Not to be confused with the Irish blues-rock band of the same name which had Phil Lynott and Gary Moore from Thin Lizzy in their lineup.
Skid Row was started by bassist Rachel Bolan and guitarist Dave "The Snake" Sabo, who was a big fan of KISS and also a former member of the popular hard rock band Bon Jovi, but never appeared on their albums. He was also a personal friend of their guitarist Ritchie Sambora. Soon, the band signed a deal with Atlantic Records and the first album was finally released in 1989 as "self-titled". It included singles "18 & Life", "I Remember You" and "Youth Gone Wild". They performed Moscow peace festival in 1989 along with Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions, Mötley Crüe, Gorky Park, Bon Jovi, Poison, and Cinderella. Also in that year, frontman Sebastian Bach was arrested and tried on charges of assault and battery for jumping into the crowd at a concert in Springfield, Massachusetts where they opened for Aerosmith on December 27, 1989.
In 1990, the band performed live with Guns N' Roses (Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, and Slash) and Metallica (James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich) at a RIP Magazine contest when they had a project called The Gak, an improvised name for a band. Also during 1990, the band prepared to record their sophomore record. Spring 1991 saw the release of it, entitled "Slave to the Grind"; it was just as successful as the first album and also the first heavy metal album ever to reach number one on the American Billboard album charts. In the following year, there was an EP of 5 song covers "B-Side Our Selves" in 1992. The band took the years 1993 and 1994 off and did not release their third album Subhuman Race until March 1995, which is the last to feature their original line-up. The album was not successful as their 2 previous albums.
The band's "classic" lineup parted ways in 1997 when Sebastian Bach moved to a solo career. Skid Row went on hiatus for a while before reforming with Johnny Solinger as the new singer and Phil Varone on drums. The band finally toured again and put up a new album in 2003, entitled "ThickSkin" on their label Skid Row Records. After the release of the album, Varone left the band and was replaced by new drummer Dave Gara.
Skid Row Discography1989 - Skid Row Full-length
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