SEBASTIAN BACH - "My Ultimate Dream In Rock N' Roll When I Was Fired From SKID ROW Was To Possibly Someday Be Like OZZY OSBOURNE"
December 16, 2014, 9 years ago
Vocalist Sebastian Bach is featured in a new interview with the Illinois Entertainer discussing his new album Give 'em Hell, his Canadian roots, and working on TV and Broadway. An excerpt is available below:
IE: The songs on Give Em Hell are all well crafted. What were you focused on during the writing sessions?
Sebastian Bach: "It’s just such a nebulous process. You go into a studio with nothing and you’re supposed to come out of there with 13 tunes that you’re so proud of and that you love so much. And there’s no rhyme or reason to how you get to that point. My ultimate dream in rock ‘n’ roll when I was fired from Skid Row in 1996 was to possibly someday be like Ozzy Osbourne, in that he came up with Sabbath and then had a successful solo career."
IE: I love Canadian bands such as Max Webster, Coney Hatch, Moxy, Helix, etc. How important is keeping the Canadian heritage and history of rock and metal alive? You even cover April Wine’s “Rock N Roll Is A Vicious Game”.
Sebastian Bach: "There’s a lot of great Canadian music. And if you really want to have your mind blown, I grew up in the same little town that Neil Young grew up in called Omemee, Ontario, outside of Peterborough. My aunt lived there. It had a population of 800 or something like that. My dad lived on Gilmour Street, two doors down from Scott Young, Neil Young’s dad. It’s crazy if you think about out, Sebastian Bach and Neil Young in the same tiny Canadian town. Forget about this hard rock, Neil Young is Neil Young. He’s like the Beatles! Then there’s Rush. Nobody can beat Rush. That’s probably one of my biggest influences is Rush. I just got to play with Alex Lifeson at a benefit show about a month ago. I sang 'Working Man with him and we killed it. It’s online, you got to check it out."
Go to this location for the complete interview.
On December 5th, Bach performed at The Concert Pub North in Houston, TX. Video posted by Houston Music News TV can be viewed below:
Bach's tour schedule is now as follows:
December
17 - Kansas City, MO - The Scene
18 - Chicago, IL - Cubby Bear
20 - Flint, MI - The Machine Shop
21 - Toronto, ON - The Phoenix
Go to this location for ticket links and updates.
Bach is featured in a new video interview on Detroit's WJBK, conducted on November 7th. He discusses the life of being a present day "rock star", his stage show, working on Broadway, writing his first book, and trying to walk in stilletto heels:
