Sebastian Bach June 2008

2.3.09

Jeffrey Steele, Keith Anderson, Sebastian Bach, Billy Dean and Others Set to Raise Money for Scholarship Program

Concert in Memory of Alex LeVasseur

NASHVILLE, January 30, 2009 – The Alex LeVasseur Memorial Scholarship Program proudly presents Jeffrey Steele & Friends, an intimate evening with Jeffrey Steele and special guests, Thursday, March 12 at Rocketown (401 6th Ave. S) in Nashville. Artists slated to perform with Steele and his band include Keith Anderson, Sebastian Bach, Billy Dean, LoCash Cowboys, and others to be announced. Tickets will be available Monday, February 2 exclusively through http://www.nowplayingnashville.com/. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Alex LeVasseur Memorial Scholarship Program and Rocketown.

This unique event will include table seating, with a limited VIP section. VIP tables are $1,500; remaining tables are $1000; limited single seats are available for $100 each. Wine and hors‘d oeuvres will be served.

Silent auctions will feature exclusive items including autographed guitars, golf packages, items from John Rich, an autographed Predators jersey, a custom-made Outlaw guitar, and much more.

The Alex LeVasseur Memorial Scholarship Program assists Nashville’s frequently overlooked and underprivileged youth by motivating them in school and in life. Jeffrey Steele and his family created the Alex LeVasseur Memorial Scholarship Program at The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, in conjunction with Rocketown/Sixth Avenue Skate Park in Nashville, after Steele’s 13-year-old son passed away January 28, 2007 in a tragic accident. Steele and his family are very involved in the program, which has already made a significant impact on its participants.

Jeffrey Steele & Friends marks the first of two events the LeVasseur family puts on each year in memory of Alex. The second is an outdoor skate and music festival, slated for June 28, 2009. For more info on the event and scholarship program please visit http://www.rememberalex.com/.

Rocketown provides a safe, alcohol- and drug-free environment for youth to enjoy concerts, classes, videogames and skateboarding. Participant circumstances span the range of neglect, abuse, poverty, absent parents and normal peer pressures. Through a central location, unique programming, and scholarships for disadvantaged youth Rocketown creates an environment that is both diverse (racially, culturally and economically) and accessible for teens and their families. http://www.rocketown.com/

About Jeffrey Steele / http://www.jeffreysteele.com/

Songwriter, artist and producer Jeffrey Steele has become a Music Row fixture--one of contemporary country's most beloved characters. Today's top selling artists have come to trust the energetic songwriter with the easy, infectious grin. Rascal Flatts, LeAnn Rimes, Montgomery Gentry, Gretchen Wilson, Pat Green, Trace Adkins, Tim McGraw and numerous others have all turned to the two-time BMI Songwriter of the Year for a hit or two. Steele's own impassioned performances make him a constant favorite at songwriter festivals and his own full band gigs, where his rugged, boisterous vocals breathe new life both into songs made famous by the stars and other tunes that are patently his.

1.27.09
My plan in 2009 is to release 2 CD's if possible. One will be the CD I am working on with Jeffrey Steele & Vicky McGehee, the team that brought you 'Battle With The Bottle". The other CD will be a straight up hard ass rocker , the follow up to 'Angel Down'. I plan on writing this record with my band , Roy Z hopefully, & definately Jamey Jasta of the band Hatebreed. Jamey & I are getting together this month to record some demos. I am not going to make a Hatebreed record, I am going to work on material with Jamey that will be heavy & anthemic but still make sense next to the other CD's I have done.
I am also planning on releasing a new DVD in 2009. Can't go into the details quite yet, but there will be more hi quality live DVD material coming your way this year, a la 'Roadrage'. Looks like I will be starting work on the new DVD this month.
Don't get confused by me doing a 'country' album & a 'rock' album at the same time. I have always hated labels. What I have learned over my lifetime is , I don't make decisions for my voice, my voice makes decisions for me. I have to get out of the way of my own voice so it can be heard loud & clear. My only objective in making CD's is to make them 'good'. Hopefully these 2 new CD's will fall into this category !
All the best & hope to see you on the road again sometime soon!

