The "Sebastian Bach talks about Axl/GN'R" thread

[faldor]

Sebastian has some interesting comments on when HIS new CD is coming out.  Saying how people just don't buy CD's anymore.  People go to youtube and elsewhere and hear it for free so it's much different than back in the day.  His management is working on HOW to get his music out there.  He also talked about the changes in MTV as far as the lack of videos go.  GNR could be facing similar problems.

[Red Sox Fan]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/r9x5e6
(I don't know who taped the show . . . blanc15 maybe?)

Fast-forward to the 1 minute mark:
1. too much pyro
2. bandmembers caught with a beer on amp on stage would be arrested
3. any fans caught in the building smoking a cigarette would be arrested immediately

thanks, sorry i did not put it better than what u said here also wasnt there something about the 3000 fans that they wanted to play 4 and all and gnr understands that they have not been to me in 15 yrs and r happy to play for the fans that would come and all..sorry was working and got bits and pieces during this part

[Axl&Baz07]

Sebastian did indeed address some interesting points about how people get their music these days. ?I laughed when he mentioned about signing his album with Verizon or Cingular. ?
i am old school and like to buy CD's, but i am in the minority it seems.

Sebastian had me cracking up during the interview. ?He has so much energy and has such a great personality and sense of humor!

He sounded Fabulous, and his band sounded great too! ?It takes a lot of balls to do a live, acoustic set on the radio!!! He nailed it though!!
His voice sounds better now than ever!!! ? ?

[gabble]

thanks, sorry i did not put it better than what u said here also wasnt there something about the 3000 fans that they wanted to play 4 and all and gnr understands that they have not been to me in 15 yrs and r happy to play for the fans that would come and all..sorry was working and got bits and pieces during this part

No need to apologize.? What you said was right.? ? It's kinda hard to follow Baz sometimes.? LOL.

He said he read 3000 tickets were sold for a venue that held 5500 people.? And after 15 years for a guy that's never** played there, those sales were "not unexpected".? (**He said "never", but later said "to come back into town".? So, he lost me in parts.)? Eventually, he got around to saying 3000 tickets would've been viewed as a success "for that place".? The cancellation had nothing to do with the sales.? They just wanted to be able to put on a full production, but the fire marshals and the state laws were rather demanding.

[thelostrose]

thanks for putting the interview up! 

[tomass74]

thanks, sorry i did not put it better than what u said here also wasnt there something about the 3000 fans that they wanted to play 4 and all and gnr understands that they have not been to me in 15 yrs and r happy to play for the fans that would come and all..sorry was working and got bits and pieces during this part

No need to apologize.? What you said was right.? ? It's kinda hard to follow Baz sometimes.? LOL.

He said he read 3000 tickets were sold for a venue that held 5500 people.? And after 15 years for a guy that's never** played there, those sales were "not unexpected".? (**He said "never", but later said "to come back into town".? So, he lost me in parts.)? Eventually, he got around to saying 3000 tickets would've been viewed as a success "for that place".? The cancellation had nothing to do with the sales.? They just wanted to be able to put on a full production, but the fire marshals and the state laws were rather demanding.

Baz is so full of shit... According to the venues site it holds has 9,000 seats, maybe a little less for a concert but still.. Also he keeps running around telling everyone how he has sold out MSG in 15 minutes.. Tickets are still available.. The guy is a tool.

[wells]

thanks, sorry i did not put it better than what u said here also wasnt there something about the 3000 fans that they wanted to play 4 and all and gnr understands that they have not been to me in 15 yrs and r happy to play for the fans that would come and all..sorry was working and got bits and pieces during this part

No need to apologize.? What you said was right.? ? It's kinda hard to follow Baz sometimes.? LOL.

