RadioMetal.com recently caught up with vocalist Sebastian Bach to discuss his new album, Give 'Em Hell. An excerpt is available below:

Q: How do you manage to always keep your music consistent even when systematically changing a musician as important as the guitar player?

Bach: "Because I am… How do I answer this question?! Okay, oh my God… (sigh and then pause) I have to love what I put my name on, and I cannot understate that statement. That is so me. And that goes back to the first Skid Row record, okay? When I sang '18 And Life' in the studio, I loved it with all my heart. 'I Remember You', I sang that with a 100 percent of my heart and my soul. Nobody in the world, including any of my old band members can tell me what I love and what I don’t love, there is nothing that I ever put out back then, that I didn’t really loved. So when you say: 'How do you make your music consistent', that’s how. I make it for me (laughs), that’s what it is! I wanna be able to grab your collar, shake you and say: 'Oh my God, you gotta fucking hear this, man!' That excitement that I get is on every Skid Row album and every Sebastian Bach solo record I did. That’s how I keep it consistent. I don’t kid myself. I make sure that I really love it, and then I can do interviews about it, I can play it on stage… Nobody can take that feeling away from me, I know that feeling. The real feeling."

Q: Actually, weren’t there any song at the time of Skid Row where somebody tried to make you sing a song that you actually didn’t love?

Bach: "Yes! Yes, that’s a great question. I can remember first joining the band, when I heard '18 And Life', I said: 'Well, that’s done, that’s a keeper, there’s nothing wrong with that (laughs), that song’s finished, next! (laughs) That’s a good one, good job guys!' Then another song would come that I wasn’t digging so much, and I would say: 'Okay, be a good guy, it’s not all bad, but go to the microphone and try to sing it…' I can remember that Michael Wagner was with us at the rehearsal, I tried to sing in the first verse, and then my mouth just closed! I felt embarrassed and shy because I didn’t like it, and I was like: 'What am I doing?!' (Laughs) So that didn’t work, because part of the reason people relate to me as a singer is that you can feel what I’m feeling. Nobody wants a shy, embarrassed Sebastian Bach, they want an excited, fun, happy Sebastian. Nobody likes the other Sebastian (laughs)."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Produced, mixed and recorded by Bob Marlette (Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper) and mastered by Tom Baker (Nine Inch Nails, Rob Zombie), Bach's new album Give 'Em Hell features writing and playing by very special friends and guest stars: Duff McKagan (Velvet Revolver, Guns N' Roses), John 5 (Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie) and Steve Stevens (Billy Idol). Rounding up the lineup on the album are Devin Bronson on guitars and Bobby Jarzombek on drums.

Tracklisting:

'Hell Inside My Head'

'Harmony'

'All My Friends Are Dead'

'Temptation'

'Push Away'

'Dominator'

'Had Enough'

'Gun To A Knife Fight'

'Rock N Roll Is A Vicious Game'

'Taking Back Tomorrow'

'Disengaged'

'Forget You'

Bach recently debuted the new video for 'All My Friends Are Dead', dedicated to a number of fallen hard rock/heavy metal musicians that we lost way too soon.

EPK (Electronic Press Kit):

'Temptation' video:

Catch Sebastian Bach live in concert:

June

30 - Köln, Germany - Luxor

July

1 - Aschaffenburg, Germany - Colos-Saal
2 - München, Germany - Backstage
3 - Milan, Italy - Live Music Club
5 - Knebworth, UK - Sonisphere
6 - Weert, The Netherlands - De Bosuil
7 - Manchester, UK - Academy
8 - Wolverhampton, UK - Wolves Civic
9 - London, UK - 02 Academy
11 - Balingen, Germany - Bang Your Head Festival
15 - Malmö, Sweden - Kulturbolaget
16 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Sticky Fingers
17 - Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
19 - Farsund, Norway - Uptown
25 - Royalton, MN - Halfway Jam

August

1 - The Port Theatre - Nanaimo, BC
2 - Deerfoot Inn And Casino - Calgary, AB
8 - The Machine Shop - Flint, MI
9 - Ground Zero Nightclub - Traverse City, MI
10 - Agora - Cleveland, OH