176 - Aerosmith - Rocks - Sebastian Bach

Summary

Podcast Summary: Episode 176 - Aerosmith - Rocks with Sebastian Bach

Released January 22, 2025

Introduction

In Episode 176 of The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers, host Josh Adam Myers delves deep into Aerosmith's seminal 1976 album, Rocks, with none other than Sebastian Bach, the legendary lead singer of Skid Row. This engaging conversation offers fans and music enthusiasts alike an intimate look into the album's creation, its enduring legacy, and Bach's personal experiences intertwined with Aerosmith's iconic journey.

Guest Introduction

Sebastian Bach joins Josh Adam Myers to discuss Rocks, bringing a wealth of experience from his time with Skid Row and his ongoing solo career. Bach's insights are enriched by his firsthand interactions with Aerosmith members, providing a unique perspective on the album's impact and the band's dynamic.

The Legacy of Rocks

Bach begins by reminiscing about the influence of Rocks on his musical development. He shares a poignant memory from 1990 when he lived with Slash of Guns N' Roses, recounting how singing Aerosmith's "Home Tonight" for Slash left a lasting impression on him:

Sebastian Bach [07:18]: "And I put on Aerosmith Rocks and sang 'Home Tonight' for Slash sitting on his couch. He just loved it. That's a very great memory."

This moment underscores the profound effect Rocks had on emerging rock artists of the era.

Aerosmith and Skid Row: A Bond Forged on the Road

The conversation shifts to Bach's experiences touring with Aerosmith in the early '90s. He vividly describes performing "Last Child" with Steven Tyler in his hometown of Toronto, an event that solidified his band's place in the rock pantheon:

Sebastian Bach [19:41]: "We opened up the whole Pump tour, and then they played Toronto. That's where my family's from. And Steven Tyler calls me on the phone. He goes, 'What are you doing?' I go, 'I'm hanging out in Toronto.' He wanted me to come down and warm up with him."

This collaboration not only highlights the mutual respect between the artists but also the tight-knit nature of the rock community during that period.

The Creative Process Behind Rocks

Bach delves into the songwriting and recording process of Rocks, emphasizing the album's raw energy and authentic rock sound. He praises Brad Whitford's contributions, noting his role in crafting some of the album's heaviest riffs:

Sebastian Bach [51:24]: "Brad Whitford wrote 'Kings and Queens' off Draw the Line. He brought some really heavy riffs to Aerosmith for sure."

Bach also discusses the technical aspects, such as the use of the Fender Bass 6 guitar in "Back in the Saddle," which allowed Steven Tyler to achieve his signature high screams.

Impact on the Rock Genre

The discussion naturally segues into the broader influence of Rocks on the rock genre. Bach acknowledges how the album served as a bridge between classic hard rock and the emerging grunge scene, marking a pivotal moment in music history:

Sebastian Bach [75:35]: "When MTV added 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,' that was the moment I saw everything changing."

He reflects on the exhaustion that comes with intense touring and the changing musical landscape, illustrating the challenges bands faced during the transition from '80s rock to '90s grunge.

Personal Reflections and Inspirations

Bach opens up about his work ethic and the inspirations that keep him grounded. He attributes much of his drive to his father, an artist who never saw his creative endeavors as work, fostering a deep appreciation for artistic expression in Bach:

Sebastian Bach [38:32]: "My dad is an artist and he painted pictures his whole life. He would whistle while he painted, all out of key, like a messed-up bird or something. He was happy, and if he was whistling and painting, everything was fine."

This upbringing instilled in Bach a dedication to his craft, mirroring the passion and commitment that Aerosmith consistently displayed throughout their career.

Anecdotes and Memorable Moments

Throughout the episode, Bach shares numerous anecdotes that highlight the camaraderie and sometimes the chaos of life on the road. From unexpected collaborations to humorous mishaps, these stories paint a vivid picture of the rock and roll lifestyle:

Sebastian Bach [61:27]: "One time we were doing an in-store signing in London, England, and a guy wanted me to sign his Big Mac. I signed the meat with a silver pen. That's the only Big Mac I've ever signed."

Such tales not only entertain but also underscore the unpredictable nature of performing and touring with legendary bands like Aerosmith.

Final Thoughts and Album Promotion

As the episode wraps up, Bach expresses his unwavering admiration for Rocks and its timeless appeal. He enthusiastically promotes his latest work, inviting listeners to check out his new record and upcoming projects:

Sebastian Bach [93:55]: "If you want to hear the sound of cool, if you want to hear the sound of the late '70s, if you want to hear the sound of a combination of heroin and cocaine and booze... Aerosmith Rocks says it all. It rocks. If you want to rock, listen to Aerosmith Rocks."

Conclusion

Episode 176 of The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers offers a comprehensive and heartfelt exploration of Aerosmith's Rocks album through the eyes of Sebastian Bach. From personal anecdotes and behind-the-scenes stories to discussions on the album's legacy and influence, this episode is a must-listen for fans of Aerosmith, Skid Row, and rock music history.

Notable Quotes:

• Sebastian Bach [07:18]: "And I put on Aerosmith Rocks and sang 'Home Tonight' for Slash sitting on his couch. He just loved it. That's a very great memory."

• Sebastian Bach [19:41]: "We opened up the whole Pump tour, and then they played Toronto. That's where my family's from. And Steven Tyler calls me on the phone. He goes, 'What are you doing?' I go, 'I'm hanging out in Toronto.' He wanted me to come down and warm up with him."

• Sebastian Bach [51:24]: "Brad Whitford wrote 'Kings and Queens' off Draw the Line. He brought some really heavy riffs to Aerosmith for sure."

• Sebastian Bach [75:35]: "When MTV added 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,' that was the moment I saw everything changing."

• Sebastian Bach [38:32]: "My dad is an artist and he painted pictures his whole life. He would whistle while he painted, all out of key, like a messed-up bird or something. He was happy, and if he was whistling and painting, everything was fine."

• Sebastian Bach [93:55]: "If you want to hear the sound of cool, if you want to hear the sound of the late '70s, if you want to hear the sound of a combination of heroin and cocaine and booze... Aerosmith Rocks says it all. It rocks. If you want to rock, listen to Aerosmith Rocks."

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Transcript

[Josh Adam Myers]

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[Sebastian Bach]

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[Josh Adam Myers]

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[Sebastian Bach]

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[Josh Adam Myers]

Talking the 500 until the end with my man JM on the 500 talking.

[Sebastian Bach]

The 500 until the end that is.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Back in the saddles by Aerosmith from the 1976 record Rocks. It's also number 176 out of 500 on the 500 with Josh. Adam Myers. What is up? I am sick so I'm doing this very quickly. Thank you for joining us to the only podcast that is going through Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums. I'm like out of it, dude. I have been in bed all day. Bad cough, bad cold. But I'm on the road. First week of February, I'll be at Comics Roadhouse. Then I'll be at Punchline Atlanta. Then I'll be at Reno, Nevada and then I'll be in Dallas. Tickets@josh adams.com. if they're not there yet, just send me a DM and I'll set you guys up subscribe to the Patreon full episodes on YouTube every Thursday. Get it a day early by signing up for the Patreon for $5 a month. If you want to rep the 500 at your next concert or show, $25 a month will get you cool merch. So go to patreon.com backslash the 500 podcast. Enjoying the fleece army at Josh Adam Myers on all social media Josh Adam Myers.com Yep, dude at the 500 podcast. The 500 podcast calm. Our guest today, Sebastian Bach, legend, lead singer of Skid Row, solo artist you might know from Gilmore Girls. Or right now he's on Worst Cooks in America. He is a trip rate review and most importantly, subscribe to the 500 listen free on all platforms or any way you get your pods. Follow me at Josh Adam Myers on all social media. Follow the podcast at the 500 podcast. Email the [e-mail] Follow the Facebook group I'm a Crazy Oven. And for all things 500, go to the website the500podcast.com. All right, y'all. 176 with Aerosmith rocks. Like, I'm. I'm stoked. I'm stoked.

[Sebastian Bach]

That was good. It's rock and roll.

[Josh Adam Myers]

It is rock and roll. Yeah. They didn't fucking do it live. We'll do it live. We'll do it live. This is Sebastian. I have to say this, and, and I mean this, man. Like, we've been doing this podcast for six and a half years now. I've been doing this six and a half years. And when I get someone, that is one of the reasons I do what I do. And not just in stand up, but it's like with music and everything, it's like. You are probably one of my favorite front men of all time. And. And for you to come on and talk about this incredible record is the coolest ever, dude. So thank you for coming on.

[Sebastian Bach]

No problem. Thanks for having me. I'm in Phoenix, Arizona right now finishing my seventh video for my new record.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Nice.

[Sebastian Bach]

And this is the battle. This is the ballad. And we've been working on this video for months. And every song we put out has been a banger, a metal. Total of metal. But this is the Patty Dropper.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah, dude. Yeah, dude. That's what I'm doing. My. My cousin. No, I totally. I feel like anything you do is a panty dropper. My cousin, back when. Back when, like when Skid Rows first record came out, you could have done anything you wanted to. My cousin. My cousin Lori loved you. She would have. She. I mean, she probably attacked you at a show to, like, just touch you because she was so obsessed with you. And. And to know that, like, you know, it's the. The journey that you've had and stuff and. And keep. Now you're on your seventh record, which is your seventh vid. You said seventh video or seventh record.

[Sebastian Bach]

Seventh video from this record.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Wow. What is. What's the. What's the. Well, I was gonna say, what's influenced you on this? What's influenced you on this record? Like, what. What. What are you listening to? What is the musical vibe of this new record?

[Sebastian Bach]

Well, I mean, we're talking about Aerosmith Rocks. And. Are we doing the interview now?

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah, we're in it, brother. We are in it. We are in it.

[Sebastian Bach]

Well, I just looked at the song listings on Rocks Again before I did this interview, and the song Home Tonight, which is the last song on Rocks now it's time to say good night to you. That song, I Got Chills in My Arm.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah, dig it.