He said he read 3000 tickets were sold for a venue that held 5500 people.? And after 15 years for a guy that's never** played there, those sales were "not unexpected".? (**He said "never", but later said "to come back into town".? So, he lost me in parts.)? Eventually, he got around to saying 3000 tickets would've been viewed as a success "for that place".? The cancellation had nothing to do with the sales.? They just wanted to be able to put on a full production, but the fire marshals and the state laws were rather demanding.

Baz is so full of shit... According to the venues site it holds has 9,000 seats, maybe a little less for a concert but still.. Also he keeps running around telling everyone how he has sold out MSG in 15 minutes.. Tickets are still available.. The guy is a tool.

And you are?

[guns_n_motley]

by your side is a GREAT song... I wonder when baz cd is coming out?? I think i heard hes searching for a label now or something..

[FunkyMonkey]

Here is a write-up on the interview.

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach, who is currently touring North America as the opening act for GUNS N' ROSES, has commented on the cancellation of GN'R's Nov. 6 concert in Portland, Maine. In a live interview with the Hartford, Connecticut radio station WCCC which aired Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 7), Bach stated, "Basically what happened is that GUNS N' ROSES has a huge pyro show ? anybody that's seen the concert knows that to be the case. And when the fire marshall showed up, they were not into it ? they were like, 'This is too much.' Also, they have these laws up there in Maine now where they literally told GUNS N' ROSES and PAPA ROACH and us, they said any fans caught in the building smoking a cigarette will be immediately arrested, any bandmember on stage with a beer in his hand will be escorted out of the venue and taken into jail. And it's like,' Dude, it's a rock concert. It's a ROCK show.' Basically, it felt like they didn't want the thing to go down. And I read on Blabbermouth where it said 3,000 tickets were sold for the show, which was a 5,500 seater. And I'm like, dude, it's Portland, Maine. After 15 years, the guy's [Axl] never played there ? that's not unexpected, like, to come back into town? I think that there's a real peculiar thing about human nature where people really appreciate people only after they're dead. It's like Dimebag Darrell ? we all agree that he's the most legendary guitar player ever, right? A friend of mine. Nobody really mentions the fact that when he was playing the night he died, there was probably 150 people in front of him. He was at the Alrosa Villa, which is a complete dump. And then he died, and now it's like, 'Dimebag's my hero. Oh, my God? He was more important to me than anything. I'm the ultimate?' It's like, 'Where were you when DAMAGEPLAN was touring?' So here Axl's like, 'Oh, you only sold 3,000 tickets.' That's after 15 years. We've got a sold-out Madison Square Garden the day after tomorrow. So, for me, it's like? Dimebag used to say, 'Those are the highs and lows of rock and roll.' So, for me, if GUNS can't do their whole show? It's like KISS wouldn't show up without doing their whole show. If you're coming into a venue with a concert and a production, then you wanna give the full show. But it wasn't for tickets, because that [3,000 people in a 5,500 seater] would have looked pretty good, actually."

[tomass74]

thanks, sorry i did not put it better than what u said here also wasnt there something about the 3000 fans that they wanted to play 4 and all and gnr understands that they have not been to me in 15 yrs and r happy to play for the fans that would come and all..sorry was working and got bits and pieces during this part

No need to apologize.? What you said was right.? ? It's kinda hard to follow Baz sometimes.? LOL.

He said he read 3000 tickets were sold for a venue that held 5500 people.? And after 15 years for a guy that's never** played there, those sales were "not unexpected".? (**He said "never", but later said "to come back into town".? So, he lost me in parts.)? Eventually, he got around to saying 3000 tickets would've been viewed as a success "for that place".? The cancellation had nothing to do with the sales.? They just wanted to be able to put on a full production, but the fire marshals and the state laws were rather demanding.

Baz is so full of shit... According to the venues site it holds has 9,000 seats, maybe a little less for a concert but still.. Also he keeps running around telling everyone how he has sold out MSG in 15 minutes.. Tickets are still available.. The guy is a tool.

And you are?

