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is the most successful solo record I've
ever had.
IE: I love Canadian bands such as Max
Webster, Coney Hatch, Moxy, Helix, etc.
How important is keeping the Canadian
heritage and history of rock and metal
alive? You even cover April Wine's
“Rock N Roll Is A Vicious Game.”
Sebastian Bach: There's a lot of great
Canadian music. And if you really want
to have your mind blown, I grew up in
the same little town that Neil Young
grew up in called Omemee, Ontario,
outside of Peterborough. My aunt lived
there. It had a population of 800 or
something like that. My dad lived on
Gilmour Street, two doors down from
Scott Young, Neil Young's dad. It's crazy
IE: I love the Trailer Park Boys and you
did a great Klaus Meine of Scorpions
impression in one episode of Season 7.
Has Klaus ever seen or heard your
impression?
Sebastian Bach: He doesn't like it! (as
Bach chuckles). That is the silliest show in
the history of shows. When I first
watched the Trailer Park Boys, I thought
for the first ten minutes of watching it, I
thought it was real. Because that's how
we were in Canada growing up; smoking hash and drinking beer. That's all we
did. It's an amazing show. The new season, Season 8, which is on Netflix, is really good. It's a whole new season. I'm
shooting people, getting drunk. It's great
TV!
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Sebastian Bach (second from right) with Skid Row, circa 1991
if you think about out, Sebastian Bach
and Neil Young in the same tiny
Canadian town. Forget about this hard
rock, Neil Young is Neil Young. He's like
the Beatles! Then there's Rush. Nobody
can beat Rush. That's probably one of
my biggest influences is Rush. I just got
to play with Alex Lifeson at a benefit
show about a month ago. I sang
"Working Man" with him and we killed
it. It's online, you got to check it out.
IE: After appearing on many TV and
Broadway theater shows, do you still
get a lot of offers, and do you think
you'll do something in those fields again
in the near future?
Sebastian Bach: I just got offered a movie
and another Broadway show. I do get
offered a lot of that stuff. But my biggest
focus right now other than this tour is
that I'm doing my first book for
HarperCollins. I've already written 160
pages that's going to be focusing on the
early days and the whole career of Skid
Row, and I think fans will really get into
it. I'm writing it. At first they wanted me
to have a co-writer but I said no because
I don't want to read somebody else's
account of my life.
IE: You're playing The Cubby Bear on
December 28 and you've played there
before. Any fond memories about performing in Chicago?
Sebastian Bach: I didn't realize how
important that place was until I watched
the Foo Fighters (HBO Sonic Highways
series and post series concert) and Dave
Grohl at the Cubby Bear. I was like,
‘That's that place?' I guess Dave Grohl
saw his first ever show there or something and I was just fascinated. I thought
it was just a bar. My most vivid memory
about Chicago? It was the very first city
that ever stood up at a show when I told
them to. I'll never forget that moment
when Skid Row were on the Bon Jovi
tour in '89. It was the exact moment
where I knew we were going to be a
huge band. That was the first time that
ever happened to me, where I got 20,000
people standing up and freaking out. I
actually have chills right now telling you
about it.
Sebastian Bach appears at Cubby Bear
December 18, with Loveblast.
Kelley Simms