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[FunkyMonkey]

POISON: 'Live Raw & Uncut Tour' Dates Announced - Apr. 1, 2008

According to POISON guitarist CC DeVille's MySpace page, POISON has scheduled the following "Live Raw & Uncut Tour" dates during the summer:

Jul. 05 - Independant Stampede - Island Grove Park, Colorado
Jul. 09 - Starlight Theatre - Kansas City, Missouri
Jul. 11 - Moondance Jam - Walker, Minnesota
Jul. 13 - Jerome Schottstein Center - Columbus, Ohio
Jul. 18 - Rock Fest - Caddot, Wisconsin
Jul. 21 - Lakewood Amphitheatre - Atlanta, Georgia
Jul. 22 - Ford Amphitheatre - Tampa, Florida
Jul. 23 - Cruzan Amphitheatre - West Palm Beach, Florida
Jul. 26 - Verizon Amphitheatre - Pelham, Alabama
Jul. 29 - Mohegan Sun Casino - Uncasville, Connecticut
Jul. 31 - Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge Bristow - Washington DC
Aug. 03 - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre - Tinley Park, Illinois
Aug. 07 - Bank Of America Pavilion - Boston, Massachusetts
Aug. 08 - Star Pavilion at Hershey Park - Hershey, Pennsylvania
Aug. 09 - Freedom Hill Amphitheatre - Sterling Heights, Michigan
Aug. 10 - Post Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake - Burgettstown, Pennsylvania
Aug. 12 - PNC Bank Arts Center - Holmdel, New Jersey
Aug. 14 - Blossom Music Center - Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Aug. 15 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Noblesville, Indiana
Aug. 16 - Riverbend Music Center - Cincinnati, Ohio
Aug. 17 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Maryland Heights, Missouri
Aug. 20 - USANA Amphitheatre - Salt Lake City, Utah
Aug. 22 - The Pearl at The Palms - Las Vegas, Nevada
Aug. 23 - Gibson Amphitheatre - Universal City, California
Aug. 24 - Dodge Theatre - Phoenix, Arizona
Aug. 28 - Pala Casino Arena - Pala, California
Sep. 09 - Coors Amphitheatre at The Fiddler?s Green - Englewood, Colorado

Although there has been no official confirmation on the matter, LiveNation.com is listing DOKKEN and SEBASTIAN BACH as the support acts for what appears to be POISON's entire "Live Raw & Uncut Tour".

[disease51883]

Hopefully Bach at least makes some money off this Poison tour, because I'm feeling pretty bad for the guy.

[FunkyMonkey]

From Sebastian's website...not sure why he is listing this separately, it is with Poison?

ANGEL DOWN IN ROCKFORD IL @ METROCENTRE JULY 19 ! 

We will be BACH IN ROCKFORD ILLINOIS at the METROCENTRE on JULY 19 @ 7:30 PM ! Tickets go on sale THIS SATURDAY APRIL 5 @ 10 AM !! SEE YA THERE !! click here for press release: http://www.sebastianbach.com/pics/rockfordad.pdf

[Crowebar]

I bought Angel Down and play it constantly in my car because it fucking rocks!!! 


Not sure why he's opening for Poison because his album is far better than anything they've ever done.   


I feel like this whenever I hear any of poisons shit music.

[faldor]

I bought Angel Down and play it constantly in my car because it fucking rocks!!! 


Not sure why he's opening for Poison because his album is far better than anything they've ever done.   


I feel like this whenever I hear any of poisons shit music.

That's your opinion, and while some may agree I think Poison has a much larger following than a solo Sebastian Bach.  I agree, Angel Down kicks ass, but Poison is a draw and maybe they'll give Bach more exposure so he could headline himself down the road.

[jarmo]

From Sebastian's website...not sure why he is listing this separately, it is with Poison?

ANGEL DOWN IN ROCKFORD IL @ METROCENTRE JULY 19 ! 

