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Sebastia
Sebastian Bach: Yes, definitely. I have this
weird thing where I can't really sing lyrics
that I don't believe in. And it makes people very mad at me. I can't just fake it, and
I've tried in the past and it doesn't work.
Some of the lyrics are so personal that I
refused to put the lyrics on the record and
the record company begged me to. Some
of the lyrics on there are so personal that
I don't even want you to read them!”
IE: The songs on Give Em Hell are all
Former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach is
no stranger to attention — nor does he shy
away from it. Since Skid Row's 1989 selftitled debut album, which spawned chart-topping anthems “18 and Life,” “Youth Gone
Wild” and “I Remember You,” the slinky
Jamaican-born Canadian has basked in the
spotlight. Fired from Skid Row in 1996, Bach
continued to perform, starring in Broadway
plays and various popular television shows.
At one point, it seemed like Bach was popping
up almost everywhere on TV, including shows
*SuperGroup*, *The Gilmore Girls* and the
Canadian mockumentary Trailer Park Boys,
to name a few. Now on his third full-length
solo release, Give 'Em Hell, Bach has
embarked on a month-long US tour, which
will be making a stop at The Cubby Bear on
December 18th.
IE: Your latest album, Give 'Em Hell, took
a year to write. Was writing the lyrics
cathartic or therapeutic in any way for you?
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well- crafted. What were you focused on
during the writing sessions?
Sebastian Bach: It's just such a nebulous
process. You go into a studio with nothing
and you're supposed to come out of there
with 13 tunes that you're so proud of and
that you love so much. And there's no
rhyme or reason to how you get to that
point. My ultimate dream in rock 'n' roll
when I was fired from Skid Row in 1996
was to possibly someday be like Ozzy
Osbourne, in that h H