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SEBASTIAN BACH HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF THE COOLEST DOWN TO EARTH ARTIST THAT
WE HAVE EVER HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH. KNOWN EARLY IN HIS CAREER AS THE
LEAD SINGER OF SKID ROW HE HAS BEEN DOING SOLO WORK FOR YEARS NOW WITH
HIS LATEST SMASH ALBUM "ANGEL DOWN" ON STORE SHELVES EVERYWHERE. BACH
WILL RELEASE A LIMITED EDITION VERSION FEATURING A DVD ON THE MAKING OF THE
ALBUM AS WELL AS HIGH QUALITY CONCERT FOOTAGE DURING HIS 2006 TOUR WITH
GUNS & ROSES AND A CLIP FROM LAST YEARS EDGEFEST IN ALBANY NY. MANY CRITICS
LIKE TO MAKE BACH OUT TO BE A SELF CENTERED MUSICIAN WHICH I GUESS IS SO
THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO WRITE ABOUT, HOWEVER WE CAN TELL YOU THIS:
SEBASTIAN BACH IS A DEDICATED HARD WORKING MUSICIAN WHO WILL NOT SETTLE
FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN PERFECTION. HE IS TRULY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT HE
DOES AND WILL NEVER SACRIFICE THE MORALS HIS FATHER TAUGHT HIM LONG AGO.
DURING OUR JOURNEY WE DISCOVERED A LOT ABOUT BACH'S PERSONALITY AND
COMMITMENTS AND AFTER READING OUR INTERVIEW WITH THIS GREAT MUSICIAN WE
HOPE YOU WILL ALSO SEE THAT HE IS FAR FROM WHAT CRITICS SAY HE IS AND THAT
EVERY REACTION HE GIVES IS IN WARRANTED TO DEFEND HIMSELF, HIS MUSIC, HIS
NAME, AND HIS BELIEFS. LIKE EVERY ONE ELSE IN OUR WORLD WHEN TAUNTED AND
TALKED ABOUT WE WILL STAND UP AND SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT. SEBASTIAN BACH
WILL BE ON TOUR ALL SUMMER WITH POISON AND DOKKEN SIGNING COPIES OF THE
ANGEL DOWN L.E RELEASE SO HEAD OUT TO A ROCK SHOW AND SEE WHAT GOOD
ROCK IS ALL ABOUT! IF YOU CAN NOT MAKE IT TO A SHOW HEAD OVER TO FYE AND PICK
UP HIS LATEST RELEASE!
WE HAVE EVER HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH. KNOWN EARLY IN HIS CAREER AS THE
LEAD SINGER OF SKID ROW HE HAS BEEN DOING SOLO WORK FOR YEARS NOW WITH
HIS LATEST SMASH ALBUM "ANGEL DOWN" ON STORE SHELVES EVERYWHERE. BACH
WILL RELEASE A LIMITED EDITION VERSION FEATURING A DVD ON THE MAKING OF THE
ALBUM AS WELL AS HIGH QUALITY CONCERT FOOTAGE DURING HIS 2006 TOUR WITH
GUNS & ROSES AND A CLIP FROM LAST YEARS EDGEFEST IN ALBANY NY. MANY CRITICS
LIKE TO MAKE BACH OUT TO BE A SELF CENTERED MUSICIAN WHICH I GUESS IS SO
THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO WRITE ABOUT, HOWEVER WE CAN TELL YOU THIS:
SEBASTIAN BACH IS A DEDICATED HARD WORKING MUSICIAN WHO WILL NOT SETTLE
FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN PERFECTION. HE IS TRULY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT HE
DOES AND WILL NEVER SACRIFICE THE MORALS HIS FATHER TAUGHT HIM LONG AGO.
DURING OUR JOURNEY WE DISCOVERED A LOT ABOUT BACH'S PERSONALITY AND
COMMITMENTS AND AFTER READING OUR INTERVIEW WITH THIS GREAT MUSICIAN WE
HOPE YOU WILL ALSO SEE THAT HE IS FAR FROM WHAT CRITICS SAY HE IS AND THAT
EVERY REACTION HE GIVES IS IN WARRANTED TO DEFEND HIMSELF, HIS MUSIC, HIS
NAME, AND HIS BELIEFS. LIKE EVERY ONE ELSE IN OUR WORLD WHEN TAUNTED AND
TALKED ABOUT WE WILL STAND UP AND SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT. SEBASTIAN BACH
WILL BE ON TOUR ALL SUMMER WITH POISON AND DOKKEN SIGNING COPIES OF THE
ANGEL DOWN L.E RELEASE SO HEAD OUT TO A ROCK SHOW AND SEE WHAT GOOD
ROCK IS ALL ABOUT! IF YOU CAN NOT MAKE IT TO A SHOW HEAD OVER TO FYE AND PICK
UP HIS LATEST RELEASE!
SEBASTIAN: YO JOSH! HOWS IT GOING?
M4M: HEY SEBASTIAN WHATS GOING ON MAN? NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU. THIS IS A VERY EXCITING SUMMER FOR YOU. WHATS
GOING ON WITH THIS LIMITED EDITION “ANGEL DOWN SET”? WE HEAR IT IS WILD!