We will be BACH IN ROCKFORD ILLINOIS at the METROCENTRE on JULY 19 @ 7:30 PM ! Tickets go on sale THIS SATURDAY APRIL 5 @ 10 AM !! SEE YA THERE !! click here for press release: http://www.sebastianbach.com/pics/rockfordad.pdf

Maybe he's playing his own show on a day off? They did that on the GN'R tour as well.


/jarmo

[Bandita]

Coming from someone who has seen Poison a few times over the past 5 years or so, they actually draw a huge crowd and take bands with them that aren't always considered "hair metal" or whatever.

Baz hooking onto this tour is a good thing, it will bring his music to a lot more people and hopefully drive his album sales up.

I mean, you can hate Poison but if you are posting in this thread I would like to think you want to see Baz succeed?

To me, seeing Dokken and Baz would be worth the price of the ticket because Posion never really charges that much anyway.

[Satapher]

fuck poison, I mean dokken and baz band should be the main act

[FunkyMonkey]

Joe Altier, former lead vocalist for Brand New Sin, had the opportunity to chat with Sebastian Bach via telephone recently. Baz discussed with Joe several topics including Sebastian?s new CD ?Angel Down?, working in the recording studio with producer Roy Z., recording tracks with Axl Rose, and the upcoming tour plans Sebastian has across Australia, Europe and the USA.

The 24 minute audio interview can be streamed below:

http://www.thedailyrock.com/2008/04/10/interview-with-sebastian-bach/

[SLCPUNK]

Coming from someone who has seen Poison a few times over the past 5 years or so, they actually draw a huge crowd and take bands with them that aren't always considered "hair metal" or whatever.

Baz hooking onto this tour is a good thing, it will bring his music to a lot more people and hopefully drive his album sales up.

I mean, you can hate Poison but if you are posting in this thread I would like to think you want to see Baz succeed?

To me, seeing Dokken and Baz would be worth the price of the ticket because Posion never really charges that much anyway.

Poison puts on a great show.

[Bodhi]

SEBASTIAN BACH On SLASH And Touring With GUNS N' ROSES - Apr. 15, 2008 
 

On when several original members of GUNS N' ROSES called him in to audition for what became VELVET REVOLVER. The match didn't work, leading Slash to lament the acrimony, even though they've patched things up since.

"He wrote something like, 'Too bad Sebastian doesn't like me anymore,' It's like, 'Dude, when I try out for your band and you don't pick me it's not like I'm going to call you to hang out.' After that, I was kinda ready to move on."

On touring Canada in fall 2006 with GUNS N' ROSES:

"Then I see a review in the Toronto Sun that makes it sound like I'm the worst thing to ever happen in the history of music. Meanwhile, the only reason Axl is even on the road is because he's watching me on a monitor backstage every night giving him motivation to do it, too."
 

[MikeD]

Don't suppose anyone has the Toronto review

[Ines_rocks!]

SEBASTIAN BACH On SLASH And Touring With GUNS N' ROSES - Apr. 15, 2008 
 

On when several original members of GUNS N' ROSES called him in to audition for what became VELVET REVOLVER. The match didn't work, leading Slash to lament the acrimony, even though they've patched things up since.

"He wrote something like, 'Too bad Sebastian doesn't like me anymore,' It's like, 'Dude, when I try out for your band and you don't pick me it's not like I'm going to call you to hang out.' After that, I was kinda ready to move on."

On touring Canada in fall 2006 with GUNS N' ROSES:

"Then I see a review in the Toronto Sun that makes it sound like I'm the worst thing to ever happen in the history of music. Meanwhile, the only reason Axl is even on the road is because he's watching me on a monitor backstage every night giving him motivation to do it, too."
 

where was this taken from?

