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 !!!

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.

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!!!!!!!!!

Hello from Melbourne Australia!
Well I am happy to say we have the first show of the ANGEL DOWN UNDER TOUR under our belt, & what a show it was! This show was so important for so many reasons. We debuted a brand new set & the crowd went absolutley nuts! We cannot thank the audience in Sydney enough for starting our tour off on such an incredible note. We are doing a way different set than ever before, & the crowd response is more than we ever could have hoped for. We are so appreciative that you all dig 'Angel Down' & are letting us all get our rocks off musically on the stage! Its gonna be a great 5 months of touring coming up & we are already starting to put together ideas for the next record! I cannot thank you rock fans out there enough for your support, the future is wide open with you all behind us ! See ya tonight Melbourne, get ready to tear it up !!!!
'I'm With The Band' Australian Interview
Bach To Basics - Sebastian Bach

May 12, 2008 ·

As the wild front man for 80s heavy metal band Skid Row, Sebastian Bach is no stranger to the highs and lows of rock stardom. The singer has become a star of American television in recent years (on popular drama, Gilmore Girls and MTV's reality series, Celebrity Rap Superstar) but his latest solo album, Angel Down, proves that he is still a musical force to be reckoned with. Reverb spoke to the front-man about his upcoming tour and his friendship with Axl Rose of Guns 'N Roses.

Have you had an opportunity to relax before your big Australian tour?

No, I'm not relaxing. There's so much stuff to do. I actually went running today about 8.2 miles along the ocean. There's a lot of athleticism in playing on stage, so I've really got to get ready. Running is the closest thing I can find that prepares me for the aerobic nature of being on stage, singing at the top of my lungs.

Are you looking forward to getting back to Australia?

Oh, yeah! This is my third time in three years, and that's really amazing. When [Skid Row] first played in Australia around 1989 or 1990, it was a very rare thing. People couldn't believe we were headlining Australia on the first (eponymous) Skid Row album. The world has become such a smaller place in the last 18 years. It feels like I'm just playing Pennsylvania or something (laughs).

What's different about the rock world now compared to when you were starting out with Skid Row?

Well, the main difference would be that back then you had to pay for music. But the live experience seems to have taken on an even more important part of rock - because you can't download a live show. The experience of watching a band perform in front of your face is something you can't get on the internet.

Angel Down is your first solo album in eight years - did you have a clear idea of what you wanted it to sound like?

I just wanted to put another album in your iPod, by me, that makes sense next to the other albums. It's pretty simple. I did an album in 2005 with Frameshift called An Absence Of Empathy, and it was a progressive metal album. So it's not like I didn't make an album in eight years, but Angel Down is a lot more what you would expect from me. It's high energy rock and roll. I'm so proud of it. I think Angel Down is the best record I've done since Slave To The Grind, about a million years ago (chuckles). So I'm really, really happy to show the world that I can put out a solo record that kicks ass.

And you got your old friend Axl Rose to sing on Angel Down?

Yeah, it's an incredible thing. The world has been waiting for Chinese Democracy for a good 15 years and if you want to get a taste of what Axl actually sounds like as of last year, then get Angel Down because he's on three songs. He sounds incredible! I just can't believe that in the history of rock he would choose to collaborate on my album.

"Axl texted me right away and asked if I was joining Velvet Revolver, and I said, 'No, not that I know of.'"

What have you learned from your friendship with Axl?

He's a fascinating individual and he does things a lot differently to what I do. He doesn't do any interviews at all and I do millions of them. It's an incredible experience to be talking to him before he goes on stage. I'll be backstage in his room and he carries on a conversation as we're walking to the stage. The whole [arena] is going nuts and Axl will be telling me about what he did last night or the day before, and he doesn't break a stride. I'll be like, "Well, ok, you're going on stage now," and he'll say, "Ok, I'll talk to you later." He'll walk out there and all of Sydney's Acer Arena crowd is like, "Ahhh, there he is. Oh, my God!" People can't believe that he's actually standing there. It's such an intense moment every night.

It's a crazy situation, because he doesn't show himself to too many people and he's always been there for me. I think it's funny that when Scott Weiland left Velvet Revolver, the last thing he said was, "I think Sebastian Bach would be a good choice for you guys." I think that's because he's eluding to the fact that you can't get away from Guns 'N Roses. They're like The Beatles or The Rolling Stones. I'm sure he felt frustrated in trying to fill Axl's shoes. Axl texted me right away and asked if I was joining Velvet Revolver, and I said, "No, not that I know of." Axl has been so nice to me, I wouldn't want to do anything to jeopardise our friendship.