1.23.09
All I can say after watching this is 3 words: "Bobby! Bobby! Bobby!" Yes, I know that is one word 3 times, but Bobby Jarzombek is 3 times as good as any drummer out there, so it counts!
Special thanks to Roger Kristensen Aussie Tour Manager Extraordinaire! Also to the promoter Aldo for making the 'Angel Down Under' Tour such a huge success ! We hope to get Bach downunder again very soon !!

1.15.09

People have been emailing me " Do you have footage from this show? That show?" Well here's the deal, out of around 60 or so shows we did in 2008 , I have about %90 of those shows all on video. The Perth show is basically the first one I have watched! We would watch the shows on the bus sometimes on the way to the next town to improve our performance, but other than that, I have 40 -50 tapes from the tour to go through. Anything 'pro-shot' will be saved for future DVD releases, but I have so many concerts that would not be suitable for a DVD, but work great here on the internet!

This is what I have always envisioned the internet to be! The gig is the internet, the internet is the gig. The Medium Is The Message! Hey I'm old school.... still play records here at the House of Bach... but to use the internet to broadcast full gigs at HD Quality is something truly amazing to a rocker like me ! Enjoy the show !!

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3.09

12.08.08
BACH & RICH LIVE IN LAS VEGAS THIS WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY !
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BACH & RICH LIVE IN LAS VEGAS
I will be jamming out with John Rich & Cowboy Troy on December 10 & 11 in Las Vegas at the Hilton Theatre !! Cmon out!!
See ya at the show !!

11.26.08
'ROCK BAND 2 THE STARS' MARATHON ON VH1 !
VH1 will premiere the 'ROCK BAND 2 THE STARS' Marathon On Thanksgiving Day November 27 @ 5:30 PM . VH1 will play ALL of the mini-episodes in a row, resulting in the finale with Alice Cooper at the Viper Room in Hollywood CA.

ROCK BAND 2 TV SHOW ON VH1 CLASSIC NOW
BACH ON 'SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS'
Sebastian Bach has completed work on 2 upcoming episodes of the cartoon 'Spongebob Squarepants'. Look out for Baz as the voice of 'Triton'. Airdate TBA.
BACH ON 'ROBOT CHICKEN'
Sebastian Bach has completed work on an upcoming episode of 'Robot Chicken', part of 'Adult Swim' on the Cartoon Network. Look out for Baz as the voices of 'Wildman' & 'Martian Manhunter' . Airdate TBA.
BACH ON 'CHINESE DEMOCRACY'
Let's talk audio here. Just like you, & the rest of the planet, since Sunday I have spent every waking moment I can listening to 'Chinese Democracy'. Recently I purchased a brand new turntable, partly because it has a USB cord on the back so you can make mp3's of your albums. Funny thing, I have not made one mp3 yet since I bought it. Fact is, any ear can hear that albums sound far richer, clearer, & more natural by far than mp3's, & even standard CD's. Once I started listening to my albums again, the only use I now have for mp3's is their portability. It's definatley cool to carry your whole collection around in your pocket, but as far as sound goes, analog whup's digital's ass, hands down, no contest.
Which leads me to 'Chinese Democracy'. Picked up the 180 Gram Vinyl Double Album, & the CD as well for the car. This is the first brand new album I have bought in over 15 years for sure, possibly 20 years. All I can say is, we as music fans have lost alot with the so-called (premature? one can only hope) 'demise' of the LP. As soon as I ran my fingernail down the side, splitting the cellophane, & opened the gatefold sleeve, I knew I was in for a full-on rock'n'roll 'experience' getting into this LP. I pulled out Disc 1 & was immediately struck by how 'heavy' this vinyl was. It's like my dad's old original copy of 'Led Zeppelin 2'. Not flimsy, lightweight vinyl like records became in the late '80's. 'Chinese Democracy' is a heavy, thick , 'platter' of a record. I couldn't wait to crank it.
FYI the Bach stereo system consists of : the 'Ion' turntable through a Pioneer VSX-52 Amplifier. I run this through an AudioControl C-101 Equalizier, with Adcom Poweramps. My speakers are JBL Control 10's with a Velodyne Sub-Woofer on a hardwood floor. Yes, I can make my whole house literally shake if I want, & yes, the lights actually dim for a second in my living room when I fire all the gear up. I dig it. In short, it kicks ass.
As soon as I dropped the needle on 'Chinese Democracy', I was captivated by the sound of this record, & the thought, talent, & care put into this piece of Art, from all involved. The power, clarity, separation, & production of this music is nothing short of incredible. As loud as I want, I can still hear the vocals, guitars & everything else perfectly clear, with the bass rumbling my guts (& below) just like it should. When Axl rips into the line "even with an iron fist" in the first song, the blood in my veins starts to boil & the intensity does not let up until the end of Side Four. What I hear on this record is unbelievable pathos, %100 of Axl's heart, & soul, on record for all of us to hear. When he sings a song such as 'Street Of Dreams' it's lke Janis Joplin at her best, with Quincy Jones' quote of 'Melody is King' operating in full effect. The melodies on this record rip my heart out. To hear them sung by the beautiful/deadly instrument that is Axl Rose's voice, is something that is to me, truly special, not to mention really cool to own & be able to blast 'on stun' whenever I choose. 4 times today so far, but who's counting.
I cannot stop listening to this record. 'Scraped', 'Rhiad & The Bedoins', 'Street Of Dreams', 'IRS', everytime I listen I have a new favorite. Brain, Bumblefoot, Robin Finck, everyone on the record played their asses off; the production is stellar; I haven't even got to the lyrics, still too blown away by the sheer sound to tackle the words.....yet! The album is, above all: Original. Heartfelt. Without Compromise. How many records can you honestly describe in that way today?
This is like nothing I have ever heard. And I can't wait to hear it again.
Which, to me, is the definition of truly great rock'n'roll.