Whatever buddy.. Go ahead and love Baz.. He is just another yes man running around putting out Axl's fires with straight out lies.. The venue has 6,500 seats and holds 9,000 when the floor is open.. Why does he have to run around lieing saying that they sold 3,500 out of 5,500 when that is not the case.. He also runs around saying "we" sold out MSG in 15 minutes.. Axl and The name Guns N'Roses sold the tickets not Bach... Not to mention the show isn't even sold out yet...

[The Legend]

thanks, sorry i did not put it better than what u said here also wasnt there something about the 3000 fans that they wanted to play 4 and all and gnr understands that they have not been to me in 15 yrs and r happy to play for the fans that would come and all..sorry was working and got bits and pieces during this part

No need to apologize.? What you said was right.? ? It's kinda hard to follow Baz sometimes.? LOL.

He said he read 3000 tickets were sold for a venue that held 5500 people.? And after 15 years for a guy that's never** played there, those sales were "not unexpected".? (**He said "never", but later said "to come back into town".? So, he lost me in parts.)? Eventually, he got around to saying 3000 tickets would've been viewed as a success "for that place".? The cancellation had nothing to do with the sales.? They just wanted to be able to put on a full production, but the fire marshals and the state laws were rather demanding.

Baz is so full of shit... According to the venues site it holds has 9,000 seats, maybe a little less for a concert but still.. Also he keeps running around telling everyone how he has sold out MSG in 15 minutes.. Tickets are still available.. The guy is a tool.

And you are?

Whatever buddy.. Go ahead and love Baz.. He is just another yes man running around putting out Axl's fires with straight out lies.. The venue has 6,500 seats and holds 9,000 when the floor is open.. Why does he have to run around lieing saying that they sold 3,500 out of 5,500 when that is not the case.. He also runs around saying "we" sold out MSG in 15 minutes.. Axl and The name Guns N'Roses sold the tickets not Bach... Not to mention the show isn't even sold out yet...

Your wrong guy.

Estero had the same amount of people at that show. Why not merge Estero & the Jacksonville show, if that's the case?

Your theory is illogical. Let it go.

[tomass74]

thanks, sorry i did not put it better than what u said here also wasnt there something about the 3000 fans that they wanted to play 4 and all and gnr understands that they have not been to me in 15 yrs and r happy to play for the fans that would come and all..sorry was working and got bits and pieces during this part

No need to apologize.? What you said was right.? ? It's kinda hard to follow Baz sometimes.? LOL.

He said he read 3000 tickets were sold for a venue that held 5500 people.? And after 15 years for a guy that's never** played there, those sales were "not unexpected".? (**He said "never", but later said "to come back into town".? So, he lost me in parts.)? Eventually, he got around to saying 3000 tickets would've been viewed as a success "for that place".? The cancellation had nothing to do with the sales.? They just wanted to be able to put on a full production, but the fire marshals and the state laws were rather demanding.

Baz is so full of shit... According to the venues site it holds has 9,000 seats, maybe a little less for a concert but still.. Also he keeps running around telling everyone how he has sold out MSG in 15 minutes.. Tickets are still available.. The guy is a tool.

And you are?

Whatever buddy.. Go ahead and love Baz.. He is just another yes man running around putting out Axl's fires with straight out lies.. The venue has 6,500 seats and holds 9,000 when the floor is open.. Why does he have to run around lieing saying that they sold 3,500 out of 5,500 when that is not the case.. He also runs around saying "we" sold out MSG in 15 minutes.. Axl and The name Guns N'Roses sold the tickets not Bach... Not to mention the show isn't even sold out yet...

Your wrong guy.

Estero had the same amount of people at that show. Why not merge Estero & the Jacksonville show, if that's the case?

Your theory is illogical. Let it go.

Wrong about what?? What theory??  The place holds 9,000 not 5,500...  I am just saying Bach is full of shit.. That's all....