[FunkyMonkey]

^^^

Sebastian Bach at 40
Today on the Scroll: Catching up with Baz ? from Gasworks to Gilmore Girls, Jesus Christ Superstar to Celebrity Rap Superstar, and Anvil to Axl

BY Marc Weisblott   April 15, 2008 16:04

Sebastian Bach, whose latest album Angel Down was released last November, will spend this summer shrieking in ampitheatres across America as part of the annual hair-band tour headlined by Poison.

But wait, didn?t the ex-Skid Row singer once throw interviewer George Stroumboulopoulos out of his Broadway dressing room ? when Bach was starring in Jekyll & Hyde ? for bringing up the name of the band he?s going to open for?

?When you?re launching a show on Broadway there are so many interviews,? explains Bach in an interview this afternoon with Scrolling Eye. ?I was doing at least 10 of them every day, people telling me how proud they were of me for pulling it off, the first guy to ever go from heavy metal to Broadway ? not a touring production or dinner theatre, but actual Broadway.

?And I hear MuchMusic were coming to interview me ? the same station where I once walked in to tell them I was joining a band called Madam X from Detroit, and they reported it that same day with a picture of me on the screen. So, this was an exciting reunion I was looking forward to.

?But then this guy George walks in, and he?s got the biggest black cloud over his fucking head. The first thing he asks me is how I feel about my old band playing with Poison? If this guy was going to come all the way there to be such a cock to me I had every right to kick him out of my room.

?I see he?s still putting on that attitude on his show [The Hour]? it makes me want to crawl through the television and punch him in the face.?

Plenty of mileage was gotten out of that MuchMusic interview, of course, falling in line with Bach?s transition from stage musicals ? he later starred in a touring production of Jesus Christ Superstar ? to video verit? for VH1 and MTV: making-the-metal-band series SuperGroup, a special called I Married? Sebastian Bach and Celebrity Rap Superstar. There was also a recurring role on Gilmore Girls ? the source of that well-circulated clip of him performing ?Hollaback Girl." But, although he?s been weaning himself off substances in line with his recent 40th birthday, Bach turned down a chance to appear on Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew.

The current chapter in Bach?s rock career was actually initiated when the other original members of Guns N? Roses called him in to audition for what became Velvet Revolver. The match didn?t work, leading Slash to lament the acrimony in his best-selling autobiography, even though they?ve patched things up since.

?He wrote something like, ?Too bad Sebastian doesn?t like me anymore,'? says Bach. ?It?s like, 'Dude, when I try out for your band and you don?t pick me it?s not like I?m going to call you to hang out.' After that, I was kinda ready to move on.?

The next suitor turned out to be Axl, preparing for the next leg of the never-ending tour overture to the release of Chinese Democracy ? he invited Bach onstage to duet on ?My Michelle? during warm-up shows in New York City.

?Next thing you know he was flying me around the world just to do this one song,? says Bach. ?It was like Led Zeppelin territory, where I go all the way to Milan just to sing 25 words. But, from that point, I was hooked.?

Touring the interstates in a van, as Bach did in the late 1990s ? when his musical associates included Kelley Deal of The Breeders, Jimmy Chamberlin of Smashing Pumpkins, and Jimmy Flemion of The Frogs in the short-lived Last Hard Men ? was no longer the ideal. Bach asked Rose if he could open for GN?R in arenas.

When it came to touring Canada in fall 2006, Bach had the idea of dragging the Trailer Park Boys along as a sideshow, and so he did.

?Then I see a review in the Toronto Sun that makes it sound like I?m the worst thing to ever happen in the history of music,? says Bach. ?Meanwhile, the only reason Axl is even on the road is because he?s watching me on a monitor backstage every night giving him motivation to do it, too.?

Rose returned the favour by appearing on three tracks on Angel Down, whose 2007 release date ? not to mention the fact that it?s not called Chinese Democracy ? means it can?t be redeemed for a free can of Dr. Pepper. Media attention for the album has generally leaned on metal webzines and online radio outlets. And while Rolling Stone, whose cover Bach graced in 1991, gave it a not-entirely-dismissive review, the Peterborough native still hasn?t gotten his well-deserved star on the Canadian Walk of Fame.

