The band was hungry to play live and would play their own clubs on nights off from the Bon Jovi tour. They would play massive venues including New Jersey’s giant stadium, which held over 70,000 people.
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Their debut album would spawn three huge singles including “18 in Life”, “Youth Gone Wild” and “I Remember You.” Two of the songs would crack the top ten.įollowing their self-titled album’s release, the group agreed to open for Bon Jovi for six months. Since the band had performed their songs countless times, recording their debut album with producer, Michael Wagner was a pretty easy experience for the group. Skid Row Signs with Atlantic Recordsįollowing a bidding war by labels, Skid Row eventually signed with Atlantic Records. An arrangement that the band would later regret, as it allegedly diverted the lion’s share of the group’s royalties to the Bon Jovi pair. The band spent a year fine-tuning their live set and a deal with JBJ and Richie Sambora’s publishing company, Underground was soon struck. “Somebody who’s been in the business for a while told me they foresaw a lot of problems down the road but I wanted to make it and none of us could stand the thought of seven more months looking for someone else.” Bolan now reveals that he had been warned of the singer’s volatility.
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There was an altercation in a bar on the night of his arrival to meet his new bandmates. It didn’t take long for Bach’s bandmates to realize that Bach was both a blessing and a curse. Sebastian was very obnoxious and loud but we needed a singer and the good thing was that he also had drive and then some but front men were supposed to have spirit, right?” Blessing and A Curse Boland recalled, “He sang the song so high that we had to rein him in but after some work on his voice it all fell into place.
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A mutual acquaintance put the 19-year-old Sebastian Bach in contact with Skid Row. Various industry people had seen a young singer jamming with Zakk Wylde and members of Twisted Sister at a wedding reception. Bolan said the group “pounded the New Jersey, New York and Connecticut scene until people got sick of us” but singer, Matt Fallon, lacked the rest of Skid Row’s determination. Sabo will go on to say, “It was obvious that Jon was gonna get there first but he said when our band was right, he would go out on a limb for us and he was true to his word.”īolan proposed Scotty Hill from a previous group he’d been in and Sabo brought in Affuso from one of his earlier bands. Sabo and his school pal, Jon Bon Jovi, had made a pact as seven-year-olds to become rock stars, swearing that whoever made it first would use their influence to help the other. The guy walked in wearing a red beret and a pink leather jacket and he looked like a frickin’ star. Sabo recalled fondly, “I’ll never forget that moment. The band’s story began in 1986 with a chance meeting between Dave Sabo and Rachel Bolan in a New Jersey guitar shop where Sabo worked. I just had to strike up a conversation.” – Dave Sabo Skid Row burnt brightly for a relatively short period of time and then imploded.
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Either way, the band always made headlines. Skid Row would be adored, banned, sued, lauded for entering the Billboard album chart at number one or never accepted by the rivals. Adored, Banned, Sued, Lauded and Never Accepted Sebastian Bach was a missing piece of the puzzle that made the band a world-class act but the singer seemed to be a lightning rod for problems and controversy and would be a constant source of irritation to his bandmates. Guitarist Scotty Hill had been sent to the airport to meet an important arrival, which would be their longtime singer, Sebastian Bach. In 1987, guitarist Dave “The Snake” Sabo bassist Rachel Bolan and drummer Rob Affuso waited anxiously in the kitchen of the New Jersey house that was owned by the Sabo family.