hair story
Skid Row the band was formed in 1986 in Toms River, New Jersey, by bassist Rachel Bolan and guitarist Dave Sabo. The pair recruited guitarist Scotti Hill and drummer Rob Affuso through newspaper ads. Lead vocalist Sebastian Bach replaced original singer Matt Fallon after the band spotted Bach singing at rock photographer Mark Weiss’s wedding at the age of 18, and the members asked him to join in early 1987. The band began playing shows in clubs throughout the eastern United States.
Sabo and John Bongiovi were teenage friends and Sabo was briefly a member of Bon Jovi before being replaced by guitarist Richie Sambora. Sabo and Bongiovi agreed that if one of them made it in the music business, he would help the other out. Bon Jovi’s manager Doc McGhee sought out Skid Row, and secured the band a record deal with Atlantic Records in 1988. Skid Row recorded its debut at the Royal Recorders in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin with producer Michael Wagener. Before releasing the album, the management have paid a reported $35,000 to guitarist Gary Moore for the rights to the name of his namesake band… (from Wikipedia)
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hair band members
Sebastian Bach, lead vocals from 1987-1996
Dave “The Snake” Sabo, guitar
Scotti Hill, guitar
Rachel Bolan, bass
Rob Affuso, drums
hair albums & top 40 songs
- Big Guns
- Sweet Little Sister
- Can’t Stand the Heartache
- Piece of Me
- 18 and Life (#4)
- Rattlesnake Shake
- Youth Gone Wild
- Here I Am
- Makin’ a Mess
- I Remember You (#6)
- Midnight / Tornado
- Monkey Business
- Slave to the Grind
- The Threat
- Quicksand Jesus
- Psycho Love
- Get the Fuck Out (or) Beggar’s Day*
- Livin’ on a Chain Gang
- Creepshow
- In a Darkened Room
- Riot Act
- Mudkicker
- Wasted Time
*Beggar’s Day (replaces “Get the Fuck Out” on the clean version)
- Psycho Therapy
- C’mon and Love Me
- Delivering the Goods (live)
- What You’re Doing
- Little Wing
- My Enemy
- Firesign
- Bonehead
- Beat Yourself Blind
- Eileen
- Remains to be Seen
- Subhuman Race
- Frozen
- Into Another
- Face Against My Soul
- Medicine Jar
- Breakin’ Down
- Iron Will
The song “Iron Will” ends at 4:45 followed by 2:15 of silence before a hidden track plays.
Subhuman Beings on Tour (1995)
post-hair albums
40 Seasons: The Best of Skid Row (1998)
Thickskin (2003)
Revolutions per Minute (2006)
United World Rebellion: Chapter One (2013)
United World Rebellion: Chapter Two (2014)
The Gang’s All Here (2022)
live shows
Live in Kawasaki, Japan 1989
Live in Budokan, Japan 1992