Then again, if his metal heroes Anvil had to wait a decade or three to get from the beer-soaked Gasworks stage to a red-carpet Hot Docs festival debut of their documentary this Thursday, it could take a while.

Bach?s generally unrequited love affair with Toronto has a long history ? while he?s lived in the same Redbank, NJ home since Skid Row?s peak, he spouts constant recall of Canadian culture high and low.

His father David Bierk, who died of cancer at age 58 in 2002, was a celebrated painter whose work David Watching ? an appropriation of several evocative influences ? was used as the cover art for Angel Down. Sebastian?s dad was born in Minnesota, but moved to Peterborough, where he produced landscape paintings while running that city?s Artspace, which drew many celebrated visitors.

?I remember when Christo came over for dinner one night,? recalls Bach. ?And my father was making tacos for him ? there weren?t too many other people in Peterborough who knew how to make Mexican food.?

Yet, despite the countercultural pedigree that influenced his kids, Sebastian?s dad had a conservative side ? enrolling him in Lakefield College School. Many years later, he was none too impressed when his son showed up on the cover of High Times, even if it was good enough for Willie Nelson.

Broadway gave Bach a new level of legitimacy that his father got to see just before his passing, but the accolades never reached north.

?I was on tour with Jesus Christ Superstar, in all these big American cities, and realized that Frank Sinatra got it wrong in ?New York, New York,'? says Bach. ?If I can make it there, I can make it anywhere ? except Toronto.?

He attests to the influence of Anvil, though, recalling hours spent hanging out at the Record Peddler?s original location on Queen Street East, waiting for the UK metal mags to come in: ?There?d be an interview with Lips from Anvil, and it would be 12 to 15 pages long ? every single word meticulously documented.

?They put a premium on really good sound, too. Lips never put himself on a pedestal ? he?d get fans smoking hash with the rest of the band.?

That era ended in 1993, with the closing of the original Gasworks club at Yonge near Wellesley, where Bach serenaded the wake with a set featuring Anvil tunes.

For a teenage Bach, who skipped a grade at Lakeview before dropping out to join the Toronto rock 'n' roll circus, this connection inspired him to follow his dream by age 14 after winning an audition to front a band called Kid Wikkid ? in return, he promised his dad he?d take singing lessons ? admitting that his 6'3" height helped get him mistaken for much older.

During that time on the Toronto hairspray scene, Bach met wife Maria, and they?re still together ? their 20-year-old son Paris is a drummer for two bands, another son London is 14, and their nine-month-old daughter Sebastiana Maria Chantal (?Tiana? for short) had her third name inspired by an old Goddo song.

?I never believed that having kids would tie me down to anything,? says Bach. ?Plus, my parents divorced when I was around 10, and that must?ve flipped a switch in my head that I would never end up divorced myself.?

Bach?s next decade of action will take him through Australia and Scandinavia prior to joining Dokken on the Poison tour ? which doesn?t have a Toronto date.

And how did Sebastian Bach spend the big four-oh on April 3? Back on Broadway, albeit in the audience ? he went to see Andrea Martin in Young Frankenstein, satisfying his fix as an SCTV fanatic.

But, just like he has no answer about when Chinese Democracy is coming out, Bach isn?t into getting philosophical about the cultural paradigm he?s still part of.

?My dad woke up every day and painted a picture and that?s all he ever wanted to do,? says Bach. ?I wake up in the morning and I rock.?   

http://www.eyeweekly.com/city/scrollingeye/article/24162

[FunkyMonkey]

SEBASTIAN BACH SOLO CD GETTING RE-RELEASED WITH BONUS MATERIAL:

April 21, 2008

Demolition Records are proud to have been given the privilege to release the latest solo album from vocal rock legend Sebastian Bach.

