Happy 4th of July Jacksonville Florida !!! I will be jamming tonight on the 4th of July with my good bud John Rich of 'Big & Rich' in Jacksonville at Metropolitan Park!!!!!!!!!! Cant wait to blow some shit up & have a great time !!!

June 26, 2008
Sebastian Bach: Back for more good rocking!
Fiery vocalist keeps finding new ways to shine

By Rob Swick

Photos by Mike Tompkins

Sebastian BachRock singer Sebastian Bach has had a long and storied career, from his heyday in the Eighties with Skid Row, up through his recent success on stage and television, and he's still going strong musically, as seen with his latest solo album, "Angel Down." Bach was kind enough to take some time to talk to All Access Magazine recently, and here's how it went:

All Access Magazine -- Good afternoon, Sebastian Bach! Thank you so much from All Access Magazine. Earlier this year we were really pleased to review your latest album, "Angel Down," which is a great effort, and we're sure you'll have much success with it. Now, to start things off, we have a question for you that we're spotlighting in the next issue of All Access Magazine, and we've been asking the same question to everyone from Cinderella to L.A. Guns to you, so here goes: Do you think that Eighties-vintage glam-metal is making a comeback?

Sebastian Bach -- Hmm ... I don't know how to answer that, really -- you'd have to be more specific.

AAM -- Well, we've seen that several of the big-name bands from that era are back on the circuit lately. For instance, Cinderella was gearing up for an arena tour with Warrant, Lynch Mob and Lynam, and then again, you're well-aware that Poison is heading out on tour, and let's not forget the huge success of the Rocklahoma festival, coming up again this summer, featuring so many familiar names from years gone by. So some folks say that glam never really went away, while other people say that those who lived in the Eighties aren't letting go, but there's not much new interest, while still others say that we're indeed seeing a resurgence, a new excitement with a new audience. So the question is, do you think it's making a comeback, or did it never really go away, or is it just a nostalgia thing for those who actually wore spandex in the Eighties?

Bach -- I think it's a completely different answer for each band. I don't think that what I'm doing in 2008 is the same thing as what Cinderella is doing. I don't know if they've got a new album out, but I have a brand-new record out, that I just put out, that I haven't even started playing at shows in the USA. We just finished a month's worth of touring in Australia and Norway and Finland and Estonia and Sweden, and we are playing more new songs in our set than old songs, so I think that what I'm doing might be different from what Cinderella, for instance, is doing these days, though I could be wrong. All I know is that my band, onstage, is living in 2008, not 1988. And while I can't speak for others, my band and I are not out to revive vintage glam metal from the Eighties. That's not what we're doing on the stage, or on the record.

AAM -- We're really stoked about your new album, and we look forward to hearing it live pretty soon. Now, on your European tour, besides Scandinavia and Estonia, did you visit the other Baltic republics, including Latvia and Lithuania?

Bach -- No, and in fact, about Estonia, I used to think it was a place that only existed in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," but I found out that it was a real country, ha-ha!

AAM -- And how was the response in places like that, how did they like you?

Sebastian BachBach -- It was incredible! You can go to websites like YouTube and check out clips, and it's very gratifying for me to put out new songs in the set, next to stuff like "I Remember You," which is always going to be a classic song, and then to put out the new record, "Angel Down," and to see the fans get off on the new songs as well as the old. That was very gratifying for us.

AAM -- No doubt it was! So when you get back to America, it looks like you're going to be at Rocklahoma in about four weeks, is that right?

Bach -- And we're also opening up the whole Poison tour, all across America, and we're going to be at the Gibson Amphitheatre in L.A. on August 23rd, I think.

AAM -- You, Poison, and Dokken, right?

Bach -- Dokken's not doing all the shows -- they're doing about half the tour, I believe.

AAM -- Well, considering all the talent that's going to be at Rocklahoma, is that going to be anything like "old home week" for you, seeing folks you haven't seen for a while? For instance, Enuff Z'nuff is going to be there on your day, July 10th, and Tracii Guns and Bret Michaels, and lots of other rockers who date back to the "vintage" times of the Eighties.

Bach -- Well, it depends on where we're going to be the night before, and the next night -- that will have a lot to do with how long I'll be hanging out there. Sometimes out on the road, when you've got to be in the next town and it's an eight-hour drive, then you just do the show and then you split -- but if it's a short drive, we might just hang out with everybody, and party, et cetera ...

AAM -- Rocklahoma is all about the party, that's for sure! Anyway, speaking of friends from the old days, on your latest album, we see that you worked a bit with Axl Rose, which was big, exciting news, and it looks like it went well for both of you. And then there was talk that you might get together with Slash and Velvet Revolver, but that hasn't happened yet. So since you're on good terms with both Slash and Axl, how is that going, do you ever feel that you're in the middle of some kind of "Guns N' Roses sandwich"?

Bach -- A "Guns N' Roses sandwich," dude! I'm in a "Guns N' Roses taco!" Well, here's something that neither Axl nor Slash even knows: about three months ago I was going to record with Sly Stone, of Sly and the Family Stone. I went to see them at Christmas in New York City. I've been a fan of his since I was a little kid, and I couldn't believe he was playing in New York, so I went to see him, and I got to be friends with some of the dudes in his band, and we had a recording session in L.A. that was actually going to happen, and I was going to pay for it, and I asked Axl, "Dude, would you want to sing with Sly?" And he said, "Yeah, if it's a real album, let me know when and where it is, and I'll come on down!" And at that time, Slash called me out of the blue. I hadn't talked to him in like three or four years, so I said, "I might be recording with Sly Stone -- would you be interested in playing?" And he said "Yes!" But then it happened that Sly wanted me to buy him a dog, a special security dog from an exclusive kennel and breeder, and it was this really extravagant purchase that I just couldn't swing, so the whole thing fell through. But I almost reunited Slash and Axl for the Sly Stone session, which was pretty mind-blowing, and it still might happen someday!

Sebastian Bach

AAM -- Well, speaking of Sly, are there any favorite songs of his that really stand out for you?

Bach -- For sure! "Sing a Simple Song" is one of my favorites, and "Family Affair," and "I Want to Take You Higher," and "If You Want Me to Stay." I love Sly!

AAM -- Sebastian, we're curious about how you go about picking the music you perform on a project like "Angel Down." For instance, there's the Aerosmith cover, "Back in the Saddle." So how did you choose that one?

Bach -- Well, "Back in the Saddle" was actually the suggestion of producer Roy Z. We had 13 songs finished and ready to record, but then he said, "You're Sebastian Bach, and you're back on stage, so you have to do this one!" And then I heard how Metal Mike and Bobby played it, and that really cemented it for me, I really loved what they did with the song, so that was a great suggestion from Mr. Roy Z.

AAM -- A further question on how you do what you do -- how do you put your musicians together when you're doing a new effort like "Angel Down"?

Bach -- I just look for the best of the best! I'm a huge Judas Priest and Rob Halford fan, and one of my favorite albums of the past ten years is definitely "Resurrection," by Halford, so when Rob joined back up with Judas Priest, I wondered what those other cats [from the Halford band] were up to, that would be "Metal Mike" Chlasciak and Bobby Jarzombek, so I looked them up, and I've been playing with them for about four years, and I'm like a fan of my own band, which is quite trippy!

