brettabsbb.jpg This is pretty ballsy if you ask us!

Bret Michaels appears on the cover of the latest issue of Billboard magazine, and the Poison frontman is wearing his trademark bandana and not much else! Bret, who is scheduled to undergo heart surgery in a few months, suffered a brain hemorrhage last spring, so we're happy to see that he's bounced back in top form.

Bret chatted about his upcoming reality show, titled Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It, saying, “It’s an all-access backstage pass into my everyday life, about finding balance between my passion for my family, my relationship with [Kristi Gibson] and being on the road." Brett quipped, “Writers always use the phrase ‘aging rocker,’ and I’m like, “What other option do I have?” You’re either aging or you’re dead. So I’m embracing it."