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The Rockstar Ramblings: Cranium Hall of Fame
The past weekend Axl and the new Guns N Roses rolled into New York for a couple surprise shows. Going on late, and then partying for, as Axl was quoted, “As long as it takes”, it is clear Rose hasn’t changed much from the Use Your Illusion days. However, I was quite shocked to see Axl rocking the Fedora hat with the bandana, a bold move few can pull off. Add in the trademark oversized aviator shades and Axl becomes a first ballot inductee for the Cranium Accessories Hall of Fame, joining Bret Michaels and Hulk Hogan (first time ballot inductees in the bandana category)… More...
TIS Auctioning Off Sebastian Bach Drumset
New Jersey hard rockers The Infinite Staircase have announced they are auctioning off a Taye drum set once owned by Sebastian Bach. The auction for the drum set can be found at this location.
Guns N Roses Reveals Canadian Support Acts
Guns N Roses has announced that they will be joined on their headlining tour of Canada by Canadian native Sebastian Bach and Danko Jones. This will be the bands first tour in support of their album, "Chinese Democracy" since the albums release in November of last year.
The tour dates are as follows: More...
Sebastian Bach To Work With John 5 On Next Album
In a recent update, former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach revealed that he will be working with Rob Zombie/former Marilyn Manson guitarist John 5 on his next album. The message reads as follows:
"Just got off the phone with (guitarist) JOHN 5. We are going to write and record more tunes in August. He is fired up to help with my new record! I am stoked!
"Had a great heartfelt talk with the one and only JOHNNY CHROMATIC. He says he has a bunch of tunes that are better than 'Stuck Inside'. We shall see."
Sebastian Bach To Appear On Celebrity Rehab?
The New York Post is reporting that Sebastian Bach of Skid Row fame, DMX and Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss will will join the cast of VH1’s Celebrity Rehab on the show’s third season.
Celebrity Rehab stars Dr. Drew (host of the syndicated radio show Loveline) and different celebrities each season. The show tracks the stars through 21 days of detoxification, treatment and group therapy at a residence in the Los Angeles area.
Sebastian Bach Hoping To Release 2CDs And A DVD
Former Skid Row frontman and actor, Sebastian Bach has posted the following message online regarding his plans for the future:
"My plan in 2009 is to release two CDs if possible. One will be the (country) CD I am working on with Jeffrey Steele and Vicky McGehee, the team that brought you 'Battle With The Bottle'. The other CD will be a straight-up, hard ass rocker, the follow up to Angel Down. I plan on writing this record with my band, Roy Z hopefully and definitely Jamey Jasta of the band HATEBREED. Jamey and I are getting together this month to record some demos. I am not going to make a Hatebreed record. I am going to work on material with Jamey that will be heavy and anthemic but still make sense next to the other CDs I have done.
"I am also planning on releasing a new DVD in 2009. Can't go into the details quite yet, but there will be more hi-quality live DVD material coming your way this year, a la Roadrage. Looks like I will be starting work on the new DVD this month.
"Don't get confused by me doing a 'country' album and a 'rock' album at the same time. I have always hated labels. What I have learned over my lifetime is, I don't make decisions for my voice, my voice makes decisions for me. I have to get out of the way of my own voice so it can be heard loud and clear. My only objective in making CDs is to make them 'good'. Hopefully these two new CDs will fall into this category!
"All the best and hope to see you on the road again sometime soon!"
Sebastian Bach To Release A Country Album
Sebastian Bach has posted the following message online:
"Greetings from Nashville, Tennessee! We have been completely ensconced in the studio here for the last week, woodshedding in a big way, writing and demoing our asses off. I am happy to say that the writing team of Jeffrey Steele, Vicky McGehee, and myself, the team that brought you 'Battle With The Bottle', have been been locked in Jeffrey's studio, with our intention being to come up with a full album sometime in the near future.
"Since the ending of Gone Country 2, we now have between 10 and 15 songs 'under construction,' and we will not stop writing/demoing until we all feel we have a killer record. We all love the song 'Battle With The Bottle', but that is only the beginning. We are in the midst of assembling a whole new team down here in Nashville that will be able to bring a song to the radio, which we did not have at the time of filming Gone Country 2. More...
Sebastian Bach Nixes Velvet Revolver Rumors
Billboard.com reports: Sebastian Bach has plenty of musical activity on his plate -- but joining Velvet Revolver is not part of the mix.
