During a recent chat on the ‘Come On Over’ podcast, Sebastian Bach talked about the physical challenges of his live performances.
“Well, I’ve gotta dial it back physically, to be honest with you. That headbanging bullshit, I cannot do that anymore,” the singer admitted. “And I have this thing where I get on stage and my brain says, ‘Don’t be a p*ssy. F*cking kick their ass, you motherf*cker. You f*cking go.'”
“When I’m onstage, I don’t know why, but I don’t feel any pain up there,” he continued. “I laugh when I’m on stage, I go, ‘Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Oh, my ankle hurts.’ And I say to myself, ‘Nobody’s here to see your f*cking ankle! Nobody cares about your ankle!’ That’s the voice in my head. ‘Nobody cares about your shoulder, dude! Nobody cares!'”
“So, I don’t know why I’m like that, but when I get off stage, my shoulder goes, ‘Hey, man, f*ck you. Hey, you don’t care about your shoulder, huh? You don’t care about your back, you don’t care about your neck. Well, guess what? You’re gonna be caring about it tonight, and when you wake up tomorrow, your neck is gonna be [stiff] like this,” Bach added.
Last May, Bach spoke with SiriusXM about an injury he sustained while touring South America. “We just did six or seven shows in South America. And I got good news and bad news about that. The good news was the shows were incredible. The bad news, and I’m saying this to myself as much as I’m saying it to you, the days of my figure-eight headbanging are past me now. I cannot do that anymore,” he said.
“I just did six shows when I was doing it the way I usually do it, and when I got home, I have spent the last five days f*cking paralyzed, taking Swedish massage, doing yin yoga stretching because my neck and my back are telling me, ‘Dude, that sh*t is f*cking over now.’ And it’s freaking me out,” he added.
Sebastian Bach’s recent solo album ‘Child Within The Man’ came out in May 2024 through Reigning Phoenix Music. It was recorded in Orlando, Florida, and produced by Michael Baskette. Bach wrote or co-wrote all 11 tracks and sang all vocals.
The album features John 5, Steve Stevens, and Orianthi, who co-wrote their songs with Bach. Two tracks were co-written with Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge.