[The Legend]

thanks, sorry i did not put it better than what u said here also wasnt there something about the 3000 fans that they wanted to play 4 and all and gnr understands that they have not been to me in 15 yrs and r happy to play for the fans that would come and all..sorry was working and got bits and pieces during this part

No need to apologize.? What you said was right.? ? It's kinda hard to follow Baz sometimes.? LOL.

He said he read 3000 tickets were sold for a venue that held 5500 people.? And after 15 years for a guy that's never** played there, those sales were "not unexpected".? (**He said "never", but later said "to come back into town".? So, he lost me in parts.)? Eventually, he got around to saying 3000 tickets would've been viewed as a success "for that place".? The cancellation had nothing to do with the sales.? They just wanted to be able to put on a full production, but the fire marshals and the state laws were rather demanding.

Baz is so full of shit... According to the venues site it holds has 9,000 seats, maybe a little less for a concert but still.. Also he keeps running around telling everyone how he has sold out MSG in 15 minutes.. Tickets are still available.. The guy is a tool.

And you are?

Whatever buddy.. Go ahead and love Baz.. He is just another yes man running around putting out Axl's fires with straight out lies.. The venue has 6,500 seats and holds 9,000 when the floor is open.. Why does he have to run around lieing saying that they sold 3,500 out of 5,500 when that is not the case.. He also runs around saying "we" sold out MSG in 15 minutes.. Axl and The name Guns N'Roses sold the tickets not Bach... Not to mention the show isn't even sold out yet...

Your wrong guy.

Estero had the same amount of people at that show. Why not merge Estero & the Jacksonville show, if that's the case?

Your theory is illogical. Let it go.

Wrong about what?? What theory??? The place holds 9,000 not 5,500...? I am just saying Bach is full of shit.. That's all....

So he's misinformed. That full out makes him a liar, with malcontent?

[FunkyMonkey]

If glam metal has a Renaissance man, there's no doubt it's Sebastian Bach. As the frontman for the '90s hair-metal act Skid Row, he sold over twenty million records (and probably went through just as many cans of hairspray). However, when his peers cut their hair short and bought flannel shirts to try to remain relevant, Bach reinvented himself as a Broadway performer, television personality and, most recently, honorary Gilmore Girl. We caught up with Bach in Toronto while he was on tour with Guns N' Roses ? although his St. Louis date is a solo show ? and talked with him about his past, his future and what he's most thankful for this Turkey day. (Hint: It has cornrows.)

Jonah Bayer: First off, I wanted to tell you that my first show ever was seeing Skid Row open for Guns N' Roses on the "Use Your Illusion" tour.

Sebastian Bach: Yeah! [Laughs] Now we're coming again to rock you, dude.

Do you remember that tour pretty well?

Yup, I sure do. I just can't believe that I'm on the road with Axl again fifteen years later. That's really crazy.

How is it different this time around?

It actually feels a lot more the same. There's a lot more similarities to talk about than differences, because there's nothing like music that transports you to where you were when you first heard it. So when I'm in a big arena like I was last night in Baltimore, and there's thousands of people in front of me, and I'm singing "18 & Life," the only difference is that in 1991 people held up lighters and in 2006 they hold up cell phones.

How do you think the music industry has changed in the past fifteen years?

Well, the Internet has obviously been the biggest change. Back in '91 the first Skid Row album sold over ten million copies worldwide, and with Slave to the Grind we sold over seven million worldwide ? and nobody now sells that many records. How people get their music now is completely different; people don't go into a store and buy CDs anymore. I've got a brand-new song called "Body Inside" that I started doing when we started playing with GNR in Europe, and it's got over 40,000 plays and it's not even out on any record. So people already know my new songs that are on my forthcoming album because of the Internet.

I heard you're also doing "My Michelle" with GNR on this tour. Is that fun for you?

It is fun, but it's also challenging vocally to do my whole set and then wait through Papa Roach and then come out at the end and scream at the top of my lungs again. [Laughs. ]

Obviously, you've been very involved in theater in the past decade. What's the biggest difference between performing at a rock show and a Broadway show?

