SEBASTIAN BACH SAYS HIS FORMER SKID ROW BANDMATES ARE “ALLERGIC TO CASH”
Former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach has accused his bandmates of being “allergic to cash”. Additionally, he’s branded their refusal to discuss a reunion as an insult to their loyal fans.
Both parties are regularly asked about the chances of getting back together, but bassist Rachel Bolan recently attempted to end the speculation by calling it “a waste of time”
Now Bach has responded to his comment, telling Yahoo Music, “I go on my Twitter feed and I read things like it’s the 25th anniversary of the first Skid Row album and Skid Row doesn’t give a shit. I would love to do something to celebrate it. My former bandmates are like, ‘Nah, we’re playing a bowling alley. We’re happy.’”
The singer says there’s “a lot of unreleased material” in the band archives which he’s sure fans would love to hear.
“I guess my band is allergic to cash,” he continues. “They’re happy not being big. It’s such an insult to the millions of people who dig our albums. It’s like saying: ‘We were just joking back then. Happy anniversary!’”
Skid Row, fronted by Johnny Solinger for the past 14 years, released the first in their United World Rebellion EP series in 2013, and are currently working on the second instalment.
Meanwhile, Bach releases his new solo album, Give ‘Em Hell on April 22nd. He describes it as giving the fans “more of what they want and what they expect”, adding: “I don’t see how a fan could dig Slave To The Grind and not like the album I’ve just made.”
Touching on his notoriously frank media comments, the Bach says: “I can’t help it. I don’t censor what I say and I always end up in trouble, but I don’t fucking care.”
additional source: classicrockmagazine.com
Its pretty clear that if they reunited they would be twice as big as Bach’s solo band and 4 times as big as the current incarnation of “Skid Row.” It seems even Bach is up for a reunion and Snake & co. probably need the cash a lot more than he does, which is pretty poor decision making on their part.
I’ll go ahead and say it. Skid Row is my all-time favorite band. But there is no Skid Row without Bach. The current “Skid Row” played a show in my city a few months back and I didn’t even bother to go…
Right on man. Sorry you cant see your favorite band reunite.
It’s never gonna happen…might as well lay it to rest like the g-n-r situation ,
No pun but no need in “beating a (dead horse)”.
Cause talking to bach is like beating a dead horse…, sike !!!
I love bach and the row BOTH;
“I guess MY band is allergic to cash.”
I think that statement says a lot. MY BAND. Bach obviously has an ego the size of Manhattan that likely the guys in Skid Row don’t want to have to deal with it. Even if they did get back with Sebastian, they are 3rd on the bill or playing clubs. I thought the first record was very good, but Skid Row is basically a two album band. How about something like Cinderella/Ratt/Dokken/Skid Row.
Cinderella stands up really well, Ratt is back (Pearcy’s book was great), though it’s too bad Lynch isn’t in Dokken. (more egos)
Cinderella is a great example they still tour together even with Tom Keifer doing his great solo work and the Guitarist and Bassist(can’t remember their names right now) are having fun with a band called Cheap Thrill that I got to see in kewanee IL last November.
But in reality Skid Row is really Sebastian’s band I mean whenever someone mentions Skid Row more often than not the first person that comes into a person’s mind is Sebastian. I like Dave Sabo a lot I’ve met him several times and even got to party with him once but he and the others are being stupid on this one even if it’s only for one tour they need to get back the classic lineup to celebrate that album.
Doc wants it and could manage it, he knows they are a big double bill add to an AC/DC or Def Leppard or Ozzy etc. Rachel’s skid marks on our drawers are just like all the rest playing an endless line of big clubs/casinos/17 on the bill fests instead of ramped up ’89 again, real deal.
Bazz with an homage to AC/DC’s “Highway To Hell” album cover. Nice.
Doubt there’s a ballad on this one?!
(And he’s right about his former band.)