Skid Row thread

[spacebrain5000]

what's SPV?

[Hammy]

what's SPV?

The Record Label...

...same one ThickSkin came out on.

[spacebrain5000]

haha, cool. i wondered if it was maybe some type of i dunno, digital cd space shipping service in Ethiopia or something......

as for the cd, i'll buy it man, whatever. if i have any money. way more excited about the stuff sebastian's working on now though.
in some ways, i agree with rachel and snake's assesment that skid row is their band to do what they want with it, they wrote all the songs. but here's how it's different from the current GNR situation: axl didn't fire the other members, they left him. and sebastian brought those songs to life, and elevated their material, and played a large role in their success. and they just outright dismiss that and think they can replace him.

i found a really interesting article the other day from that dude Phil varone, former nu-skid row drummer. most of it is boring, but he said some interesting skid row related stuff, don't know if it's been posted before here but :
http://www.rock-is-life.com/interviews/philvarone.htm

[mrlee]

SKID ROW have announced more upcoming tour dates. Confirmed dates are as follows: March 11 - South Lake Tahoe, NV at Harrah's Casino 30 - St. Petersburg, FL at The State Theater. April 1 - Atlantic City, NJ at Borgotia Casino Gypsy Bar. As previously reported, Skid Row are currently putting together the follow-up to 2003's ThickSkin, due out later this year via SPV.

aint we already had this info 

[Hammy]

SKID ROW have announced more upcoming tour dates. Confirmed dates are as follows: March 11 - South Lake Tahoe, NV at Harrah's Casino 30 - St. Petersburg, FL at The State Theater. April 1 - Atlantic City, NJ at Borgotia Casino Gypsy Bar. As previously reported, Skid Row are currently putting together the follow-up to 2003's ThickSkin, due out later this year via SPV.

aint we already had this info?

Tour dates are additional album news is not really new, but it's just a mention that they are still working on it....

....look at what i highlighted

[spacebrain5000]

Does anyone know what happened to that video for Ghost they were going to shoot?

I've had a change of heart concerning the Nu Skid Row lately, discovered I had some of the new songs stuck in my head and decided to give the CD a fair shot. The truth to the matter is, they are a very good band. I can't help listening to it though and trying to imagine Sebastian singing on the same tracks though. Nevertheless, a really, good band. As they should be, the main songwriters are still there and still good. Favorite songs from Thickskin: See you Around, Swallow me, Ghost and Thick is the skin. and Down from Underground, as well as my old favorite, Born a Beggar. It can't really compare to the old stuff, but there's still a good band here, and I'm waiting to see waht else they'll release. 
(and how kickass is the riff for Lamb?)
I just wish they wouldn't.. call themselves Skid Row. That  pretty much makes the CD impossible to market , too, people who want nostalgia won't buy it because Sebastian's no longer there, but you can't sell it to new audiences with the same old band logo from the 80's...

[RichardNixon]

If the new Skid Row sucks as bad as thinkskin, whopdefuckinin'do for Skid Row.

Why not get back w/Bach? Who are they fooling? The other guy they have sucks.

[Hammy]

Does anyone know what happened to that video for Ghost they were going to shoot?

Er, they shot it

I saw the vid once, a long while back now, i don't remember too much about it, i'm sure i wrote about it in this thread somewhere....

....still i'm not going to look through 10 pages for it

Edit.....I looked and found it....

i do know that johnny said something about the video. if i rember correct they are done filming it.... and will soon be released...

Well after all this time the video has definately been released for sure.? I was watching SCUZZ today here in the UK (channel 471) and i thought fuck i recognise this song, and this band and to my amazement it was The New Skid Row w/ the Ghost video.? I was really pumped to see they've got some more publicity.? The video was a good bach to basics old school thing not much money spent but fun to watch and Johnny Solinger looked pretty damn cool and Snake looked a bit younger than his has been looking lately anyway for anyone in the UK who wants to see it watch SCUZZ (Channel 471 )

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[spacebrain5000]

It's nowhere to be found, the Ghost video, not even on the band's official website or MTV or anything...
I found an unreleased video for New Generation but that's pretty much it.
I really wonder what's going on with Skid Row these days, its as bad as GNR. Is Johnny going country? Is Snake back? Is he alright? Where's that rumored new CD?
Hmm...