AAM -- So these guys are on the new project, right?

Bach -- Yes, absolutely!

AAM -- So when are we going to be seeing and hearing this stuff here in the States?

Bach -- Well, of course the album, "Angel Down," has been out and in stores for a while now, but we're actually going to be re-releasing it for the tour this summer, as a CD-DVD package. The DVD will feature a movie I made, called "Road Rage," which shows the making of the CD, and it also includes five live songs. There's "American Metalhead" from Detroit, and "You Don't Understand" from Winnipeg, and "By Your Side" and "Love is a Bitchslap" from Calgary, and "Stuck Inside" from Mount Fuji, Japan. And there's lots of backstage craziness, with the Trailer Park Boys and stuff like that, so it's a very funny movie, quite along the lines of "Oh Say Can You Scream" or "Roadkill" -- and that's coming out this summer in conjunction with tour, so I'm very excited about that.

AAM -- So are we! That's great, now you're talking about film endeavors. We see that you've had much success on the stage, what with "Jekyll and Hyde" and "Jesus Christ Superstar," and you've also had some television action, including "Gilmore Girls" -- so now, do you have any interest or plans for possible big-screen cinematic productions?

Bach -- I would like to do anything that has to do with Marvel -- maybe Hulk, or Thor, or Captain America, Spiderman, Fantastic Four. I have collected Marvel since I was a kid, and I own this humongous collection of comics from the Sixties and Seventies. And everybody seems to like those movies, and I think I would look killer as Thor with a hammer and cape, and my hair is just like Thor's!

AAM -- Who knows, then -- maybe we'll see you in some kind of Marvel production. At least you have the voice for it, that's for sure! Now, you come from Canada originally, but where do you call home now?

Bach -- New Jersey.

AAM -- Sebastian, you started at young age -- so do you now have any words of encouragement or advice for any of our young readers and aspiring musicians?

Bach -- I would say, definitely the number one thing now is to use the Internet to your advantage. Get a killer MySpace page for starters. Like, Anthrax picked their new singer from there, and then again Journey got theirs from YouTube -- so if you can get to be the lead singer of Journey from an Internet page, then I would tell any aspiring rocker to get it together on the Web.

AAM -- Thanks for that tip! So, Sebastian, we're looking forward to your tour, including your upcoming show at Gibson Amphitheatre on the August 23, and in the meantime fans should be sure to check out your fine new album, "Angel Down."

Bach -- Thank you, All Access Magazine!

AAM -- Sebastian Bach, thank you! You rock, and we'll see you on the road!

Story and Interview by Rob Swick

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SEBASTIAN BACH HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF THE COOLEST DOWN TO EARTH ARTIST THAT
WE HAVE EVER HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH. KNOWN EARLY IN HIS CAREER AS THE
LEAD SINGER OF SKID ROW HAS BEEN DOING SOLO WORK FOR YEARS NOW WITH HIS
LATEST SMASH ALBUM "ANGEL DOWN" ON STORE SHELVES EVERYWHERE BACH WILL
RELEASE A LIMITED EDITION VERSION FEATURING A DVD ON THE MAKING OF THE
ALBUM AS WELL AS HIGH QUALITY CONCERT FOOTAGE DURING HIS 2006 TOUR WITH
GUNS & ROSES AS WELL AS A CLIP FROM LAST YEARS EDGEFEST IN ALBANY NY. MANY
CRITICS LIKE TO MAKE BACH OUT TO BE A SELF CENTERED MUSICIAN WHICH I GUESS
IS SO THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO WRITE ABOUT, HOWEVER WE CAN TELL YOU THIS:
SEBASTIAN BACH IS A DEDICATED HARD WORKING MUSICIAN WHO WILL NOT SETTLE
FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN PERFECTION. HE IS TRULY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT HE
DOES AND WILL NEVER SACRIFICE THE MORALS HIS FATHER TAUGHT HIM LONG AGO.
DURING OUR JOURNEY WE DISCOVERED A LOT ABOUT BACH'S PERSONALITY AND
COMMITMENTS AND AFTER READING OUR INTERVIEW WITH THIS GREAT MUSICIAN WE
HOPE YOU WILL ALSO SEE THAT HE IS FAR FROM WHAT CRITICS SAY HE IS AND THAT
EVERY REACTION HE GIVES IS IN WARRANTED TO DEFEND HIMSELF, HIS MUSIC, HIS
NAME, AND HIS BELIEFS. LIKE EVERY ONE ELSE IN OUR WORLD WHEN TAUNTED AND
TALKED ABOUT WE WILL STAND UP AND SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT. SEBASTIAN BACH
WILL BE ON TOUR ALL SUMMER WITH POISON SIGNING COPIES OF THE
ANGEL DOWN L.E RELEASE SO HEAD OUT TO A ROCK SHOW AND SEE WHAT GOOD
ROCK IS ALL ABOUT! IF YOU CAN NOT MAKE IT TO A SHOW HEAD OVER TO FYE AND PICK
UP HIS LATEST RELEASE!
SEBASTIAN: YO JOSH! HOWS IT GOING?

M4M: HEY SEBASTIAN WHATS GOING ON MAN? NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU. THIS IS A VERY EXCITING SUMMER FOR YOU. WHATS
GOING ON WITH THIS LIMITED EDITION "ANGEL DOWN SET"? WE HEAR IT IS WILD!

SEBASTIAN: YES I DO! IT IS A LIMITED EDITION VERSION OF ANGEL DOWN WITH A DVD. THE DVD IS CALLED ROAD RAGE AND IS A
MAKING OF THE CD "ANGEL DOWN" AND ALSO FIVE LIVE SONGS FILMED ON THE GUNS & ROSES TOUR IN 2006 ALL SHOT VIDEO
AND PRO TOOL AUDIO. VERY HIGH QUALITY CONCERT FOOTAGE. IT IS GOING TO BE A FYE EXCLUSIVE AT ALL FYE STORES AND FYE
WILL ALSO HAVE A BOOTH SET UP AT THE POISON SHOWS AND WE ARE DOING 47 SHOWS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU CAN
COME TO THE SHOW AND I WILL BE TRYING TO AUTOGRAPH AS MANY DVD'S AS I CAN AT EVERY SHOW.

M4M: OH MAN THAT SOUNDS AWESOME! NOW THE LABEL THIS RELEASE ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL "ANGEL DOWN" IS OWNED BY
YOU CORRECT OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? PARTNERSHIP THERE?

SEBASTIAN: I DON'T OWN IT FINANCIALLY HOWEVER IT IS MY LABEL CREATIVELY.

M4M: AWESOME SO IT MUST BE A LOT EASIER TO DO WHAT YOU WANT ON YOUR ALBUMS AND GET YOUR MUSIC ACROSS TO FANS
THE WAY YOU WANT.