[Sebastian Bach]

That vocal Stephen Tyler does in the song Home Tonight, very, very similar to the song we're doing right now. I mean, I learned how to sing a lot of it by singing along to Aerosmith Records. And I can remember I lived at slash's house for two or three weeks, believe it or not, in, like, the year 1990. It was like my John Lennon May pang last weekend.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah, dude.

[Sebastian Bach]

Out in LA doing who the Knows what. And I lived at Slash's house. And this is when we were all partying. We were. We were not just trying to sound like Aerosmith, we were trying to live like the Toxic Twins. And I can remember waking up, like, after not even hardly sleeping and, you know, drinking coffee and doing other things, and I had to get my voice going for a gig. And so it was like, noon. Slash was sitting on the couch with his pet leopard. Like, he had, like, a tiger. I was sitting on his couch one day and I feel this fur on my skin, and I try to go, what the. And Slash, it's a tiny baby tiger walking around this house. No joke. So I put on Aerosmith Rocks.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Love it.

[Sebastian Bach]

And I sang the song Home Tonight for Slash sitting on his couch, and I'm drinking coffee. And he just. He loved it. And it's a very great memory. Like, you know, it was. My only audience was Slash, and I sang the out of that song two or three times for him. But if you're asking me my influences for this record. Yeah, on my new record, I Would say, aerosmith rocks.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I love it. Hey, man, I'll take it. And that you're. You're on brand right now. And the quote I have in front of me, I have how important this record is. You have. Kurt Cobain says it's one of his favorite records of all time. You know, you have Motley Cruz, Nikki Six saying he mentions him constantly. This record in the Heroin Diaries, James Hetfield, it's just one of the most important influences on his music. And then Slash right here, it says this album changed his life. And what's so funny for me, because I'm 45, so I got. I got Pump first. I got. No. I got Permanent Vacation first, you know.

[Sebastian Bach]

Hey, who. Who. Who opened the whole Pump tour?

[Josh Adam Myers]

You guys? Yeah. Dude. Dude, this better be Sebastian. This. I want. I want the inside scoop. I want. I want you. I don't want to read any of my facts, bro. I got questions for you. We're gonna go through the songs, but I want you to lead this, man, because you're a rock star. You've lived the rock star life. You know these guys. You know, I. I'm. I'm so bummed that I didn't even get to see him live. I was so excited to go on this tour. I'm friends with Bill Burr, and he did the announcement, and I was. I was like, going to be there. And it's. It's, you know, you know, some from dealing with a singer with two singers talking, you know, how important our voice is, and for. For Stephen to not be able to perform anymore. And it's just. It's such a bummer because he arguably has one of the best rock and roll voices of all time, and so. Go ahead.

[Sebastian Bach]

Well, you know, I don't. I don't know. Like, I find it hard to understand or hard to believe that Steven Tyler. Can't say. Like, I. I mean, but I don't know. I have no idea what I'm talking about.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Sure.

[Sebastian Bach]

I'm not his age, but, you know, I don't know. All this legal stuff that he was going through, like, that. That's when he disappeared, like, from me following him. I mean, I don't know what's going on. Yeah, but. But I just find it hard. Like when a guy like Steve Perry of Journey or a guy like Steven Tile says, I can't sing anymore. I don't understand. I don't understand. Because it was the same throne, but I don't know what I'm talking about. I'm not either of those Guys. Yeah, of course. You know, I just. That is so sad for me to think of that. My brain wants to say that can't be. That cannot. That can't be. You know.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

Because I love Steven Tyler's voice. And it's gotta fucking kill him, personally and emotionally, because that's who he is. That's his voice. That's. That's like his, you know, his instrument, his body part, that, that, that, you know, like. I mean, I don't. I can't imagine, you know, like. Like Huey Lewis. He says he can't go on stage anymore. These guys, you know, you get old and. And the body doesn't work the same way it used to. Like, knock on wood. I'm. I'm. I'm a lucky guy. But then again, I'm 56. And. What is Stephen, like, 70?

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah, he's, he's, He's. He's a lot older than you. And. And I mean, you know, look, you do drugs the way that they did, and, and, you know, the fact that we got a whole nother chapter out of that band is amazing. And, and, and. Good God. I mean, like, you talk about a third act. Like, you know, my. I always love. And me and Jeremiah, the guy up in the corner with the weird man Bunny, who's probably in some. I don't even know where the you are right now. Hawaii or Brazil or. But either. We always. We always like to say who's the great American rock band who. Because when you think of it, in England you go, ah, it could be Led Zeppelin, it could be the Beatles, it could be Rolling Stones, it could be Pink Floyd. But in America, who are they? And I think there's a strong case for it being Aerosmith because. Well, go ahead.

[Sebastian Bach]

I think that Aerosmith is the East Coast, America's best rock band. And I would say Van Halen is the West Coast.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Sure.

[Sebastian Bach]

Because to me, Aerosmith very much has the Boston sensibility. Like, you know, how can they not? That's where they're from and that's where they started. And Van Halen is like la, California, you know. So I think between Aerosmith and Van Halen, those are the two American top bands completely. Kiss, to me, is. Is my top band because of my childhood. But I know that they're, you know, freaky cartoon rock band, but.

[Josh Adam Myers]

So I think Aerosmith is more like down home Americana.

[Sebastian Bach]

I don't know if you saw. I don't know if you saw the tour that Aerosmith and Kiss did together. I went to see that.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Oh, Wow.

[Sebastian Bach]

I went to see that, and I watched Kiss play in the sunlight. Okay. They were on, and the sun was still up. And I had never seen Kiss in the daytime, so their bombs and their smoke, you know, were going off. But it looked. It looked like. I don't know what it looked like. That's supposed to be going on at nighttime. Right. It just looked. It didn't look right in the daytime, like the bombs. And. And then Aerosmith came on, and they did the song tell me what it takes to let you go.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Love it.

[Sebastian Bach]

And the ending of that song, when Stephen Tyler goes. You know that note he holds at the very end by himself?

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yep.

[Sebastian Bach]

So they build up to that note, and the band stops, and Steven Tyler nails that note and holds it, and the whole crowd just goes nuclear. And I said to myself, steven Tyler just blew away the Kiss stage show with one note. Like, it wasn't about bombs and fire and blood and smoke. It. It was Stephen hitting that note, which brought. Was worth all the pyro. It was worth all the fire. It was worth all of that. Just him standing there belting that note out. I'll never forget. I go, oh, my gosh. Like. Like, it was. It was incredible.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Is that I love Stephen. I. I don't. I don't think anybody has, you know, like, that has such a powerful voice and then also can turn, like, scatt to, like, an act. Because, dude, I do that on stage where I. I'm just like. Like, when I. And I copy him, where it's like. I mean, I. That's how I live. I live. I live in that. What is it? Is it in. You know, was it crazy? Or one of those songs where he's just, you know. Oh, desperate times, desperate times. Sitting by Doo Doo. That's. That's my life, that little bar of music.

[Sebastian Bach]

If you're talking about his scatting style, I know we're here to talk about Aerosmith rock, which we'll get.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

Record rock and a hard place. There's a song called Bolivian Ragamuffin. You ever heard that one?

[Josh Adam Myers]

I haven't, no. But I love the name.

[Sebastian Bach]

He's like, I don't know what he's doing, but he's. He's scatting up a storm.

[Josh Adam Myers]

God bless his soul. Take me. So let's. Let's get. Let's get into Aerosmith. Let's dive into you. So are you digging into them in high school? Like, is it, like, when did it start? And then, you know, tell me about. Because obviously, toys in The Attic is before this, which is, like their pop record. I don't want to call it pop, but the big one, it's got a lot of the hits. And then this is the record that everybody says there's their favorite. So you take me. You know, when did you first get into them and when did you first hear this record? And how is it, like, helped you, you know, kind of develop?

[Sebastian Bach]

Well, when I was a kid, I heard Dream on on the radio all the time when I was very young on AM radio. So that was the first exposure I had was Dream on, because it was a big radio hit. And you know, that chorus, who can. Who can deny that?

[Josh Adam Myers]

Amazing.

[Sebastian Bach]

And as far as the Aerosmith Rocks album, I have quite a few amazing stories about this record. From my perspective. Number one is that I covered Back In Saddle with Axl Rose.

[Josh Adam Myers]

God damn.

[Sebastian Bach]

On my solo record, Angel Down. It's. Go check it out. It's me and Axel going line for line back and forth in Back in the Saddle. And it's slat. It's a slamming version. And when we did it, Joey Kramer emailed me. He goes, great job, you know, incredible job. So when a guy from Aerosmith tells you that you did a good job on an Aerosmith song, that. That's a real good moment.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I can imagine.

[Sebastian Bach]

So that. That's. Yeah, that's. I want you to check out that version. Back in the Saddle and me and Axel, probably even heavier memory, the song Last Child, which to me is quintessential Aerosmith. I don't know if I said that right. Quintessential Aerosmith's Last Child. That song is so great.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah, it is.

[Sebastian Bach]

Yeah.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah, dude.

[Sebastian Bach]

When Aerosmith played the Toronto CNE Stadium with the Black Crows and Metallica, Steven Tyler asked me to come on stage and sing Last Child with him in my hometown. It's such a crazy memory. We opened up the whole Pump tour, and then they played Toronto. And I was in Toronto. That's where my family's from. And Steven Tyler calls me on the phone. He goes, what are you doing? And I go, I'm hanging out in Toronto. He goes, he wanted me to come down to the CNA and warm up with him. So I drove my car down to the cne and Joe Perry and Steven Tyler said, let's go warm up. And me, us three guys got into, like, a little room backstage and did fucking scales together. Like, I can't even believe I'm telling you this.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I love this.