SEBASTIAN: YES I DO! IT IS A LIMITED EDITION VERSION OF ANGEL DOWN WITH A DVD. THE DVD IS CALLED ROAD RAGE AND IS A
MAKING OF THE CD “ANGEL DOWN” AND ALSO FIVE LIVE SONGS FILMED ON THE GUNS & ROSES TOUR IN 2006 ALL SHOT VIDEO
AND PRO TOOL AUDIO. VERY HIGH QUALITY CONCERT FOOTAGE. IT IS GOING TO BE A FYE EXCLUSIVE AT ALL FYE STORES AND FYE
WILL ALSO HAVE A BOOTH SET UP AT THE POISON SHOWS AND WE ARE DOING 47 SHOWS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU CAN
COME TO THE SHOW AND I WILL BE TRYING TO AUTOGRAPH AS MANY DVD’S AS I CAN AT EVERY SHOW.
M4M: OH MAN THAT SOUNDS AWESOME! NOW THE LABEL THIS RELEASE ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL “ANGEL DOWN” IS OWNED BY
YOU CORRECT OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? PARTNERSHIP THERE?
SEBASTIAN: I DON’T OWN IT FINANCIALLY HOWEVER IT IS MY LABEL CREATIVELY.
M4M: AWESOME SO IT MUST BE A LOT EASIER TO DO WHAT YOU WANT ON YOUR ALBUMS AND GET YOUR MUSIC ACROSS TO FANS
THE WAY YOU WANT.
SEBASTIAN: WELL I DO NOT WANT MUSICIANS TO DO EXACTLY WHAT I WANT THEM TO DO. I HIRE THE BEST MUSICIANS IN METAL
AND IT IS THE SAME IN SKID ROW WHERE I THOUGHT THEY WERE THE BEST BAND THAT I COULD GET IN AND THEN IN 2008 I GOT
BOBBY ON DRUMS, METAL MIKE CHLASCIAK ON GUITAR, STEVE DIGIORGIO ON BASS FOR THE ALBUM, ROB DOING BASS LIVE, AND
JOHNNY CHROMATIC ON GUITAR. THIS IS THE BEST BAND THAT I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME. I AM ALSO A HUGE FAN OF MY BAND
AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE RECORDS OF THE 90’S IS RESURRECTION BY ROB HALFORD THEN ROB WENT BACK TO JUDAS PRIEST
AND I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT TO MYSELF WHAT ARE THOSE GUYS DOING NOW AND I HAVE BEEN PLAYING WITH METAL MIKE AND
BOBBY FOR AT LEAST 3 YEARS NOW SO I AM A LUCKY GUY.
M4M: OH MAN WE ACTUALLY CAUGHT YOU LIVE AT EDGEFEST LAST YEAR AND YOU TORE IT UP!!
SEBASTIAN: OH MY GOD DUDE THAT WAS A CRAZY SHOW. ON THE DVD ROADRAGE THE PART WHERE I SMASH THE ACOUSTIC
GUITAR IS ON THE DVD.
M4M: THAT IS AWESOME. MAN THAT WAS SUCH A GREAT SHOW. I STILL TALK ABOUT IT ALL MOST A YEAR LATER NOW. NOW EVERY
SHOW YOU DO HAS THE SAME ENERGY LEVEL THOUGH DOES IT NOT?
SEBASTIAN: MAKING THE DVD AND WATCHING THE FOOTAGE I KICK ASS LIVE!!
M4M: YOU DO! YOU CAN SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU DO BRO!
SEBASTIAN: THERE IS SO MUCH ENERGY COMING OFF THE STAGE AND IT IS EXCITING. I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT WHEN THE
SHOW STARTS IT IS FUCKING EXHILARATING. IT GETS MY HEART GOING AND I CAN’T REALLY WATCH MY CONCERT FOOTAGE AT
NIGHT BECAUSE I GET SO FUCKING WOUND UP SO I DO IT DURING THE DAY SO I CAN WIND DOWN. THE BAND IS REALLY GREAT. I
CANNOT WAIT FOR YOU TO SEE THE DVD IN YOUR LIVING ROOM SURROUND SOUND. IT IS JUST REALLY HIGH QUALITY FOOTAGE.
M4M: OH MAN I AM STOKED JUST THINKING ABOUT IT! I LOVE THE SURROUND SOUND IT IS A MUST!
SEBASTIAN: I AM LIKE A FUCKING VIDEO AND AUDIO HOUND. THE REASON THAT I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THIS DVD
IS THAT IT WAS ALL SHOT DURING THE GUNS & ROSES TOUR. AXL ROSE HAD A FULL PRO TOOL RECORDING RIG AT THE SOUND
BOARD WITH A SEPARATE PRO TOOL ENGINEER WITH A 5 CAMERA PRO SHOOT CAPTURING ALL HIS CONCERTS. SO ONE NIGHT I
JUST ASKED HIM “YO DUDE CAN WE BORROW YOUR SHIT’ (laughing) I HAVE LIKE 40 SHOWS ON THE BIG CLUNKY BETA FORMAT
THAT I HAVE HAD FOR YEARS AND SOME DAY HOPE TO PUT OUT A FULL SHOW, BUT ROADRAGE IS ALL NEW MATERIAL. IT CAME
OUT GREAT SO I AM SO EXCITED.