10.29.08
'BATTLE WITH THE BOTTLE' 3 TIME WINNER ON CMT POWER PICKS!
WELL, what can I say? Except for one thing: MY FANS ARE THE BEST !! Thanks so much to all of you for voting for 'Battle With The Bottle' on CMT Power Picks this morning & getting the video on the channel! It's winning on the air because of YOUR votes! To see the video win alongside such established country acts really makes us who beleive in the song feel great! Thanks again to all of you who are voting!

'BATTLE WITH THE BOTTLE' WINNER ON CMT POWER PICKS!
My heartfelt thanks goes out to all of you who voted for the new video 'Battle With The Bottle' this morning on CMT's Power Picks! WE HAVE A WINNER !!! 'Battle With The Bottle' WON the battle today on live TV & it felt GREAT ! Thanks again to all who voted ! We make it rock, you make it roll ! We can do this !

BACH ON CMT POWER PICKS THIS TUESDAY :
CMT Power Picks time has changed! It’s now on at 10/9c. Please make note of this and alert your audience of the time change.

Here is next week’s CMT Power Picks http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/cmt_power_picks/series_about.jhtml schedule so you can get fans online and voting for your artist(s).

CMT Power Picks puts the hottest videos against each other, and your votes decide which gets played and which goes away. Contenders are announced online and on-air. During the show, you vote on CMT.com. Watch as the biggest videos battle for play. Then enjoy the winner. CMT Power Picks airs weekdays at 10 a.m. ET.

Your artists battling on CMT Power Picks this week (10/20 – 10/24):

Tuesday
Sebastian Bach Vs. James Otto

10.7.08

THIS IS HUGE.
ok. it's been literally 13 years since I have shot a video.
But right now, I am proud to say... I have a brand new video. Called 'Battle With The Bottle'. Shot by Wayne Isham!!
I am extremely proud of the video & song.
This video could actually make the CMT Top 20 Video Countdown.
All you have to do is go here & VOTE! If enough of us do so, 'Battle With The Bottle' will indeed make the Countdown.
It's that simple.