[Sebastian Bach]

I warmed up vocals with them. And then he goes, we got a hometown boy right here, Sebastian Bach. And I come out of my hometown and sang Last Child with Stephen Tyler. And the story is Lars Ulrich filmed it. And he told me back then he goes, I got it all on video, man. This was 1990. It's 25 years ago. No, 35 years ago.

[Josh Adam Myers]

35. Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

And Lars, you still haven't given me the copy of.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah, Lars. What the fuck? Can you imagine this out size of that camera?

[Sebastian Bach]

I'll give it to you. 35 years. Lars. Can I please see it?

[Josh Adam Myers]

I'd love to see how. How. So, so you might. So it sounds like. Sounds like you guys were. Were good buddies. I mean, was it, you know, because obviously Skid Row and you guys were. Were.

[Sebastian Bach]

Were.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Were doing well at the time. Was it them that personally asked you to. To open? Or was it like a management or. Or a record label thing?

[Sebastian Bach]

Well, we were really, really hot in 1990. We were, you know, top of the charts and.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

Songs. I. I remember you was huge right then.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Oh, man.

[Sebastian Bach]

And 18 in life and all that life.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

The. The Aerosmith tour was the first tour that Skid Row did where we got paid good. I remember that. I know. I know. What? We got a night. I don't know if that's. If I should say shit.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Like. I mean, I would say it. I would love to hear it, just to know because what. Fuck it.

[Sebastian Bach]

Who cares?

[Josh Adam Myers]

It.

[Sebastian Bach]

Dude, this was nice in 90. This was 1990. And I'll never forget that. We went from, you know, opening for Bon Jovi.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Wow.

[Sebastian Bach]

Then we opened for Motley Crue. We opened up the Dr. Feelgood tour in Europe. Then we did Aerosmith. And on the aerosmith, we got 15 grand a night, which for us at the time in 1990, we were like, this is. This is great.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

So. I don't know if I say that, but I just did say it. So that's what we got up here. I remember going 15 grand a night. Oh, my God. You know, this was 1990.

[Josh Adam Myers]

And. And Sebastian. But Sebastian, like. But also at 1990. I mean, when you said, like, Skid Row, you guys. You guys just kicked everybody in the dick, man. It was. It was like, boom. You guys blew up. So was it like while you guys were the. Were the openers? Almost like people were probably showing up even earlier just to make sure they saw you guys because you were probably hotter than the actual headliners. No disrespect to Aerosmith, but radio is playing you. MTV loved you, you know?

[Sebastian Bach]

Yes. Yeah. I mean, that's the business we're in, you know, you're up, you're down, you're. Who knows what the fuck's going on?

[Josh Adam Myers]

Sure.

[Sebastian Bach]

But at the time, yes, we were. We were. I remember you as the number one prom song in USA Today in the year 1990. I remember sitting in a cafe reading USA Today. They said, the top prom songs of the year, we were number one. So that's a lot of slow dancing that people remember, you know. But Aerosmith took us under their wing. And there's a funny thing I read the drummer of the Black Crows, Steve Gorman.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

Wrote a book, Hard to Handle.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah, he did.

[Sebastian Bach]

And he goes, yes, we. We went on Aerosmith. And Joe Perry didn't. Didn't really want us on there because he thought Skid Row knew how to put on a really good show. And I'm like, Steve Gorman, I like your book because that's true.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yes.

[Sebastian Bach]

Joe Perry. Let's hear it. Joe Perry. He did want us to. On there. He didn't want us to leave.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I love that.

[Sebastian Bach]

Was nice of the drummer of the Black Crows to mention that in his book. And then Joe Perry says in his book, he goes, sebastian, we had Skid roll out. And Sebastian was living the rock lifestyle. And I certainly was definitely living it up. But for him to mention me in his book was incredible. And I can remember I used to play on that tour. I would play heavy metal music CDs in our room before we went on stage. Like, I would play. I was the guy that actually did play Anvil albums, really played metal on metal before Skid Row went on stage. I'm from Toronto and I know those guys. So one day, Steven Tyler walks in the dressing room and goes, smash it. He goes, what are you listening to? You know, Anvil. He's like, listen to this. And Steven Tyler bought me Muddy Waters hard again.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Whoa.

[Sebastian Bach]

I'm a man I'm a man's man I'm a man. He wanted me to play Muddy Waters instead of Anvil. Gee, I wonder why. So then he started hearing me play Muddy Waters out of the Skid Row room and appreciated that. Yeah.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Let me. Let me ask you a question about before. I want to dive into some of these songs, but I want to. I wonder why when you people talk about Aerosmith and they talk about the first half so we're not talking about the later stuff that they did, you know, it's. Whereas Toys in the Attic, the album before this, has all the hits, you know.

[Sebastian Bach]

Yeah.

[Josh Adam Myers]

And not saying that this one doesn't but when they talk about what is pure Aerosmith, this is the record. Why do you think they love this record more than Toys in the Attic?

[Sebastian Bach]

Well, I can. I can answer you by telling you my. My personal all time favorite Aerosmith song is on Rocks. And you will not guess what it is. Maybe you will, but this is my favorite Aerosmith song. And I told this to Joe Perry and he stopped in his tracks and he goes, I like that song too. Can you figure out which song I'm talking about?

[Josh Adam Myers]

I'm gonna. I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go sick as a dog. Because I. I'm just taking it again. Okay, well, I was wrong. I was saying because you. I wanted to be. Because that's more of like a 60s, you know, like more of a janglier, like almost like the Birds kind of.

[Sebastian Bach]

So I love every song on this record, but there's one that I love a little more than the others and I don't know why.

[Josh Adam Myers]

What is it, buddy?

[Sebastian Bach]

That song is my favorite Aerosmith song is combination.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Really.

[Sebastian Bach]

Choices to be away. I don't know if those are the words. That's not. You know, but I took a shot to the chair that song. And all I can tell you is those harmonies, the way. The way that all fits together with those licks to me is the sound of cool. Like this song combination to me is just the ultimate cool song. Like it just makes me feel cool. I don't know. I don't like it's music.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I know what you're saying. Well, you know, it's just cool.

[Sebastian Bach]

And I told this to Joe Perry. I go, my favorite aerospace song is combination. And I believe Joe Perry wrote that.

[Josh Adam Myers]

He did. So, so I've. Here's what I've got. This is because I got a good question. I wanted to ask you about this combination rare codely duet between Stephen and Joe and it further.

[Sebastian Bach]

Wait, wait, wait. Vocal duet.

[Josh Adam Myers]

It's what I've got. I've got a co lead between with Stephen and Joe.

[Sebastian Bach]

That's. That's why he was like, I like that song.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

So there. That's Stephen and Joe singing together in that part.

[Josh Adam Myers]

It is, yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

Wow.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Isn't that rad?

[Sebastian Bach]

It's incredible. That song is so cool. That's the word. That's. It's just. You're either cool or you're not. That fucking song is beyond cool.

[Josh Adam Myers]

And I don't know what it is. And I think what I think one of the things is this is just further cements them as the updated Mick and Keith. You know, you've got.

[Sebastian Bach]

You know, I never. I. I always thought that that Rolling Stones comparison was more visual.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Sure.

[Sebastian Bach]

Than.

[Josh Adam Myers]

But.

[Sebastian Bach]

But look, because, you know, you know, Steven Tyler had those big lips looking like Mick Jagger, but to me, the Stones were more My parents band.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Right. Was your bad.

[Sebastian Bach]

And I. I love. My favorite Stones album is Black and Blue by like, by far. Like, to me, that's the best Stones album. I don't even think the Stones really like that one, but that's my favorite hot stuff. Fool to cry. Hey, Negrita. That's. That. That album is amazing.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Well, let me ask.

[Sebastian Bach]

But Aerosmith's more. Definitely more hard rock, you know, like, for sure. Back in the Saddle. Back. You know, Back in the Saddle to me. Verges on metal. Like, as far as beating your head in with a heavy riff.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Totally. Before we. I want to stay on Combination for a second because I want to talk about that. That. That duo, the. With the, you know, like I said, the Stephen and Joe, the Mick and Keith. Because you're such a strong lead singer and frontman, did you ever feel or want that Nick and Keith dynamic in any of your projects? Because many singers seem to enjoy that perceived, you know, camaraderie like the Axel and Slash come to mind.

[Sebastian Bach]

Absolutely. I have a new bass player in my band. His name is Fede Delfino, and he's the only guy I've ever been in a band with that can sing like Sebastian Bach. Whoa. This is one talented mother trucker. Okay.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah, take it.

[Sebastian Bach]

But I'm just saying, he. We live in a world now that most bands use backing tapes in their show. I do not. I do not have a click track. For me, the click track is the crowd. I don't have any tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick. We don't. We don't do that in my band. Maybe we should, but we don't. So when you're saying, would you like to have that singer a guy. Of course I would like to have a guy helping you sing.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

Because Skin Rope, the music I recorded. I don't really look at recording records as the same thing as doing a live show. I look at a live show as kind of an athletic event. Sure. Stamina and, you know, giving every ounce of energy. But making a record is more of a insular, kind of personal thing to me. So my only option if I wanted to do it perfectly like the record is to do what everybody else is doing and have tapes rolling. But I would hate myself. I'd be, how do you know if you had a good gig? I know it's the same fucking. How do you know? Like, oh, that was a great. Same as last night. So I would love to have a guy help me sing, and I do now this, my bass player, Fede. But, but singing is not for wimps. If you're, if you're selling tickets to a show, you better sing.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah. You know, so the song combination is obviously a drug song, but allegedly, it's specifically about.

[Sebastian Bach]

Yeah, I didn't even know. Sorry, sorry. I didn't even know that. Why is, why is it a drug song?

[Josh Adam Myers]

Because it's about the death of their dealer. I, I had no crazy. Yeah, I know.

[Sebastian Bach]

Tell me about this.

