18 and Life on Skid Row - Hardcover

Bach, Sebastian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062265393 ISBN 13: 9780062265395

Publisher: Dey Street Books, 2016

Synopsis

In this uncensored, unfiltered memoir, the musician and former front man for Skid Row tells the story of how a choir boy became a mega-successful hair metal god, rode the wave of fame in Heavy Metal s heyday, and came out alive on the other side when glam rock went the way of the cassette tape and the Walkman. Sebastian Bach is an iconic rock vocalist who has sold in excess of twenty million records worldwide. Best known for his powerful high vocal range and his flowing blonde locks, he s been a stand out member of the metal music scene since he was fourteen. From first joining Kid Wikkid, Bach has rocked out with Skid Row, Madam X, The Last Hard Men, The Frogs, and Frameshift, and with famous friends such as Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Soundgarden, Pantera, and Guns N Roses. But eventually the party bus stopped and the rock star grew up. Yet the fun didn t end. Bach established a successful solo career as an actor, musician, and singer, appearing on numerous television shows and on Broadway. In this no-holds-barred memoir raw, powerful, wild, funny, and reflective he charts his unconventional childhood, first in the Bahamas and then in his rise from small-town Canada to the world s greatest concert stages to the Great White Way and beyond. There s the usual sex, drugs, parties, women, hair products, and headbanging rock n roll, but there is also a lot more. Here is a rock star who can write, tell a great story, and has kept his career moving forward despite the changing musical landscape. Through it all, this talented artist remained devoted to his craft, and to having a damn good time.

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Review:

“In the hedonistic new memoir 18 and Life on Skid Row, Sebastian Bach is brutally frank in his description of life on the road and exploits...Written in a funny, everyman style, 18 and Life finds Bach as one of rock’s most affable frontmen.” (Rolling Stone)

“The soulfulness of Sebastian Bach’s new memoir caught me off-guard....The book’s personal stories are compelling...they’re what make 18 and Life on Skid Row a captivating read.” (LA Weekly)

“[a] ribald and freewheeling memoir...often a delightfully trashy and salacious read. The overall impression one gets of Bach is of an outgoing and genial person...it works because of Bach’s puppyish enthusiasm-for music, yes, but also for booze, for drugs, and for sex in unusual places. Rock it up!” (AV Club)

“a wild ride of a memoir” (The Houston Press)

“the rock book that’s going to be hard to beat” (Las Vegas Weekly)

“give the gift of Baz this holiday season and get the Skid Row scoop via one of rock’s greatest frontmen.” (Vanyaland)

From the Back Cover:

Sebastian Bach is the epitome of a front man. Loud, boisterous, handsome, incredibly talented, he was the electrifying singer of Skid Row, which took the world by storm with their platinum-selling songs “18 and Life,” “Youth Gone Wild,” and “I Remember You,” and were MTV mainstays, touring the world with their peers in the heady days when hard rock ruled radio and adorned the cover of rock magazines. In his exhilarating, whip-smart, and brutally honest memoir, Bach tells his story of Skid Row: the parties, drugs, and international tours with Mötley Crüe, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Pantera, Metallica, Slayer, Guns N’ Roses, as well as the singular voice that carried him through Skid Row’s heyday and kept him successful after they broke up. With typical Sebastian-esque scream and bravado, 18 and Life on Skid Row reflects on the cost of fame, the price of creativity, and what it means to go from rock hopeful to rock star—with the attitude to match!

About this edition

• Publisher: Dey Street Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0062265393
• ISBN 13: 9780062265395
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448