Traduza\\ VH1'S BEHIND THE MUSIC RETURNS WITH BRET MICHAELS

"Behind The Music: Bret Michaels" Premieres Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 10PM*

Bret Michaels and his band of brothers left Pennsylvania with a rock-n-roll dream and a desire to taste the good life on L.A.'s notorious Sunset Strip. Drugs, booze, women and more women - anything and everything happened.

A diabetic, Bret's self indulgence took its toll, but not even collapsing on stage could slow him down. The lifestyle also cost Bret a valued romantic relationship (he turned his heartbreak into the hit power ballad ("Every Rose Has Its Thorn"). After turning to alcohol and nearly losing his life in a severe car accident, Bret got a wake up call cleaned himself up and started a successful solo career and even dabbling in film production, writing and starring in 1997's "A Letter From Death Row."

In 2007, he starred in his own reality show, VH1's "Rock of Love With Bret Michaels." Over the course of three plus seasons, Bret showed fans a different side of him and once again skyrocketed into a mainstream star, completing a long and turbulent road living in and out of the spotlight.

Music fans can get more interview footage -- not seen on-air -- on VH1.com. VH1.com will launch three to four online exclusive interview clips per episode. All exclusive clips will launch online the morning of each episode's premiere.

"Behind The Music"
The series debuted on VH1 in August of 1997 and was originally created and produced for VH1 by Gay Rosenthal, George Moll and Jeff Gaspin who were responsible for many of the channels 200+ episodes of the series.

In conjunction with the premiere of each episode, 3-4 additional interview clips not included in the on-air version will be available on VH1.com and VH1 Mobile. For more information on VH1's "Behind The Music" visit VH1.com.

The current series is executive produced by Shelly Tatro, Brad Abramson, Stephen Mintz and Jeff Olde for VH1. Executives in charge of music talent are Rick Krim and Leah Horwitz. The Bobby Brown, Bret Michaels and T.I. episodes were executive produced by Mark Ford and Kevin Lopez for Creature Films.

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