SEBASTIAN: WELL I DO NOT WANT MUSICIANS TO DO EXACTLY WHAT I WANT THEM TO DO. I HIRE THE BEST MUSICIANS IN METAL
AND IT IS THE SAME IN SKID ROW WHERE I THOUGHT THEY WERE THE BEST BAND THAT I COULD GET IN AND THEN IN 2008 I GOT
BOBBY ON DRUMS, METAL MIKE CHLASCIAK ON GUITAR, STEVE DIGIORGIO ON BASS FOR THE ALBUM, ROB DOING BASS LIVE, AND
JOHNNY CHROMATIC ON GUITAR. THIS IS THE BEST BAND THAT I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME. I AM ALSO A HUGE FAN OF MY BAND
AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE RECORDS OF THE 90'S IS RESURRECTION BY ROB HALFORD THEN ROB WENT BACK TO JUDAS PRIEST
AND I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT TO MYSELF WHAT ARE THOSE GUYS DOING NOW AND I HAVE BEEN PLAYING WITH METAL MIKE AND
BOBBY FOR AT LEAST 3 YEARS NOW SO I AM A LUCKY GUY.

M4M: OH MAN WE ACTUALLY CAUGHT YOU LIVE AT EDGEFEST LAST YEAR AND YOU TORE IT UP!!

SEBASTIAN: OH MY GOD DUDE THAT WAS A CRAZY SHOW. ON THE DVD ROADRAGE THE PART WHERE I SMASH THE ACOUSTIC
GUITAR IS ON THE DVD.

M4M: THAT IS AWESOME. MAN THAT WAS SUCH A GREAT SHOW. I STILL TALK ABOUT IT ALL MOST A YEAR LATER NOW. NOW EVERY
SHOW YOU DO HAS THE SAME ENERGY LEVEL THOUGH DOES IT NOT?

SEBASTIAN: MAKING THE DVD AND WATCHING THE FOOTAGE I KICK ASS LIVE!!

M4M: YOU DO! YOU CAN SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU DO BRO!

SEBASTIAN: THERE IS SO MUCH ENERGY COMING OFF THE STAGE AND IT IS EXCITING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT WHEN THE
SHOW STARTS IT IS FUCKING EXHILARATING. IT GETS MY HEART GOING AND I CAN'T REALLY WATCH MY CONCERT FOOTAGE AT
NIGHT BECAUSE I GET SO FUCKING WOUND UP SO I DO IT DURING THE DAY SO I CAN WIND DOWN. THE BAND IS REALLY GREAT. I
CANNOT WAIT FOR YOU TO SEE THE DVD IN YOUR LIVING ROOM SURROUND SOUND. IT IS JUST REALLY HIGH QUALITY FOOTAGE.

M4M: OH MAN I AM STOKED JUST THINKING ABOUT IT! I LOVE THE SURROUND SOUND IT IS A MUST!

SEBASTIAN: I AM LIKE A FUCKING VIDEO AND AUDIO HOUND. THE REASON THAT I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THIS DVD
IS THAT IT WAS ALL SHOT DURING THE GUNS & ROSES TOUR. AXL ROSE HAD A FULL PRO TOOL RECORDING RIG AT THE SOUND
BOARD WITH A SEPARATE PRO TOOL ENGINEER WITH A 5 CAMERA PRO SHOOT CAPTURING ALL HIS CONCERTS. SO ONE NIGHT I
JUST ASKED HIM "YO DUDE CAN WE BORROW YOUR SHIT' (laughing) I HAVE LIKE 40 SHOWS ON THE BIG CLUNKY BETA FORMAT
THAT I HAVE HAD FOR YEARS AND SOME DAY HOPE TO PUT OUT A FULL SHOW, BUT ROADRAGE IS ALL NEW MATERIAL. IT CAME
OUT GREAT SO I AM SO EXCITED.

M4M: WELL NOW YOU AND AXL HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND HAVE COLLABORATED ON EACH OTHER'S
ALBUMS.

SEBASTIAN: HE SINGS THREE SONGS ON "ANGEL DOWN" WITH "LOVE IS A BITCH SLAP", "STUCK INSIDE", AND "BACK IN THE
SADDLE". HE HELPED OUT SKID ROW BACK IN THE OLD DAYS IN 1991 WHEN HE TOOK US OUT ON THE USE YOUR ILLUSION TOUR
AND NOW HE TOOK MY SOLO BAND OUT IN 2006-2007 AND TOOK US AROUND THE WORLD. I COULD NEVER EVER REPAY HIM FOR
HOW MUCH HE HAS HELPED ME OUT. THE FACT THAT EVERYONE WAS WAITING FOR HIM TO PUT OUT CHINESE DEMOCRACY AND
HE COMES OUT AND MAKES HIS RETURN ON SEBASTIAN BACH'S SOLO ALBUM. THINK OF HOW COOL THAT IS FOR US AS A BAND.
WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THIS CD. WHEN WE PUT OUT THIS CD AND YOU STICK IT IN AND HEAR AXL ROSE SCREAMING AT THE
TOP OF HIS LUNGS. THAT IS KIND OF COOL TO HAVE!

M4M: OH MAN FOR SURE IT KICKS ASS!

SEBASTIAN: I HAVE ALREADY ASKED HIM ABOUT THE NEXT CD. YOU KNOW SOMETIMES I SEE THE COMMENTS ON THE INTERNET
LIKE BLABBERMOUTH AND ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT I READ BECAUSE I AM WORKING WITH JAMEY JASTA OF HATEBREED FOR
THE NEXT ALBUM WAS "SEBASTIAN WILL NEVER TOP ANGEL DOWN" WHEN ARE PEOPLE GONNA LEARN THIS IS WHAT I FUCKING
DO? LIKE I AM NOT GOING TO TOP ANGEL DOWN OF COURSE I AM THIS IS WHAT I FUCKING DO!

M4M: THAT IS FUCKING INSANE MAN! I MEAN THAT'S WHAT YOU DO. YOU GO OUT THERE AND WRITE AND PERFORM. CHANCES
ARE YOU WILL TOP IT MAN.

SEBASTIAN: YOU KNOW I AM NOT GOING TO START SUCKING NOW! (laughing)

M4M: NOT ONLY DO YOU DO MUSIC MAN YOU DO EVERYTHING MAN! HOW THE HELL DO YOU FIND THE TIME?

SEBASTIAN: I DO T.V AND STUFF AND I BASICALLY LOOK AT IT AS A WAY TO PROMOTE MY MUSIC. THAT IS WHAT REALLY MEANS THE
MOST TO ME.

M4M: YOU KNOW THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO DO IT BRO. YOU ARE BEING VIEWED BY MILLIONS. YOU KNOW YOU SEEM TO BE AT A
POINT IN YOUR CAREER THAT YOU CAN HAND PICK WHAT YOU WISH TO BE A PART OF AS WELL.

SEBASTIAN: THAT IS 100% TRUE. I WOULD LIKE TO SMACK DR. DREW PINKSKY IN THE FACE FROM CELEBRITY REHAB BECAUSE HE
ASKED ME TO DO HIS STUPID FUCKING SHOW AND I SAID NO IMMEDIATELY THEN HE GOES AROUND AND STARTS USING MY NAME
FOR HIS BULLSHIT SHOW AND I THINK HE IS A REAL EVIL FUCKING GUY TO USE ME OR ANGELINA JOLIE OR WHOEVER ELSE HE
GOES AROUND TALKING ABOUT. MIND YOUR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS DR. DREW! MIND YOUR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS IS WHAT I
GOT TO SAY TO YOU.