M4M: WELL NOW YOU AND AXL HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND HAVE COLLABORATED ON EACH OTHER’S
ALBUMS.
SEBASTIAN: HE SINGS THREE SONGS ON “ANGEL DOWN” WITH “LOVE IS A BITCH SLAP”, “STUCK INSIDE”, AND “BACK IN THE
SADDLE”. HE HELPED OUT SKID ROW BACK IN THE OLD DAYS IN 1991 WHEN HE TOOK US OUT ON THE USE YOUR ILLUSION TOUR
AND NOW HE TOOK MY SOLO BAND OUT IN 2006-2007 AND TOOK US AROUND THE WORLD. I COULD NEVER EVER REPAY HIM FOR
HOW MUCH HE HAS HELPED ME OUT. THE FACT THAT EVERYONE WAS WAITING FOR HIM TO PUT OUT CHINESE DEMOCRACY AND
HE COMES OUT AND MAKES HIS RETURN ON SEBASTIAN BACH’S SOLO ALBUM. THINK OF HOW COOL THAT IS FOR US AS A BAND.
WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THIS CD. WHEN WE PUT OUT THIS CD AND YOU STICK IT IN AND HEAR AXL ROSE SCREAMING AT THE
TOP OF HIS LUNGS. THAT IS KIND OF COOL TO HAVE!
M4M: OH MAN FOR SURE IT KICKS ASS!
SEBASTIAN: I HAVE ALREADY ASKED HIM ABOUT THE NEXT CD. YOU KNOW SOMETIMES I SEE THE COMMENTS ON THE INTERNET
LIKE BLABBERMOUTH AND ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT I READ BECAUSE I AM WORKING WITH JAMEY JASTA OF HATEBREED FOR
THE NEXT ALBUM WAS “SEBASTIAN WILL NEVER TOP ANGEL DOWN” WHEN ARE PEOPLE GONNA LEARN THIS IS WHAT I FUCKING
DO? LIKE I AM NOT GOING TO TOP ANGEL DOWN OF COURSE I AM THIS IS WHAT I FUCKING DO!
M4M: THAT IS FUCKING INSANE MAN! I MEAN THAT’S WHAT YOU DO. YOU GO OUT THERE AND WRITE AND PERFORM. CHANCES
ARE YOU WILL TOP IT.
SEBASTIAN: YOU KNOW I AM NOT GOING TO START SUCKING NOW! (laughing)
M4M: NOT ONLY DO YOU DO MUSIC YOU DO EVERYTHING MAN! HOW THE HELL DO YOU FIND THE TIME?
SEBASTIAN: I DO T.V AND STUFF AND I BASICALLY LOOK AT IT AS A WAY TO PROMOTE MY MUSIC. THAT IS WHAT REALLY MEANS THE
MOST TO ME.
M4M: YOU KNOW THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO DO IT BRO. YOU ARE BEING VIEWED BY MILLIONS. YOU KNOW YOU SEEM TO BE AT A
POINT IN YOUR CAREER THAT YOU CAN HAND PICK WHAT YOU WISH TO BE A PART OF AS WELL.
SEBASTIAN: THAT IS 100% TRUE. I WOULD LIKE TO SMACK DR. DREW PINKSKY IN THE FACE FROM CELEBRITY REHAB BECAUSE HE
ASKED ME TO DO HIS STUPID FUCKING SHOW AND I SAID NO IMMEDIATELY THEN HE GOES AROUND AND STARTS USING MY NAME
FOR HIS BULLSHIT SHOW AND I THINK HE IS A REAL EVIL FUCKING GUY TO USE ME OR ANGELINA JOLIE OR WHOEVER ELSE HE
GOES AROUND TALKING ABOUT. MIND YOUR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS DR. DREW! MIND YOUR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS IS WHAT I
GOT TO SAY TO YOU.
M4M: THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO JUST LIKE TO RUN THEIR MOUTH’S AND START SHIT! I THINK HALF OF THEM HAVE NO
CLUE WHAT THE HELL THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT.
SEBASTIAN: IT IS THE WHOLE SCENE AND FOR THEM TO USE MY NAME FOR THEIR STUPID SHOW IS BULLSHIT AND HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH ME. I AM DOING GONE COUNTRY 2 THAT I REALLY DIG COMING OUT ON THE CMT NETWORK IN AUGUST. THAT IS ALL
ABOUT MUSIC AND THAT IS WHY I LIKE IT AND THAT IS WHY I DO IT. ANYTHING TO DO WITH MUSIC I DO BUT I DON’T DO FEAR
FACTOR AND STICK MY HEAD IN A AQUARIUM WITH A BUNCH OF SCORPIONS, EATING BUGS, AND JUMPING OUT OF AIRPLANES. I
LIKE MAKING MUSIC AND THAT’S WHAT I DO.
M4M: NOW YOU ACTUALLY TURNED DOWN SOMETHING LIKE MY KIDS A STAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT RIGHT?