[Hammy]

It's nowhere to be found, the Ghost video, not even on the band's official website or MTV or anything...

That's because it was hardly major and their official website sucks.  Like i said i only saw it once and it was nothing special and clearly done on a tight budget....

I found an unreleased video for New Generation but that's pretty much it.

Cool.  Where'd you find it?  Any chance of a link?

Is Johnny going country? Is Snake back? Is he alright? Where's that rumored new CD?

Don't know.

Think so.

Probably (Otherwise we'd of heard some news telling us otherwise.....)

If we hear nothing in 2 months, then start worrying, their site is still active, this was actually put up their a few days ago...

3/23/2006

A Very special Acoustic Show with Skid Row in Vegas

Skid Row will perform an acoustic set in the city of sin. It all takes place at the South Coast Casino on Saturday May 13th.

Damn, I'd love to be at that show.....

[spacebrain5000]

Ah, me too! I'd just like to see them in concert, really.. (never got to see the original Skid Row, man, that Skid Row/GNR tour?? Two of my all time favorite bands.. man..) regardless of the whole Sebastian situation, I would love to go see one of their gigs. It just sucks that it seems like they only really do obscure gigs in the US these days..
Was the Ghost video concert/live performing setting sort of footage or was it like storyline oriented? And here's the link to New Generation: http://www.medicinefilms.com/player.php?clip_id=184066
it's actually a pretty cool clip considering it was done on basically no money, it's hardcore 

[Mama Kin]

It's nowhere to be found, the Ghost video, not even on the band's official website or MTV or anything...
I found an unreleased video for New Generation but that's pretty much it.
I really wonder what's going on with Skid Row these days, its as bad as GNR. Is Johnny going country? Is Snake back? Is he alright? Where's that rumored new CD?
Hmm...

When I saw them play in 2004, they said MuchMusic in Canada was carrying. I've never seen it, but they seem to be under the impression it's on the air.

[spacebrain5000]

yeah, I've heard that before, and I think it's hilarious. i live in canada and have much music, and watch it between commercial breaks of other TV shows in the futile hope that someday it won't be an MTV ripoff and play decent music. Not only have they never mentioned Skid Row ever, or any old school bands, if they have EVER played Ghost it was like once at 3 in the morning...
it's almost sad... i think, if anything, the reason that Nu skid Row hasn't caught on with the masses (aside from the Sebastian thing) it's because they're trying too hard to be relevant today, it all sounds too modern, almost contrived. Especially Rachel. Now, okay, I love Rachel I think he's a kickass musician and cool as shit, but he changes his image whenever a new fad comes around. During Subhuman race Grunge era he had short cropped hair and a fucking goatee and baggy clothes. I think he's really really cool but it makes him look like a sellout trying to appeal to whatever's cool at the time.   
and the thing about Thickskin, despite being a very good record musically, and i do enjoy it, is that there's nothing on it that hasn't been done before, especially by themselves circa Slave to the Grind and Subhuman Race. Everything else on it sounds like above average Creed and goo goo dolls, nickelback etc.
To be honest, I don't know what they're trying to achieve musically other than to appeal to modern audiences. This is why it seems so contrived to me.

[Malcolm]

SKID ROW have issued a statement rejecting their former singer Sebastian Bach's claims that they have been "us[ing] [his] picture and voice to promote their bait-and-switch 'gigs'."

In a May 28, 2006 posting on his web site, Bach wrote, "I am getting tired of making this announcement but everytime two-fifths of my old band does some, shows they use my picture and voice to promote their bait-and-switch 'gigs', so I will say it again:

I AM NOT IN THE BAND SKID ROW.
I HAVE BEEN SOLO SINCE 1996.
I AM NOT PLAYING ANY CONCERTS WITH SKID ROW.
I AM NOT PLAYING THE STARLAND BALLROOM WITH SKID ROW.
I AM NOT PLAYING THAT CLUB IN INDIANA WITH SKID ROW THAT HAS AN AD IN THE NEWSPAPER NEXT TO MY PICTURE THAT SAYS 'PAY $50 FOR A VIP TICKET TO MEET THE BAND!!!'