Here is the link:
http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/top_twenty_countdown/series_wildcard.jhtml?wildcard=/dynamic_templates/shows/center_templates/wildcard/top_twenty_countdown/2008/top20_viewers_poll_main.jhtml&event_id=890069

It would be incredible for everyone involved if this video made the countdown. 'Gone Country 2' has been on tv since August, the whole point of the show is to make some great music, & here it is! Lets make the tv show count by giving this video the support we have been waiting 13 years to give.
Yes, its on youtube. But the quality sucks on youtube! 'Battle With The Bottle' is shot on Hi-Def.. so you should all see it on your home theatre systems with the best picture & sound. Not on a cell phone !
Let's not make it another 13 years until the next video!! It truly is up to YOU !!

hey !! got home late last nite & put on the tv & there was the 'Battle With The Bottle' Video on CMT ! Felt INCREDIBLE to see the first video I have done in 15 years on the air !! I love the camaraderie between Jeffrey Steele Bobby Jarzombek & myself I think that's what makes the video! Oh yeah that & the mind blowing cinematography of the incomparable Wayne Isham, who just won MTV 'Video Of the Year' for Britney Spears' 'Piece Of Me' ! But I prefer his other 'Piece Of Me' video we filmed together in 1989!! haha thats another story!!
so, it was very exciting to see the video on tv for sure. this morning i turned on cmt to hopefully see it again.... it was on 'Power Picks' , & could have started tomorrows show .. but it lost to Montgomery Gentry !! Bummer !! sweb junkies, we cannot let this happen again! You have to watch the show & vote for the video online while the show is playing on tv! its wild! Here is the link to vote : http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/cmt_power_picks/143678/episode.jhtml
the 'Battle' was close today ! lets take em out next time if we get another shot!

The new Sebastian Bach song 'Battle With The Bottle' is available NOW for download! Put this in yer ipod & blast it !

Written by Sebastian Bach / Vicky McGheehee / Jeffrey Steele Produced by John Rich

I will be live on the radio tomorrow morning on the following stations playing my new song 'Battle With The Bottle" :

SEBASTIAN BACH NAMED THE SEASON TWO WINNER OF “GONE COUNTRY” BY HOST JOHN RICH

The Video for Bach’s Single, Directed by Wayne Isham, Available Now via CMT.com and World Premieres on CMT on Saturday, September 27

NASHVILLE – September 26, 2008 – Host John Rich tapped rocker Sebastian Bach as the winner of the second season of CMT’s hit series, GONE COUNTRY, in tonight’s season finale. Bach is set to immediately release "Battle with the Bottle" to radio, the song he penned with Nashville songwriters Jeffrey Steele and Vicky McGehee while taping the series. The song is produced by John Rich. The accompanying video, directed by Wayne Isham, is currently available on CMT.com and will debut on CMT on Saturday, September 27.
Bach, who edged out tough competition from fellow GONE COUNTRY contestants Mikalah Gordon, Jermaine Jackson, Chris Kirkpatrick, Lorenzo Lamas and Sean Young, performed his song before a live audience at Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon in the show’s finale. In the end, Rich dubbed Bach the winner because of his ability to connect to his audience and his lyrics, something that is essential in country music.
"Sebastian put his real life experiences into his song,” says host, Rich. “’Battle with the Bottle’ deals with the challenges he faces in his life on a daily basis, and when your music imitates your life, that's where great country music happens. He truly understands what makes a great country song, and his singing ability is still off the charts. I'm very proud of him ‘going country’!"
Bach, perhaps best known as the former front-man of Skid Row, is an accomplished Broadway actor and television personality. Bach is also a solo artist and most recently released the album, Angel Down, in the fall of 2007 by Merovingian Music, Ltd. For more information, visit www.sebastianbach.com.
GONE COUNTRY is executive produced by David Garfinkle and Jay Renfroe of Renegade 83 Productions. Marc Oswald serves as executive producer. Melanie Moreau and Bob Kusbit serve as executive producers for CMT.
Visit CMT's press-only Web site http://www.cmtpress.com for more information and downloadable photos on all of CMT's programming.

