Poison — pretty boys from Pennsylvania who charted gold singles with "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," "Unskinny Bop" and "Something to Believe In" — capped off the four-hour "Glam Slam Metal Jam" with music set to fireworks and flames. The Tuesday concert in Tinley Park, also featuring Warrant, Quiet Riot and South Side natives Enuff Z'nuff, was a salute to the free-spirited music of the '80s and early '90s.

Poison, with its original lineup in tact — Bret Michaels (vocals, guitar), C.C. DeVille (guitar), Rikki Rockett (drums) and Bobby Dall (bass) — opened up its high-energy, pyrotechnics-filled show with "Look What the Cat Dragged In," the title track from its '87 debut album.

Flinging off his white fur coat and black shirt, Michaels transformed the raucous crowd into a sea of waving arms during "I Want Action" and "Ride the Wind."

Out in the crowd, big tough guys, perhaps mellowed by beer and nostalgia, swayed and sang along to the heartfelt ballad, "Something to Believe In," and boogied to "Your Mama Don't Dance."

In true '80s fashion, DeVille and Rockett gave long solos before Poison closed with "Talk Dirty to Me."

Poison's newest album, "Power to the People," was released last year after a seven-year hiatus. Warrant, who recently released an album of covers called "Under the Influence," is working on a new studio album.

Warrant — original members Jani Lane (vocals), Erik Turner (guitar) and Jerry Dixon (bass) joined by Billy Morris (guitar) and Mike Fasano (drums) — opened its hourlong set with "Down Boys" and "Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich," and mixed in the new "Sub Human" with Top 10 singles "Cherry Pie," "I Saw Red" and "Heaven."

Quiet Riot — Kevin DuBrow (vocals), Carlos Cavazo (guitar), Rudy Sarzo (bass) and Frankie Banali (drums), who both joined the band for the 1978 album "Quiet Riot II" — opened with "Vicious Circle" from the new album "Guilty Pleasures" and closed with "Metal Health (Bang Your Head)," the title track from the band's first U.S. album, featuring a guy in a straitjacket and metal face mask on its cover, and the highest-charting debut ever by an American metal band.

In between were new songs "Feel the Pain" and "Rock the House" and signature cuts "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" and "… Feel the Noize," remembered for its accompanying MTV video where a kid's bedroom exploded to reveal Quiet Riot on stage.

The concert drew an empty lawn, but a nearly full pavilion with a surprising number of youths who were most likely learning to walk during the bands' heyday.

Vickie Snow is on the air at 7:20 a.m. every Thursday on "The Lonny Tyler Show" on WLLI-FM (96.7) to discuss Chicago-area concerts and other entertainment events. She may be reached at vsnow@dailysouthtown.com or (708) 633-5930.