SEBASTIAN: NO WHAT IT WAS IS THEY WANTED MY SON PARIS AND ME TO COME ON THE SHOW THAT SNIDER’S SON WAS ON. MY
SON PLAYS THE DRUMS AND THEY WANTED HIM TO SING. NOW IF MY SON WAS ALLOWED TO PLAY THE DRUMS WE WOULD HAVE
DONE IT BUT MY SON DOES NOT SING AND THEY WERE LIKE WELL MAKE HIM SING AND I WAS LIKE NO (laughing)
M4M: THAT IS FUNNY! YEAH LET US CHANGE WHAT HE DOES JUST FOR THE NETWORK RIGHT? WHAT DO THESE PEOPLE THINK
BEFORE THEY SAY SHIT LIKE THAT? (laughing)
SEBASTIAN: YOU KNOW LET HIM GET UP THERE AND DO A DRUM SOLO. HE WOULD OF FUCKING KICKED ASS!
M4M: NOW WHAT IS PRETTY COOL IS YOUR SON’S GROUP ACTUALLY OPENED UP FOR YOU BEFORE.
SEBASTIAN: YES HE HAS AND HE ALSO GOT TO OPEN FOR HELL YEAH IN CONNECTICUT AND I WAS LIKE DUDE CAN YOU OPEN
FOR THEM AND I WILL OPEN FOR YOU?
M4M: DAMN MAN THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SHIT!
SEBASTIAN: SO YOU’RE IN ALBANY RIGHT NOW?
M4M: YEAH MAN JUST OUTSIDE OF THERE
SEBASTIAN: I CAN DEFINITELY SAY WE ARE PLAYING THE PNC CENTER IN NEW JERSEY AND JONES BEACH. IS THERE A CLOSER
VENUE TO YOU?
M4M: YEAH MAN YOU WILL BE PLAYING MOHEGAN SUN ARENA ON JULY 29TH IN CONNECTICUT
SEBASTIAN: AWESOME MAN YOU NEED TO COME OUT TO THE SHOW AND ROCK!
M4M: OH MAN YOU GOT IT! I WILL BE THERE AND IT IS GOING TO ROCK!
SEBASTIAN: AWESOME!
M4M: NOW RUMORS HAVE BEEN FLYING AROUND BACK IN 2003 AND THEN RECENTLY ONCE AGAIN THAT YOU WOULD BECOME
THE LEAD SINGER OF VELVET REVOLVER! IS THERE ANY TRUTH TO THAT? WE WOULD LIKE TO CLEAR THAT UP RIGHT NOW FOR
PEOPLE.
SEBASTIAN: I THINK THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT SCOTT WEILAND SAID SEBASTIAN BACH WOULD BE A PERFECT
CHOICE FOR VELVET REVOLVER AND HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN JOKING BUT GUESS WHAT? IF I WAS TO SING FOR VELVET REVOLVER
WE COULD AT LEAST DO SOME GUNS & ROSES SONG’S. (laughing) YOU CAN JOKE ALL YOU WANT MR FUCKING NO TONE, ZERO
RANGED FUCKING SINGER. I WOULD EAT HIM FOR BREAKFAST ON A MICROPHONE ANY FUCKING DAY OF THE WEEK.
M4M: OH MAN YOU HAVE ME ALMOST PISSING MYSELF. (laughing)
SEBASTIAN: IF HE WANTS TO STAND NEXT TO ME AND SING GOOD FUCKING LUCK. IF HE THINKS THAT WAS A JOKE WELL THEN
THE JOKE IS ON HIM I DO PARADISE CITY AND MY MICHELLE EVERY SINGLE NIGHT WITH AXL ROSE YOU KNOW. AT LEAST WE CAN
SING THE OLD SONGS.
M4M: WELL YEAH MAN YOU ARE DOING THE SONGS WITH THE MAN THAT WRITES THEM AND PERFORMS THEM.
SEBASTIAN: YOU KNOW WEILAND GOT TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT AXL AND ME PROBABLY. HE GOT TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT IT
AND YOU CAN NOT REPLACE AXL ROSE YOU KNOW THAT FUCKING GUY HAS GOT ONE CRAZIEST, MOST AMAZING VOICES IN THE
HISTORY OF ROCK AND WHEN HE DOES SWEET CHILD OF MINE, AND WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE IT IS AN AWESOME THING TO
SEE, IT REALLY IS AND I HAVE SEEN IT A MILLION TIMES AND IT IS ALWAYS INCREDIBLE. HE IS THE BEST REALLY.
M4M: AXL DEFIANTLY KNOW’S HIS SHIT. THAT IS FOR SURE MAN!
M4M:: NOW A LOT OF CRITICS SINCE DAY ONE THROUGH OUT YOUR CAREER LABEL YOU AS THIS BAD ASS, DO WHAT YOU WANT,
DON’T CARE ABOUT NO ONE TYPE PERSON. YOU SEEM FAR FROM THAT JUST TALKING TO YOU.
SEBASTIAN: WELL PERFORMING IS A TOUGH BUSINESS. I GIVE A SHIT ABOUT PEOPLE AND I HAVE NEVER SAID THAT I DON’T GIVE A
SHIT ABOUT PEOPLE. THAT IS NOT TRUE AT ALL BUT I WILL NOT COMPROMISE MY ART AND I LEARNED THAT FROM MY DAD
ACTUALLY. I DO NOT LIKE TO PUT MY NAME ON SOMETHING THAT I DON’T THINK IS THE BEST IT CAN BE. THAT IS JUST THE WAY IT
IS BUT I CAN NOT BE THAT HARD TO WORK WITH IF I AM DOING BROADWAY IN 4 MUSICALS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YOU WILL
LAST 1 WEEK DOING BROADWAY IF YOU WERE HARD TO WORK WITH THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST WAITING TO GET YOUR GIG
ON BROADWAY. PEOPLE ARE JUST WAITING THEY HAVE A LIST FOR IT.