[Josh Adam Myers]

So, well, this is just all I have. It's just about the death of the deal. Let me see if I have a little bit more here. This is what I got from my writer, Morty. Is there any more on the sheet? Because I'm not looking at that. I was looking at my other notes. So it says Joe Perry wrote this song, Aerosmith. He sang the song about heroin, cocaine, and me with money coming in. Thanks to the band's newfound success, Perry could afford the luxuries, designer suits, blah, blah, blah. And, and yeah. So this is, this is about basically the death of his dealer. I wanted, I wanted to ask you, because the combination of drugs and rock and roll almost took these guys out like too many stars in rock and roll history. How did you avoid that combination?

[Sebastian Bach]

Why do you think I did?

[Josh Adam Myers]

You're here, you still sound great. You're still rocking. I mean, well, I mean, you talk.

[Sebastian Bach]

About these guys that did all these drugs, they all look amazing for their age. They all look great. Like, they all, like, Joe Perry looks great. Give me some heroin, man.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I'm just joking.

[Sebastian Bach]

I'm just joking. So you're telling me that the title combination refers to a combination of drugs?

[Josh Adam Myers]

That's what that is, I think so. This is just what I got from the notes that I spoke with, with my writer, Morty, is that.

[Sebastian Bach]

I wondered what, what combination? Like, what a weird title, but I like it.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Oh, it's, it's great. But I, so, But, you know, but you bet. You've lived that rock and roll lifestyle. It just, it just doesn't ever, you know, it never. How did you avoid it? Like, consuming you. Because I know you get caught up.

[Sebastian Bach]

I, I, you know, we were partying on the Aerosmith tour, and that was kind of awkward because on that tour they had the Arrow Cops. They had three Police, like police officers that were on the road with them. I became friends with all of them. We were buddies, and they were there to keep drugs away from Stephen and Joe and I would smoke a joint in my dressing room. And one day the Aerocops come in the room and they go, it's coming through the fence. It's going right into Steven's dressing room.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Wow.

[Sebastian Bach]

So I say, better. I better stop smoking this right now.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Hilarious.

[Sebastian Bach]

But when we played the LA Farm, opening up for Aerosmith is the night I met David Lee Roth and the night I met Axl Rose. They both. We. I think we did four nights at the Forum, and one night there's a knock on the door. Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. Open the door, and it's dangerously. Rockley puts his head on a dress and goes, hey, what are you guys doing, man? I go, dave, come on in, man. You want to roll a joint? And Dave puts his hand on my arm and goes, sebastian, you do the honors.

[Josh Adam Myers]

That's Brad.

[Sebastian Bach]

And then Axel comes in my room, and I have never met him. And we just. And he's like, hey, man, you know? And Axl was doing Train. Kept a rolling that night with Aerosmith, and he didn't know the words. And I had the cd. So we sat down, me and Axel, and got the words out. Perfect for him. And then he went out and destroyed the stage with Aerosmith to make it. This is crazy. Also at that show was Rick Rubin. And Rick Rubin. See, we had the party. Skid Row. Aerosmith was not partying. So at the Forum, our dressing room was packed with people with David Lee, Rob, Axl Rose, Rick Rubin. So Rick Rubin brought me an Axel to the Rainbow after the show, and we met David Lee Roth. And we all sat at a table after the Aerosmith show. Me, Dave, Axel, and Rick Rubin, and had a great party. And there's more stories about that, but it's not about Aerosmiths. But that was the scene at the Aerosmith show. You know, it was. Everybody was there, everybody wanted to be there. And I can't believe that they're not playing anymore.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I know. It's heartbreaking. Talk back in the saddle. Because this is the opening track. There's a couple tracks I really want to dig into. This is so epic that it became and remained probably their most played opening song, which, I mean, what a incredible way to open the record that. With this. And while a lot of rockers remain one. Trick Ponies. You've ridden so many horses in your career, Sebastian. I mean, from Broadway to the big screen with the trailer park boys, to the small screen with the Gilmore Girls and numerous hosting real and competition shows. Yet you've never turned your back on rocking. Where did that work ethic come from?

[Sebastian Bach]

Well, that's a heavy question. Well, my dad is an artist and he painted pictures his whole life and I just watched him. And he would whistle while he painted all out of key like, like a fucked up bird or something.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

And that's all I knew. He was happy and he was. If he was whistling and painting, he was dad, everything was fine. And I just watched him. He loved painting so much that nothing else mattered to him. Like if he was proud of a painting that he did, that's all he cared about. And I, and I said I'm gonna live like that. And what I love is music and rock and roll. And that's so I, I mean my dad never worked a day in his life because for him creating art wasn't working. I don't consider rock and roll. It's the. To me, it's the most important thing other than my family because it inspires me to live the best life I can live. I mean it's. Rock and roll makes me do hot yield. Rock and roll makes me eat as correctly as I can.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

Rock and roll makes me drink lots of water. Like, like I wouldn't get. If I worked at the tobas. I wouldn't probably be doing hot yoga and maybe I would. But it's rock and roll that makes me want to, you know, be Sebastian. That's, that's all the only way you can put it. And you know, music has a life of its own. And creating a catalog of music like Aerosmith, that'll never die, it's a form of immortality. And I, I was a little kid, I worshiped. I read comic books when I was a little boy in the 70s in Canada. And I believed these comics. I believed Superman and Spider man and Hulk and like I was a little kid. But I, you know, all these cliche like, like I always think there's a right way to do things in a wrong way. And I think that comes from comic books. And like a band like Aerosmith has given us such a catalog of music that will always be part of our lives. And you say, where does that work ethic come from? I consider myself so lucky to be able to do this.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I. Yeah. And especially it's a gift.

[Sebastian Bach]

Especially after the pandemic. Before the pandemic, I was, I hated traveling. I didn't want to get On a plane. I didn't want to get on a bus. I didn't. I was like, fuck this plane. You know, fuck this shit. I was. I was like. I had done it so much. I was. Took it for granted. Yeah, I really did. Traveling and being on the road because I've been doing my whole life when I couldn't do it.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Oh, yeah. Oh, I know, man. Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

And I was sitting in my house, I said to myself, mother trucker, if you ever get to rock again, you better enjoy.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah, enjoy every second, every morsel of it. What you get to do is a gift to entertain those people. To use your God given instrument, which is. It just brought so much joy to so many people. Sebastian. I'm the same way with comedy. I stopped giving, you know, not talk about me, but it's like, dude, if. If you didn't come back from the pandemic, appreciating being out and even just going to a concert, being in a room and just feeling the music with. With two 20,000 strangers that feel like family, then you shouldn't be alive.

[Sebastian Bach]

I even get excited now about being in the airport security.

[Josh Adam Myers]

No, you don't. No one does, dude. No one does.

[Sebastian Bach]

But I'm like, I'm going on a plane.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Okay.

[Sebastian Bach]

I'm going here. I. I'm like a little child excited just to do normal things. And it hasn't worn off yet.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Good, good. It shouldn't.

[Sebastian Bach]

Now, I consider us very lucky to be able to create rock and roll.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Like, very lucky completely. I have another thing I want to ask you because this is always something funny about this. So Joe Perry has said he wrote the lick for Back in the Saddle on a Fender Bass six guitar after being inspired by Fleetwood Max, Peter Green while way too high on heroin. And for the. I know. And for those that don't know, the Fender Bass 6 is a six string bass guitar that is an octave lower than a standard guitar, so it could be played with more chordal articulation instead of standard four string bass. John Lennon and George Harrison often played it on the Beatles records when Paul was on piano and also in Spinal Tap. And I might make sure, if I get this right, the rare seafoam green Fender bass 6 is the guitar that Nigel Tufnell says, don't even look at it. It's the one he's like, don't even look at it. I wanted to ask you, being a rock star, having traveled, having performed all over, what is your most Spinal Tap moment? What is yours? You've got to have one I have.

[Sebastian Bach]

More than one good. The first one that comes into my brain is. I think we were opening for Aerosmith. And the first song, I would always run out and run to the mic, right? And I don't know why, but this show, the lights go down, I run out and I run right off the fucking stage.

[Josh Adam Myers]

No.

[Sebastian Bach]

Like, I didn't. I didn't see where the end of the stage was. And I was running and I went. And then I. In the pit, like, I'm lucky I didn't myself up.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

And the band looks at me, they go, what are you doing down there?

[Josh Adam Myers]

Like.

[Sebastian Bach]

And then I gotta get myself back up.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Hey. Hilarious. That is. But, hey. That you're. You were fine. And I always say, when you up, it sometimes is better to have the story. The story's better. Like, I almost had a threesome, but it up. And I'm like, the story of not getting the threesome is way funnier than having the threesome. Let's talk. Go ahead.

[Sebastian Bach]

Yeah, sorry, I'll go ahead.

[Josh Adam Myers]

No, I was good. Let's talk. I want to get through a couple of these songs. I got great questions I want to ask you because I'm just. Dude, like I said, I'm a fan.

[Sebastian Bach]

Oh, wait, wait. Sorry. You're talking about that guitar that's an octave lower.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

You see, when I think of the song Back in the Saddle, I think of Steven Tyler's scream that he hits over. Oh, the High. You know, back holding that scream over and over and over again. That's about as high as I can fucking scream. If you listen to my record where I do it, I can't really go any higher than Back of the Saddle. But I think that if they would have done that song on a normal guitar.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

Which is higher up. I don't think Tyler could. You know, I don't think he could scream any higher than that. So I think that playing that guitar lower allowed him to.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I. You know what Scream? I think of you. When I think of you. I think. I think the scream that you do at the beginning of. Of not Slave to the Grind. Monkey business.

[Sebastian Bach]

Monkey business.

[Josh Adam Myers]

God damn, dude. It was. It was cool. It was cool.

[Sebastian Bach]

We had.

[Josh Adam Myers]

And you might know him, we had Kim Thale from Sound Garden on. And. Yeah. And I asked him, I was like, what were you guys like when they. When he would play sing Slave Slaves and Bulldozers and hit that note, like, you know, did you guys know that you got something special? And he was like that. It was just. It was just Chris that was, you know, he was like, guys, you can sing. Hi. And you're like, what? It's like there's, there's high and then there's, you know, monkey business. High, dude. Like, it's, it's, it's rad, man. I just re listened to that record. What a great song, man.