The former Skid Row singer, who was among the early names rumored to be taking Scott Weiland's place, told Billboard.com that his close friendship with Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose -- who sang on three tracks on Bach's 2007 solo album, "Angel Down" -- and a focus on his own music would making joining Velvet Revolver "awkward" at best.
But he did confirm that Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash did contact him "out of the blue ... to talk to me about working together, but it was not Velvet Revolver. It was a completely different project, and I can't tell you what it is 'cause it's mind-blowing, but I've been sworn to secrecy on that. But nothing's happening right now with me and him."
Read the full article at Billboard.com.
Sebastian Bach Updates Tour Schedule
SEBASTIAN BACH has updated his tour schedule with POISON and DOKKEN as follows:
July
8 - Nashville, TN - Sommet Center
9 - Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre
10 - Pryor, OK - Rocklahoma **
11 - Walker, MN - Moondance Jam
12 - Madison, WI - Willow Island
13 - Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center
15 - Peoria, IL - Peoria Civic Center *
18 - Morton, MN - Jackpot Junction Casino *
19 - Rockford, IL - MetroCentre *
20 - Pikeville, KY - Eastern KY Expo Center *
22 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheater
23 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheater
25 - New Orleans LA - House Of Blues ***
26 - Birmingham, AL - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
27 - Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheater
29 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
30 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon @ Jones Beach Theater
31 - Washington, DC - Nissan Pavilion
August
2 - Greenville, WI - Greenville Lions Park **
3 - Chicago, IL - FMB Pavilion
7 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
8 - Hershey, PA - Hershey Park Pavilion
9 - Detroit, MI - Freedom Hill
10 - Pittsburgh, PA - Post Gazette Pavilion
12 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
14 - Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center
15 - Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
16 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
17 - St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
19 - Springfield, IL - Prairie Capitol Convention Center
20 - Lincoln, NE - Pershing Auditorium *
22 - Las Vegas, NV - The Pearl
23 Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheater
24 Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theater
26 Alpine, CA - DreamCatcher ***
27 Lancaster, CA - Antelope Valley Fairgrounds *
29 Kelseyville, CA - Konocti Harbor Resort
* with Poison only
** with BRET MICHAELS
*** headline show
Forbidden and Sebastian Bach Drop off TMT Festival
Upstate New York's TMT festival has been temporarily postponed. The organizors have issued the following update:
"Due to an unagreeable situation that has arisen with the venue, we are forced to postpone - TEMPORARILY this event. We are currently spending every waking moment searching for a replacement venue that will satisfy both our needs and please all of the bands and fans. The lack of basic cooperation on the part of the venue is what has prompted this decision. We tried in vain to make every effort necessary, but in the end - they failed us."
"There will be two lineup changes - Forbidden had a problem between management and booking, they decided to play another gig that weekend. Metal Mike contacted us when Sebastian Bach decided to go on tour, this tour conflicted with the concert date. We wish both bands good luck in their endeavors."
Sebastian Bach Denies Velvet Revolver Rumours
Former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach says he isn't in any hurry to join rock supergroup Velvet Revolver.
In an interview with on the The Buckethead Show on American radio station Tampa 98 Rock yesterday, the singer said he would find it "really awkward" joining VR.
"I've talked to Slash recently and I think it'd be really awkward for me to join that band," said bach. "Number one, my new record, Angel Down, I like it more than Velvet Revolver records. That's just being totally honest. I love Guns N' Roses' material, but I've got my own old songs - Skid Row - so for me, it would all depend on music. I wouldn't just join the band just to join the band."
However, Bach's not totally ruling out ever stepping into departed frontman Scott Weiland's shoes... Well, maybe not. More...
Archer Confirmed For Sweden Rock Festival
Archer has performed with some of the biggest names in rock including, Heaven and Hell, Heart and Sevendust. The band is looking forward to sharing the stage at the Sweden Rock Festival (www.swedenrock.com) this summer alongside such metal giants as Judas Priest, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Poison, RATT, Triumph, Saxon, Disturbed and many more as they return to Europe.
The Santa Cruz, CA-based power trio, who won "Best Local Band 2008" in the Metro Santa Cruz Goldies Awards, takes the stage on Saturday, June 7th, opening for some of the biggest names in the metal music genre. The Sweden Rock Festival is held in Norjeboke, in the tiny village of Norje which is situated in Sölvesborg in the western part of southern Sweden.
