Backspin: Sebastian Bach on 'Subhuman Race'

[@hatecopter]

I personally think Subhuman Race is a great album. You can definitely hear the influence of bands like Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, and Pantera.

[@warpath6666]

It is a very great album. Although it isn't as great as their debut album ... I mean, nothing can come close to their first album :D

[@jonwanrocks]

i was listening to this record today and i said 'you can tell phil rubbed off on sebastian BIG time'

[@alejandrabustamante8870]

OMG!!! I can't believe I just hear Sebastian voice when he was young! 00:37 That young voice is still within him Sebastian Bach is out of this planet!

[@warpath6666]

Haha !!! Yes, it's still there :)

[@javtimestwo]

haha that's a good point. i'm so glad you caught that. i had to watch it again and i thought it was 1989 once again

[@philipalexander-v3l]

he sounds like Mickey Mouse nowadays, so its complety wrong, girl🤣

[@Macsk8ing]

This guy has such a great sense of humor

[@patrickmichaellangan576]

Kangaroo Jack he’s Canadian. Many Canadians if not all people from Canada are well known for dry humor. Sebastian is yet another proud example.

[@javtimestwo]

i never thought he had a "great" sense of humor-Baz mostly laughs at his own jokes while nobody else seems to be laughing at that joke.

[@joylane2960]

@@javtimestwo And most are STILL lauhing at all the absolute garbage albums that shell of a band skid row put out from 2003 to the3 present. So in other words the real joke is thickskin thru gang's all dead...>

[@javtimestwo]

@@joylane2960 You might not like Skid Row music since Thick Skin but the band have sustained a career and they can play many venues today without Sebastian Skid Row(Snake, Scotti and Rachel) do not need Sebastian to play music. I've heard SR music since 2000 and Sebastian. Neither are very good and neither are on my playlists but I still enjoy how Snake, Scotti and Rachel can have a career and play larger venues than Sebastian can today 🤣

[@deceiver444]

How can you not just love this guy ?

[@antimurphy8212]

Because he's full of shit. A parody of himself

[@machupikachu1085]

@TheQuarterback:OutofthePocket they don't get along with any of the singers they have hired. Who's difficult to work with again?

[@Delsworldview]

How can you not think he's an arrogant prick?😊😅

[@conciergemarie6981]

I know! I really really love him too.

[@sworm-music]

Ask anyone who's ever spent more than 2 minutes with him and you'll have plenty of reasons.

[@ChadBedwell]

Bach is my Favorite all time Rocker, He's the Best Singer on the Planet and Best performer he was made for Metal!

[@willf4718]

This album was trying a bit hard to be heavier than it needed to be. The Pantera effect had something to do with that I think. I still listen to Breakin' Down though. What a song.

[@1badjesus]

WELL SAID! ..it did at times seem "overly aggressive" but that was Rachel an Snake's desire to prove they were not "Warrant"..similar to Warrant's "Dog Eat Dog" album provin they weren't Skid Row lol Ultimately I think Sophie Padres suffered because Bob Rock was wrong producer for them they should have stuck with Michael Wagener from first two albums. I like Bob Rock...his work on The Black Album..Load & Reload... Sonic Temple..Dr. Feelggod and Mirlet Ctue (John Corabi) is unmistakable....but for harder bands like SR ,& Metallica...I dunno .. Incidentally I saw Sebastian perform at the Playboy Mansion about 7 years ago.. I was only one in the audience who knew all the lyrics...even to BY YOUR SIDE (Amazing Ballad from SB's solo album Angel Down)..great show with a lame audience lol ... Sebastian sang his ass off tho' and gave it his all!🤘!!

[@RyderSontaig]

@Andy Salter Ironwill is great also.

[@AaronEkbladNHL]

I love the album except for 2 songs. Well that and the album cover which is just bad

[@willf4718]

@@AaronEkbladNHL Yeah that's a terrible cover.

[@AaronEkbladNHL]

@@willf4718 must have spent all the budget on Bob Rock

[@goodtucker8765]

The greatest living vocalist in heavy metal!