[Sebastian Bach]

I'm glad you dig it.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Oh, dude.

[Sebastian Bach]

It's very, very Aerosmith influenced that song.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I hear it. I definitely hear it. I definitely hear it. Hey, everybody. So you guys have probably heard me talk about how I've been in bands my whole life. I love writing songs and performing in front of crowds. Just like with comedy. As a musician, it can be kind of hard to cut through the noise and really stand out as an artist. I feel like half the music projects I've been in have ended just because we couldn't figure out the answer to that eternal question of how do we get people to hear us? But then again, that was before there was Distrokid. Distrokid is a digital music distribution service that brings your sound to the masses. It's a one stop shop for getting your songs on itunes, Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon, Deezer, Tidal, and many more. What's Deezer? I never even heard of Deezer. How many of them are there? I know all that. That's like the holy grail of streaming services though. And, and getting paid. They want to. We want to get you paid for your music. That's huge because a lot of bands go broke before they get big. But Distrokid collects earnings and payments and sends 100% of these earnings to artists minus banking fees and applicable taxes. And that's just one of the tons of benefits of using Distrokid. You can send big files to anyone with their instant Share feature. You can use the Hyper Follow feature to promote your release and get pre saves on your song. You can even create personal landing pages for yourself, your band, your brand, and whatever you like. It has a free Spotify Canvas generator too, to generate your own Spotify Canvas for your songs. And the Mixia feature instantly masters your tracks for higher quality audio. So if you're ready to bring your band to the next level, it's time to check out Distrokid. The Distrokid app is now available on iOS and Android. Go to the app or Play Store to download it. Listeners of this show can get 30% off their first year by going to distrokid.com VIP the 500 that's distrokid.com VIP the500 for 30% off your first year. Dig it. I don't think it overstates things to say that the Beatles were the greatest gift to entertainment and culture of our time. A secular religion, if you will, with their universal appeal and demonstrable impact on people's lives. I'm Robert Rodriguez, host of Something about the Beatles. With every episode, I speak with historians, musicians, artists, and Beatle witnesses, all in the service of fresh insights into the most joyous cultural entity the world has ever known. I hope you'll join me and listen to Something about the Beatles now at Evergreen and wherever you get your podcasts. All right, let's talk. Let's talk a little bit about Last Child. So this one was first written by Brad Whitford. Thoughts on it? Anything you want to add about Lost Child? Before I get to your question?

[Sebastian Bach]

Last Child is like my favorite kind of metal song, which is a song that starts sweet and innocent and beautiful and pretty and then kicks you in the nuts as hard as you can go. And just the beginning of Last Child.

[Josh Adam Myers]

This is probably Sebastian. This is probably like you and I, you and I podcasting together. It's. It's 80% of us just going. Now you go.

[Sebastian Bach]

You got. You gotta. You gotta give it up for Joey Kramer on the drum.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Sure.

[Sebastian Bach]

Like the grooves on this album. Aerosmith rocks. Yeah. You know, a rock band is only as good as the drummer, and the grooves on this album are just badass, for lack of a better term. That's a technical term, but I think.

[Josh Adam Myers]

You know, I think. I think. I think we got it. When you. When you talk about it, this is like. Brad Whitford is probably the most overlooked in Aerosmith history. And. And despite his indelible contribution to their sound and songs, I mean, I think he gets overshadowed in that Mick Keith thing that we were talking about with Stephen and Joe, where they have some real. You know, he has some real unsung hero moments. To more casual fans. He's kind of like. He's kind of like. Not to cut you off, but he's kind of like Izzy straddling to Guns N Roses, where we always think of Slash, we always think of Axel, we think of Duff. But Izzy, I mean, Izzy was a huge part of Appetite.

[Sebastian Bach]

Well, Brad Whitford wrote Is Round and Round on Rocks.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Let me double check. Jared, can you. You check my computer's being stupid?

[Sebastian Bach]

No, no. Oh, that's on Toys in the Act. Yes, I know. Brad Rifford wrote Round and Round, and he also wrote Kings and Queens off of Draw the Line. And I think those are two of the heaviest Aerosmith record songs. So Brad. Brad brought some really heavy riffs to Aerosmith for sure.

[Josh Adam Myers]

So if. So let me ask you this. So if Brad is the unsung hero for Aerosmith, who's. Who's an unsung hero in. In your life? Who's someone that, you know, you look up to or. Or has helped you or just like that. We might not know or that we might know.

[Sebastian Bach]

Someone that I look up to that's helped me, babe. My wife.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Good answer. Good answer, dude.

[Sebastian Bach]

She goes, you don't look up to me. I look up to you.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Aren't you, like, six, five? Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

Somebody that I look up to that's helped me. Somebody that I've looked. That's a. I. I might have to come back to that one.

[Josh Adam Myers]

We can come back to it. Let's. Let's dig into. Let's dig into Sick as a Dog. Let's talk about that. Written by bassist Tom. Tom Hamilton with Stephen. This has. This was inspired by the jangly sound of the sixties folk rock pioneers the Birds, and specifically their version of Bob Dylan's Mr. Timber, Tambourine Man. Tom played guitar. Yeah, Tom played guitar on it, while Joe played bass for the first half. Then Stephen took over the bass when Joe switched to guitar for the second half. And they did that all live in one take. If I'm not mistaken. Morty had told me that they. They had a traveling studio with them when they made this record. Yeah, they were doing this. You know, I. I'm almost positive I don't want to talk out of my ass to make sure, but. But yeah, I. I'm. I'm pretty sure that they were. They were doing this, like, you know, outside of gigs. They were playing this. Yeah, here it is, man. Walked his way mobile recording truck into the rehearsal space named the Warehouse W H E R e House. And they were like, let fly. And we were living the high life. Not because this is the last album before the drugs started really, really taking over. So I wanted to ask you, talking about all that stuff, what. What's your most unlikely inspiration?

[Sebastian Bach]

Unlikely inspiration?

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah, we like to do that. We like to do the unsung. The on on put on before everything on this podcast.

[Sebastian Bach]

My most unlikely inspiration would probably be yacht rock.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Fucking yes, dude. Fucking yes.

[Sebastian Bach]

I listen to yacht rock more than I would care to admit. I even listened to the Yacht Rock Deep Cuts channel, which is where I discovered a band called Airplay, which has a song nothing you can do about it, which was David Foster's band in the 70s. And this song is so great. Like, check it out. Airplay.

[Josh Adam Myers]

You know, it's funny. You know, it's funny to get to. Because it's going to put it together is. I know that you've done. You did a shout out happy birthday video for my good friend Bill Burr, because he was awesome, by the way. Dude. And he loved it. And I was kind of bummed that you don't live in LA because we're doing a show. Well, he's. I do a show where comedians do a song after they're set. And I was like, damn, dude, I would love for you to come by on Sunday and do a fucking duet with Burr. Him on drums and you singing.

[Sebastian Bach]

I'm not that far from la.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I mean, if I. I'm in Vegas. Let me. Let me. Let me talk to Bill and if this would be this Sunday at the store. So I'll talk to Bill if he can do it. Yeah, dude. Him on drums and you singing the Comedy Store.

[Sebastian Bach]

Okay, so we'll talk.

[Josh Adam Myers]

We'll. We'll talk about it. Well, I'll make sure we exchange. But that's not what I wanted to get to. What I wanted to get to was Bird did the show last month and we did Ambrosia. We did. Yeah, we did. What is it? Oh, God damn. Why can't I think of this song the best? Was it the best of me? Oh, my God. We murdered it. God darn it. I want to get it right. Why do you love yacht rock? Why is it? I'm just curious.

[Sebastian Bach]

The vocals.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

The harmonies. The way they. The production. The fucking production. Like, when I listen to total 99, I can't take it no more. I love the sound of the production. I love the way the vocals are in luxurious studios. Chest hairs. The way that guy talks makes me laugh. Laugh my head off. I don't know who that guy is. He is so hilarious. Ew. Hard rock, I don't think. But I love. I love all that. So I love. You know, when I listen to Steven Tyler sing, one of the things I love about it is that he can go dirty, dirty, dirty. Like, what is it? Sick as a dog. What's your story? As sick as a dog. Cat got your tongue? Like, he can sing dirty, but then he can sing clean and pure. Now it's time. I mean, he really can clean and pure to dirty. And I love that. I love that I try to do that. I. So Steven Tyler doesn't just have One voice. He has many voices, you know, And I love that about his voice.

[Josh Adam Myers]

He really does. He really does. All right, let's dig into Rats in the Cellar. Yeah, dude. This has been called a companion song into Toys in the Attic, the title track of the previous record. It was originally started as a song called Tit for Tat. Thoughts on Rats in the Cellar. Let me see if we got any good facts about it, but why don't you tell me what you think about it?

[Sebastian Bach]

I used to open in my band, Kid Wicked when I was a teenager. We opened with Rats in the Cellar in my band, as in a cover band. And it's just. It's just balls out. It's a great song to come out on stage to and run off the lip of the stage into the pit.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

Going down the Ratchet. It's just. It's New York City Blues. All that and the harmony, it's just straight up in your face. You rock and roll like it's badass. You know, you can tell they were partying, making this music. It sounds like this sounds like a party. Yeah, sounds like a party.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Sebastian. So this is basically when things were falling apart. This was basically what they were saying. This is like their. They were being careless. The sanity was fading away. And you. I think you can hear it in the song. I mean, they. Like I said, they kept it together, this record, but this is the one, you know, I want to ask.

[Sebastian Bach]

Yeah, I just realized you said this was a companion piece to Toys in the Attic. Think of the title. Toys in the Attic.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Rats in the Cellar. There you go. There you go.

[Sebastian Bach]

I just realize that today.