I'm in the middle of all these huge rock icons who are calling me at the same time, and I'm sitting there thinking, "How does this f**King happen to me?" Axl said to me, "Dude, the way that you sing is rare." The way that Axl sings is rare too. There's not a lot of guys anymore that can sing in the range that we sing in.

Would Axl be unhappy if you were to sing for Velvet Revolver?

I think it would be awkward. I opened for two Guns 'N Roses tours. Axl sang on my record and I sing on Chinese Democracy. We're very close friends. For me to join a band and then sing all of his songs would be kinda weird. But, Angel Down, is what's in my heart and I can't wait to get out there and tour it. That's what I'll be doing for the foreseeable future.

Will your Oz shows include Skid Row classics as well as old material?

I'm not sure yet. Maybe, maybe not. You'll have to come along and see. I will be bringing my drummer Bobby Jarzombek, who actually broke his wrist a week before my last Australian tour with Roses. He's all healed up and ready to go, and he's the actual drummer from Angel Down. He's one of the best in the world. The whole band that played on the record will be coming along. It will be a great metal show - I'll see you on May 31st!

Tickets are selling fast, so get along to Newcastle Panthers or www.moshtix.com.au to grab your tickets to the show on May 31st.

BACH AT BAMBOOZLE THIS SATURDAY!

BACH AT BAMBOOZLE THIS SATURDAY!
I will be doing 3 songs with 'The Sleeping' this Saturday at the Meadowlands Arena in New Jersey at Bamboozle! We go on at 1:15 pm !!! crazy but true!!
Also, please double check the Official Sebastian Bach tourdates ! Our schedule is different than Poison's this summer. We are not on every date they are doing , and we are doing other shows that they are not doing ! So, this is the OFFICIAL 'Angel Down 'Round The World Tour' Date list , as of today! There WILL be more dates added but until you read 'em here, they are not official. See ya this summer !!!!
MAY 3 NEW JERSEY MEADOWLANDS BAMBOOZLE
*ANGEL DOWN UNDER TOUR 2008*
MAY 20 SYDNEY AUSTRALIA ENMORE THEATRE
MAY 22 MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA PALACE THEATRE
MAY 23 GOLD COAST AUSTRALIA SEAGULLS
MAY 24 BRISBANE AUSTRALIA THE ARENA
MAY 27 PERTH AUSTRALIA BURSWOOD THEATRE
MAY 29 ADELAIDE AUSTRALIA THE BARTON THEATRE
MAY 30 CANBERRA AUSTRALIA ANU
MAY 31 NEWCASTLE AUSTRALIA PANTHERS
*ANGEL DOWN IN EUROPE 2008*
JUNE 4 OSLO NORWAY ROCKEFELLER
JUNE 5 SOLVESBORG SWEDEN SWEDEN ROCK
JUNE 6 TALLINN HARJUMAA ESTONIA THE OLD MONASTERY YARD BUY TICKETS
JUNE 7 TAMPERE FINLAND SAUNA OPEN AIR FESTIVAL
JUNE 8 OULU FINLAND TEATRIA
*ANGEL DOWN IN THE USA 2008*
July 8 Nashville, TN Sommet Center
July 9 Kansas City, MO Starlight Theatre
July 10 Pryor, OK Rocklahoma **
July 11 Walker, MN Moondance Jam
July 12 Madison, WI Willow Island
July 13 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
July 15 Peoria, IL Peoria Civic Center *
July 18 Morton, MN Jackpot Junction Casino
July 19 Rockford, IL MetroCentre
July 20 Pikeville, KY Eastern KY Expo Center *
July 22 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheater
July 23 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
July 25 New Orleans LA House Of Blues ***
July 26 Birmingham, AL Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 27 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheater
July 29 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
July 30 Wantagh, NY Nikon @ Jones Beach Theater
July 31 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
August 2 Greenville, WI Greenville Lions Park **
August 3 Chicago, IL FMB Pavilion
August 7 Boston, MA Bank of America Pavilion
August 8 Hershey, PA Hershey Park Pavilion
August 9 Detroit, MI Freedom Hill
August 10 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
August 12 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
August 14 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
August 15 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
August 16 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
August 17 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 19 Council Bluffs IA Whiskey Roadhouse at Horseshoe Casino ***
August 22 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl
August 23 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheater
August 24 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theater