[@antimurphy8212]

You're right...Rob Halford and Bruce Dickinson

[@jahjah67]

I absolutely remember hearing my roommate saying the term, "Hair band" in 1991 right before their 2nd record was released. That doesn't mean it was widespread or maybe even means my roommate was clairvoyant, but that term did exist in 1991. I think it was Warrant who were the biggest targets for that term. Skid Row, I always thought were a great hard rock band with a metal edge. Good band

[@joeyromito7912]

Warrant was a target for the choreographed head banging

[@superbatfirenze]

whenever i hear this man, i gotta hear him til his last word, cause he always tells some fucking interesting stuff,no matter what.... Seb bach you my ultimate Rock hero!

[@JanPatrickLucas]

How the new Skid Row has carried on or even wants to try and continue to fool themselves to be Skid Row without Sebastian is delusional and ridiculous! You can't replace Sebastian period! There may have been inner turmoil or any number of reasons to cause the split....fine, BUT end the band the band or call it something else. The music after Sebastian left is horrible in comparison and if anything in this world seems weird it's Skid Row without him! Ego is the problem here as is with many disputes and problem in the world. Sounds to me like all along Sebastian was willing to carry on and work it out, while the rest of the band was difficult. I'd say that's pretty humble actually on his part as the majority of people would proclaim that Sebastian IS Skid Row! Don't get me wrong I loved the guitar duo of Sabo and Hill, but they've been nothing without Sebastian. The magic can and will only happen again if they are ALL willing to sort it out and rejoin. God I hope that happens! Subhuman Race was incredible and I remember at the time people were talking like it was a departure and the band was on the decline. I didn't get that at all. I thought the music was more powerful than ever. Through this all Sebastian's strong character and humour prevails! He'll carry on successfully with or without the band. From a fan's perspective I'd be nuts over a reunion but ultimately I wish him health and happiness! He's always been so enlightening and entertaining to listen to weather he's talking or singing! Cheers from Thunder Bay!

[@ΑγγελικήΚουλούρη-υ1μ]

@Jan Patrick Lucas I absolutely agree with you, you're absolutely in my mind by expressing your personal thoughs.. I think that's the way it is, nothing more, nothing less... I really wish in a Skid Row reunion more than ever, under the fact that Guns N' Roses put their "disfunctional" band together after they initially split up in the mid 90's.. Who knows maybe someday Skid Row set the band again..

[@jamiedavies8827]

Id rarther skid row with baz but as a true fan its still great to see the boys

[@cdreid99999]

All bands that break up after being big seem to try this.. "We are still the band! Even though we got rid of that prick (who had all the talent). The list is endless. They should move on to making new music or patch up their differences

[@jeremycubs8331]

It's simple, Rachel Bolan thinks people can forgive and accept that Skid Row is about him lol.

[@rowdyjohnson6026]

Because they write great songs, sound fantastic, throw ferocious live shows and still love playing music.

[@summermalik9931]

Wow... He must be very strong minded to talk about such sensitive things with such ease....

[@andym28]

That's so aries. No filter.

[@bellelovelight1163]

​@@andym28 totally Aries ♈️.. when people bitch about his attitude I have to laugh and roll my eyes because they don't get an Aries 😅

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

@ 3:01 ...when he talks about being offered this show and then being fired: "Bach was eventually fired when he booked a show where Skid Row would have opened for KISS in 1996. Other band members told Bach that Skid Row was too big to be an opening act and that they were not going to do the show. Bach then left a message on a bandmate's answering machine telling him that you are never too big to open up for KISS." (wiki)

[@rowdyjohnson6026]

Weird, because I say them open for kiss without Bach... Thickskin tour

[@user-ux1vj9vx7s]

Lol That’s obviously bullshit, and it is wiki. That should’ve been your first clue. Bach is a singer, not a booking agent. He couldn’t have possibly booked a show opening for kiss

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

@@user-ux1vj9vx7s yeah the word booked seems overstated, more likely having a bit of a talk about it with someone in Kiss maybe.