M4M: WELL THAT IS WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN LOOKING OVER YOUR CREDENTIALS.
SEBASTIAN: THE THING IS I HAVE TO BELIEVE IN WHAT I AM DOING OR I DO NOT DO IT. THAT IS WHEN PEOPLE GET MAD AT ME AND I
DON’T REALLY CARE IF THEY GET MAD AT ME BECAUSE IF I PUT MY NAME ON IT LIKE ANGEL DOWN WITH THE LYRICS AND THE
COVER AND ART MY DAD DID IS JUST PERFECT TO ME SO I AM PROUD TO PUT MY NAME ON IT. THE ENDING OF SKID ROW THEY
WOULD GIVE ME THESE SONGS THAT I DIDN’T THINK WERE THE BEST SONGS THEY COULD BE OR PUT THE SKID ROW NAME ON IT
SO I WOULD NOT SING THEM. THAT IS WHEN THEY SAID YOU ARE OUT OF CONTROL AND HARD TO WORK WITH. I SAID NO I JUST
REFUSE TO SUCK.
M4M: I HEAR YOU MAN! YOU TAKE GREAT PRIDE AND PASSION INTO WHAT YOU DO.
SEBASTIAN: IF YOU LISTEN TO THE SKID ROW RECORDS WITH OUT ME AND THEN LISTEN TO ANGEL DOWN YOU WILL BE LIKE
WOW THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS. BACK IN THE LATE 80’S- EARLY 90’S WHAT WE ALL THOUGHT WAS A GREAT BAND
WAS THE SAME THING. NOW TODAY WHAT THEY THINK IS A GREAT BAND AND WHAT I THINK IS A GREAT BAND IS NOT THE SAME
THING.
M4M: WELL SEBASTIAN WE WILL LET YOU GO AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING A TIME OUT TO SPEAK WITH US TODAY. IT TRULY WAS
KICK ASS!
SEBASTIAN: COOL MAN I WILL SEE YOU SOON! THANKS A LOT BUDDY
M4M: HEY SEBASTIAN WHATS GOING ON MAN? NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU. THIS IS A VERY EXCITING SUMMER FOR YOU. WHATS
GOING ON WITH THIS LIMITED EDITION “ANGEL DOWN SET”? WE HEAR IT IS WILD!
SEBASTIAN: YES I DO! IT IS A LIMITED EDITION VERSION OF ANGEL DOWN WITH A DVD. THE DVD IS CALLED ROAD RAGE AND IS A
MAKING OF THE CD “ANGEL DOWN” AND ALSO FIVE LIVE SONGS FILMED ON THE GUNS & ROSES TOUR IN 2006 ALL SHOT VIDEO
AND PRO TOOL AUDIO. VERY HIGH QUALITY CONCERT FOOTAGE. IT IS GOING TO BE A FYE EXCLUSIVE AT ALL FYE STORES AND FYE
WILL ALSO HAVE A BOOTH SET UP AT THE POISON SHOWS AND WE ARE DOING 47 SHOWS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU CAN
COME TO THE SHOW AND I WILL BE TRYING TO AUTOGRAPH AS MANY DVD’S AS I CAN AT EVERY SHOW.
M4M: OH MAN THAT SOUNDS AWESOME! NOW THE LABEL THIS RELEASE ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL “ANGEL DOWN” IS OWNED BY
YOU CORRECT OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? PARTNERSHIP THERE?
SEBASTIAN: I DON’T OWN IT FINANCIALLY HOWEVER IT IS MY LABEL CREATIVELY.
M4M: AWESOME SO IT MUST BE A LOT EASIER TO DO WHAT YOU WANT ON YOUR ALBUMS AND GET YOUR MUSIC ACROSS TO FANS
THE WAY YOU WANT.
SEBASTIAN: WELL I DO NOT WANT MUSICIANS TO DO EXACTLY WHAT I WANT THEM TO DO. I HIRE THE BEST MUSICIANS IN METAL
AND IT IS THE SAME IN SKID ROW WHERE I THOUGHT THEY WERE THE BEST BAND THAT I COULD GET IN AND THEN IN 2008 I GOT
BOBBY ON DRUMS, METAL MIKE CHLASCIAK ON GUITAR, STEVE DIGIORGIO ON BASS FOR THE ALBUM, ROB DOING BASS LIVE, AND
JOHNNY CHROMATIC ON GUITAR. THIS IS THE BEST BAND THAT I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME. I AM ALSO A HUGE FAN OF MY BAND
AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE RECORDS OF THE 90’S IS RESURRECTION BY ROB HALFORD THEN ROB WENT BACK TO JUDAS PRIEST
AND I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT TO MYSELF WHAT ARE THOSE GUYS DOING NOW AND I HAVE BEEN PLAYING WITH METAL MIKE AND
BOBBY FOR AT LEAST 3 YEARS NOW SO I AM A LUCKY GUY.
