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“My favorite bass needs to be retired, but it plays so good and has this unmistakable sound. So I gave it to Spector and said, ‘Let’s get close to that’”: How Rex Brown’s new signature bass channels his punchiest Pantera era

The metal icon explains how his labor-of-love Euro4 bass – painted to imitate a desert sunset – bottles his pummelling Far Beyond Driven period

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“Snake Sabo is the master of the riff. I’ll never forget when he played me 18 and Life for the first time... We had no formula”: Skid Row’s Rachel Bolan on going solo, his ’70s inspirations, and the band’s continuing search for a new singer

Bolan looks back on the only gear he could afford when he started, his creative process, and what he learned from Gene Simmons, Paul McCartney, and Yes

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"I sometimes just want to be the guy eating a hamburger without someone asking: 'Where's your nose chain and your leather trousers?'" Rachel Bolan on the need for speed, his solo debut, Skid Row's new singer, digging punk and Oasis

Skid Row bassist and solo artist Rachel Bolan's debut solo album Gargoyle Of The Garden State is out now

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“It was those first two lines. I felt like it was speaking to my life. I knew I could deliver that song with conviction”: One day Sebastian Bach was playing to Jon Bon Jovi’s parents. The next he was singing one of hair metal’s greatest anthems

The story of Skid Row’s classic hair metal anthem Youth Gone Wild

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Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: March 30, 2026

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Suzi Quatro feat. Alice Cooper, CJ Wildheart, Robert Jon & The Wreck and more

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The story of Skid Row’s classic hair metal anthem Youth Gone Wild

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"It was the day I'd been waiting for my whole life, but I was dismayed": How Skid Row and Sebastian Bach Went To War

Skid Row were once blood brothers, but infighting and a split with their singer turned it all into an ‘abyss of hatred’

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"Every night I was living out my teenage fantasy." Lzzy Hale talks joining childhood heroes Skid Row

Lzzy Hale grew up watching 80s rock stars on TV. In 2024, she got to be one, playing with a beloved childhood band

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"The more I listened to 18 And Life and Youth Gone Wild, the more I knew that these songs were meant for me to sing": Sebastian Bach looks back on his extraordinary life

He played clubs and guzzled beer at 14; fronted Skid Row and got hit records, star friends, a taste for coke and the sack; then things got really interesting

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“Please, Lzzy, join Skid Row! Put the two bands together if you need to!”: even Jon Bon Jovi thinks Lzzy Hale should become Skid Row’s permanent new singer

Who should be Skid Row’s new singer? Jon Bon Jovi has the answer

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Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale isn’t joining Skid Row full-time: “This particular time in my life prevents me from committing”

The Halestorm leader fronted the glam legends for four shows this summer and hopes to collaborate with them again in the future

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Skid Row may not carry on with Lzzy Hale on vocals: “A few guys have piqued our interest,” says bassist

Halestorm’s singer/guitarist recently fronted the glam metal veterans for four shows in the US

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“When 18 and Life played back and I heard Scotti play the first three notes in the solo, I got chills. I called Jon Bon Jovi and said, 'Do you ever get chills listening to your own music?'”: Snake Sabo and Scotti Hill on Skid Row's massive debut album

Skid Row's two-guitar tandem discuss building their own pedals, in-the-works Kramers, and what they learned from each other while recording their star-making, self-titled 1989 debut

Guitar World

Blurred lines: When a legendary band has just 1 or 2 original members, is it legit or a tribute act?

SAN DIEGO — When is a band not a band?

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