[@diegomazzaron9191]

1:27 I’m a little surprise because Sebastian don’t mention Beat yourself blind, he always said that is his favorite song on the album.

[@tfittread8907]

He has an amazing sense of humor. I love him.

[@josephperdon375]

'Subhuman Race' is my favorite Skid Row album

[@bellelovelight1163]

Its beginning to become mine too

[@beeps123]

Awesome guy. Thanks for the music. God bless. He’s genuinely funny.

[@PS-xb9hc]

I hope one day I have the opportunity to bump into this guy and hug him💖🤘😁.

[@pacochuquiure7807]

Wish he talked more about details of the recording anecdotes of Sin Human. I believe singing wise that record represents his best vocal performance.

[@Dharmicaction]

NO WAY

[@sincm91]

Great performance but his voice was already fucked up.

[@zoolanderseeds3480]

Nope it was and is Slave to The Grind

[@davidcurtis4478]

I miss Skid Row! Saw them in Concert in early 90's in Manchester Subhuman Race tour, Bach jumped off Marshall stack at end and messed up his ankle, I have no idea why they broke up! They were massive and then broke up!! They recently got back together but without Bach or Affuso. Recently saw them in MS concert footage on my channel - check it out! They were great and rocked! New singer was good but Bach is in his own league! Certainly wish Bach and Affuso were back! Bazz get your Ass Of the couch and get Back in Skid Row!! Miss ya man! Love the stuff you've done with Axl, DC

[@Ben-Jamminalot]

what an awesome interview

[@Hoscitt]

Subhuman is their best album! 🤘

[@antimurphy8212]

It'd great but the production isn't the best.

[@groundworkflatland]

Love subhuman race. paired with Motley's Corabi era album

[@andyinmichigan9058]

metal laughs.....that's for damn sure. Grunge, pop...whatever, you'll have your time, and some if it's good, but good metal will always be remembered

[@mwhitelaw8569]

Baz is a still a goofball man Dude still has pipes

[@patrickreeves4650]

My buddies and I loved Subhuman Race. It came out our junior year of high school. We slammed that cd all the time in the car, and even tried to get whoever was running the p.a. system at basketball games to play songs off it. Such a great record. Wish they didn't slag the record so much, but from all indications, the band was in such shambles already so it was a miserable time for them. Makes sense. Great record though.

[@hazor777]

METAL LAUGHS !!

[@allsystemsgo8678]

Hair metal, which I hate that term, wasn't sued until Grunge was already big. I really hate that people who like 80's metal, glam metal use that term. So disrespectful.

[@smackdowner]

Fuck grunge hated that shit back then hate it now lol

[@icarus432hz9]

Grunge is all right. You can like different genres man, why close yourself to ONLY 1?. Rock n Roll is a universe of its own. Shit, i like The Doors as much as I love Motley Crue or Alice in Chains and Frederick Chopin. We live in a wonderful world where any type of music is quite literally at our fingertips. TLDR; Fuck giving music terms and genres. We like what we like. You can`t tell an artist to paint a forest only using the color Blue or Red, why not use the whole spectrum of colors? There`s no rules!!!

[@wantsome480]

I was a fan rock in the 80's in middle school. But when I got to high school in the 90's there was a major counter culture shift. The counter culture didn't just hate 80's music it was 70's an 60's also. And it wasn't just music either we hated everybody and everything that wasn't us. We were the polar opposite of everything that resulted from peace and love in the 60's.

[@erikgoeree9628]

I use the term hair metal and I listen to it all day lmao

[@shellybean9]

I hate that term too. We didn't call this kind of music 'hair metal ' in the 80's and you are right, it only came around during the grunge era and it is disrespectful.

[@jakepitochelli4465]

Sebastian, you still ROCK my friend. Hang in there and STAY TOUGH!!!

[@MxLee192]

Subhuman Race fucking rocks! Under-rated and awesome.

