Sebastian & jo

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Sebastian Bach Interview

Date: 10/18/03 2:03am

Location: Tour Bus in Towson Maryland

Jo: Alright

Sebastian: Yes

Jo: Start with the new band…

Sebastian: New band, I’ve got Cheeze and Randall X. Rawlings from Memphis, TN. And I got Mark “Bam Bam” McConnell who’s from the band Sebastian Bach and Friends and played on Bring em Bach Alive and on my solo tours. And I got this complete fuckin’ nut on guitar with a bald head with his fuckin’ pants fallin’ down (Sebastian giggles as the guitarist takes a bong hit; heard clearly on the recording). For those of you who have never heard Sebastian laugh, it is priceless.

Jo: Don’t burn it!

Sebastian: I am recording it, it is part of the interview (giggles)….Adam Albright on guitar!

Adam: From California, mutha trucka

Sebastian: (laughs) and uh, I thought it was really funny ‘cause on the itinerary they left the “b” in his name, so he is Adam Alright. (laugh) Dude, if you were in Poison you would be Adam Alright.

Adam: Ok, but I would never be in Poison.

Sebastian: That’s right.

Jo: How did you pick the name of the band?

Sebastian: The name of the band is just a silly little thing to like distinguish between SB & Friends and this band. I wasn’t trying to create a name like fuckin’ Motorhead or Judas Priest or Motley Crue. I’m just trying to pay respect to the players in this band and differentiate between this band and SB & Friends. It’s still a solo band, but it is a different band then the last band. It’s like Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Neil Young & The Stray Gators…

Adam: This band is better.

Sebastian: Yeah, no, she is just asking about the band name specifically. It’s just Sebastian Bach and the fuckin’ Bach Tight 5….live…2003! BT5, mutha trucka! (giggles)  It is just something fun man. Like, I just have fun with words and entertainment and music. It’s not to be taken too seriously.

Becky: Did you add your name due to previous problems?

Sebastian: What?

Becky: Do you add your name to the title due to previous problems?

Sebastian: huh? Do I what? I don’t understand?

Jo: what?

Becky: Like with all the shit you went through with Skid Row.

Sebastian: Oh, no. This is Sebastian Bach and BT5. I don’t know how hard that is to fathom, but to me it’s like pretty simple. It’s just a silly little name for my buddies here you know. It’s still a solo band. But, I think it’s like an insult if I really like the band I’m in, just to call it Sebastian Bach. Like to me it’s like it should be somethin’ that is defined. You know what I am saying?

Jo: There are currently 70 SB items on Ebay right now. How do you feel about people benefiting from your success?

Sebastian: Well, I know the fuckin’ assholes who show up at the door and are specifically there for me to sign shit for Ebay. And I know how to differentiate between those people and the real fans. Right now, there’s a bunch of items on Ebay and I know right where they came from. I was in Florida and uh, and fuckin’ this guy showed up to get my autographs and he had the same picture like a thousand times. It is a pretty good indication if they’ve got the same picture like a thousand times.

Jo: Did you sign them?

Sebastian: No, I kicked his ass outta there and I told him to fuck off and that is why on Ebay it says “this guy is a dick here is his picture.”

Jo: We know you are not a dick.

Sebastian: Well no, I am a dick to dicks. If someone is ever rippin’ on me it is because I shut them fuckin’ down you know, like a long time ago. I’m like fuck you, get this asshole outta here. But, by that time, I have already signed like 10 you know. But whatever, that is just part of show biz. What are you gonna do.

Adam: (yells) Talk about the new band??

Jo: You have been with Spitfire Records for almost 10 years now. How does it compare to being on a major label? Easier to get things done or more pressure?

Sebastian:  Well, I am really happy to be on Spitfire records. The first two people they signed on there label were Zakk Wylde and Sebastian Bach. And they released my first CD “Bring Em Bach Alive” in 98. And, uh, they have really since 98 become like a way bigger company and they’re are putting out the DVD “Forever Wild” and they are going to be putting out the new CD as soon as it comes out, so I am really excited about that.

Beck: When is the new DVD coming out?

Sebastian: Probably like January 2004.

Beck: How did you get the role on the Gilmour Girls.

Sebastian: Well if you really want to know how I got it. They saw me on I love the 70’s on VH1 they told me, they go “dude we saw you on that fuckin I love the 70’s show and said that is the fuckin guy. I don’t know why, but that is what they told me, so…(giggles)

Beck: Do you want to pursue that with your career?

Sebastian: I’m just a rock and roller, that’s it….and Broadway and television I love doing it and I feel extremely fortunate, but I’m, you know asked to do these really cool things. But, you know in my heart, I just wanna rock! You know, I will always be rockin’, all the other stuff is really fun, but at the heart of everything, is a new CD and a new tour, that’s at the heart of everything. You know, it is not everyday that you get to be asked to be Jesus Christ (everyone laughs). It’s like, you know, those are some pretty crazy offers. I don’t even understand why they are asking me, but it’s like something….

