15 Facts About CC DeVille

CC DeVille has acted in both reality television and in scripted television drama shows.

CC DeVille starred in The Surreal Life season 6 and in The Surreal Life: Fame Games.

CC DeVille was born Bruce Anthony Johannesson in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn, New York City, New York.

CC DeVille began playing the guitar at the age of five after he was given a $27 Japanese Telecaster copy.

CC DeVille began studying music theory at New York University, but never completed his studies.

CC DeVille auditioned for the band Stryper before auditioning and being accepted into Poison.

CC DeVille's audition impressed drummer Rikki Rockett and bassist Bobby Dall, but angered vocalist Bret Michaels.

CC DeVille refused to play the songs that had been given to him as preparation, and instead jammed with a guitar riff he had written.

CC DeVille co-wrote Poison's debut album with Bret Michaels, Bobby Dall, and Rikki Rockett.

CC DeVille wrote much of the material for Poison's second album, the multi-platinum selling Open Up And Say.

CC DeVille can be heard referring to this band as The Stepmothers in a Behind the Music interview.

CC DeVille regained contact with his Poison bandmates in 1996 for their Greatest Hits reunion tour in 1999.

In 2005 and 2006, DeVille starred in a TV series South of Nowhere on The N He played the role of Raife Davies, the father of Ashley Davies and Kyla Woods.

Also in 2006 when Poison celebrated their 20th anniversary, CC DeVille starred in The Surreal Life on VH1.

CC DeVille starred in the spin-off series The Surreal Life: Fame Games in 2007.