M4M: OH MAN WE ACTUALLY CAUGHT YOU LIVE AT EDGEFEST LAST YEAR AND YOU TORE IT UP!!
SEBASTIAN: OH MY GOD DUDE THAT WAS A CRAZY SHOW. ON THE DVD ROADRAGE THE PART WHERE I SMASH THE ACOUSTIC
GUITAR IS ON THE DVD.
M4M: THAT IS AWESOME. MAN THAT WAS SUCH A GREAT SHOW. I STILL TALK ABOUT IT ALL MOST A YEAR LATER NOW. NOW EVERY
SHOW YOU DO HAS THE SAME ENERGY LEVEL THOUGH DOES IT NOT?
SEBASTIAN: MAKING THE DVD AND WATCHING THE FOOTAGE I KICK ASS LIVE!!
M4M: YOU DO! YOU CAN SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU DO BRO!
SEBASTIAN: THERE IS SO MUCH ENERGY COMING OFF THE STAGE AND IT IS EXCITING. I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT WHEN THE
SHOW STARTS IT IS FUCKING EXHILARATING. IT GETS MY HEART GOING AND I CAN’T REALLY WATCH MY CONCERT FOOTAGE AT
NIGHT BECAUSE I GET SO FUCKING WOUND UP SO I DO IT DURING THE DAY SO I CAN WIND DOWN. THE BAND IS REALLY GREAT. I
CANNOT WAIT FOR YOU TO SEE THE DVD IN YOUR LIVING ROOM SURROUND SOUND. IT IS JUST REALLY HIGH QUALITY FOOTAGE.
M4M: OH MAN I AM STOKED JUST THINKING ABOUT IT! I LOVE THE SURROUND SOUND IT IS A MUST!
SEBASTIAN: I AM LIKE A FUCKING VIDEO AND AUDIO HOUND. THE REASON THAT I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THIS DVD
IS THAT IT WAS ALL SHOT DURING THE GUNS & ROSES TOUR. AXL ROSE HAD A FULL PRO TOOL RECORDING RIG AT THE SOUND
BOARD WITH A SEPARATE PRO TOOL ENGINEER WITH A 5 CAMERA PRO SHOOT CAPTURING ALL HIS CONCERTS. SO ONE NIGHT I
JUST ASKED HIM “YO DUDE CAN WE BORROW YOUR SHIT’ (laughing) I HAVE LIKE 40 SHOWS ON THE BIG CLUNKY BETA FORMAT
THAT I HAVE HAD FOR YEARS AND SOME DAY HOPE TO PUT OUT A FULL SHOW, BUT ROADRAGE IS ALL NEW MATERIAL. IT CAME
OUT GREAT SO I AM SO EXCITED.
M4M: WELL NOW YOU AND AXL HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND HAVE COLLABORATED ON EACH OTHER’S
ALBUMS.
SEBASTIAN: HE SINGS THREE SONGS ON “ANGEL DOWN” WITH “LOVE IS A BITCH SLAP”, “STUCK INSIDE”, AND “BACK IN THE
SADDLE”. HE HELPED OUT SKID ROW BACK IN THE OLD DAYS IN 1991 WHEN HE TOOK US OUT ON THE USE YOUR ILLUSION TOUR
AND NOW HE TOOK MY SOLO BAND OUT IN 2006-2007 AND TOOK US AROUND THE WORLD. I COULD NEVER EVER REPAY HIM FOR
HOW MUCH HE HAS HELPED ME OUT. THE FACT THAT EVERYONE WAS WAITING FOR HIM TO PUT OUT CHINESE DEMOCRACY AND
HE COMES OUT AND MAKES HIS RETURN ON SEBASTIAN BACH’S SOLO ALBUM. THINK OF HOW COOL THAT IS FOR US AS A BAND.
WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THIS CD. WHEN WE PUT OUT THIS CD AND YOU STICK IT IN AND HEAR AXL ROSE SCREAMING AT THE
TOP OF HIS LUNGS. THAT IS KIND OF COOL TO HAVE!
M4M: OH MAN FOR SURE IT KICKS ASS!
SEBASTIAN: I HAVE ALREADY ASKED HIM ABOUT THE NEXT CD. YOU KNOW SOMETIMES I SEE THE COMMENTS ON THE INTERNET
LIKE BLABBERMOUTH AND ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT I READ BECAUSE I AM WORKING WITH JAMEY JASTA OF HATEBREED FOR
THE NEXT ALBUM WAS “SEBASTIAN WILL NEVER TOP ANGEL DOWN” WHEN ARE PEOPLE GONNA LEARN THIS IS WHAT I FUCKING
DO? LIKE I AM NOT GOING TO TOP ANGEL DOWN OF COURSE I AM THIS IS WHAT I FUCKING DO!
M4M: THAT IS FUCKING INSANE MAN! I MEAN THAT’S WHAT YOU DO. YOU GO OUT THERE AND WRITE AND PERFORM. CHANCES
ARE YOU WILL TOP IT.
SEBASTIAN: YOU KNOW I AM NOT GOING TO START SUCKING NOW! (laughing)
M4M: NOT ONLY DO YOU DO MUSIC YOU DO EVERYTHING MAN! HOW THE HELL DO YOU FIND THE TIME?