M4M: THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIKE JUST LIKE TO RUN THEIR MOUTH'S AND START SHIT! I THINK HALF OF THEM HAVE
NO CLUE WHAT THE HELL THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SEBASTIAN: IT IS THE WHOLE SCENE AND FOR THEM TO USE MY NAME FOR THEIR STUPID SHOW IS BULLSHIT AND HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH ME. I AM DOING GONE COUNTRY 2 THAT I REALLY DIG COMING OUT ON THE CMT NETWORK IN AUGUST. THAT IS ALL
ABOUT MUSIC AND THAT IS WHY I LIKE IT AND THAT IS WHY I DO IT. ANYTHING TO DO WITH MUSIC I DO BUT I DON'T DO FEAR
FACTOR AND STICK MY HEAD IN A AQUARIUM WITH A BUNCH OF SCORPIONS, EATING BUGS, AND JUMPING OUT OF AIRPLANES. I
LIKE MAKING MUSIC AND THAT'S WHAT I DO.

M4M: NOW YOU ACTUALLY TURNED DOWN SOMETHING LIKE MY KIDS A STAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT RIGHT?

SEBASTIAN: NO WHAT IT WAS IS THEY WANTED MY SON PARIS AND ME TO COME ON THE SHOW THAT SNIDER'S SON WAS ON. MY
SON PLAYS THE DRUMS AND THEY WANTED HIM TO SING. NOW IF MY SON WAS ALLOWED TO PLAY THE DRUMS WE WOULD HAVE
DONE IT BUT MY SON DOES NOT SING AND THEY WERE LIKE WELL MAKE HIM SING AND I WAS LIKE NO (laughing)

M4M: THAT IS FUNNY! YEAH LET US CHANGE WHAT HE DOES JUST FOR THE NETWORK RIGHT? WHAT DO THESE PEOPLE THINK
BEFORE THEY SAY SHIT LIKE THAT? (laughing)

SEBASTIAN: YOU KNOW LET HIM GET UP THERE AND DO A DRUM SOLO. HE WOULD OF FUCKING KICKED ASS!

M4M: NOW WHAT IS PRETTY COOL IS YOUR SON'S GROUP ACTUALLY OPENED UP FOR YOU BEFORE.

SEBASTIAN: YES HE HAS AND HE ALSO GOT TO OPEN FOR HELL YEAH IN CONNECTICUT AND I WAS LIKE DUDE CAN YOU OPEN
FOR THEM AND I WILL OPEN FOR YOU?

M4M: DAMN MAN THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SHIT!

SEBASTIAN: SO YOU'RE IN ALBANY RIGHT NOW?

M4M: YEAH MAN JUST OUTSIDE OF THERE

SEBASTIAN: I CAN DEFINITELY SAY WE ARE PLAYING THE PNC CENTER IN NEW JERSEY AND JONES BEACH. IS THERE A CLOSER
VENUE TO YOU?

M4M: YEAH MAN YOU WILL BE PLAYING MOHEGAN SUN ARENA ON JULY 29TH IN CONNECTICUT

SEBASTIAN: AWESOME MAN YOU NEED TO COME OUT TO THE SHOW AND ROCK!

M4M: OH MAN YOU GOT IT! I WILL BE THERE AND IT IS GOING TO ROCK!

SEBASTIAN: AWESOME!

M4M: NOW RUMORS HAVE BEEN FLYING AROUND BACK IN 2003 AND THEN RECENTLY ONCE AGAIN THAT YOU WOULD BECOME
THE LEAD SINGER OF VELVET REVOLVER! IS THERE ANY TRUTH TO THAT? WE WOULD LIKE TO CLEAR THAT UP RIGHT NOW FOR
PEOPLE.

SEBASTIAN: I THINK THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT SCOTT WEILAND SAID SEBASTIAN BACH WOULD BE A PERFECT
CHOICE FOR VELVET REVOLVER AND HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN JOKING BUT GUESS WHAT? IF I WAS TO SING FOR VELVET REVOLVER
WE COULD AT LEAST DO SOME GUNS & ROSES SONG'S. (laughing) YOU CAN JOKE ALL YOU WANT MR FUCKING NO TONE, ZERO
RANGED FUCKING SINGER. I WOULD EAT HIM FOR BREAKFAST ON A MICROPHONE ANY FUCKING DAY OF THE WEEK.

M4M: OH MAN YOU HAVE ME ALMOST PISSING MYSELF. (laughing)

SEBASTIAN: IF HE WANTS TO STAND NEXT TO ME AND SING GOOD FUCKING LUCK. IF HE THINKS THAT WAS A JOKE WELL THEN
THE JOKE IS ON HIM I DO PARADISE CITY AND MY MICHELLE EVERY SINGLE NIGHT WITH AXL ROSE YOU KNOW. AT LEAST WE CAN
SING THE OLD SONGS.

M4M: WELL YEAH MAN YOU ARE DOING THE SONGS WITH THE MAN THAT WRITES THEM AND PERFORMS THEM.

SEBASTIAN: YOU KNOW WEILAND GOT TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT AXL AND ME PROBABLY. HE GOT TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT IT
AND YOU CAN NOT REPLACE AXL ROSE YOU KNOW THAT FUCKING GUY HAS GOT ONE CRAZIEST, MOST AMAZING VOICES IN THE
HISTORY OF ROCK AND WHEN HE DOES SWEET CHILD OF MINE, AND WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE IT IS AN AWESOME THING TO
SEE, IT REALLY IS AND I HAVE SEEN IT A MILLION TIMES AND IT IS ALWAYS INCREDIBLE. HE IS THE BEST REALLY.

M4M: AXL DEFIANTLY KNOW'S HIS SHIT. THAT IS FOR SURE MAN!

M4M:: NOW A LOT OF CRITICS SINCE DAY ONE THROUGH OUT YOUR CAREER LABEL YOU AS THIS BAD ASS, DO WHAT YOU WANT,
DON'T CARE ABOUT NO ONE TYPE PERSON. YOU SEEM FAR FROM THAT JUST TALKING TO YOU.

SEBASTIAN: WELL PERFORMING IS A TOUGH BUSINESS. I GIVE A SHIT ABOUT PEOPLE AND I HAVE NEVER SAID THAT I DON'T GIVE A
SHIT ABOUT PEOPLE. THAT IS NOT TRUE AT ALL BUT I WILL NOT COMPROMISE MY ART AND I LEARNED THAT FROM MY DAD
ACTUALLY. I DO NOT LIKE TO PUT MY NAME ON SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK IS THE BEST IT CAN BE. THAT IS JUST THE WAY IT
IS BUT I CAN NOT BE THAT HARD TO WORK WITH IF I AM DOING BROADWAY IN 4 MUSICALS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YOU WILL
LAST 1 WEEK DOING BROADWAY IF YOU WERE HARD TO WORK WITH THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST WAITING TO GET YOUR GIG
ON BROADWAY. PEOPLE ARE JUST WAITING THEY HAVE A LIST FOR IT.