[Josh Adam Myers]

So this is a funny question. This is a funny question because I, I. And I gotta know. And, and you know, without giving as much detail or less detail you want. And I have to ask, when we're talking about the excessiveness of the 80s rock scene that we've all heard about, that is in decline of the Western civilization. And so many documentaries that we love with every band. Motley Crew, Guns N Roses, Skid Row, everybody. How many breasts do you think you signed or that were later tattooed on women? And do you still get, like, those women showing up to the shows, like, years later, like, oh, my God, sign my. I mean, is it.

[Sebastian Bach]

Yes, we get women showing up to the shows. Yes, we do.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Sorry.

[Sebastian Bach]

I have the ultimate woman. She's right.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Of course. Of course.

[Sebastian Bach]

I don't need to have a burger when I got steak in the fridge.

[Josh Adam Myers]

100%. But if you had to guess how many. How many Boobs you probably signed in your life.

[Sebastian Bach]

We do show, we do shows and all. Look out in the crowd and chicks are naked, like from, you know, tits out, fists in the air. That still happens, you know, but still happens for my band, it does, sure.

[Josh Adam Myers]

But in the, but in the 90s, like, what was it like if you really had to guess how many boobs you signed?

[Sebastian Bach]

Many, many boobs were signed.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I'm sorry, I, I'm a, I'm a, I'm still 13 years old, dude. I, like, I, I can't help it, but I. You're such a cool dude.

[Sebastian Bach]

I was like, that's not the weirdest. One time we were doing an in store in London, England, signing autographs in Skid Row, and one guy comes through the line and he wanted me to sign his Big Mac. And I go, what the fuck? He goes, come on, noble killer. He brought like a silver pen and he put the butt off. And I signed the meat in a silver pen on the Big Mac. So who knows if that still is round, but I hope so. That's the only Big Mac.

[Josh Adam Myers]

No, I don't think that's, that's, that is awesome that you signed a Big Mac. All right, let's do Licking a Promise. This is about the band's commitment to giving their audience the best show that they can give. And I have never seen them, but everything that I've heard and, and coming from you, I could tell that Aerosmith put 110% probably into every show as well as you. Like we said, you know, before, it's like, you know, you're a rocker, you, you rock. I, same with me, I, I give whether it's, you know, a five minute set or, or, or an hour or whether it's in front of 20,000 people or five people I put in the same goddamn show. Yeah. Morty had given me a question, but I, I want to ask you this. Licking a promise where I think, think I want to know when was the first moment that you knew Skid Row was, was gonna. You're like, holy. Like it's happening. Like, when did you know? When did you see the turn? Because I can imagine you, you know, I know, like, because I know the story. And tell me if it's right that, that you got linked up with the band through Jon Bon Jovi at a wedding. What was it again? Can you, can you, can you explain that just for everybody?

[Sebastian Bach]

Because there's a Rock for Talk Rock photographer named Mark Weiss who had a wedding in New Jersey and I was in A band in Detroit that he had taken pictures of. And he invited us to his wedding. And I got there, and me and Zack Wild. He wasn't named Zack Wild then, but we took over the stage from the wedding band, and we started doing Led Zeppelin and stuff. And Jon Bon Jovi's parents were at this wedding, and they called me over to their table. They go, mark said, john's parents want you to come and sit with them. And I was like, 19 years old. I was freaked out. I was a little kid. And so I go sit with Mr. Bon Jovi. And they. First thing. First thing I said to Mr. I go, what's your favorite song by your son? I was just trying to make small talk. And he was quiet for a second. He goes, never say goodbye. And I go, okay. And I go, my favorite Bon Jovi song is Let It Rock. And he's like, okay. And so we. We hung out. And his mom, Carol, they. They both told me that John's friend Dave had a band called Skid Row, and they were looking for a singer, and they couldn't find one, and they thought I would be perfect for that band. And then they sent me a tape. And, you know, they say, you know, oh, Skid Row's an overnight success. And I'm like, no, it took at least two weeks.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Wow.

[Sebastian Bach]

It wasn't overnight. No. But we got together, so when did I know? Well, I knew that the song songs sounded great, like on the Playback from recording. I. You know, listening to 18 and Life, I knew that we did the best we could do, and they sounded incredible to me. But that was before it came out. I'm sure every band thinks their album sounds incredible or why would they put it out? So I remember we played a show on the Bon Jovi tour. We played in Chicago at Rosemont Horizon. And this was about two weeks into that tour, the New Jersey tour. And. And I came out and I go, hey, man, I want to see everybody here. Stand up if you believe in rock and roll. I went like this. And for the first time, the whole arena stood up. And I went, oh, my God. I turned around and guys, oh, what the fuck is this fucking like. That was the moment that I knew we could maybe do this, when I got the whole Chicago, Rosemont. Look at the fucking chills in my head.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I love it, dude. You're giving me chills.

[Sebastian Bach]

And they all. The whole arena stood up because I told them to. That was the exact moment where I go, I can fucking. I can fucking do this, man. I can do this, if I can do this tonight, I can do it every night. So that, that was the exact moment, honestly. Thank you, Chicago.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Oh, God bless. Dude, we, I mean, I, I remember that we had, we had Mike from, from REM on and he had said that he was out in like, like in the, in South America somewhere. And they were doing something and, and there, this, they had one radio and they could hear Losing my, they were playing Losing My Religion on that little radio. And he was like, wow. It's like, that's when you knew. He was like, that was like, wow, we're huge. Or whatever now. And, and, and did you have that, like, what was there? Was there like a pinch me moment besides that? Like, that was just like, you know.

[Sebastian Bach]

Seeing my, seeing a, seeing us on the COVID of Circus magazine.

[Josh Adam Myers]

That's got to be. Yeah, dude.

[Sebastian Bach]

A center, a centerfold of me in Circus. Like, I collected Circus. I know I bought, I bought every issue of Circus magazine and Hit Parader that wasn't as good, but Circus, Metal Edge, all those rock magazines. And when I was on the COVID of Circus with a poster, my, my parents couldn't understand. They could not believe that I collected these rock magazines. And then I was on the COVID of the same magazine.

[Josh Adam Myers]

How great is that, man?

[Sebastian Bach]

That blew my mind because that's how we got our rock and roll. When I was a kid in the 70s, we never saw our favorite musicians ever move or talk. We saw them in these rock magazines, stationary, just like a picture that we know. I can remember my whole room was plastered with Kiss, Aerosmith, Van Halen posters and everything was Kiss first, actually. Elton John before Kiss. Yeah, but I was really in Elton John. But so all I had was the posters and the pictures of my heroes. And one night Kiss was going to be on Don Kirschner's rock concert at like 11 at night. And that was very late. And I asked my mom, I go, can I, can we stay up and watch this? She goes, sure. And so we stayed up and when they came on the TV screen and they're like this, I, I, I had like a mental break. I was bawling my eyes out like a little girl in Beetle Mania, like. And I go, My mom goes, honey, what's. She's laughing. Right?

[Josh Adam Myers]

Right.

[Sebastian Bach]

Jeanson is, you know, doing all these moves and walking around, like in his boots and, and I had never seen, I didn't know they moved like that. I, I, I was like 8 years old and I started crying and I couldn't breathe. And my mom goes, sebastian, what's wrong? I go, I don't know.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I didn't know.

[Sebastian Bach]

I didn't know what. Why I was. My whole brain.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

So we never saw Aerosmith do interviews or. There was no Internet. There was only Circus magazine.

[Josh Adam Myers]

And God bless it, though, Circus was everything. Metal edge.

[Sebastian Bach]

And the radio, you know, we would hear our bands on the radio with. Buy their records, but there was no, you know, Donk. Just those shows late at midnight. But those were rare back then. But, you know, dude.

[Josh Adam Myers]

So you know what I. You know what I just realized, Sebastian, which I can't believe it took me this long to realize it, is that you. You were on my television show on Comedy Central that I created. You were on. You sang with Hal Sparks. You remember? You did. You came in. You came in and. And I don't want to say saved it.

[Sebastian Bach]

Celebrity Duets.

[Josh Adam Myers]

No, it wasn't celebrity Duets. It was. It was called the. God was. The original show is called the show that hopefully you can do on Sunday, the goddamn Comedy Jam. Comedy. But on t. On Comedy Central, it was the Comedy Jam because they. They took out the goddamn. And you sang with House Sparks. You sang Shook. I think you sang Shook Me all night long with him.

[Sebastian Bach]

Oh, my God.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I know it's crazy that I just. I. Because it's like that. That was eight on seven. Seven years ago. Almost about eight.

[Sebastian Bach]

Wow.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah. Nuts, dude. What if I love it? That's either way.

[Sebastian Bach]

Hey, babe, can you tell Tony the video went off? Thank you.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Here, let's. Let's talk. We got two more songs I want to get into, then we'll do final questions. You got enough time? We got another about 50 more.

[Sebastian Bach]

Perfect.

[Josh Adam Myers]

My man, My man. All right. Nobody's fault because you were talking about. You're probably shaking the world. This one's about earthquakes. It's often considered to be the hardest rocking Erasmus song and remains one of the band's fan favorites.

[Sebastian Bach]

Is Brad Whitford a writer on this?

[Josh Adam Myers]

Let me double check. I. Let me. I think you're right. Which one are we talking about? We.

[Sebastian Bach]

I knew Brad.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yes, it is. He is. Yeah, it is.

[Sebastian Bach]

I knew when I was talking about round and round and kings and queens, I was actually thinking of this song.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Nobody's fault.

[Sebastian Bach]

This is the heaviest lot. I must be dreaming. What else could it be? Everybody's concubine Looking for the sea.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Damn it.

[Sebastian Bach]

Eyes out, Full of desire Sit fire Up in the breeze I can say you're pretty good. Everything's on fire.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Rock and roll, baby.