Sebastian Bach will perform at the Rock The Mansion event at the Playboy Mansion on August 30.

A press release states: "Men and women, here's your chance to play rock star and groupie as you hang at the most famous mansion. It will be a true rock star mecca with playmates dressed as naughty school girls, free open bar all night, amazing buffet, strippers in the main rock room, the world-famous grotto and tours of the mansion grounds. All this and more can be had while dancing to the best rock and metal bought to you by metal DJ Will of KNAC.COM. Later in the night, multi-platinum singer Sebastian Bach will rock your ass off performing his hit singles '18 and Life', 'I Remember You' and 'Youth Gone Wild', to name a few. Stick around as you never know which A-list rockstars you will rub elbows with."

To buy these tickets, go to www.rockthemansion.com or go to www.laweekly.com and try to win a pair now. The tickets get you free booze and food, a private concert; access to (2) two other parties that weekend, mansion tours, after party and more!

Today, VH1 Classic began rotation of the '(Love Is) A Bitchslap' Video from the album 'Angel Down'. It is airing NOW on the 'Metal Mania' show as a 'Classic/Current' Video, so check it out & crank it up LOUD in your living room! The '(Love Is) A Bitchslap' Video will be available on the 'ROADRAGE' DVD in the UK on July 21 & in the USA @ FYE Stores this summer! More video news coming soon!

Sebastian Bach Interview with BlogsNRoses.com

Sebastian Bach is a kick ass rock n roll star. He is charismatic and a fantastic interview candidate for our site. So when we heard Sebastian was getting ready to re-release Angel Down in the States and release it in the UK, we had to talk to him. Here is our conversation with Sebastian Bach.

Bach: Alright Blogs n Roses. What's going on?

BnR: Not much, not much. How are you doing?

Bach: Good.

BnR: I wanted to talk a little about the Angel Down record. I personally loved it. I thought the record had something for everyone. It had a bit of hard rock, southern sludge, punk. What was your main inspiration when writing and recording the album?

Bach: I just wanted to make a cd that would go in your iPod and make sense next to the Slave to the Grind and the first Skid Row album. That's basically it and to have Axl sing on it is insane. No one could have ever predicted that, especially me. That's amazing. To put out an cd with him and me on it. We sold about 100,000 copies worldwide with no touring. Well we did a month of touring. But the US tour starts in July 8 in Nashville. We are re-releasing the cd with a DVD called ROADRAGE, which encompasses the making of the cd and also five [5] live songs from the Guns N' Roses tour. It is like Pro-shot video and audio. That comes from Axl. He let us use his equipment. That is incredible. I am very happy to share some of that footage with the fans finally. It's going to be great. Also, we are putting out a vinyl picture disc with double-gatefold sleeves. And I love that shit. I love packaging and picture discs and shit like that. So I am pretty happy. We are doing about 40 or 47 shows with Poison across America. So we are playing pretty much everywhere except for Texas. I don't know why. Sorry Texas. But we are definitely hitting the United States and that is going to be great.

BnR: What is your favorite song on the album?

Bach: I would have to say it is Stuck Inside. I love the whole album, but Stuck Inside crushes me the way Monkey Business crushes me and really the way Axl sings the last mid part of the song into the last chorus. The way he hits the high note over the last chorus just fucking destroys me. It is so heavy and cool. When I am listening to it I can't believe it is me and Axl. All my fans are cranking it on their iPods.

BnR: I can attest to that. I also love the cover of Back in the Saddle with you and Axl.