Jo: Cause you’ve got a great voice.

Sebastian: Oh, thank you.

Jo: Yea, you’ve got some pipes on you.

Sebastian: Thanks. Thank you (giggles)

Adam: You’ve never seen the pipe. You should have been here last night. It fell outta the trousers…

Jo: I heard about that earlier.

Sebastian: You did? Uh, ho…

Adam: It will be on the website tomorrow.

 Jo: I won’t say anything about that.

Sebastian: No, that’s fine.

Jo: What is a regular day in the life of Sebastian Bach like?

Sebastian: Well, it depends on um, what I’m doin’ like…

Jo: When you are in between things…

Sebastian: Oh, those kind of days.

Becky: Do you sit home and play video games? Do you shovel yourself out? Those kind of things.

Sebastian: You know what, I…this is crazy to fuckin’ realize, but I own like 4 acres and um, I am the biggest fuckin’ land owner in my town. Like the #1 guy, that owns the most land, Sebastian Bach (laughs) and I think that’s crazy. Like my property goes behind seven houses and all these people who are like 60 years old, 50 years old, working professionals, they gotta ask me, like if they wanna do anything in the backyard. I own the property behind them so, what I am saying, it is really crazy, but like you know…you’ve seen me with Ted Nugent on Forever Wild. I’m not as outdoorsy as Ted, but I love to be outdoors, so I am outdoors doing shit. You know, fucking’ choppin’ down fuckin’ trees, fuckin’ choppin’ wood, chainsawin’ shit, fuckin’ leaf blowin’, fuckin’ cuttin’ the lawn with my headphones on…

Becky: So when we had the last blizzard, did you shovel yourself out?

Sebastian: I’m trying to think.

Jo: It was in February.

Becky: He probably wasn’t even home.

Sebastian: Yea, I was doin’ Jesus Christ Superstar.

Becky: No, last year.

Sebastian: I don’t know that was over 12 months ago!  No, I pay some guy. I’ve got a real long driveway. So, I pay somebody. No, no, a normal person would shovel my driveway, so I am normal.

Jo: How about a typical day on the road?

Sebastian: A typical day on the road. Get as much rest as possible…(starts gargling water).

Jo: Just don’t spit it on me.

Sebastian: No, I have been screaming all day and fucking talking non-stop in there. It’s relentless. Give me one second, just a second. (garggles) Ahhh, that feels much better. Oh yes, ok, hang on. Ok, oh God, jeez, oh, hello. How you doin’, ok (laughs) my pipes are like dude I need a drink dude. I feel way better now. God, I just went up like three notes. (Everyone laughs). No, you hear that? That is weird, it’s like I sucked helium or something. (Everyone laughs)….(gargles) ok, what is the question?

Jo: Have you ever thought about writing an autobiography?

Sebastian: Oh yea man, you know what? My fuckin’ book will kick ass. When I see the amount of books when I go to Barnes and Noble. The rock and roll books by every fuckin’ clown. The guy in Celtic Frost has a fuckin’ book. I’m like, how does he have a fuckin’ book and I don’t? Like everybody in the world has a book. My book will be…unbelievable. I don’t know, you know, exactly the direction it will take as of now, but…I have many options. I can make it really fuckin’ sleazy and dirty like the Motley Crue book. If I wanted to go in that direction, I could do that.

Someone says “No”…(like to say you are kidding)

Sebastian: It would sell the most. That is the best fuckin’ book in the world. But if I put out a book like that I am going to me makin’ some enemies.

Someone says: “Names have been changed to protect the innocent.”

Sebastian: Well the beauty of that book is that they didn’t change shit. They fuckin’ laid it all out, that was great. Yea, I will definitely do an autobiography…someday.

Jo: Any musicians that you would currently like to collaborate with?  New or old.

Sebastian: Oh, well. If you would have said anybody, I would have said fuckin’ Velvet Revolver, but that is out of the question. No, but ah, other than that…well I’ve got five songs that we’ve done together on CD and they are just unbelievable and they exist. So you know what I am saying, the fact that we did it. Someday you will hear it because it exists.

Jo: Right.

Sebastian: But, I don’t know when. I already asked Duff and Slash if they don’t use some of the music you know with Weiland (gives me a funny face & I laugh) Why…Land….whatever but if they don’t use the songs we did together on their album, maybe I can put it on my solo album.  So, maybe that will work out.

Jo: How about your favorite band/artist right now? Still KISS.

Sebastian: Not right now. I love KISS, but you are asking about bands now. I like Stone Sour, SlipKnot. I am really good friends with Corey and I like his attitude and everything he is doing. He is really cool.

Jo: Ok, let’s give him a funny one. If you were a cartoon character, which one would you be and why?

Sebastian: CC Deville (everyone roars laughing) He is kind of like Daffy Duck.

Jo: What CD’s are you currently listening to?