Archer’s debut album "Doom$day Profit$" is a "genuine tour-de-force, rich with powerful songs imbued with that essential combination of brain-burrowing melodies, ripping riffs, pulsing basslines, tsunami drums and grab-by-the-throat vocals." The band cites influences that include Ozzy and Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Metallica and other legendary names.
Here is the current lineup for the Sweden Rock Fest 2008, which takes place June 4th - 7th: More...
Sebastian Bach Announces More Tour Dates
Former SKID ROW singer SEBASTIAN BACH has confirmed more dates on the Angel Down 2008 Tour. Bach's upcoming itinerary is as follows:
May
20 - Sydney, Australia - Enmore Theatre
22 - Melbourne, Australia - Palace Theatre
23 - Gold Coast, Australia - Seagulls
24 - Brisbane, Australia - The Arena
27 - Perth, Australia - Burswood Theatre
29 - Adelaide, Australia - The Barton Theatre
30 - Canberra, Australia - Anu
31 - Newcastle, Australia - Panthers
June
4 - Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
5 - Solvesborg, Sweden - Sweden Rock
6 - Tallinn Harjumaa, Estonia - The Old Monastery Yard
7 - Tampere, Finland - Sauna Open Air Festival
8 - Oulu, Finland - Teatria
July (with DOKKEN and POISON)
8 - Nashville, TN - Sommet Center
9 - Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre
10 - Pryor, OK - Rocklahoma
11 - Walker, MN - Moondance Jam
12 - Madison, WI - Willow Island
13 - Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center
15 - Peoria, IL Peoria - Civic Center *
18 - Morton, MN - Jackpot Junction Casino *
19 - Rockford, IL - MetroCentre *
20 - Pikeville, KY - Eastern KY Expo Center *
22 - Tampa, FLvFord Amphitheater
23 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheater
26 - Birmingham, AL - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
27 - Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheater
29 - Uncasville, CTvMohegan Sun
30 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon @ Jones Beach Theater
31 - Washington, DCvNissan Pavilion
August
2 - Greenville, WI - Greenville Lions Park
3 - Chicago, ILvFMB Pavilion
7 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
8 - Hershey, PA - Hershey Park Pavilion
9 - Detroit, MI - Freedom Hill
10 - Pittsburgh, PA - Post Gazette Pavilion
12 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
14 - Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center
15 - Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
16 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
17 - St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
22 - Las Vegas, NV - The Pearl
23 - Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheater
24 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theater
(with Poison only)
Sebastian Bach Announces Tour Dates
Former SKID ROW singer SEBASTIAN BACH has issued the following update:
"We are stoked beyond belief to embark upon the Angel Down Under 2008 Headline Tour of Australia!! We had the time of our lives in 2007 opening for GUNS N' ROSES in Australia, now we are back to kick your ass one more time in 2008 ! See Ya Soon Australia!!"
Here are the confirmed tour dates:
May
17 - Newcastle, Australia - Panthers
20 - Sydney, Australia - Enmore Theatre
22 - Melbourne, Australia - Palace Theatre
23 - Gold Coast, Australia - Seagulls
24 - Brisbane, Australia - The Arena
27 - Perth, Australia - Burswood Theatre
29 - Adelaide, Australia - The Barton Theatre
30 - Canberra, Australia - Anu
June
4 - Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
5 - Solvesborg, Sweden - Sweden Rock
6 - Tallinn Harjumaa, Estonia - The Old Monastery Yard
7 - Tampere, Finland - Sauna Open Air Festival
8 - Oulu, Finland - Teatria
Poison, Dokken, Sebastian Bach To Team Up For Tour
It has been revealed that POISON, SEBASTIAN BACH and DOKKEN will team up for a U.S. tour this summer. POISON will headline the trek, with SEBASTIAN BACH and DOKKEN rotating the opening slot. So far only one date is available: Saturday, August 23 at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk in Universal City, California.
POISON will perform at the Rock2Wgtn music festival, which is scheduled to take place March 22-23 at Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand. Also scheduled to appear are WHITESNAKE, ALICE COOPER, OZZY OSBOURNE, KISS and LORDI.