M4M: WELL THAT IS WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN LOOKING OVER YOUR CREDENTIALS.

SEBASTIAN: THE THING IS I HAVE TO BELIEVE IN WHAT I AM DOING OR I DO NOT DO IT. THAT IS WHEN PEOPLE GET MAD AT ME AND I
DON'T REALLY CARE IF THEY GET MAD AT ME BECAUSE IF I PUT MY NAME ON IT LIKE ANGEL DOWN WITH THE LYRICS AND THE
COVER AND ART MY DAD DID IS JUST PERFECT TO ME SO I AM PROUD TO PUT MY NAME ON IT. THE ENDING OF SKID ROW THEY
WOULD GIVE ME THESE SONGS THAT I DIDN'T THINK WERE THE BEST SONGS THEY COULD BE OR PUT THE SKID ROW NAME ON IT
SO I WOULD NOT SING THEM. THAT IS WHEN THEY SAID YOU ARE OUT OF CONTROL AND HARD TO WORK WITH. I SAID NO I JUST
REFUSE TO SUCK.

M4M: I HEAR YOU MAN! YOU TAKE GREAT PRIDE AND PASSION INTO WHAT YOU DO.

SEBASTIAN: IF YOU LISTEN TO THE SKID ROW RECORDS WITH OUT ME AND THEN LISTEN TO ANGEL DOWN YOU WILL BE LIKE
WOW THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS. BACK IN THE LATE 80'S- EARLY 90'S WHAT WE ALL THOUGHT WAS A GREAT BAND
WAS THE SAME THING. NOW TODAY WHAT THEY THINK IS A GREAT BAND AND WHAT I THINK IS A GREAT BAND IS NOT THE SAME
THING.

M4M: WELL SEBASTIAN WE WILL LET YOU GO AND THANK YOU MAN FOR TAKING A TIME OUT TO SPEAK WITH US TODAY. IT TRULY
WAS KICK ASS!

SEBASTIAN: COOL MAN I WILL SEE YOU SOON! THANKS A LOT BUDDY

VH1 CLASSIC ADDS '(LOVE IS) A BITCHSLAP' VIDEO !

Today, VH1 Classic began rotation of the '(Love Is) A Bitchslap' Video from the album 'Angel Down'. It is airing NOW on the 'Metal Mania' show as a 'Classic/Current' Video, so check it out & crank it up LOUD in your living room! The '(Love Is) A Bitchslap' Video will be available on the 'ROADRAGE' DVD in the UK on July 21 & in the USA @ FYE Stores this summer! More video news coming soon!

Sebastian Bach Interview with BlogsNRoses.com
Posted by Craig Wettner at 6/19/2008 4:16 PM and is filed under Angel Down,Sebastian Bach

Sebastian Bach is a kick ass rock n roll star. He is charismatic and a fantastic interview candidate for our site. So when we heard Sebastian was getting ready to re-release Angel Down in the States and release it in the UK, we had to talk to him. Here is our conversation with Sebastian Bach.

Bach: Alright Blogs n Roses. What's going on?

BnR: Not much, not much. How are you doing?

Bach: Good.

BnR: I wanted to talk a little about the Angel Down record. I personally loved it. I thought the record had something for everyone. It had a bit of hard rock, southern sludge, punk. What was your main inspiration when writing and recording the album?

Bach: I just wanted to make a cd that would go in your iPod and make sense next to the Slave to the Grind and the first Skid Row album. That's basically it and to have Axl sing on it is insane. No one could have ever predicted that, especially me. That's amazing. To put out an cd with him and me on it. We sold about 100,000 copies worldwide with no touring. Well we did a month of touring. But the US tour starts in July 8 in Nashville. We are re-releasing the cd with a DVD called ROADRAGE, which encompasses the making of the cd and also five [5] live songs from the Guns N' Roses tour. It is like Pro-shot video and audio. That comes from Axl. He let us use his equipment. That is incredible. I am very happy to share some of that footage with the fans finally. It's going to be great. Also, we are putting out a vinyl picture disc with double-gatefold sleeves. And I love that shit. I love packaging and picture discs and shit like that. So I am pretty happy. We are doing about 40 or 47 shows with Poison across America. So we are playing pretty much everywhere except for Texas. I don't know why. Sorry Texas. But we are definitely hitting the United States and that is going to be great.

BnR: What is your favorite song on the album?

Bach: I would have to say it is Stuck Inside. I love the whole album, but Stuck Inside crushes me the way Monkey Business crushes me and really the way Axl sings the last mid part of the song into the last chorus. The way he hits the high note over the last chorus just fucking destroys me. It is so heavy and cool. When I am listening to it I can't believe it is me and Axl. All my fans are cranking it on their iPods.

BnR: I can attest to that. I also love the cover of Back in the Saddle with you and Axl.

Bach: Well that's cool. That's crazy. That song is so great that every time I hear it I laugh because it is so good. [laughs]. I do. I am like 'listen to this shit.' And that is real rock magic on there. I have a rule that I never drink alcohol before a show or before I sing ever, except to that song, dude. What happened was that I sang two songs in the studio that day. I can't remember which two. I did the lead vocal and I was done. Then Roy Z, the producer, said to the band 'hey first song tomorrow, let's do Back in the Saddle.' I thought I was done for the day and he said let's practice it right now. We taped it. The first time they played is what you hear on the record. I was sitting back there listening to it start and I couldn't believe it. I just ran out there with a couple of Model Especials in me. I grabbed the mic and I wailed it. And that is pretty much 90% of what made the record. There are so many lyrics in that song that I went back and made sure I had totally perfect. There's a lot of words in there. And Axl said he would sing on the record and he came down and picked which songs he wanted to sing on. Singers love Back in the Saddle because Steve Tyler is the ultimate screamer especially on that song. It's incredible. The first time I played that song for Axl goes 'Oh my god the guitars.' He just loved the guitars. It was kind of a challenge on who would get what part of the song between me and him. Because I didn't want to cut any of him and he didn't want to cut any of me. So we tried a few different versions and none of them were perfect. And then I said 'Let's just go by the words.' And then it all became crystal clear. 'I'm calling all the shots tonight, I'm like a loaded gun.' That's Guns N' Roses. And we went like that down the line to see who lyrically fit. Then we put it together. It's rock magic. That's what it sounds like to me.

BnR: I crank it up when I am at the Target or whatever. I scare all the soccer moms with it. They like 'What is that?!'

Bach: What at Target? Cool. That's great.

BnR: How did you convince Axl to sing on Angel Down?

Bach: There was no convincing at all. It was this simple. I was standing at Baggage Claim at LAX about to master my record. I had just sung on Chinese Democracy, a song called Sorry. And sorry, I don't know when it is coming out. When I was coming to LA, I just texted him from the airport and said 'Dude, when are you going to sing on my record?' I was just joking. He goes 'Where? What time?' I couldn't believe it. It was that simple. And he drove down in his Testarosa or whatever it is. And you can hear what he did. He's incredible. That's it. It is mind blowing that I can say that. But I love saying that because you have this guy from England painting this weird picture of him [Axl] on the internet or whatever. Writing books when they don't even know the guy. I do know him and he's a rocker. He loves rock n' roll. He's obsessed with making great rock n' roll. And that is who is he is.