Bach: Well that's cool. That's crazy. That song is so great that every time I hear it I laugh because it is so good. [laughs]. I do. I am like 'listen to this shit.' And that is real rock magic on there. I have a rule that I never drink alcohol before a show or before I sing ever, except to that song, dude. What happened was that I sang two songs in the studio that day. I can't remember which two. I did the lead vocal and I was done. Then Roy Z, the producer, said to the band 'hey first song tomorrow, let's do Back in the Saddle.' I thought I was done for the day and he said let's practice it right now. We taped it. The first time they played is what you hear on the record. I was sitting back there listening to it start and I couldn't believe it. I just ran out there with a couple of Model Especials in me. I grabbed the mic and I wailed it. And that is pretty much 90% of what made the record. There are so many lyrics in that song that I went back and made sure I had totally perfect. There's a lot of words in there. And Axl said he would sing on the record and he came down and picked which songs he wanted to sing on. Singers love Back in the Saddle because Steve Tyler is the ultimate screamer especially on that song. It's incredible. The first time I played that song for Axl goes 'Oh my god the guitars.' He just loved the guitars. It was kind of a challenge on who would get what part of the song between me and him. Because I didn't want to cut any of him and he didn't want to cut any of me. So we tried a few different versions and none of them were perfect. And then I said 'Let's just go by the words.' And then it all became crystal clear. 'I'm calling all the shots tonight, I'm like a loaded gun.' That's Guns N' Roses. And we went like that down the line to see who lyrically fit. Then we put it together. It's rock magic. That's what it sounds like to me.

BnR: I crank it up when I am at the Target or whatever. I scare all the soccer moms with it. They like 'What is that?!'

Bach: What at Target? Cool. That's great.

BnR: How did you convince Axl to sing on Angel Down?

Bach: There was no convincing at all. It was this simple. I was standing at Baggage Claim at LAX about to master my record. I had just sung on Chinese Democracy, a song called Sorry. And sorry, I don't know when it is coming out. When I was coming to LA, I just texted him from the airport and said 'Dude, when are you going to sing on my record?' I was just joking. He goes 'Where? What time?' I couldn't believe it. It was that simple. And he drove down in his Testarosa or whatever it is. And you can hear what he did. He's incredible. That's it. It is mind blowing that I can say that. But I love saying that because you have this guy from England painting this weird picture of him [Axl] on the internet or whatever. Writing books when they don't even know the guy. I do know him and he's a rocker. He loves rock n' roll. He's obsessed with making great rock n' roll. And that is who is he is.

BnR: You said you sang on Chinese Democracy. What song was that again?

Bach: It's called Sorry.

BnR: Do you think it has a shot at making the record?

Bach: Yea that's what Axl tells me. Yea I do.

BnR: Are you excited for the upcoming tour for Angel Down?

Bach: I am 100% excited for the upcoming tour. I always liked big stages, big arenas. We are playing all over the States and that's good for me. I am very excited.

BnR: You are playing almost every night. Does that get a bit tiring?

Bach: Yea it gets physically tiring. It gets mentally tiring, but not when you are on the stage. It's when you are off the stage that it gets very tiring. But so what? Nothing good comes easy.

BnR: How has the record been received live?

Bach: Amazing. We just came back from two and half weeks in Australia. We played in Norway and Finland. I am not exaggerating when I say the stuff is going over great. If it wasn't, I might not be doing it. It is very evident people listen on the internet. My MySpace player has 1.5 million plays. If that was radio, it would be insane. People are still hearing it and that is very evident live. They know the words and the songs. For me as a musician it has made me fall in love with what I do again. And made us so happy as a band. Because we get to play our best. I can play better now than I did in '89. The songs reflect that. Take a song like Live and Die. I am singing using every kind of sound in my voice. Really pushing myself. It feels great to do that live.

BnR: I was on your MySpace site the other day and had heard a song I never heard before. You were on a Randy Rhoads tribute album?

Bach: Yea, it only came out in Japan. It didn't come out here.

BnR: I had never heard about it. And Dimebag [Darrell] played on it. Is that correct?

Bach: Yes sir. That's me and Dime. I will never take that down because it is not out here and not available. I am not going to sell it. So it is there to listen to and he sounds incredible.

BnR: How was it working with him?

Bach: I didn't work with him on that song. That was done with Michael Wagner, my producer. He needed a lead guitar player on our song Believer. I go 'I'm going to call Dime.' I was really good friends with Dime. I called him up and he goes 'Sure, I'll do it.' But he did it after I was there and he did a perfect job. Of course, we took them [Pantera] on their first USA arena tour in Skid Row. I watched him make it big before my very eyes. I've got some video that no one else has that I made for Vinny and Rita. I mean what can you say? It is a crazy and awful thing that happened to him. I don't know what to say.