POISON's album of cover songs, "Poison'd!", sold 21,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release in June 2007 to debut at position No. 32 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD presents the band's first new studio recordings since 2002's "Hollyweird". Produced by Don Was at Hensen Recording Studios in Hollywood, "Poison'd" packs 13 explosive tracks, including new recordings of DAVID BOWIE's "Suffragette City", THE CARS' "You're Just What I Needed", THE ROMANTICS' "What I Like About You", SWEET's "Little Willy", THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND's "Can't You See" and THE ROLLING STONES' "Dead Flowers". Some of POISON's best previously recorded covers are also featured on "Poison'd", including KISS' "Rock and Roll All Nite", GRAND FUNK RAILROAD's "We're An American Band" and LOGGINS AND MESSINA's "Your Mama Don't Dance".
Hatred To Film Live Video Next Week
HATRED, the band featuring Tim Clayborne (PAINMUSEUM) and Joe Joblonski (INHUMAN VOID), will shoot a live video on February 29 at Jaxx in West Springfield, Virginia. The footage will be used in the special features section of the band's new album, "Burning Paradise", due on May 29. The follow-up to 2000's "The Offering" (Demolition Records; Hell House Entertainment/I.V. Productions) is being recorded with Ron Vento at Night Sky Studios in Waldorf, Maryland. Dave Lozano, formerly of the Texas thrash band DEVASTATION, was behind the kit for some of the material and James Dell of Rochester, New York will take care of the drum duties for some of the other songs that are yet to be tracked. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Hear Them Scratching," "Evil" and "Weak and Wounded."
PAINMUSEUM — which features in its ranks Clayborne alongside "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, SEBASTIAN BACH, TESTAMENT), Bobby Jarzombek (HALFORD, SEBASTIAN BACH) and Steve Digiorgio (SADUS, TESTAMENT) — has released two CDs this far — "Metal for Life" (2004) and "The Right to Remain Violent" (2006). Jablonski also released an album with BLACKMASS, "Conquering Legions of Astaroth," in 2005 via Grim Nocturnal Records.
For more information on HATRED, visit the band's MySpace page.
Sebastian Bach Announce Oslo Date
Former SKID ROW vocalist Sebastian Bach has scheduled a headlining show in Oslo, Norway at the Rockefeller on June 4. His schedule is now shaping up as follows:
June 04 – Olso, Norway @ Rockefeller
June 05 - Sölvesborg, Sweden @ Sweden Rock
June 06 - Tallinn, Estonia @ The Old Monastery Yard
June 07 - Tampere, Finland @ Pakkahoune
June 08 - Oulu, Finland @ Teatria
Sebastian Bach Announce European Tour Dates
Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has scheduled the following dates:
June 05 - Sölvesborg, Sweden @ Sweden Rock
June 06 - Tallinn, Estonia @ The Old Monastery Yard
June 07 - Tampere, Finland @ Pakkahoune
June 08 - Oulu, Finland @ Teatria
Bach recently released the first video from "Angel Down". The clip for "(Love Is) A Bitchslap", which was completed at Macabre studios in New Jersey, is "a live performance video, filmed at the sold-out Calgary Saddledome and Winnipeg MTS Centre shows," says Sebastian. "The video kicks ass and I can't wait for you all to see it!! The band is rockin' and we played to over 40,000 of you people those two nights, so on behalf of the band, thanks for letting us star in YOUR video, Calgary and Winnipeg!!" More...
Sebastian Bach Is Finally "Canadian"
The following report is courtesy of ChartAttack.com:
Canadian metalheads have always laid claim to SEBASTIAN BACH, but the Canadian government has never accepted the singer as one of our own until now. For the first time in his 20-year career, Bach is Cancon-approved. Music from his new Angel Down album officially qualifies as Canadian content, according to the Canadian Radio-television And Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).
The former SKID ROW frontman is ecstatic about the development, even if he's a wee bit confused on Canadian bureaucracy, personifying a regulation ("Cancon") and not the CRTC as the official body recognizing his album as Canadian content.
"For 20 years I've been waiting for this," he says soon after hearing the news. "I'm from Peterborough and for Cancon to finally make me a Canadian artist is very heavy to me and it's incredible."
According to the CRTC website, a musical selection is judged on its Canadian content in four ways: music, artist, production and lyrics. If two of those areas are wholly Canadian, then the music can qualify as Cancon.
Bach has been trying to figure out these regulations for quite a while, sometimes with amusing results.
"It did frustrate me for years," he admits. "And I can remember one day, in the last five years, I was in Canada and I was Googling what it takes to become a Cancon artist.