SEBASTIAN: I DO T.V AND STUFF AND I BASICALLY LOOK AT IT AS A WAY TO PROMOTE MY MUSIC. THAT IS WHAT REALLY MEANS THE
MOST TO ME.
M4M: YOU KNOW THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO DO IT BRO. YOU ARE BEING VIEWED BY MILLIONS. YOU KNOW YOU SEEM TO BE AT A
POINT IN YOUR CAREER THAT YOU CAN HAND PICK WHAT YOU WISH TO BE A PART OF AS WELL.
SEBASTIAN: THAT IS 100% TRUE. I WOULD LIKE TO SMACK DR. DREW PINKSKY IN THE FACE FROM CELEBRITY REHAB BECAUSE HE
ASKED ME TO DO HIS STUPID FUCKING SHOW AND I SAID NO IMMEDIATELY THEN HE GOES AROUND AND STARTS USING MY NAME
FOR HIS BULLSHIT SHOW AND I THINK HE IS A REAL EVIL FUCKING GUY TO USE ME OR ANGELINA JOLIE OR WHOEVER ELSE HE
GOES AROUND TALKING ABOUT. MIND YOUR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS DR. DREW! MIND YOUR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS IS WHAT I
GOT TO SAY TO YOU.
M4M: THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO JUST LIKE TO RUN THEIR MOUTH’S AND START SHIT! I THINK HALF OF THEM HAVE NO
CLUE WHAT THE HELL THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT.
SEBASTIAN: IT IS THE WHOLE SCENE AND FOR THEM TO USE MY NAME FOR THEIR STUPID SHOW IS BULLSHIT AND HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH ME. I AM DOING GONE COUNTRY 2 THAT I REALLY DIG COMING OUT ON THE CMT NETWORK IN AUGUST. THAT IS ALL
ABOUT MUSIC AND THAT IS WHY I LIKE IT AND THAT IS WHY I DO IT. ANYTHING TO DO WITH MUSIC I DO BUT I DON’T DO FEAR
FACTOR AND STICK MY HEAD IN A AQUARIUM WITH A BUNCH OF SCORPIONS, EATING BUGS, AND JUMPING OUT OF AIRPLANES. I
LIKE MAKING MUSIC AND THAT’S WHAT I DO.
M4M: NOW YOU ACTUALLY TURNED DOWN SOMETHING LIKE MY KIDS A STAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT RIGHT?
SEBASTIAN: NO WHAT IT WAS IS THEY WANTED MY SON PARIS AND ME TO COME ON THE SHOW THAT SNIDER’S SON WAS ON. MY
SON PLAYS THE DRUMS AND THEY WANTED HIM TO SING. NOW IF MY SON WAS ALLOWED TO PLAY THE DRUMS WE WOULD HAVE
DONE IT BUT MY SON DOES NOT SING AND THEY WERE LIKE WELL MAKE HIM SING AND I WAS LIKE NO (laughing)
M4M: THAT IS FUNNY! YEAH LET US CHANGE WHAT HE DOES JUST FOR THE NETWORK RIGHT? WHAT DO THESE PEOPLE THINK
BEFORE THEY SAY SHIT LIKE THAT? (laughing)
SEBASTIAN: YOU KNOW LET HIM GET UP THERE AND DO A DRUM SOLO. HE WOULD OF FUCKING KICKED ASS!
M4M: NOW WHAT IS PRETTY COOL IS YOUR SON’S GROUP ACTUALLY OPENED UP FOR YOU BEFORE.
SEBASTIAN: YES HE HAS AND HE ALSO GOT TO OPEN FOR HELL YEAH IN CONNECTICUT AND I WAS LIKE DUDE CAN YOU OPEN
FOR THEM AND I WILL OPEN FOR YOU?
M4M: DAMN MAN THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SHIT!
SEBASTIAN: SO YOU’RE IN ALBANY RIGHT NOW?
M4M: YEAH MAN JUST OUTSIDE OF THERE
SEBASTIAN: I CAN DEFINITELY SAY WE ARE PLAYING THE PNC CENTER IN NEW JERSEY AND JONES BEACH. IS THERE A CLOSER
VENUE TO YOU?
M4M: YEAH MAN YOU WILL BE PLAYING MOHEGAN SUN ARENA ON JULY 29TH IN CONNECTICUT
SEBASTIAN: AWESOME MAN YOU NEED TO COME OUT TO THE SHOW AND ROCK!
M4M: OH MAN YOU GOT IT! I WILL BE THERE AND IT IS GOING TO ROCK!
SEBASTIAN: AWESOME!
M4M: NOW RUMORS HAVE BEEN FLYING AROUND BACK IN 2003 AND THEN RECENTLY ONCE AGAIN THAT YOU WOULD BECOME
THE LEAD SINGER OF VELVET REVOLVER! IS THERE ANY TRUTH TO THAT? WE WOULD LIKE TO CLEAR THAT UP RIGHT NOW FOR
PEOPLE.