[Sebastian Bach]

Children of the season of the land that's it, dude. I love nobody.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I want to talk about shakeups, though. I want to ask you, you know, a crazy shakeup is when you left Skid Row after some serious rock success, how shaken up was your world? Like, what does that look like? Because I can imagine there's probably suits and business people freaking the out.

[Sebastian Bach]

It was terrible. I remember it was Christmas time and my mom and my aunt were down in New Jersey and we were out chopping wood for the fireplace in the snow. And we couldn't believe that the band broke up. Because who the fuck would break up a band that sold millions of records? I mean, to me, that's like a dream. I thought we were going to be like Rush or Aerosmith and have, you know, 15, 20 albums. That's. That's what I thought was gonna happen. Yeah, I'm still making albums.

[Josh Adam Myers]

100. Was. Was. Were the managers and the band was every. I mean, was like, the suit. There it is. It's back on. Were the suits freaking out? Like, was it. You know.

[Sebastian Bach]

You have to remember that this was in the time of grunge, when bands like Skid Row and Aerosmith were not the flavor of the month.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Sure.

[Sebastian Bach]

So you're talking about 1996. And I remember my manager, Scott McGee, he was managing Liz Fair at the time, and all of his attention was on Liz. On Liz Fair and, you know, Skid Poo. Skid what? You know, it was, like, not cool at that time. I don't blame him or anything, but where's Liz Fair right now? Sorry. No, that's probably doing great. It's probably doing. I don't. I don't know. But. But, I mean, rock and roll has a life of its own. And. And this music means a lot.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Can I ask you a question? I'd love to get. I'd love to get your. I'd love to get your opinion, because obviously music changes and society changes. What do you think might have put the nail in the. Not in the. On the coffin. I don't want to phrase it like that because I don't want to take any. Any make. Any. Make. Make. Now, I don't call it hair metal, because that's. I don't like that name. I. You know, but the rock of the 80s, what do you think was. Was it. That was the tonal shift that everybody suddenly went to, you know, to the grunge. Like, is. I mean, you could always say the new flavor of the month. Do you. I always think it's just that rock of the 80s got so big. And the stage show is like. It was almost like it. The bubble had to pop. And then it was, you know, it was like the. It was kind of, you know, so if everything's like this, it's arenas and fire in this, and then you just have guys playing guitar, you know, in flannels. And it was like. It was kind of like. Because after grunge, grunge got so big and then it became new metal and then new metal popped and then you had the Strokes, so.

[Sebastian Bach]

Right.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah. So I'm curious, what would be. What do you think that was?

[Sebastian Bach]

Well, you have to remember in those days how influential. Like in the. We're talking about the year 1991.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

90, 92. MTV pretty much called the shots. Like, really? Like, if MTV added your video into heavy rotation, there was a good chance you're gonna make it big and be popular.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

And sell lots of records like that. Just people seeing you all the time in their living room on their television set. So it worked for lots of bands. It worked for Bon Jovi. It worked for.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Work for you.

[Sebastian Bach]

Yeah.

[Josh Adam Myers]

It worked for you. Yeah. You were everywhere.

[Sebastian Bach]

And then, and then when MTV added Smells Like Teen Spirit, that exact video was. That's the moment where I saw everything changing. When that video became a heavy rotation on mtv. Smells Like Teen Spirit. That was when I saw the change.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Did everybody get it? And I don't say did everybody. But when you're talking to other rock stars, guys that your. Your contemporaries were. Were you guys kind of like, holy, you see this buzz coming out of Seattle? Or was it like these guys? Or was it like, not good for them? Rock and roll lives in a new variation now.

[Sebastian Bach]

Well, we skid Row in 1991. 92, we had just sold like 20 million albums.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah, I know.

[Sebastian Bach]

I had a house in New Jersey of three and a half acres in the woods. And it was a nice house and I had a couple ATVs. And I was exhausted. I bet in 1991. 1991, 92, I had just spent five, six years on the road. I was so tired. I was physically and mentally in 91, 92, completely exhausted. And I remember being in my big ass house in my backyard, in my acreage and everything, playing with my kids, going, I don't give a. I didn't. I was like, sure, I was. I was, I was happy to be home and, and, and going to sleep at night and, and not being on the road. So I mean, that, that's real. I know people, people say, really? Really. And I was Just so tired. I bet the only person that could understand what I'm saying is another rock musician that plays every night for years and years and years. So at the time I was like, oh, all right, you guys take over.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

I'm gonna go ride my ATV and hang out with my kids and do nothing. And. But then, of course, you know, that changed. And around 95, we put out another record, Subhuman Race. But, you know, it wasn't. It was Aerosmith too. It wasn't just my band. I mean.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I mean, it was everybody. No, it was. It was everybody.

[Sebastian Bach]

Yeah. What was the album they put out? The.

[Josh Adam Myers]

The Get a Grip.

[Sebastian Bach]

No Later. The Dimension. Music from Another Dimension or whatever.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I'd have to look music from. Because I've got. Yeah, because I remember. I remember that because they. Because Get A Grip. That was when Arrows Smith took the. Took the shift and, you know, they started incorporating other writers to help them with. With the writing. And you can see it. No, but. But, you know, but. And I know what you're saying, Sebastian. And it's completely valid. Like about. About. About, you know, the artistry and.

[Sebastian Bach]

And don't want to miss the thing.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Don't want it. Well, I mean, dude, that. That song was a goddamn everywhere. I mean. But like, look like I'm looking at some of the tracks for. On. On Permanent Vacation. And I mean, Ragdoll's got another writer. Samoria. Dude looks like a lady. They're all people from outside now. Tyler's writing, Perry's writing, Brad's writing, you know, and then you get Pump Pumps, the other big record. Another thing. They got new writers. But then you've got Get A Grip, which has got fucking. This is the record that. I think they took that shift into becoming the great American rock band. And I'm not discrediting anything. But before, because now they realize it's like dude Living on an Edge. Aerosmith song. Crying. Amazing. Crazy. Those three songs are great. They sound almost exactly the same. They're not bad.

[Sebastian Bach]

Is Eat the Rich. Eat the Rich on there.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Eat the Rich, Yeah. Eat the Rich. Yeah. And then they had nine lies. That was in 93. And then nine lives has fallen In Love is so Hard on the Knees. And Pink, which, you know, is song about which, you know, I'm not into that one. Yeah, it's not my favorite. Falling in Love is so Hard on the Knees isn't a bad song. I listened to it last night. I think it's a. It's a rocker. Just push play in 2001. So they adjusted with the times. But. But by going into that, I don't want to call it corporate rock, but, you know, it. It is kind of what kept. The longevity, I think, of the band, you know, a little bit. Yeah, I think so. But completely. And. And I know exactly what you're talking about. About being at that, being exhausted, being on tour. I've done one long tour of 80 days, and when I got back, I. I was just, you know. I know. It's just. Yeah, you were, like, done, dude. Even, like.

[Sebastian Bach]

I mean, I, I. You know how many shows I did in 19, in 20, 24. You know how many? How many I did nine. 91 cities.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Holy, dude.

[Sebastian Bach]

91. And then in the middle of that, I shot the TV show Masked Singer and Worst Cooks in America. So I. I didn't even know my family when I got home.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Sure.

[Sebastian Bach]

I didn't even know my. I didn't even bear. I didn't even know my wife, like, what? I hadn't been home or like, hey, how's it going? What?

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

Hey, what are you doing?

[Josh Adam Myers]

Like, it was.

[Sebastian Bach]

It's up.

[Josh Adam Myers]

No, I bet. And also now. Good.

[Sebastian Bach]

Now I'm reconnecting with my family, but people don't realize, you know, rock and roll, it's like going to war. Like, if you're going for months and months and months, you can't take the kids out of school now. I mean, so it's just a lot of sacrifice, but, you know, it's living the dream. But, you know, be careful what you wish for.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Completely. Completely. That was perfectly said. All right, let's do our last song that I want to bring up. Home Tonight. What a great song. What a great album. Closer. Right.

[Sebastian Bach]

Well, you know, that's Steven Tyler showing off his range.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

Going from hard rock of Rats in the Cellar and Back in the Saddle to Home Tonight on the same album. That is inspiring to a guy like me that has a song like Monkey Business and then I remember you. Aerosmith was doing that, you know, since day one.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

The song Hump Tonight is so beautiful. It reminds me of. You see me crying. You see me crying? Darling down. I think that's on Toys in the Attic.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah, I think, you know, obviously, after. After Dream on, the perfect Stephen piano power ballad from their first record really puts them on the map with so many people, but especially women that would continue to feature at least one. They'd always have a power ballad on every one of their records. And this is. This albums. Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

Beautiful.

[Josh Adam Myers]

How much pressure as a rocker from the 80s and the 90s was there from you guys and other bands, from the companies or yourselves, to have the power ballad to appeal to women and the people who may not be into heavier rock. Did you. Did they say, where's your ballad? Every time you dropped off a record?

[Sebastian Bach]

They didn't need to say that. They don't need to say that to me, because I give them. I remember you 1805. I love ballots. I'm not scared to admit that. I love rock ballads.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

I love Dream On. To me, that's one of the greatest songs ever in the history of music. When he screams in the middle part, it's. I don't know how the. He screams that high. It's amazing.

[Josh Adam Myers]

It really is.

[Sebastian Bach]

But Stairway to Heaven, you could. You could argue that's a power battle.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Sure.

[Sebastian Bach]

Beth. Beth by Kiss Beth, I hear you calling, but I can't call. I mean, it's just. Just. Just beautiful music. You know, Charles Mingus said, you know, there's only two kinds of music, good and bad. And. And. And to me, you know, even a song like Home Sweet Home by Motley Crue is just great. It's. It's beautiful melodies, great vocals. And the song like Home Tonight was Beth and Home sweet home. Home sweet home. Home tonight.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah. It's always my home. It's always home. Everybody just wants to go home. They've been on the road so long, they just want to go home.