"And I found this thing, I think it was on Cbc.com, The History Of Cancon. So I'm watching these video clips and the very last clip is an interview with the head of Cancon [Bach is likely referring to someone from the CRTC] in Ottawa, sitting at her desk and on the wall behind her is a painting by my dad [visual artist David Bierk]. Oh my God! One of my dad's paintings is behind her and she's explaining what is Cancon. I almost fell down when I realized that the big painting on the wall is done by Sebastian Bach's father.
"I was like, 'You people need to figure this out. There's no way the stain on my daddy's pants can't be Canadian when his painting's on the wall of the Cancon offices.'"
Read the full article at this location.
Sebastian Bach Talks Vocal Style And More
Mark Carras of Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW vocalist Sebastian Bach. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:
Rock My Monkey: One thing that I did notice on this CD ["Angel Down"] is that you're using your higher octaves more than you have in a long time.
Sebastian Bach: Yeah. That's true.
Rock My Monkey: What was the reason behind that?
Sebastian Bach: That's very, very true. One thing, I did a play, "Jesus Christ Superstar" in 2002 that really got me screaming high again. It felt so good that I really said to myself "I'm always going to sing like this, only because I can.' You know what I mean? (laughs) And why not? So I said, "My next record, man, I'm going to scream like 'Slave To The Grind'. I'm going to try to sing like that first SKID ROW album, that really high style." And a lot of singers came out that were singing in that style that are starting to make it cool again. One guy is AFI, Davey Chaos, and-there's a lot-is that his name? Davey Havok, sorry. (both laugh)
Rock My Monkey: Havoc, chaos.
Sebastian Bach: (laughs) A lot of these high singers were coming out. The thing is when I recorded most of the vocals for "Angel Down", I was coming right off the GUNS N' ROSES tour. We did a couple weeks of shows with GUNS N' ROSES in Europe and then flew, we flew straight from Vienna, Austria. We did a festival with TOOL and GUNS N' ROSES all in the same day. It was an amazing festival. Then I got right on a plane and we flew right to L.A. from Vienna, and started recording right when we got there. And so my voice on the record is really high on the record on some of the songs because I was screaming with Axl Rose every night, and doing my set, and then doing my set and then "My Michelle". And I can remember coming in to do the vocals for "Angel Down", and my voice was so fucking high. Like really high! And it was hard to get it to go low. Like the last song, "Falling Into You", is quite low, the verses, and I was so used to singing high that that was one of the hardest ones for me to nail, because my voice was really, really, really high when I was singing the album. And "You Don't Understand" — I'm glad you mentioned that one. Because one thing I definitely concentrated on that song was to do it clean, and that's very challenging to sing really clean and pure for a guy my age. (laughs) So I really concentrated on that song, making it really pure and clean, and I love how it turned out. I love that song, too. I'm glad you dig it.
Rock My Monkey: Other than getting you to do "Back In The Saddle", what do you think Roy Z's brought to the CD as a producer that would not have been there otherwise?
Sebastian Bach: He brought one thing that was totally essential, and he really made the album a better album. And I'll tell you why. Because as you said, my band is a great metal band, but they are real metal players. Like, Steve DiGiorgio plays bass on the record. He plays a fretless bass throughout the whole record, and he's one of the world's best heavy metal bass players. And to have him on my record is such an honor, and he did such a great job. Blows me away. But here's the deal. We had songs like "Negative Light". I wrote that with Steve. "Take It Down With Me", I wrote that with Steve. Metal Mike, I had "American Metalhead". Johnny had "Stuck Inside". We had "Angel Down", because I had that from Adam Albright. What I'm trying to say, all the songs I'm mentioning are fucking all super-metal songs. And Roy said, "Dude, this is great, but you know what you need?" I go, "What?" He says, "You need straight-up rock." And I didn't really know what he meant, because I'm the artist. That's why you get a producer. So he's like, "Let me fucking show you some shit." Then he plays me the riff to "Love Is A Bitchslap", which is (imitates guitar riff). It's just fun. It's not like "Negative Light", which is so metal. So what he did was he made the record more balanced. He balanced it out, which was very important. It was his idea to do "Back In The Saddle", which I never would have thought of. It was his idea to add more straight-up rock like "Love Is A Bitchslap", which is actually the first single. Rock and roll should always be fun, you know? And that's what he brought to the table. A real fun, straight-up rock vibe. That's what he did.
Read the full article at this location.
