On March 3, during a Q&A session on ‘The 80s Cruise,’ Sebastian Bach shared his thoughts on why the original Skid Row lineup hasn’t reunited. He suggested that Skid Row didn’t receive the same level of support unlike bands like Metallica and Mötley Crüe. The singer told the audience:
“How many of you guys watched Metallica’s ‘Some Kind Of Monster’ movie? It never gets old. It’s all about them having a therapist. And James Hetfield can’t rehearse past 4 p.m., and Lars [Ulrich] is all mad, slamming the door. But that whole movie is about Metallica working with a therapist. And nobody helped Skid Row or anything.”
Still, Bach saw no reason for the band members to not come back together:
“It was, like, ‘You guys are on your own. Figure it out.’ And every book I read — Aerosmith, Mötley Crüe, every one — is about having somebody helping them. So maybe there’s some therapist that wants to get paid some money and put the band back together. There’s no reason that we’re not together.”
Bach was Skid Row’s frontman before he was fired due to conflicts about the band’s business direction in 1996.
Other Members Aren’t Willing For A Reunion
After a hiatus following the vocalist’s departure, Skid Row came back with new members in 1999. With a few lineup changes through the years, the band took its final form with bassist Rachel Bolan, guitarists Dave ‘Snake’ Sabo and Scotti Hill, drummer Rob Hammersmith, and singer Erik Grönwall.
Snake expressed his thoughts on a reunion with Bach two years ago to Ruben Mosqueda of We Go To 11, saying:
“It’s not even a part of any sort of thought process. This is Skid Row. And that conversation is 23 years old [since Skid Row reformed without Bach]. And I have no desire to… I’m not interested; none of us are.”
Unlike the band’s former singer, he expressed no desire to bring the original members back together:
“It comes down to happiness, and we’re really, really, really happy where we’re at and how the band sounds and feels. I love playing our music, and I love playing it with the guys that we’re playing it now with. And so I don’t wanna change that. I’m in a great place personally, and I think we’re all in a great place as a collective.”
Looking ahead, Skid Row has announced a new tour across North America, set to start on March 12. Bach, on the other hand, is gearing up for a solo tour that will kick off in April in West Hollywood, California.