Well, in rock & roll I am in control of my stage, and in Broadway the director or the producer have control. Like when I'm doing Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar, it's Andrew Lloyd Webber's thing, it's not Sebastian Bach's thing, you know? So that got kind of old for me, because I'm used to being in control. I love rock & roll. I love theater, too, but I've just had my fill of that for right now.

What's starring on Gilmore Girls like? I'd imagine that a lot of the younger viewers probably have never heard of Skid Row.

Yeah, well, I get noticed a lot for the Gilmore Girls. Walking down the street, little girls will say, "Are you that guy?" And I'm thinking they're saying, "Are you the guy from Skid Row?" and they're not ? they're saying, "Are you that guy from the Gilmore Girls?" I think I get noticed more now because of that show.

Honestly, between Supergroup and all your other appearances, it's really difficult to keep track of everything you've been up to in the past few years.

[Laughs] Yeah, that's good. I like that. Well, dude, all that TV and acting stuff I do enjoy, but rock & roll is my first love by far, so right now I'm concentrating on that. I'll definitely do more TV in the future ? I'm doing another episode of the Gilmore Girls next week, actually ? but rock & roll is where my heart is.

You have a solo record coming out next year. Was it hard to find the time to record that will your schedule?

Yeah, we actually recorded it when we were on the European Guns N' Roses tour, and then we went to LA for three weeks and recorded, and then we went right back on tour. It's not totally finished yet, musically it is and vocally it's probably at about 95 percent. I just have a little more work to do on it.

How would you describe the way it sounds?

It sounds new. I always try to make something that sounds different, but I also want you to be able to put it in your iPod and have it make sense with all the other stuff I've put out ? except for the Last Hard Men [Bach's supergroup featuring members of the Breeders, Smashing Pumpkins and the Frogs], because that doesn't make sense at all. [Laughs.]

Is your set on this tour mostly hits from Skid Row, or are you doing a lot of solo stuff?

Yes and yes. [It's weird] when people ask me if I'm doing Skid Row songs, because it's almost like people are saying you're the first person to do your own songs. Ozzy Osbourne plays "Paranoid" every night and nobody ever says, "Are you going to do 'Paranoid?'" Yeah, he is. Well, Sebastian Bach does "Youth Gone Wild"; that's how he works.

Do you still like playing those old Skid Row songs live?

Yeah, I sold twenty million records; I'm not going to not do those songs. [Laughs] What the fuck would that be? That would suck.

I guess it just seems a little strange because the other members of Skid Row are out there playing those songs right now, too.

But you're acting like this is the first time this has happened in music. Every single band you can think of has gone through this. David Lee Roth plays "Running with the Devil" and so does Eddie Van Halen; Tony Iommi plays Black Sabbath songs and so does Ozzy. I'm not the first guy in rock to have a solo career.

Understood. Well, Thanksgiving's right around the corner: What is Sebastian Bach most thankful for this year?

I thank God for Axl Rose for bringing me on tour. Welcome to the jungle of the youth gone wild; we're gonna tear it up. Rock & roll is back, mother trucker ? that's what I want to say.


Article at: http://music.riverfronttimes.com/issues/2006-11-22/music/music_1.html

[freedom78]

It was hysterical on "Supergroup" when he made them all watch the fuckin' Gilmore Girls for his 2 sec. appearance. 

[kyrie]

Bach has been equally smitten with the recordings that would be Chinese Democracy, which probably won't be out by year's end as promised.

"I've heard some incredible music," he said. "He's pulling from a wealth of material. He's got like 30-some songs."

So why can't he just get them done?

"He doesn't explain that to me because he doesn't need to. It's his album and his art," Bach said, turning philosophical. "Rock `n' roll is filled with stories of musicians that have gone crazy trying to live up to expectations, like Syd Barrett. At the end of the day, Axl has managed to stay pretty damn level-headed. But he is trying to create a record that lives up to Appetite for Destruction, one of the best albums of all time, and that's taken a long time."