BnR: You said you sang on Chinese Democracy. What song was that again?

Bach: It's called Sorry.

BnR: Do you think it has a shot at making the record?

Bach: Yea that's what Axl tells me. Yea I do.

BnR: Are you excited for the upcoming tour for Angel Down?

Bach: I am 100% excited for the upcoming tour. I always liked big stages, big arenas. We are playing all over the States and that's good for me. I am very excited.

BnR: You are playing almost every night. Does that get a bit tiring?

Bach: Yea it gets physically tiring. It gets mentally tiring, but not when you are on the stage. It's when you are off the stage that it gets very tiring. But so what? Nothing good comes easy.

BnR: How has the record been received live?

Bach: Amazing. We just came back from two and half weeks in Australia. We played in Norway and Finland. I am not exaggerating when I say the stuff is going over great. If it wasn't, I might not be doing it. It is very evident people listen on the internet. My MySpace player has 1.5 million plays. If that was radio, it would be insane. People are still hearing it and that is very evident live. They know the words and the songs. For me as a musician it has made me fall in love with what I do again. And made us so happy as a band. Because we get to play our best. I can play better now than I did in '89. The songs reflect that. Take a song like Live and Die. I am singing using every kind of sound in my voice. Really pushing myself. It feels great to do that live.

BnR: I was on your MySpace site the other day and had heard a song I never heard before. You were on a Randy Rhoads tribute album?

Bach: Yea, it only came out in Japan. It didn't come out here.

BnR: I had never heard about it. And Dimebag [Darrell] played on it. Is that correct?

Bach: Yes sir. That's me and Dime. I will never take that down because it is not out here and not available. I am not going to sell it. So it is there to listen to and he sounds incredible.

BnR: How was it working with him?

Bach: I didn't work with him on that song. That was done with Michael Wagner, my producer. He needed a lead guitar player on our song Believer. I go 'I'm going to call Dime.' I was really good friends with Dime. I called him up and he goes 'Sure, I'll do it.' But he did it after I was there and he did a perfect job. Of course, we took them [Pantera] on their first USA arena tour in Skid Row. I watched him make it big before my very eyes. I've got some video that no one else has that I made for Vinny and Rita. I mean what can you say? It is a crazy and awful thing that happened to him. I don't know what to say.

BnR: Yes, absolutely. It was an awful tragedy. Did you guys bond over KISS and your love of KISS?

Bach: We more bonded over our love of booze [laughs] and our love of weed. We bonded over that. They were wild. We actually recorded with them on the Slave to the Grind tour in his hotel room at 4 or 5 in the morning. I can remember being absolutely shit-faced and we would record songs with the sun coming up in his hotel room. I know they exist somewhere and I would love to hear it. I remember one night he wrote a ballad and I was singing. We were laughing so hard. He was like 'Sebastian stop laughing. I know you can sing this perfect.' And we couldn't stop laughing. I don't know if we ever could. I'm sure we did, but I would love to hear that one day. Wherever it is.

BnR: You blew my image of you guys. I had you guys watching the movie Detroit Rock City and bonding over KISS.

Bach: Well if I was going to watch a movie it would be KISS Meets the Phantom not Detroit Rock City.

BnR: Well speaking of KISS. I know you have a Z28 Camaro signed by Ace Frehley. Do you still have it?

Bach: I certainly do.

BnR: That is awesome. Our staff writer Joe Wettner has an 83 El Camino signed by Judas Priest.

Bach: NO WAY! That's hot!

BnR: He wants to know if you will race him for pink slips.

Bach: Aw well my Camaro is off the road right now. I got to get it fixed up. But it is out in the driveway under a tarp.

BnR: Is there anything in the KISS Kollection you don't have? I remember watching an episode of MTV's Cribs, you had more KISS stuff than I ever even knew existed.

Bach: Yes sir, I certainly do. I don't have the Ace Frehley Mego Doll. I don't have the first poster. It's from Casablanca [the record company], the first record they sent out folded up. I don't have that. The mylar Love Gun poster. Someone gave to me on tour in the 80's. I was so psyched to get them, the mylar KISS posters. But then someone stole them off the tour bus. I need to get a restock on those. I love the vintage stuff. The old stuff. I like the book by Lydia Criss called Sealed With A Kiss. It just came out. It's great.

BnR: Speaking of vintage. I used to watch Forever Wild on VH1. I thought it was great. It a reassure trove of rock knowledge. How to dress like a rockstar, how to walk like a rockstar and you even played awesome videos.

Bach: If you could have seen behind the scenes the battles I went through just to get them to play music. That's my biggest memory of Forever Wild. They were like 'Do you want to host a show?' and I was like 'Yea but guess what? We are actually going to play rock videos.' And they were like 'fine.' Then they tried to play half the song or not the one I told them to play. I was like 'Listen you guys don't understand. I need to play the video." And it was incredible. There is so much tv of people talking about music, like talking about it and analyzing it. How about you just play it? Wouldn't that be amazing to actually see it? That's my biggest memory from that show.

BnR: I wish MTV would play more videos. There are hardly any rock videos on anymore.

Bach: Yea, that is the last show I can remember that you saw a full video. I'm proud of myself for that. I thinking for myself too so I could get them on DVD and record them. I was like 'I need You Really Got Me off the first Van Halen record. I need this one and this one.' It's great because now I got them.

BnR: I was looking for a DVD collection of Forever Wild just so I can relive my Friday nights again because the show was just so awesome.

Bach: You know it is out on DVD right? There is a DVD Forever Wild with excerpts from the show. You can get it. It exists. It actually has an unreleased interview I did with Drea de Matteo from the Sopranos. It's very rare. It's only on the DVD. I have me with Ted Nugent, Vince Neil, the whole show from the Whiskey. It's a cool DVD.

BnR: So you are friends with Ted Nugent?

Bach: Yea, I'd say so.

BnR: The Supergroup show sort of had you guys at each other's throats. I think it was more creative editing and entertaining editing rather than how your actual personalities existed.

Bach: Yea. I saw what you are talking about and I didn't like seeing all that. A lot of that stuff was behind my back, if you notice on the show. Which I thought really sucked. Because I am not like that. If I don't like you, I'll tell you. I don't give a shit. I'm not going to be nice and then fucking flag you behind your back. I'm not like that. But Ted means well. He just goes at a little too hard sometimes. And that is all I can say really. He means well. I don't think if I like to have red wine with my meal at a nice Italian restaurant, I don't think that makes me an alcoholic. I have definitely toned down my drinking since that show. A little drinking goes a long way on a television show, I have discovered.

BnR: Do you think you will call your next album "Savage Animal"? Because I thought that name was awesome. Much better than Damnocracy.

Bach: I do have that name trademarked with the U.S. Government. Because for a while there, every where I went people loved to come up to me and go 'SAVAGE ANIMAL DUDE' It rolls off the tongue. But you might see that come out one day. People seemed to really respond to Savage Animal.

BnR: You know? I thought Ted would respond well to it too since he likes shooting savage animals.

Bach: It's the perfect name for that band with Ted Nugent. I thought it sounded cool, but what the fuck do I know? Godwar. That's better? I don't think so.

