The "Poison Bra"... Journey of an Undergarment.
Once upon a time, on August 27th, 2003... a bunch of chicks gathered in Poplar Bluff, MO (of all places?) to party together and catch a Poison show. Everyone knows that chicks chuck undergarments onto the stages of rock shows, right? I wanted to be that rock chick! For once in my life... *I* wanted to throw caution to the wind and fling undergarments! Nevermind the fact that the outfit I was wearing had no bra, and it would have been a tremendous undertaking to even get my panties off from under said outfit. Oh well... maybe next time. Except that, later that afternoon during a party supply run to the local Walmart (again, of all places?), on our way to the checkout the girls and I happened upon a bra and panty set in non other than a lovely shade of Poison green! Walmart. *shaking head* It's not like I was actually gonna WEAR the stuff, right?
Exhibit A: Note the Walmart bag and green lingerie behind the drunk chick in this photo?
Photo credit: Melissa Allen
That afternoon during our four hour, drinking and primping session, it was decided that we should write something on said lingerie. Yours Truly, not knowing what else to write, simply scribed, "From the Girls of TinaLu.com" on the bra with a sharpie... and we headed out to the show.
Me in the venue parking lot with said bra... 
... while Kristina opted to wear the panties on her head.
Photo credit: Lisa Nelson
Early on during the show I completed our mission and chucked the bra towards the stage. To our surprise, C.C. picked it up and hung it on his mic stand where it hung the rest of the show!
Photo credit: Melissa Allen
The show ended. We all went home. End of story. WRONG. Flash forward to September 18th, 2003 when I got the following email from some guy working for Fourth Phase, a concert rigging company:
| Hey, I'm a concert lighting tech in Atlanta. I was just breaking down the Poison light rig, and I found your big green bra. We hung it on the wall on the dock, next to the prep area. Just thought you'd like to know that it'll be there for roadies of almost every tour in America will see it. Draper |
How fun!! So I *eventually* wrote back (cuz I'm a slacker like that), trying to get a photo of the bra in it's final home, and received this reply:
| I've been out doing gigs, and haven't been to the shop in a while, so I'm not sure if its still there or not. It should, because there is a large collection of bras we pull out of cases. I'll check next time I'm there. |
Needless to say, I'm still waiting to hear back, let alone get a photo. But, it's fun to know that something that started as simple as, "YOU KNOW WHAT WE SHOULD DO? We should throw panties or something!" ended up like THIS. OUR sacrificial bra ended up in the equivalent of BRA HEAVEN. It's among bras that have been flung at the heads of band members from all across the U.S. which... when you think about it, is the ultimate quest of a bra in the possession of a Rock and Roll-loving girl like me.
