Hard rockers Skid Row are still looking for a new lead singer following the departure of singer Erik Grönwall who exited the group more than a year ago due to health concerns.
The band recruited Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale for a handful of live dates, but the move was only temporary. Rumors have also persisted that the group would reunite with classic singer Sebastian Bach, but those haven’t materialized. Bach recently explained why the reunion fell through saying: “Yeah. It got really close — I don’t know how many years ago, like six years, seven years ago. Right before they got their singer from Dragonforce, I was under the impression that we were gonna get back together. And it was New Year’s Eve, and I saw online, ‘Here’s the new Skid Row singer.’”
Bach continued: “And I texted ’em all, ‘F*ck you. F*ck off.’ I was blown away that they were gonna get, like, singer number seven or number eight. And they said, ‘Oh, this is only temporary while we figure out the reunion stuff.’ But I’m an emotional dude. That’s why I sing for a living. And when I saw that news, I was not happy about it at all.”
Skid Row bassist Rachel Bolan provided an update on the band’s search for a new frontman in an interview with Nashville On The Rocks. “It’s kind of become a thing with Skid Row, ’cause we’ve had quite a few singers,” Bolan said. “But we’re going to do something pretty big to find one, find the right person. We have a certain criteria, and I think the main part, you have to have strong pipes,” You have to be able to tour a lot. And you have to be a good hang. I think that’s the main thing, is being a good hang.”
Bolan continued: “It’s really hard doing it as long as we’ve been doing it, and other bands and artists could back me up on this, when you’re doing it for this long, the hang becomes really necessary. When you get someone in there that is out for themselves and doesn’t care about anything that’s going on around them, it’s tough.”
“So that’s where we’re at,” he explained. “We’re going to start up in hopefully October again. Because we’ve auditioned some people, and some people came in and they were great — they were really great. But you have four guys that are looking at someone, and it’s, like, one guy might think they’re perfect, another guy might think they’re almost perfect, another person might think, ‘Eh,’ wasn’t feeling it. So all four of us — we need to be a hundred percent on board.”
Bolan’s full interview can be viewed below.
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