Founding Skid Row guitarist, Dave "Snake" Sabo, is featured on the latest episode of The Hook Rocks podcast, available for streaming at Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and below.
Asked about possibly reuniting with the band's former singer, Sebastian Bach, Snake reveals: "The answer has been the same for, I don't know, 20, 000 years now. It's just, it's not going to happen. And I say the same thing every time, I'm thankful that people have such an interest in wanting to see that happen. But I also have to reiterate that, you know, this isn't... this is about being happy in the situation that you're in. So I'll speak for myself personally. First of all, I do need to say something, is that the reason that this isn't happening is because there's three of us, myself, Scotti, and Rachel, who've had conversations about this, and we've all been on the same page that we don't want to go down that road again. We just, we don't.
"Rachel has taken a beating over this through the years. He's the one who's been blamed for this, 'Oh, it's Rachel's ego, it's this and that.' No, and it's a load of bullshit. That is not true. And I feel bad because he's really had to shoulder that blame and has never said anything derogatory or anything like that, but you know what? The truth of the matter is that Rachel, Scotti, and myself... I have continually felt the same way that we just, we enjoy being happy in this band and we're really happy. I's been such a great experience for the last, however, 35 years, everything, all the ups, all the downs, everything. We just don't want to revisit that particular aspect of our history.
"Love the songs, love a lot of the memories, not fond of some of the memories. As individuals and as a collective, that's just how we feel. So this is not on Rachel and this has nothing to do with anyone's ego or anything like that. So that's just gotta be clear. Again, you know, for anyone to sit there and make assumptions that this is, you know, Rachel Bolan saying 'nope,' it's not, it's the three of us."
Back in March, Skid Row announced they amicably parted ways with singer Erik Grönwall. At the same time, they announced that longtime friend Lzzy Hale of Halestorm would be taking over vocal duties for the band's upcoming scheduled four concerts.
Fan-filmed video of Hale and Skid Row performing their second show together at Riverside Casino in Riverside, IA can be viewed below.
Setlist:
"Slave To The Grind"
"The Threat"
"Big Guns"
"18 And Life"
"Resurrected"
"Piece Of Me"
"Livin' On A Chain Gang"
"Makin' A Mess"
"Psycho Therapy" (Ramones cover)
"Quicksand Jesus"
"Time Bomb"
"I Remember You"
"Monkey Business"
"Riot Act"
"The Gang's All Here"
"Youth Gone Wild" (with Halestorm guitarist Joe Hottinger)
Lzzy Hale shared the following message via social media after the news broke that she would be fronting Skid Row.
"This is totally wild! I can't believe my VHS audition tape finally made it in the mail! (I kid, I kid)
I started listening Skid Row when I was a teenager growing up on the east coast in central Pennsylvania. They were one of the only bands at that time that truly bridged the gap for my love of '80s big choruses and riffs, but had the same poignant dirt and grime that was seeping into the cracks of my mind during the '90s. By the early '00s, Halestorm was well coming into its own, inspired by these powerful songs that helped me unlock a door within myself as a young musician. I can say without a second thought that if it weren't for Skid Row in my bones, I would not be the rocker I am today.
And this summer, my world turns full circle. Because not only am I able to share the stage as acting front person for this integral band, but even more importantly, I get to call these boys my chosen family. No matter how much we both tour, or how much time has gone by, we light up when we see each other. They have seen me through my rollercoaster ride of ups and downs, all while cheering me on. Time, space, history, age are all relative, irrelevant and elastic 'cuz we are all just astronauts cut from the same cloth, worshipping the same magic that is this music. I'm so grateful for their support of me in my career, and as a fellow human.
Love you guys! There will be blood left on the stage!"
Remaining Skid Row x Lzzy Hale 2024 concert dates:
May
31 - Reno, NV - Nugget Casino Resort
June
1 - Sacramento, CA - Hard Rock Live