BnR: I have another question about your VH1 contemporaries. I have noticed that they are using a lot of hair extensions. Those that do shall remain nameless. I chalk that up to hairspray damage. How have you kept your hair full of body and volume?

Bach: Oh I don't know dude. It is very luxurious my hair, the locks I possess. I am very proud of them. I don't know. Willie Nelson, the dude from the Oakridge Boys, Greg Allman, these are cats that are far older than I am and have kick ass long fucking hair that rocks. That's my fashion model dude, the guy from the Oakridge boys.

BnR: Did you have a writing block on Angel Down or was it easy to get into the writing process.

Bach: No I never have a writing block. But I might write 100 ideas and 5 out of them, which is not a great ratio. I'm very conscious of my past work. I have VH1 Classic at my house on my cable and I see 18 and Life in 2008 just as much as I did in 89. So it's in my face all the time and I am aware of it. I want to put something out that I feel can stand up to that and those albums. And I feel Angel Down can.

BnR: With the UK release of Angel Down, will there be different artwork. I know for the U.S. release your father's painting was the artwork. Are you going to keep the same artwork?

Bach: The DVD will come with every copy in Britain. ROADRAGE with 5 live songs shot that will be coming with every copy domestically in the UK. That will come out in the USA this summer as an FYE exclusive. Also in the UK they are putting out a vinyl edition of the record with a poster, a double gatefold sleeve, and a picture disc. I love that shit.

BnR: I love how vinyl is making a comeback.

Bach: Yea, it definitely is. There is a market for it that is just growing. That's amazing. I never thought I would see Angel Down as a record and to see it as a picture disc is so cool. The collectors in the US will be able to order it online somehow. I know I want a copy so I got to be able to get it.

BnR: I'm sure you will be able to get it.

Bach: I better be.

BnR: What songs were filmed for the DVD.

Bach: American Metalhead from Detroit Michigan at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Stuck Inside from Japan at the Mt. Fuji Udo Rock Festival, By Your Side at the Calgary Saddledome, (Love Is) A Bitchslap from the Calgary Saddledome, and Winnipeg Manitoba You Don't Understand at the MTS Centre. Also as a bonus, there is By Your Side acoustic version from Hartford Connecticut, live from a radio show that my wife Maria filmed. That kicks ass. Then there is some behind the scenes footage like writing with Roy Z. It's just a fun video and if you like Skid Row, you will love ROADRAGE.

BnR: I am looking forward to seeing (Love Is) A Bitchslap live. I love that song.

Bach: Yea, it's a great performance.

Thank you Sebastian for talking with us. If you are in the US, go pick up Angel Down. If you are in the UK, you can pick it up on July 21. Make sure you catch Sebastian in his element, live and on-stage this summer with Poison and Dokken. Check out www.sebastianbach.com or www.myspace.com/sebastianbach for tour dates.

BACH LIVE IN NEW JERSEY ALL THIS WEEKEND!

This Friday & Saturday Night I will be jamming live onstage with my bud John Rich of the Country duo Big & Rich at his 2 solo shows at Bally's in Atlantic City New Jersey!! Should be alot of fun!

This Sunday I will be doing a meet & greet & will be signing autographs & at the Lucas Oil Nationals booth after round 1 during the NHRA Drag Racing Event at Raceway Park in Englishtown NJ on Sunday at 12 noon. We will have 'Angel Down' CD'S there at the booth to sign!

CYA THIS WEEKEND NEW JERSEY!

COMING SOON:

'ANGEL DOWN' LIMITED EDITION CD/DVD PACKAGE

FEATURING

'ROADRAGE' A FILM BY SEBASTIAN BACH

Available in the UK on JULY 21 2008 ! on DR2 Records a subsidiary of Global Music Ltd

Available in the USA this summer @ all FYE Stores & the FYE Booth on the Poison Tour! Release date TBA ! FYE Exclusive in the USA!

Also available in the UK on JULY 21: 'ANGEL DOWN' on VINYL PICTURE DISC ! with DOUBLE-GATEFOLD SLEEVE !

Alright!! We are so excited to announce the UK Domestic Release of 'ANGEL DOWN'! The 'ANGEL DOWN' CD/DVD Package, featuring 'ROADRAGE' A Film by Sebastian Bach, will be released Domestically all across the United Kingdom on July 21 2008 ! That's right ALL copies of 'Angel Down' will come with the DVD 'ROADRAGE' A Film by Sebastian Bach, ALL ACROSS THE UK!! Also on July 21, in the UK only, 'ANGEL DOWN' will be released on a VINYL Picture Disc, packaged in a double Gatefold Album Sleeve! The 'Angel Down' Vinyl Edition comes complete with an A3 sized poster! Vinyl will also be released in the UK on DR2 Records, a subsidiary of Global Music Ltd .
The 'ANGEL DOWN' LIMITED EDITION CD/DVD Package will be released in the USA this summer as an FYE Exclusive Release at all FYE Stores Nationwide & also at the FYE Booth on the Poison Tour! We have scheduled signing sessions where I will Autograph the Limited Edition CD/DVD at the FYE Booth on the Poison Tour! The 'ANGEL DOWN' LIMITED EDITION CD/DVD will be available EXCLUSIVELY in the USA at all FYE Stores & right there at the FYE Booth on Tour too! Hope to see you soon in your town!
I am so excited for you to see this DVD! It's called 'ROADRAGE' & it just plain kicks ass from start to finish! The film encompasses the making of the 'Angel Down' CD in 2006-2007 & also features the highest quality live sound & visual footage I have ever released. 'ROADRAGE' features 5 Tracks, %100 LIVE, filmed Pro-Shot on the 2006 North American Guns N'Roses/ Sebastian Bach Tour! The perfect DVD for you audiophiles & video geeks out there (like me)! Recorded live on multi-track pro-tool recording software by live engineer Toby Francis, these songs were remixed & remastered in 2008 by Andy Horn, with no live overdubs or studio re-recordings whatsoever. The video is a multi-camera angle pro-shoot by Nocturne Video . It is the highest quality video & sound available & the highest quality DVD that exists of me, anywhere! The songs are:
1.'American Metalhead' Detroit Michigan USA Palace Of Auburn Hills
2.'Stuck Inside' Mt. Fuji Japan Udo Festival
3.'(Love Is) A Bitchslap' Calgary Alberta Canada Calgary Saddledome
4.'By Your Side' Calgary Alberta Canada Calgary Saddledome
5.'You Don't Understand' Winnipeg Manitoba Canada MTS Centre
DVD Chapters Include Writing of 'Stuck Inside' & 'You Don't Understand' with Roy Z., Studio Tour By Maria Bach, Backstage Mayhem with the Band, & More
DVD BONUS CHAPTERS Include 'By Your Side' Acoustic Live at WCCC Planet Of Sound Hartford CT USA, the '(Love Is) A Bitchslap' Video, & More
'ROADRAGE' Starring Johnny Chromatic, Bobby Jarzombek, Metal Mike Chlasciak, Steve DiGiorgio, Rob DeLuca, Roy Z., & Sebastian Bach with Special Guests 'The Trailer Park Boys'
I am so proud of this DVD! We are very lucky to posess footage of this quality. I can't wait to share it with all of you & for you all to crank it in your living rooms in the UK & The USA! Canada, Australia, & Japan Release Dates for ROADRAGE expected soon! Lookin' forward to signing copies of the 'ANGEL DOWN LIMITED EDITION CD/DVD' all summer long at a gig near you! See ya soon!