SEBASTIAN: I THINK THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT SCOTT WEILAND SAID SEBASTIAN BACH WOULD BE A PERFECT
CHOICE FOR VELVET REVOLVER AND HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN JOKING BUT GUESS WHAT? IF I WAS TO SING FOR VELVET REVOLVER
WE COULD AT LEAST DO SOME GUNS & ROSES SONG’S. (laughing) YOU CAN JOKE ALL YOU WANT MR FUCKING NO TONE, ZERO
RANGED FUCKING SINGER. I WOULD EAT HIM FOR BREAKFAST ON A MICROPHONE ANY FUCKING DAY OF THE WEEK.
M4M: OH MAN YOU HAVE ME ALMOST PISSING MYSELF. (laughing)
SEBASTIAN: IF HE WANTS TO STAND NEXT TO ME AND SING GOOD FUCKING LUCK. IF HE THINKS THAT WAS A JOKE WELL THEN
THE JOKE IS ON HIM I DO PARADISE CITY AND MY MICHELLE EVERY SINGLE NIGHT WITH AXL ROSE YOU KNOW. AT LEAST WE CAN
SING THE OLD SONGS.
M4M: WELL YEAH MAN YOU ARE DOING THE SONGS WITH THE MAN THAT WRITES THEM AND PERFORMS THEM.
SEBASTIAN: YOU KNOW WEILAND GOT TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT AXL AND ME PROBABLY. HE GOT TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT IT
AND YOU CAN NOT REPLACE AXL ROSE YOU KNOW THAT FUCKING GUY HAS GOT ONE CRAZIEST, MOST AMAZING VOICES IN THE
HISTORY OF ROCK AND WHEN HE DOES SWEET CHILD OF MINE, AND WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE IT IS AN AWESOME THING TO
SEE, IT REALLY IS AND I HAVE SEEN IT A MILLION TIMES AND IT IS ALWAYS INCREDIBLE. HE IS THE BEST REALLY.
M4M: AXL DEFIANTLY KNOW’S HIS SHIT. THAT IS FOR SURE MAN!
M4M:: NOW A LOT OF CRITICS SINCE DAY ONE THROUGH OUT YOUR CAREER LABEL YOU AS THIS BAD ASS, DO WHAT YOU WANT,
DON’T CARE ABOUT NO ONE TYPE PERSON. YOU SEEM FAR FROM THAT JUST TALKING TO YOU.
SEBASTIAN: WELL PERFORMING IS A TOUGH BUSINESS. I GIVE A SHIT ABOUT PEOPLE AND I HAVE NEVER SAID THAT I DON’T GIVE A
SHIT ABOUT PEOPLE. THAT IS NOT TRUE AT ALL BUT I WILL NOT COMPROMISE MY ART AND I LEARNED THAT FROM MY DAD
ACTUALLY. I DO NOT LIKE TO PUT MY NAME ON SOMETHING THAT I DON’T THINK IS THE BEST IT CAN BE. THAT IS JUST THE WAY IT
IS BUT I CAN NOT BE THAT HARD TO WORK WITH IF I AM DOING BROADWAY IN 4 MUSICALS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YOU WILL
LAST 1 WEEK DOING BROADWAY IF YOU WERE HARD TO WORK WITH THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST WAITING TO GET YOUR GIG
ON BROADWAY. PEOPLE ARE JUST WAITING THEY HAVE A LIST FOR IT.
M4M: WELL THAT IS WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN LOOKING OVER YOUR CREDENTIALS.
SEBASTIAN: THE THING IS I HAVE TO BELIEVE IN WHAT I AM DOING OR I DO NOT DO IT. THAT IS WHEN PEOPLE GET MAD AT ME AND I
DON’T REALLY CARE IF THEY GET MAD AT ME BECAUSE IF I PUT MY NAME ON IT LIKE ANGEL DOWN WITH THE LYRICS AND THE
COVER AND ART MY DAD DID IS JUST PERFECT TO ME SO I AM PROUD TO PUT MY NAME ON IT. THE ENDING OF SKID ROW THEY
WOULD GIVE ME THESE SONGS THAT I DIDN’T THINK WERE THE BEST SONGS THEY COULD BE OR PUT THE SKID ROW NAME ON IT
SO I WOULD NOT SING THEM. THAT IS WHEN THEY SAID YOU ARE OUT OF CONTROL AND HARD TO WORK WITH. I SAID NO I JUST
REFUSE TO SUCK.
M4M: I HEAR YOU MAN! YOU TAKE GREAT PRIDE AND PASSION INTO WHAT YOU DO.
SEBASTIAN: IF YOU LISTEN TO THE SKID ROW RECORDS WITH OUT ME AND THEN LISTEN TO ANGEL DOWN YOU WILL BE LIKE
WOW THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS. BACK IN THE LATE 80’S- EARLY 90’S WHAT WE ALL THOUGHT WAS A GREAT BAND
WAS THE SAME THING. NOW TODAY WHAT THEY THINK IS A GREAT BAND AND WHAT I THINK IS A GREAT BAND IS NOT THE SAME
THING.
M4M: WELL SEBASTIAN WE WILL LET YOU GO AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING A TIME OUT TO SPEAK WITH US TODAY. IT TRULY WAS
KICK ASS!
SEBASTIAN: COOL MAN I WILL SEE YOU SOON! THANKS A LOT BUDDY
| ALL THINGS BACH |
| UNEDITED AND UNCENSORED |
BY: JOSHUA KOLOSKI