and Zoe (born 1997).

Band incident

During a Poison show in Atlanta on August 25, 2006, Dall and Bret Michaels had to be separated after Michaels threw his mic at Dall, and Dall retaliated by hitting Michaels with his bass guitar, injuring his knee. Michaels apologized and stated "like brothers, sometimes you have to air things out," the band did finish the set. This altercation was the first onstage incident since a fight between Michaels and C.C. Deville at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1991. The band took time out while Michaels continued with his solo tour.

Discography

Poison

• Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)
• Open Up and Say...Ahh! (1988)
• Flesh & Blood (1990)
• Swallow This Live (1991)
• Native Tongue (1993)
• Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986-1996 (1996)
• Crack a Smile...and More! (2000)
• Power to the People (2000)
• Hollyweird (2002)
• Best of Ballads & Blues (2003)
• The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock (2006)
• Poison'd (June 2007)
• Live, Raw & Uncut (2008)
• Seven Days Live CD (2008)
• Poison - Box Set (Collector's Edition) (2009)
• Double Dose: Ultimate Hits (2011)

References

1. Bio at Allmusic.com
2. Tom Haynes (December 15, 1991). "ROCK STAR FINDS PEACE IN BREVARD". OrlandoSentinel.com.
3. "Poison's Bret Michaels and Bobby Dall clash at the end of Atlanta concert". M&C Music News. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012.

External links

• Official Poison website

• 1963 births
• 20th-century American bass guitarists
• 20th-century American male musicians
• American heavy metal bass guitarists
• American male bass guitarists
• American rock bass guitarists
• Glam metal musicians
• Living people
• Musicians from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• People from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
• Poison (American band) members