[Sebastian Bach]

Absolutely. So I've always loved a great ballad. You know, I'm a sucker for that, I think. You know, I started in the church choir when I was a little kid, and. And I just think that ballads show off the lead singer big, big time, whether he's good or bad. You know, the song we're doing a video for right now is. Is a ballad, and I can't wait for people to check it out.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I love it.

[Sebastian Bach]

It's got some crazy screams in it.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Like, please send us along the music. Send us the music. Send us the music. We'll play it. We'll get. We'll shout it out on the podcast. We'll play it at the end of the episode. Episode. We'll. We'll take care of you, man. Because this has been.

[Sebastian Bach]

It's called To Live Again. To Live Again. Last song on my record, my new record. So.

[Josh Adam Myers]

So I. So what I want to ask you, Sebastian, because we're basically done with the songs, we're going to go into final questions since that. You. You've worked with Aerosmith, you know these guys, and you said you want all these stories. Do you have a story that you'd love to tell the audience, one of your favorite stories about you and Aerosmith before we wrap this up? Because I, you know, not about. Doesn't have to be about rocks. Just, you know, good, bad, big or small.

[Sebastian Bach]

There's a lot of stories I. I can remember. You know, at the end of our tour, Aerosmith came in and had. They bought us a stereo on wheels, like in a road case with a plaque on the top. To the boys in Skid Row from the boys and Aerosmith. And they all sign it and everything and somewhere that's in storage. Skid Row. Hey, that's mine, too. Okay. Whoa. There's. I mean, you know, there's lots of cool little moments. I remember I was walking down a hallway with Joe Perry in one of the shows, and he had these leather, black leather fringe pants that I thought was so cool. And I go, joe, who made you those pants, man? Can you give me your number? Can I get. He goes, why? So we can look exactly the same. What? And he goes, he didn't want him. Me to be wearing his pants.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Those are his pants.

[Sebastian Bach]

He goes, wow. I don't want to look exactly the same. Like. Like, why do you have to wear my pants? And I was like, it, like, taught me, like, get your own together. Like, yeah, like, get your own pants, Sebastian.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I love it.

[Sebastian Bach]

I don't know why that sticks in my head. There's lots of little moments. I remember we opened for Poison in Boston, and this is my solo band. And I had just had a little girl. She was like a baby. And I had lost my voice like, the day before. And that doesn't happen. Knock on wood. And I was all fucking nervous. I couldn't sing and everything. And I was all freaked out. And I was on the tour bus with this, my baby girl, and Joey Kramer from Aerosmith came to see the show. And I was like, what? And he goes, joey Kramer's here. And Joey came on the bus. He's like, hey, Sebastian, you know, And I. And he was playing with my baby that I just had had. And there's pictures of him. And I walked out there and sang incredible. And. And. And I. A lot of it. Because I knew Joey Kramer was watching me sing. It's like, you don't have time to lose your voice. Now. I can remember Skid Row. We played. The first time we played in Boston. We played the Channel. It was this famous club that if you guys are in Boston watching this, the Channel and we played it. It was hot as hell. It was like 100 degrees up there or more. And I turned around and on the stage by the monitor board was Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith. Like, watching my band and I couldn't believe it that, like, that Tom Hamilton would come to our show and watch us. I mean, these are the memories you have.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I love it. What great memories.

[Sebastian Bach]

So, yeah. And Tom's got his new band. He's still rocking, which is inspiring, you know, because I know he's had, like, throat cancer or whatever it is. And he's out there with his brand new band, slugging it out in clubs, got a new record. So Tom Hamilton is still rocking.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Dude, that rules. That rules. Sebastian, this has been so great. Let's do our final questions, but please come back on for another record. Man, this has been such a treat, and I just, I'm such a fan. What's your favorite song on this record? You already said it, but just one more time. It's combination, right?

[Sebastian Bach]

My favorite is Combination. Yeah, yeah.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Rocker man. So great. What? Is there anything on the record that you skip over? No, no. It's a perfect record from top to bottom. Can you. To this record?

[Sebastian Bach]

Yes, there is something on record I skip over.

[Josh Adam Myers]

What is that?

[Sebastian Bach]

I skip from? I skipped from side one to side.

[Josh Adam Myers]

There you go. There you go. Can you, can you to this record?

[Sebastian Bach]

I mean, if you. I'm sure you could. I, I, I, I find listening to music while doing that is a little bit distracting.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Sure, sure.

[Sebastian Bach]

My brain either goes to the music or the.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Bach]

Doesn't really want to mix them both up.

[Josh Adam Myers]

You start humming the song while you're.

[Sebastian Bach]

Saying too much here.

[Josh Adam Myers]

No, no, I dig it. Yeah. Let us know what would be.

[Sebastian Bach]

Are we done? Oh, oh. A guy that I look up to that has helped me. Well, that's changed over the years. Steven Tyler, at one time was that guy.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I love it.

[Sebastian Bach]

I would say now, Elvis Basquiat, my producer of my new record, is somebody that I look up to do and has helped me immeasurably. And the guy that mastered my record is Robert Ludwig, one of the top mastering engineers of all time. If not the top. I never met the guy, but he made my record and he's helped me. But I've had lots of people that have helped me. When, you know, Skid Row started, it was Jon Bon Jovi. You know, Aerosmith helped us. Motley Crue helped us. Guns N'ROSES helped us a lot. So there's been a lot. But I would say now my it's my producer, Elvis Basquet.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I love that. I love that. And I love, I love just even mentioning the people that you mentioned, like how lucky you, you are to have so many of these incredible, you know, not just people, but God, like legends, rock stars that saw the talent that you had and the music you're able to make and, and really wanted. Because not a lot of people don't do that. A lot of people, you know, they'll help some guys, but sometimes they're jealous and they don't want to see people. Success succeed because they might take over. And they, they recognized and, and really, you know, helped you guys be, you know, become what you became. And so, you know, that's, that's really incredible, buddy.

[Sebastian Bach]

Well, I gotta say, you know, my manager, Rick Sales, is somebody that I look up to and really helps me more than I could ever put into words. And years ago, it was Doc McGee who helped me out years and years ago, and his brother, Scott McGee. And they actually took care of us at the very last ever kids show at Madison Square Garden. Got us like front row seats and took care of us and went back to their party after the show and blah, blah, blah. So, yeah, there's been a lot of, A lot of people that have helped Rick Sales. Jason Flom, who's the guy that signed Skid Row to Atlantic Records when I was 19. I look up to him and he's helped me a lot. He also got me in Jekyll and Hyde on Broadway. He's helped me throughout my career. Gerardo Martinez from Reigning Phoenix Music, my new label. If you've got a record label and a team of people that help you in 2025, that's a rare situation. Yeah, I have a whole management team. I have a record company around the world, publicists. I got all these people that help me out and that's who I want to thank. Emma Humphries, Ernie Gonzalez. These are people behind the scenes that I couldn't be doing what I'm doing if I didn't have Team Baz.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I love it. I love it. What would be your elevator pitch to get someone to listen to this record? How would you sum up this album? To somebody.

[Sebastian Bach]

I would say, if you want to hear the sound of cool, if you want to hear the sound of the late 70s, if you want to hear the sound of a combination of heroin and cocaine and booze.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I.

[Sebastian Bach]

Mean, the title of the record says it all. Aerosmith rocks.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Hello. You're not lying.

[Sebastian Bach]

That says it all. It says it all. It rocks. If you want to rock, listen to Aerosmith's rocks.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Love it.

[Sebastian Bach]

And you will be rock.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Promote away one more time. Talk about the new record everywhere. We can find you.

[Sebastian Bach]

New album, new video. We just finished it today called To Live Again. It's the power ballad off the album. It's me stretching my vocal cords to sound as much like Steven Tyler as I can. So check it out. It'll be out any day now. I hope you enjoyed me on the Worst Cooks in America. Last night I was eliminated from the show because there's only one thing that I can make at a restaurant and that's reservations.

[Josh Adam Myers]

There you go.

[Sebastian Bach]

But I just completed that show, so, yeah, the new video, I'm very excited about it and it'll be ready for you to watch any day.

[Josh Adam Myers]

We'll dig into it, buddy. Thank you again for coming on, brother. We really appreciate it.

[Sebastian Bach]

All right. Aerosmith rocks.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Aerosmith rocks.

[Sebastian Bach]

The Blue army. The Blue army has spoken.

[Josh Adam Myers]

What I tell you, what I tell you. The one and only Sebastian Bach. Follow him on Instagram and tick tock at Sebastian Bach on YouTube Sebastian Bach official and go to Sebastianbach.com check out all the things we mentioned in the beginning, especially actually that new record that he's talking about. For new music, Distrokid has selected My Room by Ty Seagal. You can find links to the music on our website the500podcast.com and if you want a band or were directly influenced by one of these albums or artists who want your music featured on the 500 podcast, send us your song to 500podcastmail.com we will play it, put the album and artists influenced you in the subject line. Next week, carpenters close to you 175 from 1970 Bye bye.

[Sebastian Bach]

Here when I tried to leave my.

[Josh Adam Myers]

Room again it looks still but the.

[Sebastian Bach]

Walls they are too comfortable.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I would.

[Sebastian Bach]

Love.

[Josh Adam Myers]

You are tonight I wait for your answer when you come I'll leave.

[Sebastian Bach]

My door unlocked for you.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I have.

[Sebastian Bach]

Nothing I just keep on waiting at my door in case I hear you knocking out there I am nothing.

[Josh Adam Myers]

I.

[Sebastian Bach]

Am something inside my Inside my SA it the 500 keeping it flee see.

[Josh Adam Myers]

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[Sebastian Bach]

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[Josh Adam Myers]

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[Sebastian Bach]

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[Josh Adam Myers]

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[Sebastian Bach]

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[Josh Adam Myers]

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[Sebastian Bach]

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[Josh Adam Myers]

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[Sebastian Bach]

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[Josh Adam Myers]

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[Sebastian Bach]

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[Josh Adam Myers]

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