[@philipalexander-v3l]

heavy metal is for life, now thats true my friend

[@СтаниславКоробцов]

Sebastián Bach !!! 👏👏👏👍👍👍🤘🤘🤘💪💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Vinylrebel72]

Ohhh a vinyl box set would be SO KILLER!!!!

[@TheJonathanDale]

It's out now!

[@PfcFloyd]

Grunge didn't last long as a fad but some of those bands made quite an impression in a short period of time. Some of those songs will never go out of style. OG AIC & Soundgardens 1st album are incredible.

[@dmitryowens]

Sebastian is totally correct - no one used the silly term "hair metal" in the 80's because it didn't exist.

[@Holychickendestroyer]

Always young at heart. But I think he’s still has his ups and downs and struggles with alcohol and substances. Hope he eventually get his way and reunite with the other guys.

[@donavancastilo6981]

Dude! Your skid row cuz of your voice. I'm a huge fan

[@LastFlyHi]

When is The release of those vinyls ???

[@ogproductions3173]

LastFlyHi records*

[@philipalexander-v3l]

the funny thing is though, that Seb had said in other interviews that there is not one single song on SR thats good..

[@diamondd2778]

Met Baz , funny guy n a truly nice person. Wenyt out of his way to make conversation. Great guy ,

[@ciadella1971]

Why would the other guys in Skid Row NOT want to open for KISS.....especially in 1996?? There had to be more to that story..

[@WeGachaMetal]

Regardless what you think of the man, or the other band members, sUBHUMAN RACE is a masterclass hard rock/metal album. The BEST of Skid Row’s career.

[@adamrivera2499]

This guy is amazing 👏

[@infoguy1978]

darn i dont like bach much but minute 4:05- 4:46 was awesome

[@davidlogo6553]

1996. really bad times for R&R....

[@supermarionickyt7430]

David LoGo Sort of. KISS had a HUGE comeback that year and Stone Remple Pilots were big so... for hair metal, yes. Classic rock, no.

[@Oriana-x1g]

Tiene los pies sobre la tierra y enfrenta la situación con humor, tal como él lo haria :')

[@paulwoodcock764]

THIS IS WAY COOL, WOULD STILL LOVE TO MEET SEB

[@Star_Sn1per]

Yahoo has almost 70k subs.. WTF?

[@johnnymoran180]

Go around to every town in the world and collect cash... LOL! It would be huge for sure....

[@jeffpallaro6952]

Skid row is not a hair metal band. They are a hard metal band. Even the great scott ian has been documented as saying they are and were a metal band not a hair band.

[@amitm1]

Now you guys getting back...Do Something that you do best. Rock on 🤘

[@gixxerflier1]

Skid Row is fuckall without Sebastian Bach. He was the band!

[@HighVoltageCovers]

Subhuman Race is pretty grungy for me. I can’t put Beat Yourself Blind anywhere else than, at least, Alternative Metal. BTW, what’s so hard to call “the bass player” by the name? And still he wants to get back together... I love Sebastian, he’s funny as Hell, but is the same man-child than 30 years ago

[@hellsunicorn]

Rachel Bolan was the main culprit in breaking up the band, and if you're a fan of Subhuman Race as an album, Bolan is also the one who has routinely knocked it and referred to it as their version of St. Anger. Frankly speaking, Bolan is in about twice as in need of an attitude adjustment than Bach is on his worst day.

[@antimurphy8212]

Totally agree. They're not reuniting

[@TheJonathanDale]

Well the vinyl box came out. No bonus or extra tracks but a nice set.

[@wrigleyx]

04:28 there it is !

[@shawnboogz7546]

Into another is such a great song!!!

[@jasonrollins4485]

Frozen was a great song I thought best song on the album. Slave to the grind was great heavy album.

[@jojoexperience]

Loved the album. The only problem was it was too Watered down. I blame bob rock.

