Vocalist Sebastian Bach recently announced live dates for Australia and New Zealand this September as part of his 18 And Live World Tour 2015. He recently spoke with Spotlight Report about the upcoming trek and his career in music. An excerpt from the interview is available below.

SR: Give ‘Em Hell has been a huge hit. It’s still really heavy, but more melodic. Was that something you intended before you started production?

SB: "No. It’s so hard to explain to somebody who doesn’t make records what making records is. You go into a room with nothing, right? And you’re supposed to come out of there a couple of weeks later with like 13 tunes that blow the whole world away!"

SR: No pressure.

SB: "Yeah. It’s like, go try it. It’s not easy. It’s a fuckin’ crazy process of heartache and trial and tribulation and hurting people’s feelings. It’s not an easy thing. You know, nothing good comes easy. But when I feel proud of an album, I am confident that when you press play, it’s going to whoop your fuckin’ ass. And every time, I’m like, 'Damn! This is some heavy shit!'"

SR: It’s a fantastic album. What feedback have you had, personally?

SB: "The songs that people are really relating to are ‘Temptation’ and ‘All My Friends are Dead.’ ‘Push Away’ we did a couple of times live and everybody loves that song live. And I can hit those notes live, which I don’t understand whatsoever. I thought, ‘There’s no way I can do that song live’, but for some reason, I can do it. Then, when I go on iTunes, it has the ratings of the most downloaded tunes of your album and the most downloaded song is 'Hell Inside My Head', so who knows. That’s the most downloaded tune. It’s weird. I’ll take it."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Bach's tour chedule is as follows:

September
18 - Christchurch, New Zealand - Bedford 
19 - Auckland, New Zealand - The Studio
22 - Brisbane, Australia - Tivoli Theatre
23 - Sydney, Australia - Metro Theatre 
25 - Melbourne, Australia - Forum Theatre
26 - Adelaide, Australia - The Gov 
27 - Perth, Australia - Astor Theatre

A TV spot has been released for the tour, which can be viewed below:

Tickets are available at this location

(Photo: James Garvin)