Angel Down is the first Bach solo record since 1999, and, arguably--as we all know he's made some classics already--his best.

"As an artist you're always hoping your latest work is your best," he admits. "I've been involved with what have been called great records during my life and this is one that ranks up there with 18 and Life and Slave to the Grind."

Because this is a UK release only, it's got to be a little special, so Demolition have been given access to bonus material of exclusive live Bach footage to give to you along with the CD!

As if that isn't enough, with this album, not only do you get Bach once again singing on top form, but also guest vocals from Guns and Roses front man, Axl Rose.

Bach and Rose go way back, to the prime time of GNR, when Bach's Skid Row opened for the band on their Use Your Illusion tour in 1991. More recently, Bach opened for Axl on last year's GNR world tour, and joined him on stage several times for a duet of My Michelle.

The idea of recording together came up last year, when Axl asked Bach to sing on a cut he was working on for Chinese Democracy. When Bach ratcheted up the production of his own album, he half-jokingly asked for Rose to return the favor. Bach texted him: "When you gonna help me make my record?" Axl's response came swiftly: "When? Where? What time? Where is the studio? What time do you want me there?" Bach was stunned: "I was like, 'You've gotta be f**king kidding me! Pinch me! I must be dreaming!'."

This is a monumental release, not to be passed up, as Bach himself said: "These are songs that were written to get people through stuff, songs that will make you feel invincible."

http://www.sleazeroxx.com/news08/0421bac.shtml

[Chris Axl]

Can't fucking wait to see Bach in Norway, gonna fucking rule.

[Dead N' Bloated]

Got my tickets for Sydney, Canberra and Newcastle. The only problem is Guns N' Roses aren't on after him this time.


 

[FunkyMonkey]

SEBASTIAN BACH To Perform With THE SLEEPING At BAMBOOZLE - May 1, 2008

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has confirmed that he will make an appearance with THE SLEEPING, a post-hardcore band from Long Island, New York, at the Bamboozle festival on Saturday, May 3 at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Bach is expected to sing several SKID ROW numbers during the set, which is scheduled to kick off at 1:15 p.m. on The 5 Gum Stage.

Babbermouth.net

[Malcolm]

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach has scheduled the following dates during the coming months:

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
Jun. 04 - Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
Jun. 05 - Solvesborg, Sweden - Sweden Rock
Jun. 06 - Tallinn Harjumaa, Estonia - The Old Monastery Yard
Jun. 07 - Tampere, Finland - Sauna Open Air Festival
Jun. 08 - Oulu, Finland - Teatria

With DOKKEN and POISON (except where otherwise noted):

Jul. 08 - Nashville, TN - Sommet Center
Jul. 09 - Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre
Jul. 10 - Pryor, OK - Rocklahoma
Jul. 11 - Walker, MN - Moondance Jam
Jul. 12 - Madison, WI - Willow Island
Jul. 13 - Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center
Jul. 15 - Peoria, IL Peoria - Civic Center *
Jul. 18 - Morton, MN - Jackpot Junction Casino *
Jul. 19 - Rockford, IL - MetroCentre *
Jul. 20 - Pikeville, KY - Eastern KY Expo Center *
Jul. 22 - Tampa, FLvFord Amphitheater
Jul. 23 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheater
Jul. 25 - New Orleans, LA - House Of Blues
Jul. 26 - Birmingham, AL - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Jul. 27 - Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheater
Jul. 29 - Uncasville, CTvMohegan Sun
Jul. 30 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon @ Jones Beach Theater
Jul. 31 - Washington, DCvNissan Pavilion
Aug. 02 - Greenville, WI - Greenville Lions Park
Aug. 03 - Chicago, ILvFMB Pavilion
Aug. 07 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
Aug. 08 - Hershey, PA - Hershey Park Pavilion
Aug. 09 - Detroit, MI - Freedom Hill
Aug. 10 - Pittsburgh, PA - Post Gazette Pavilion
Aug. 12 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug. 14 - Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center
Aug. 15 - Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
Aug. 16 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
Aug. 17 - St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Aug. 19 - Council Bluffs, IA - Whiskey Roadhouse (at Horseshoe Casino)
Aug. 22 - Las Vegas, NV - The Pearl
Aug. 23 - Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheater
Aug. 24 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theater