Sebastian: I am really just concentrating on my own stuff. As evidenced by the show tonight. I don’t just rely on fuckin’10 years ago. That is so lame to me, it is sickening. And I salute my fuckin’ fans man, cause I love you guys so much for like comin’ on the journey with me and like hey man here’s the new shit work it Baz come on we wanna like it dude, come on, (clapping) and you did and it fuckin fit right in with the other songs.

Adam: Can you ask any questions about the new band?

Jo: Tell me about the new band. Can I tell you, I read the interview with the Stone Pony and I did not want to ask the same questions.

Sebastian: You can ask me whatever you want (smiles).

Jo: How did you meet the new band members?

Sebastian: I just put the ad on my website and that’s it. I got like 1200 packages from around the world and ah, you know the CD’s and they were all chosen on the basis of music. I went to Cheeze and Randy’s website and….he’s tellin’ a funny story….(points to Adam)…

Adam: He calls me up like 10:00am fuckin’ my time and he’s like hey man it’s Sebastian Bach dude, what’s up and I’m like, fuck off bro it’s too early for this shit. So he called back again and gave me his phone number and I hung up again. So he called back one more time and while I was talkin’ I asked what time it was where he was at and he said it was 1:15 and I said holy shit and the battery in my cell phone died. Holy shit, so he called me like four times and I’m like dude call me back. Then I called back and flew out there like 2 days later. I was going to stay from Saturday to Monday, but he told me to go home. So I went home and I flew back to Memphis and we practiced for a week.

We are super heavy, it is all like Slave to the Grind-ish. You know like when your stomach gets tight and you just wanna rock it. But, it’s not dated at all.

Sebastian: No, it’s not dated.

Adam: Now we are doing a tour of new music and it is bad ass.

Sebastian: Let me tell you how satisfying it is to open up with a brand new fuckin’ song. That was written by Adam Albright. That song is so fuckin’ mean. It’s mean, we are doin’ it, we are makin’ a CD and it is so blindingly fuckin’ heavy man. (Starts singing song).

Becky: I feel that your voice is stronger from Broadway. Do you?

Sebastian: Yea, but ah, you see, I just had to shoot the Gilmour Girls show and I just got back like 4 fuckin’ days ago like 4 or 5 days before we went on tour. I was like, I can’t fuckin’ do this now, I gotta rehearse and shit before I go on the road. That is showbiz man. But you gotta make the hay while the sun is out. So I would have liked to be rehearsing, but they were rehearsing without me. I shot one full episode and I am confirmed…

Adam interrupts: Does anyone know our tour dates?

Becky: Tomorrow is the Stone Pony. Tuesday, Allentown. Friday, New Hampshire.

Sebastian: I can’t remember the question.

Jo: I forget the question too. I am really good, well it is 2 am, so…

Sebastian: Oh the neck from head bangin’dude.

Becky: Yea, how do you do that?

Sebastian: It is just the music dude, that is what it does to me. It is just metal dude. It is just metal. It is fuckin’ metal dude.

I start rubbing his neck.

Sebastian: Oh, Oh God that feels amazing. (everyone laughs)

Jo: That is gonna sound real good on the tape (laughs).

Sebastian: Oh, Oh my God, go slower though. Oh yea, you fuckin’ rock. (everyone laughs) No, come on, it’s good. Ay yay, yay, wow that feels great, ah….

Becky: I don’t know if I should interrupt. When is the CD coming out?

Sebastian: Oh, cool. Yep, that felt really really good. Oh, oh, oh….the record is coming out sooner than you think.

Adam: 7 months…(laughs) DVD is coming out soon. Like 5 months a single, then a B side then 6 months in Europe.

Sebastian: um, 11 songs, the schedule is that the DVD is coming out in January and the CD should come out

Sebastian: Can I say something about Adam now? I auditioned a ton of fuckin’ people and I met a bunch of guys that played the shit all nice and goody goody, and it was perfect…

Adam: Now he is going to say I suck.

Sebastian: No, but it was boring. And one thing about Adam is he is not fuckin boring. Rock n roll should never be boring. That is the ultimate sin. If I think you stink, I stink.

How do you feel about people taping your stuff and selling it? Bootlegs.

Do you want to know two fuckin’ huge lies?

Jo: Sure

Sebastian: Lie #1. Rachel says he wrote all of the Skid Row songs. LIE! Remember, Wasted Time? I wrote it. Rachel wrote one riff just because he wanted to get paid. That is it. LIE! I hope you are getting this…Lie #2. 

Sebastian: Wanna know the deal?

Jo: Yea, sure.

Sebastian: Here is the fuckin’ deal. One day, we are all gonna be dead. And anything that we do in our fuckin’ lives will be all that’s left behind from our fuckin’ lives. So all I can do is make new music and fuckin’ keep forging forward and then I am gonna be dead. And that’s it and everything that I fuckin’ did is what you’ve got.  Everybody can talk about it all and analyze it. It doesn’t mean shit. I’m just makin’ shit, my whole life. That is what I did with Skid Row, I liked those guys. I did Slave to the Grind, Subhuman Race, B-Side Ourselves, but then they started to suck so I wasn’t in there band anymore because I refuse to suck.

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