Poison drummer Rikki Rockett has spoken warmly about the band's 1993 album "Native Tongue" in a new interview with Detroit radio station WRIF, calling it a great record despite it underperforming commercially compared with the band's earlier releases. The album marked a significant departure for Poison, trading its glam-metal party anthems for a more serious, blues-rock sound, and was notable as the only Poison record to feature guitarist Richie Kotzen following C.C. DeVille's 1991 departure.

Produced by Richie Zito, "Native Tongue" debuted at number 16 on the Billboard 200 and included the singles "Stand" and "Until You Suffer Some (Fire and Ice)". Rockett noted the album still sold around a million copies in its first few months and was well received by critics, even though it fell short of the multiplatinum success of Poison's earlier DeVille-era records. He attributed the more modest reception to timing and shifting audience expectations amid the rise of grunge, rather than any shortcomings in the music or production.