Sebastian Bach

Sebastian Philip Bierk born April 3 1968 known professionally as Sebastian Bach is a CanadianAmerican singer who achieved mainstream success as the frontman of the hard rock band Skid Row from 1987 to 1996 He has acted on Broadway and has made appearances in film and television such as Trailer Park Boys The Masked Singer and Gilmore Girls He continues his music career as a solo artist Skid Row initially formed in the mid1980s with lead vocalist Matt Fallon fronting the group and they began playing at various clubs around the New Jersey area Fallon left the band in 1987 leaving Skid Row in search of a lead vocalist Bach was spotted singing at rock photographer Mark Weisss wedding by Jon Bon Jovis parents who subsequently approached him and suggested he get in touch with their sons friend Dave Sabo who was looking for a lead vocalist for his band Bach was wary of joining another USbased band after briefly being a member of Detroits Madam X Upon hearing Skid Rows demo tapes however Bach flew to New Jersey to audition and became the upandcoming bands lead vocalist in early 1987 Skid Row achieved commercial success in the late 1980s and early 1990s with its first two albums Skid Row 1989 and Slave to the Grind 1991 certified multiplatinum the latter of which reached number one on the Billboard 200 The bands third album Subhuman Race 1995 was also critically acclaimed Following disagreements over musical material and infuriating Bolan Bach was fired from the band in 1996 However rumors circulated that he had left the band due to his other bandmates believing they should not play as an opening act for Kiss Four years later Skid Row was one of the opening acts for the 2000 Kiss Farewell Tour without Bach In 1993 he shortly toured with Triumph after the release of their album Edge of Excess providing lead vocals up until the band broke up later the same year In 1996 he joined The Last Hard Men an alternative rock supergroup formed by Breeders lead guitarist Kelley Deal which also included Frogs guitarist Jimmy Flemion and Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin The group recorded a fulllength selftitled album and recorded a cover of the Alice Cooper song Schools Out for the soundtrack album of the 1996 film Scream In 1999 he released his debut solo album Bring Em Bach Alive his first release after his departure from Skid Row In 2000 he began performing in Broadway productions He made his Broadway debut with the title roles in Jekyll Hyde in April 2000 He also appeared as Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror Show in 2001 In early 2002 he became the host of VH1s Forever Wild From 2003 to 2007 he had a recurring role on the WB television show Gilmore Girls as Gil the lead guitarist in Lane Kims band Hep Alien He starred in the 2006 VH1 reality show Supergroup in which he along with Ted Nugent Scott Ian Jason Bonham and Evan Seinfeld were tasked with forming a heavy metal supergroup with Bach as the lead vocalist He competed on the 2007 MTV reality show Celebrity Rap Superstars the CMT reality show Gone Country and the 10th season of The Masked Singer in fall 2023