Allison Stewart of The Chicago Tribune recently spoke with SEBASTIAN BACH, an excerpt follows:

It must be a strange legacy, to know that no matter what you do, the words "formerly of SKID ROW" will always come after your name.

Bach: "Yeah, it sucks, that's for sure. Yup. But I can't change people, the way they are. I don't understand the mentality of a rock fan, being obsessed with two or three songs from 25 years ago. I'm not that kind of a fan. I get bored pretty quick, and I want to hear some new stuff. But I'm always working, I'm always singing, I'm very glad for that. I could be working in a tollbooth, I guess. Not that there's anything wrong with that."

What is it with '80s hard rockers like you and BRET MICHAELS and DEE SNIDER, that you've been able to carve out second careers on Broadway or TV, where a lot of the alternative rockers haven't? Was it the over-the-top nature of the music that made it translate better?

Bach: "I think with heavy metal it was a visually-oriented art form. We looked good in the videos and we knew how to front a band. A lot of the (alt) rockers were anti-stardom. Like when you have a label called Kill Rock Stars. How long are you going to be a rock star with that attitude? Bret Michaels and Dee Snider and I know how to step on a stage and front a band, and we're not ashamed to. We're not shoe gazers."

Were you really approached to play what would become Tom Cruise's role in Rock Of Ages?

Bach: "Yeah, I was the first actor on Broadway to be asked to do that. They asked me many, many, many times to do it and I didn't know if it was cool. I still don't. I haven't seen the movie. I'm in the movie, but I haven't seen it."

To read the interview in its entirety, click here.

Sebastian is currently on the road in support of his solo album Kicking & Screaming. His complete live itinerary can be viewed below:

July

27 - Congress Theater - Chicago, IL
28 - Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena - Sioux City, IA
29 - Capital Ex- Northlands Park - Edmonton, AB

August

2 - Club Nokia - Los Angeles, CA
3 - OC Fair / Pacific Ampitheatre - Costa Mesa, CA
4 - Xclamation Festival - Modesto, CA
7 - Full Throttle Saloon - Sturgis, SD
13 - Oneida Bingo & Casino - Green Bay, WI
14 - The Rave II - Milwaukee, WI
16 - Kentucky State Fair - Louisville, KY
18 - DTE Energy Music Theater - Clarkston, MI

September

28 - Casino Nova Scotia - Halifax, NS
29 - The Roi - Oshawa, ON

October

13 - Rock'N'Roll Fantasy Camp - Las Vegas, NV
27 - Loudpark Festival - Saitama Shi, Japan

November

30 - Hard Rock Hell - Wales, United Kingdom