SEBASTIAN BACH TRIES TO LURE THE ONLY FANS DRUNKER THAN METALHEADS
Monday, November 17th, 2008 at 2:16pm by Axl RosenbergThe only capacity in which I ever want to experience Sebastian Bach again is singing Skid Row songs. Not new ones, either, ’cause if the one Johnny Solinger-era Skids album I’ve heard is any indication, the guys who actually write the music in that band have forgotten whatever it was they knew back in their Slave to the Grind days. No, I wanna hear this 40 something year old fucker sing “Youth Gone Wild” like he was still actually youthful and/or wild.
And I know I’m not alone, ’cause even with multiple guest appearances from Axl Rose, Baz’s last solo album, Angel Down, was purchased by a whopping twelve people, eleven of whom are related to or work for Sebastian.
Baz must be aware that his popularity with the metal community is waning (even more than usual) recently, because following his appearance on the reality show Gone Country (which I did not watch), he has announced he’s recording a full length country album.
I don’t have a problem with what I’d call “real” country – Patsy Cline, Hank Williams (NOT Jr.), etc. – but this modern day country-rock Toby whateverthefuckhisnameis shit drives me up the wall. And I’m assuming the latter is exactly the kind of crap Baz will produce; I mean, the man doesn’t have a subtle bone in his body.
And I reckon he’s hoping all the booze and inbreeding of modern country’s audience will cause them to mistake his noise for something more palatable. Personally, I think he’d be better off going all rastafarian; I mean, weed helps bad music sound good way more than alcohol does (not that alcohol hurts, but, c’mon).
While Baz is in a recording studio somewhere trying to make something even shittier than Angel Down, you can check him out singing “One More Battle with the Bottle” above. I suspect Baz chose this particular number because he’s fallen off the wagon so many times.
-AR
Woo hoo! I’m the other person who brought Angel Down! Actually wasn’t a bad album but could have been WAY better. Seb hasn’t been as good since he left the Row.
Oh yeah, and the country song he did is worse then shite!
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but you just sound like a jealous child. Sebastian has a ton of talent, so what if he has decided to branch out into country music. Whats a matter feel intimidated because he still sounds so awesome? Grow up dude your pathetic.
You don’t like it, Bell, don’t read it. Go somewhere where they’ll stroke off every rock star who once had talent.
^^nice try sebastian.
truer words have rarely been spoken. there are so many artists/bands that shouls have just gone on their way and soak up the sun in their multi-million dollar mansions and be remembered as they were… GREAT. perfect examples of this are Sebastian Bach, Axl Rose, Def Leppard, Brett Michaels/Poison, Twisted Sister, Led Zeppelin, Ozzy & Motley Crue [don't even get me started on the empty shells of what used to be Bon Jovi & Aerosmith]. it pains me to say it, because i was a fan of all them. They simply don’t know how to leave well enough alone and should have someone there that instead of taking $.25 from every rare dollar that these half-assed projects would generate, should be there to give them a good swift slap on the back of the hand and say, “NO! BAD!!”
This morning I awoke to find that my 105 pound dog had puked up about a half a bucket of dog food in my back yard. He’d already barfed in the house and then “reverse barfed” that.
Cleaning up that puke in my back yard was more enjoyable than the 38 seconds I heard of this song.
At least baz admits that it is “a battle he can’t win”, and boy did you lose.
I like that song. reminds me of the Eagles or that west coast country rock sound of the 70’s, and I’m not drunk right now, only sleep deprived.
not that i like seb bachs solo stuff, but amazingly it has sold a fair bit
“over 100,000 world wide”
I didn’t think baz could get worse but I guess I underestimated him.
@Stolas Trephinator — When did baz ever have talent?