Vocalist SEBASTIAN BACH is featured in a new interview with BlogsNRoses.com. An excerpt is available below:

BnR: How did the JOHN 5 collaboration come about?

Bach: "John 5 has always been a big fan of me and old SKID ROW. He said 'Sebastian, I'd love to write a song that gets your voice back on the radio in 2011.' So he sent me the music for 'Tunnelvision'. I don't know if it's going to get on the radio. I don't really care; I don't listen to the radio. But I love the song and it came out amazing. He's a really talented guy and I loved the lucky to jam with him."

BnR: I heard the single 'Kicking & Screaming' and I could hear a bunch of influences in the song. It still has that Bach hard edge to it. I guess that is your influence.

Bach: "Well, 'Slave To The Grind' is hard. That's just me. I love 'Monkey Business', that's pretty hard music. All I can do is make cds that I really, really like. I really like Kicking & Screaming. I think it sounds cool to me."

BnR: I think it sounds great too. I haven't stopped listening to it.

Bach: "I listened to it every day for at least two years from the demos to the finished product. I still listen to it every day when running. The only other record I am listening to is Set The World On Fire by the BLACK VEIL BRIDES. I think I like my record better than any other record out there. (laughs)."

BnR: The cover art for Kicking & Screaming is awesome. It is a window into my brain. What was the inspiration for that art for Richard Villa?

Bach: "I wanted a cover that would reflect the lyrics. A lot of the lyrics on this record are about losing love and finding new love. It is the goddess Kali who is pulling me kicking and ccreaming into hell. She's cutting me with knives and she has eight arms! I am kicking and ccreaming to not be dragged into hell. I have been called the bad boy of rock, so maybe she is dragging me into hell for my sins. It's fun to come up with a concept and then execute it artistically. The cover looks like it is moving to me almost animated. It's fucking heavy and I love it."

Go to this location for the complete interview. Check out BW&BK;'s review of Kicking & Screaming here.

Bach will release Kicking & Screaming, on September 23rd in Europe and on September 27th in North America via Frontiers Records. The tracklist is as follows:

'Kicking & Screaming'

'My Own Worst Enemy'

'TunnelVision' (featuring John 5)

'Dance On Your Grave'

'Caught In A Dream'

'As Long As I Got The Music'

'I'm Alive'

'Dirty Power'

'Live The Life'

'Dream Forever'

'One Good Reason'

'Lost In The Light'

'Wishin''

Bonus tracks:

'Jumpin' Off The Wagon' (CD/DVD editions only)

'Ain't There Yet' (iTunes exclusive)

Audio samples from the entire record are available at Amazon.