I will be live on Eddie Trunks XM Radio show 'Eddie Trunk LIVE' on XM Channel 41 'The Boneyard' this Monday night June 16 at 7 pm EST. go here for more info : http://eddietrunk.com/index.cfm/pk/content/pid/400520

12:25 PM 6/6/2008 Tallinn, Estonia
The road. What a twisted tale it weaves. You can never, ever predict what will happen when you step out on the long & winding road. Yesterday was a perfect example of this.
We were booked for 5 shows in Europe this month solely because of the chance to play Sweden Rock, an incredible festival in Solvesborg, Sweden, for the second time. The first time we played there, in 2005, was one of the greatest shows of our career. To be asked back for a second time was an easy 'yes' from us , we were so excited to play for all the 35,000 or so Sweden Rockers & also hang out with & watch all the other great bands on the bill. When it was publicized that we were playing Sweden Rock , all of a sudden we got offers to play in Oslo, Norway, Tallinn, Estonia, Tampere, Finland, & Oulu, Finland. We accepted all of these shows, all booked around the big one, Sweden Rock. After 2 weeks in Australia, playing 5 shows in Europe before the big summer USA tour seemed like the perfect thing to do .
But you can never predict what the road has in store.
Basically, there was no way to pull this off. Touring Europe these days means flying from gig to gig. That means checking all guitars, basses, drums, merch, sound racks, backdrops, band luggage, everything you see on the stage has to be checked in at every airport before and after each & every show. It is always a crapshoot to see if you will actually get all your gear on the other side. If you have a connecting flight, you are at the mercy of baggage handlers at each airport to load up all your gear in time to make the connecting flight. Heathrow in London UK is the absolute worst for this. Every time we have flown to Heathrow, they have lost bags, kept us in a "holding pattern" above the airport so long that we invariably miss our connecting flight, tell us our carry on luggage is "too big" & must now be checked (even though we flew with the carry ons from Australia, New York , LA, or further with no problem whatsoever). I actually dread all airports now, but Heathrow is without a doubt the worst in the world.
So, we go onstage in Oslo at 10 pm. We are due to be onstage at Sweden Rock the next day at 1pm in the afternoon. There is only one flight that leaves from Norway in time for us to make this stage time. The only way we can do it is if we catch the 6:15am flight to Stockholm, & then catch the 8:15am connecting flight to Ronneby, Sweden, the closest airport to Sweden Rock, then drive straight to the stage, play the show , then drive straight back to airport to fly to Tallinn, Estonia for our next nights show at The Old Monastery Yard . There is only one flight from Sweden to Estonia each day, at 6 pm. If you miss that, you have to wait till the next day at 6 to fly again! Its not like America where there are flights everywhere hour on the hour. This schedule left no time to sleep, & no room for error. We made no errors, & still could not make the 1pm show time at Sweden Rock.
We finished the show in Oslo at 11:45 pm. Lobby call for the drive to the Oslo airport was at an excruciating 3:45 am. That left me around a 3 hour window to try & sleep before playing in front of 35,000 people in only a matter of hours. I did a runner back to the hotel, took 2 Tylenol pms, & actually did manage to get around 2 hours of sleep before my tour manager hammered on the door to wake me up. I got down to the lobby at 3:45 am, proud to see my band & crew all down there ready to go. They didn't get to sleep at all but were still packed & ready to go at that ungodly hour of the morning.
We got to the Oslo airport & I was so proud we made the 6:15 am flight to Sweden. Checking all the stage gear etc took an hour at least, but we made it & were ready to rock come 1pm . This was gonna be a great day. So I thought.
When we got to Stockholm, we knew we were fucked. We had only 45 minutes to get to our connecting flight, the only flight available that would get us to Sweden Rock in time for the show at 1pm. Then the proverbial "ball" dropped . We were told by airport staff that we had to go to baggage claim , get all our luggage, stage gear, & instruments, take all the luggage & gear through customs, then RE-CHECK all the gear again! In only 45 minutes.
We then knew that we were truly fucked.
Of course the lines at customs & "baggage drop" were endless. We ran from terminal to terminal, dripping in sweat, sleep deprived, not wanting to face the fact we might miss the show we had based all the other shows in Europe around! When we finally got through Swedish customs it was around 8am. The plane was to leave in 15 minutes. We pleaded with airport staff to let us check our gear in time to make the flight, but of course they did not care. At about 8:10am we realized there was no physical way we could get to the Sweden Rock stage by 1pm. We called the festival & pleaded with them to let us go on later that 1pm . We were met with a gruff "this is not possible". I have no idea why we were given the 1pm slot on the first day of the festival, especially considering that we played at around 3 or 4 in the afternoon last time & were one of the biggest attended shows on the bill that day. Why they wanted us to go onstage at 1pm is still a complete mystery to all of us. The festival was adamant that we get to the gig, even if we had to rent a private plane, but when we asked to just let us go on a little later in the day so we could make it happen, they just kept saying "this is not possible". Well, getting to Sweden Rock by 1 pm was definitely "not possible". There was no physical way for us to make that stage time, by flying , driving, or any combination thereof. If we could have gone onstage at 2pm , or 3 or 4 like the last time we played there, it would have been an incredible show just like 2005. Unfortunately, it was not meant to be. I want to say "sorry" to all the fans in Sweden... but we tried our best to get to you to play. We probably should not have accepted the Oslo show in the first place, but we had no foresight into what was going to happen in the Stockholm airport.
Good news: as I write this in Estonia, tonight’s show in Tallinn is gonna be a sell-out. We are playing outdoors in the ancient ruins of a castle, & it is one of the coolest venues I have ever seen. It will be packed & guess what.... I have never even heard of the country 'Estonia'. You can never predict what will happen on the road!
All I can say is, I cannot WAIT to get on a tour bus this summer on the road with Poison all across America. Airports fucking SUCK. We are supposed to be "on the road", not "in the air". I just can't wait to tumble out of my bunk, hang out with my bro's on the bus, roll down the highway, watch some movies, buy useless junk at truck stops, & NOT SEE AN AIRPORT from June till September!!! Yes this is my dream come true. See you soon U S A !!!!!!!!!!!!! See you soon TOUR BUS!!! Goodbye to AIRPORTS / CUSTOMS / SECURITY / MISSED SHOWS ..................... Hello the long & winding road of the U S A. We certainly do miss ya !!

greetings from beautiful Oslo Norway, the country of my heritage!! After 36 hours of flying/driving/layovers etc from Newcastle Australia, we are stoked to finally get here it is a truly beautiful city. We are playing Rockefellers tomorrow night cya at the gig! we spent all day doing interviews, here is a video / q&a session we did today at Dagbladet , check it out: http://www.kjendis.no/2008/06/02/536957.html next up: 5 shows in 5 days in 4 countries! bring it on!!!!!!!!!