* With POISON only

[FunkyMonkey]

SEBASTIAN BACH Writing New Material With HATEBREED's JASTA - May 4, 2008

Andrew Treadwell of Behind The Amps recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

Behind The Amps: Songs like "Negative Light" and "By Your Side", are really showing your voice, but how did you choose what subject matters to talk about?

Bach: I always make the words, the subject matter, I try to make the sound of my voice match up with the words, and as far as subject matter goes, I started writing lyrics for this album in the year 2000, and the first song we wrote was "Falling Into You", which is kind of like a love song, and then 9/11 happened, and after 9/11 happened, I started writing lyrics about the war like "Take You Down With Me", which is totally about a soldier, you know if he is going to die, he is going to kill the guy who is killing him. And then "You Don't Understand", is a song written from the perspective of being a soldier who spends his days driving a tank around, killing people, and wondering if he is going to live to see another day. So I think anybody writing lyrics, from the year 2000 to 2007, could not help but be influenced by situations in the world, you know. And also me having a nineteen year old son, brought it home even more intensely, because we were getting draft registry notices in the mail, which I would put in the shredder, and I would get a draft registry for my son, and I would spend the day writing lyrics, how could I not write about that (laughs), you know I was like, "You're not fucking gonna get my fucking son" (laughs), so that's why a lot of the subject matter has to do with that.

Behind The Amps: And what about the photos in your album?

Bach: Oh! Wow, you are pretty much the first person to ask me about that. I took pretty much all of the photos, in the inside, not the poster. You have different packaging over there to America, so I don't really know exactly what the Australian packaging is. But I took most of the shots on the inside, and one weird thing, is that my dad just had his last art show here in New York, a posthumous show, that he scheduled before his death, and I was reading about his art, and they said about my dad's art, that all of his landscapes that he painted, had a bright sun in them, like the sun, and that was like the focal point of most of his landscapes. And I realized that I like to take pictures, for some reason, of the sun. It's a spiritual thing, a heavenly thing, and it's just strange that he always painted the sun, and I'm gravitated towards taking pictures of it. When I put it all together, it just fits, and it goes along with the side "By Your Side", which is kind of an ode to him, and anyone who has lost a love one. So it was weird that we look at that image of the sun, in the same way, kind of.

Behind The Amps: Once you leave [Australia], you have some festival appearances, and then you are going out on the POISON tour. Do you feel that your band has a little extra to prove, to show fans that you're not a band that rests on the past, and you have more to offer with new music?

Bach: Well, in a word, YES (laughs). I know for a fact that a lot of people will be coming to see me with POISON, expecting to here a little bit of old songs, and that's not what they're gonna hear. So one thing I like about rock 'n' roll, is it is all about self-expression, nobody can tell me what to say, nobody can tell me what to sing, and I'm gonna give "Angel Down", the record, everything I've got. That means, playing it all summer long, for as long as I can. I'm not out there to "Remember yesterday, Walkin' hand in hand," even though that's my song, my intention is to focus on the new record, definitely.

Behind The Amps: And although "Angel Down" is less than a year old, have you worked on any new songs or demos?

Bach: Yes, I'm actually working right now, I have four songs, that I am writing lyrics to, that I am collaborating with, with Jamey Jasta from HATEBREED. They are one of my favourite new metal bands, they write incredible metal anthems, and I'm working with Jamey, which is very exciting for me.

Read the entire interview at Behind The Amps: http://www.behindtheamps.com/interviews_sebastianbach.html

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