SKID ROW GUITARIST DAVE “THE SNAKE” SABO DISCUSSES IF HE EVER GETS “TWEAKED” ABOUT BEING ASKED ABOUT A SKID ROW REUNION
Eddie’s guest on his lastest podcast was Skid Row guitarist Dave “The Snake” Sabo.
When asked if he ever gets “tweaked” because he is constantly asked questions about a possible reunion with the band’s former lead singer Sebastian Bach, Sabo responded (as posted by blabbermouth.net:
“I don’t get tweaked about it per se, because I realize how fortunate I am. We’re going to Europe in October, November and December, so I’ve been doing a bunch of press for the UK. And I get asked it in nearly every interview. And my whole thing is that I’m proud of the complete 28 years of the band — the ups, the downs, the fights, the love… everything; I’m proud of it all.”
He continued, “The thing is that I understand that the majority of people that ask that question have an attachment to our band at that particular time and those songs have a specific importance to them; it brings them back to a time that was very special to them, and I am humbled by that. I am humbled and I’m thankful, and I have nothing but gratitude for that. So I’ll answer those questions, because I get it. I understand what it’s like for me to hear [Van Halen’s] Somebody Get Me A Doctor, and I could always revert to, ‘Oh my Gosh’ — before Dave [Lee Roth] came back into Van Halen — I could always sit there and go in my mind’s eye, ‘Oh gosh, I want that back again.'”
Sabo added, “You can’t recapture the past — I don’t believe that you can do that — you can only hope to improve upon it. We had a great moment for a bunch of years with Sebastian and Rob [Affuso, former Skid Row drummer] and Scotti [Hill, guitar] and Rachel [Bolan, bass] and myself, and I’m proud of it — I’m really proud of it. And I’ve always said this, I wish no ill will upon anybody. I want everybody to be successful, man — I want Rob to be successful, I want Bas to be successful, I want Scotti, Rachel and myself, all of it, I want everybody to be successful — because this is a hard business, man, and people have families they need to take care of, and we make music for a living, and it’s such a wonderful gift to be able to do that. So, that being said, I’m also extremely, extremely proud of where we are right now.
“There’s so many haters out there and we get hit all the time. And we get busted about, ‘Oh, yeah, how does it feel to be playing here?’ Well, you know what?! It feels great to be playing wherever I’m playing, because I get to perform in front of people, and people who are in the audience have given me the gift of being able to play music for a living. And that doesn’t resonate any more than it ever has than right now. For me, every night before I go on stage, I’m reminded of the fact, and I remind myself of the fact that, you know what?! ‘You get to play music for a living, dude. You are lucky.’ And it’s the truth.”
To listen to Eddie’s entire podcast with Dave Sabo, please click here.
Skid Row released their second EP in a series of three entitled, Rise of the Damnation Army — United World Rebellion: Chapter Two, on August 5th. Watch a lyric video for song We Are The Damned, here.
additional source: blabbermouth.net
I just want to know why there’s a GIANT hand grabbing Snake’s a** in the picture above…..
Nobody would care if Mustaine rejoined….most had no clue he played with them. Bach & Skid Row play the same places…a rejoin might get better indian casinos or opening act runs with an AC/DC etc..
If you had a chance to see BACH and SKID or DAVETALLICA, would you honestly pick BACH and SKID or METALLIDETH for 25 times the price of the ticket?
As a huge metallica fan and sometimes megadeth fan, I don’t really care to see them together. Besides they have played together on a few occasions.
I think Bach back with Skid Row would be great, but I don’t think Bach needs them as much as they need Bach. I don’t see Skid Row on TV.
Great response by Snake. It does not get more clear-headed and fair than that.
I saw them at a small club in SF this summer with a few hundred in the crowd… Snake made some comments along these same lines and how cool it was to be in SF where thrash was born, he came off like a cool guy…same as this interview. He IS fortunate as are all these touring musicians… too bad most of them don’t come across this humble. Very cool.
If Eddie Trunk could work some magic and put Skid Row and Sebastian (with his current line-up) on the same bill, touring together, each performing equal sets might be the answer to any sort of reunion. Throw in another opening act and just maybe this might be the only way to get these guys all on the same stage together and perform a few encore songs together. After each show, all can get on their separate buses and move to the next city and do it all over again. I’ve been a big fan of Skid Row since the beginning but without Bach it just isn’t the same. And seeing Bach perform without the original guys isn’t the same either…..