BnR: Yes, absolutely. It was an awful tragedy. Did you guys bond over KISS and your love of KISS?

Bach: We more bonded over our love of booze [laughs] and our love of weed. We bonded over that. They were wild. We actually recorded with them on the Slave to the Grind tour in his hotel room at 4 or 5 in the morning. I can remember being absolutely shit-faced and we would record songs with the sun coming up in his hotel room. I know they exist somewhere and I would love to hear it. I remember one night he wrote a ballad and I was singing. We were laughing so hard. He was like 'Sebastian stop laughing. I know you can sing this perfect.' And we couldn't stop laughing. I don't know if we ever could. I'm sure we did, but I would love to hear that one day. Wherever it is.

BnR: You blew my image of you guys. I had you guys watching the movie Detroit Rock City and bonding over KISS.

Bach: Well if I was going to watch a movie it would be KISS Meets the Phantom not Detroit Rock City.

BnR: Well speaking of KISS. I know you have a Z28 Camaro signed by Ace Frehley. Do you still have it?

Bach: I certainly do.

BnR: That is awesome. Our staff writer Joe Wettner has an 83 El Camino signed by Judas Priest.

Bach: NO WAY! That's hot!

BnR: He wants to know if you will race him for pink slips.

Bach: Aw well my Camaro is off the road right now. I got to get it fixed up. But it is out in the driveway under a tarp.

BnR: Is there anything in the KISS Kollection you don't have? I remember watching an episode of MTV's Cribs, you had more KISS stuff than I ever even knew existed.

Bach: Yes sir, I certainly do. I don't have the Ace Frehley Mego Doll. I don't have the first poster. It's from Casablanca [the record company], the first record they sent out folded up. I don't have that. The mylar Love Gun poster. Someone gave to me on tour in the 80's. I was so psyched to get them, the mylar KISS posters. But then someone stole them off the tour bus. I need to get a restock on those. I love the vintage stuff. The old stuff. I like the book by Lydia Criss called Sealed With A Kiss.

It just came out. It's great.

BnR: Speaking of vintage. I used to watch Forever Wild on VH1. I thought it was great. It a reassure trove of rock knowledge. How to dress like a rockstar, how to walk like a rockstar and you even played awesome videos.

Bach: If you could have seen behind the scenes the battles I went through just to get them to play music. That's my biggest memory of Forever Wild. They were like 'Do you want to host a show?' and I was like 'Yea but guess what? We are actually going to play rock videos.' And they were like 'fine.' Then they tried to play half the song or not the one I told them to play. I was like 'Listen you guys don't understand. I need to play the video." And it was incredible. There is so much tv of people talking about music, like talking about it and analyzing it. How about you just play it? Wouldn't that be amazing to actually see it? That's my biggest memory from that show.

BnR: I wish MTV would play more videos. There are hardly any rock videos on anymore.

Bach: Yea, that is the last show I can remember that you saw a full video. I'm proud of myself for that. I thinking for myself too so I could get them on DVD and record them. I was like 'I need You Really Got Me off the first Van Halen record. I need this one and this one.' It's great because now I got them.

BnR: I was looking for a DVD collection of Forever Wild just so I can relive my Friday nights again because the show was just so awesome.

Bach: You know it is out on DVD right? There is a DVD Forever Wild

with excerpts from the show. You can get it. It exists. It actually has an unreleased interview I did with Drea de Matteo from the Sopranos. It's very rare. It's only on the DVD. I have me with Ted Nugent, Vince Neil, the whole show from the Whiskey. It's a cool DVD.

BnR: So you are friends with Ted Nugent?

Bach: Yea, I'd say so.

BnR: The Supergroup show sort of had you guys at each other's throats. I think it was more creative editing and entertaining editing rather than how your actual personalities existed.