"Not only that but ...

SNAKE SABO IS NOT IN SKID ROW.
ROB AFFUSO IS NOT IN SKID ROW.

"If you go to see 'SKID ROW' in 2006, you are in fact going to see only two out of the original five members of the band."

Responding to Sebastian's claims, SKID ROW have issued the following statement via their official web site:

"Though we usually ignore our former singer's rants and accusations, we felt we had to respond to his recent boldfaced lies. We do NOT use his image to promote our shows. In fact, there is a clause in our show agreement that states 'Venue to use ONLY current, band-approved photo for advertising and promotion.' No bait, no switch. But to be sure an old photo hadn't fallen through the cracks, we had our booking agent double-check. Here is the correspondence between the buyers of the shows and our agent:

"From the buyer of the two Indiana dates.

"Hi Mark, I have spoken directly with Vic at Club Fever and Mike at Jamz, neither has done that. Vic laughed and said, 'I'm in the clear! I know better than that, I know he isn't in the band any more!' And Mike hasn't used any photos at all in the paper, and has a black & white photo from the media page that I sent to him. Mike did, however, bring up something interesting; Sebastian just appeared at the horse track in Anderson, IN...did they use a 'SKID ROW' photo in the paper to promote him...
Let me know.
Thanks, Kim

"From the buyer of the NJ show.

"Hi Tony: Although I know better, I have been asked to confirm with you that, in the course of advertising the SKID ROW show, you have not used any artwork that includes Sebastian Bach. Please confirm, by return email, that this is the case.
Thanks, Mark

"Obviously, we haven't used any artwork that includes Baz?.the band does need a new pic so we can put one on our website?.what's up?"

"[Band message continues] As most of you know, [Sebastian] was let go almost a decade ago so we obviously have nothing to gain by connecting the SKID ROW name to his. No bait, no switch.

"Secondly. Now if the claim that Snake is not in the band is true, then someone has perfected human cloning being that it was Snake playing guitar in Burnsville, MN on 5/5/06, Menomonee, WI on 5/6/06 and Las Vegas, NV 5/13/06. And it was Snake with us in Atlanta, GA taping a segment for CNN (to be aired in September). And it was in fact he who was there while we were doing our most recent photo shoot for our new CD (coming in October).

"Snake has carpal tunnel in his left arm. This has put him temporarily in the position of performing limited shows. He is trying to rehab his arm with physical therapy instead of surgery. It was his decision for us to continue doing shows with a temporary replacement player. Snake WILL be playing June 22, 23, 24 which includes the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ. And if his arm is okay he will continue to perform more shows. All that being said, he is in the band.

"Finally. The claim that WE would charge a fan to meet us is preposterous!

"Hopefully this clears everything up. See you at the shows."
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[spacebrain5000]

Does Rachel just never age? And I think I remember those boots circa 1989- right on dude.
I'm happy they're finally releasing another album soon. Despite everything, I'm quite eager to hear how it sounds.

[GnR-NOW]

I didn't know this, but on Supergroup, the radio guy said Skid Row is touring without Bach.  I had no idea they were still around, outside of GNR my music knowledge doesn't have alot of depth.  What is Skid Row all about now? is it the same group but with Bach? and what happened that Bach is no longer with the band?

[Thorazine Shuffle]

Bach left about 10 years ago.  From what I understand, there is only 1 original member left in Skid Row.

[Captain P?l]

Bach left about 10 years ago.  From what I understand, there is only 1 original member left in Skid Row.

not the case...
Rachel Bolan, Scotti Hill and Snake are the new Skids... they are all original, so its just the singer and drummer that aint...

[GnR-NOW]

so new singer and drummer + 3 original members.  Do they still play the old songs or mostly new ones now?

[Thorazine Shuffle]

Bach left about 10 years ago.? From what I understand, there is only 1 original member left in Skid Row.

not the case...
Rachel Bolan, Scotti Hill and Snake are the new Skids... they are all original, so its just the singer and drummer that aint...

Oh OK.