[@hellsunicorn]

Bob Rock basically tried to turn Skid Row into what Motley Crue had become the previous year when he produced their 1994 self-titled album, it worked to an extent, but Skid Row's sound was a bit too raw and fast to really work within that Soundgarden template as well. Don't get me wrong, Subhuman Race is a solid album, but it would have been far better had they produced it in a similar manner as Slave To The Grind.

[@DaveFurbush]

Subhuman Race slaps. Fuck everybody. It's as good, if not, better than Slave To The Grind. So fucking heavy. One of Bob Rock's finest moment.

[@luckywize5270]

thanks bach rock on

[@travisfitzwater8093]

Subhuman Race is among the greatest records in the history of history!

[@erich84502b]

Grunge has faded plummeted plunged but they still play it on rock stations

[@mountainpeakcloud8442]

There are some bands that have ben forced to continue without the original lead singer, ACDC, Alice in Chains etc. while not the same, have made it work. I truly respect the musicianship of the people in Skid Row, and Bach as a vocalist, but Skid Row are not like those other bands, because for one, Bach is still alive, and there is no Skid Row without Bach.

[@justinwhite9689]

If they got a singer that sounded similar to Bach ( if not Bach) I think skid row could have been OK for a tour. I saw them without Bach a couple times. Boring. Same goes for Warrant singer(s) were not near the same sounding person as Jani was, it just doesn't work for me.

[@javtimestwo]

my biggest issue with Sebastian is that one day he's very upset about the break up and the next day he's hurling insults at the SR guys for not getting back together=IMMATURITY! and just because Sebastian has an idea about vinyl or unreleased content does not mean the idea is very good. not every single idea band members have become reality. i certainly with Snake, Rachel and Scotti did pay more attention to their history and re-release the old VHS tapes on DVD or release rare songs/demos, but there must be a reason why they have not done that=$$ those 3 don't need the money(yet) so more power to them for having a business sense and not diluting the market for the thousands of fans they have left.

[@Bob_Shy_132]

He's right, It is for life.

[@troywindle466]

Ozzy made it on his own Dio made it on his own too, I'm pretty sure Sebastian will too

[@Ghost-vi8qm]

He ages well

[@jamesriver3745]

I thought sUBHUMAN rACE was a great album. Eileen, Frozen, My Enemy, Firesign.....all great tracks

[@pebbypoo]

Hair Metal has been around since the 80s. See Enuff Znuff and Skid Row.

[@jpd632]

Metal is forever.

[@mrdottle8581]

translation.............he wants to get back with them. you can hear it. hope it happens.

[@AnonYmous-zq6gy]

He wants it sooo bad, it almost becomes sad. Even if they did, would anyone care that much?

[@agauerm]

This isn't Baz, it's Steve-O using prosthetics... Haha JK, love Baz...

[@Doug-b1e]

I do not understand skid row on the subhuman race deal. A great album. Actually their hardest album. Bad single release but otherwise killer! Eileen was great! Breaking down killer!

[@felippecezar9117]

Video editing is such an evil thing. We all know that Sebastian is a bit dorky, but editing an interview like this makes him look and sound delusional. I was in the concert he mentions in the interview and it wasn't in Rio, it was in São Paulo. The reason why people didn't like Skid Row in the bill was because in Brazil the band had been marketed as a ballad band from the very beginning, by their record label. "I remember you" was part of a soap opera sountrack and Sebastian's face was on the cover of every teen magazine and hordes of teen girls, who didn't know a thing about metal, would claim to listen to Skid Row and like metal because of his looks. I was a kid back then, and I wouldn't admit to listening to them because they were 'posers' or at least that's the perception local metal audiences had at the time. You have to remember that that was the mid 1990s and information wasn't that abundant. So, ultimately, the strategy of their record label was their undoing,

[@guitaristgod1678]

0:00 - 0:10 :D :D So funny! :)

[@sharingansasuke5]

I love Sebastian he’s badass

[@iriveraification]

Yahoo finally does something right...

[@markmccleary7276]

Bas feels that reuniting with Skid Row just means "playing the same Skid Row songs with a different bass player." This is why they will not be reuniting. LOL.