Bach: Yea. I saw what you are talking about and I didn't like seeing all that. A lot of that stuff was behind my back, if you notice on the show. Which I thought really sucked. Because I am not like that. If I don't like you, I'll tell you. I don't give a shit. I'm not going to be nice and then fucking flag you behind your back. I'm not like that. But Ted means well. He just goes at a little too hard sometimes. And that is all I can say really. He means well. I don't think if I like to have red wine with my meal at a nice Italian restaurant, I don't think that makes me an alcoholic. I have definitely toned down my drinking since that show. A little drinking goes a long way on a television show, I have discovered.

BnR: Do you think you will call your next album "Savage Animal"? Because I thought that name was awesome. Much better than Damnocracy.

Bach: I do have that name trademarked with the U.S. Government. Because for a while there, every where I went people loved to come up to me and go 'SAVAGE ANIMAL DUDE' It rolls off the tongue. But you might see that come out one day. People seemed to really respond to Savage Animal.

BnR: You know? I thought Ted would respond well to it too since he likes shooting savage animals.

Bach: It's the perfect name for that band with Ted Nugent. I thought it sounded cool, but what the fuck do I know? Godwar. That's better? I don't think so.

BnR: I have another question about your VH1 contemporaries. I have noticed that they are using a lot of hair extensions. Those that do shall remain nameless. I chalk that up to hairspray damage. How have you kept your hair full of body and volume?

Bach: Oh I don't know dude. It is very luxurious my hair, the locks I possess. I am very proud of them. I don't know. Willie Nelson, the dude from the Oakridge Boys, Greg Allman, these are cats that are far older than I am and have kick ass long fucking hair that rocks. That's my fashion model dude, the guy from the Oakridge boys.

BnR: Did you have a writing block on Angel Down or was it easy to get into the writing process.

Bach: No I never have a writing block. But I might write 100 ideas and 5 out of them, which is not a great ratio. I'm very conscious of my past work. I have VH1 Classic at my house on my cable and I see 18 and Life in 2008 just as much as I did in 89. So it's in my face all the time and I am aware of it. I want to put something out that I feel can stand up to that and those albums. And I feel Angel Down can.

BnR: With the UK release of Angel Down, will there be different artwork. I know for the U.S. release your father's painting was the artwork. Are you going to keep the same artwork?

Bach: The DVD will come with every copy in Britain. ROADRAGE with 5 live songs shot that will be coming with every copy domestically in the UK. That will come out in the USA this summer as an FYE exclusive. Also in the UK they are putting out a vinyl edition of the record with a poster, a double gatefold sleeve, and a picture disc. I love that shit.

BnR: I love how vinyl is making a comeback.

Bach: Yea, it definitely is. There is a market for it that is just growing. That's amazing. I never thought I would see Angel Down as a record and to see it as a picture disc is so cool. The collectors in the US will be able to order it online somehow. I know I want a copy so I got to be able to get it.

BnR: I'm sure you will be able to get it.

Bach: I better be.

BnR: What songs were filmed for the DVD.

Bach: American Metalhead from Detroit Michigan at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Stuck Inside from Japan at the Mt. Fuji Udo Rock Festival, By Your Side at the Calgary Saddledome, (Love Is) A Bitchslap from the Calgary Saddledome, and Winnipeg Manitoba You Don't Understand at the MTS Centre. Also as a bonus, there is By Your Side acoustic version from Hartford Connecticut, live from a radio show that my wife Maria filmed. That kicks ass. Then there is some behind the scenes footage like writing with Roy Z. It's just a fun video and if you like Skid Row, you will love ROADRAGE.

BnR: I am looking forward to seeing (Love Is) A Bitchslap live. I love that song.

Bach: Yea, it's a great performance.

Thank you Sebastian for talking with us. If you are in the US, go pick up Angel Down. If you are in the UK, you can pick it up on July 21. Make sure you catch Sebastian in his element, live and on-stage this summer with Poison and Dokken. Check out www.sebastianbach.com

or www.myspace.com/sebastianbach

for tour dates.

This Friday & Saturday Night I will be jamming live onstage with my bud John Rich of the Country duo Big & Rich at his 2 solo shows at Bally's in Atlantic City New Jersey!! Should be alot of fun!