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From: http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2006/11/30/music/20061130094142&sec=music

[freedom78]

I love that they randomly say it won't be out by years end and give no evidence or reason to back it up.

[flicknn]

Is this positive news , no offense bro , but how many threads will we read , saying nobody knows when the album will be out

[younggunner]

I love that they randomly say it won't be out by years end and give no evidence or reason to back it up.

sorry to burst your bubble but there really is no evidence to suggest that it iwll be out this yr either....

[FunkyMonkey]

Another Sebastian interview: VELVET REVOLVER Can't Do 'Welcome To The Jungle' Because WEILAND Can't Sing It

Ross Raihala of TwinCities.com recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach. A few excerpts from the chat follows:

On what it's like to be back playing arenas:

"It was the most amazing thing for Axl to ask my band to join the tour. It's something I've waited for for a long time. I get offers to do those package tours, the nostalgia-oriented ones, but I always say no. But GUNS N' ROSES, that one I'll do. I'm very, very lucky. There's a lot of firsts on this tour for me. We got to play a sold-out Madison Square Garden. There have been a lot of places I've never played before, and for an old guy like me, it's great."

On what Axl's like behind the scenes:

"He likes to laugh. He likes to joke around, like, a lot. And he's got the most unique voice I've ever heard. His speaking voice is this low baritone, Clint Eastwood kind of a voice. And then when he laughs, it's like a boy soprano's highest note that comes out. You know, he's singing better than ever now, and that's a fact. That's one thing about Axl people forget. He is one of the best rock 'n' roll singers that ever lived."

On the sometimes long wait from his solo set to "My Michelle":

"Well, I've been on the road since June. And, you know, that whole 'My Michelle' thing is great. I sing my own stuff, then wait two or three hours and jump up there and scream even harder. I've been doing that every day. It's good work if you can get it. The one thing I've learned about myself ? and I learned this when I did 'Jesus Christ Superstar' ? is that my voice is probably the strongest part about me. It's the rest of me that gets tired. My legs and my eyeballs and my arms and my brain. But my pipes are fine."

On his appearance on "SuperGroup":

"My favorite part of it was when I tell the powers that be to f? off. I just love that. And when they brought that stylist in, I'm, like, 'No, I'm not cutting my hair.' They tell me she cut Jennifer Lopez's hair. Dude, Sebastian Bach has cooler hair than Jennifer Lopez. I look at music as a form of self-expression. I don't need a stylist. Why doesn't she have her own band if she's such an expert? Whatever. My father was a famous painter, and as a little boy, I watched him wake up every day, get his paintbrush and paint all day. He did that 'til the day he died. My microphone is my paintbrush. That's what I do."

On getting the call to star in "Jekyll and Hyde" on Broadway:

"I was, like, 'Do you have the right phone number? Why are you calling me?' They sent the script, and I was on the road with my solo band playing some f??? dump. I was looking around at this club and thinking, hmmm, Broadway or this place? Honestly, though, I didn't think I could do it. The script is so thick, it's like 300 pages or some s?. It's all in old English, and there were these words I'd never heard before in my life. There's 17 songs, and I'm in every scene. But I had a lot of encouragement from people. And I loved doing it. It really was the highlight of my life."

On those who say the 2006 version of GUNS N' ROSES isn't the real thing:

"You know, you've got Slash and Duff doing STONE TEMPLE PILOTS songs with Weiland (in VELVET REVOLVER). They can't do 'Welcome to the Jungle' because he can't sing it. Let's be honest. Then, you've got Axl doing 'Sweet Child o' Mine' and 'Rocket Queen' with some other dudes. I'd rather see Axl singing GUNS N' ROSES songs than Slash doing STONE TEMPLE PILOTS songs. Nobody can sing 'Paradise City' like Axl Rose."

Story at: http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/16123665.htm