[@parkwaypro9838]

If he continues to refer to Rachel as ´´the bass player´´ it will never happen. How self-aware can this guy be if four other guys are miserable and he doesn´t notice it? He is the same volatile man child he was twenty five years ago. However, I do appreciate his candor and the stream of consciousness. He is amusing.

[@MsCruisein]

They've had 20 years to bury the hatchet. There is no way Rachel and Baz-- these men in their 40s and 50s-- could be so immature as to not put aside any personality clash or differences of opinion in exchange for continuing to live their dream. I think the real reason- when you get down to brass tacks- is the money. I bet someone in the band wants a larger piece of the pie than he feels the rest of the band is entitled to. A true reunion tour happens one time and someone's probably getting greedy. If that's the case, fuck 'em. I'd pay to see Baz right now, solo. I'd pay more to see Baz and a couple of the guys together again. I wont ever pay a single cent to see a band calling themselves Skid Row with anyone else singing, no matter who the bass player is.

[@cdreid99999]

There are two people in almost ANY band you can replace and noone will notice.. the bass player and the drummer. Yes that's brutal. But it's true

[@2Zero8discipline]

How about players like Keith Moon\John Entwistle or John Bonham\John Paul Jones or Neil Peart\Geddy Lee or Nicko Mcbrain and Steve Harris Most highly successful bands have magic chemistry with all the players and if you lose any one of them it never sounds the same. However, I do think that the vocalist is the hardest to replace and the most noticeable. Led Zepplin called it quits, The Who never sounded the same. Neil Peart and Steve Harris are also the lyricists in their bands and are not going to be easily replaced or noticed by everyone.

[@cdreid99999]

i am in NO WAY insulting bassists or drummers man... though it sounded that way. Imho.. The drummer is the heartbeat of a song... the bassist is the soul.. the rhythm is the Fire.. and the lead is the decoration.... the lead singer/melody writer is the heart... But lets be honest. Most bassists and drummers pick those instruments because they just want to "also be on stage and be a part".. at least imho... the brilliant drummers and bassists who chose it because they love it are far too rare

[@scootterpootter]

He was wasted 24/7 in that time-frame, that's how he didn't notice it. The worst, most obnoxious asshole in the world is the guy that is drunk or stoned, when you are trying to get your life turned around. So when they were all wasted, Baz didn't seem so bad, but when the rest of the band started getting clean(er), that made it so much more annoying. Baz is one of my favorite singers in the world, such a stellar voice and has the attitude and all, but not sure if I could be around him for very long without wanting to strangle him, so I can;t imagine what the guys int he band had to endure. He is like having a 48 year old child walking around. lol

[@hailblackdragon]

He looks like a young Chris Holmes

[@dannyburch2122]

And there's a jonra Sebastian and it's over trust me I used to be in it

[@likelystorybandnj]

Lol he keeps saying the band broke up... I wonder if he knows Skid Row is still active

[@garybrigham9538]

No Bach- no Skid Row. I've seen them several times without Sebastian and they sound good- but it's just not the same....

[@donavancastilo6981]

I like skid row but without Sebastian they are nothing. Haha. Oh also without Rob Affuso. Sebastian rocks l. Snake and Rachel is nothing without Sebastian..

[@junberano9131]

reunion is the answer skidrow

[@MetalBaller83]

Sebastian Bach is a seriously pompous ass, but he’s still a badass.

[@dagoelius]

Such a mediocre crap album compared the Slave to the Grind.

[@Fight4freedom.]

He did not age well. good guy though

[@ChadEverhart01]

He needs his teeth fixed..

[@lpifitnessbrandproducts6774]

ok

[@harley1969chuco]

you were a goofy bad hahahah

[@mrsnapple5827]

can he afford a dentist?

[@evagarcia1606]

We are on Facebook. I requested your pictures with your fans. 👍 👍 💘

[@antimurphy8212]

For a guy with "money ", he has horrible teeth. Get some teeth whitening, Baz.

[@jennyraywood8962]

Gorgeous xx