Sebastian Bach is an example of the perfect rockstar and could have taken Skid Row to another level if the band had continued with him as the vocalist, argues Chris Jericho of Fozzy .
Shout It Out Loudcast podcast about Slave To The Grind (1991), Skid Row's second album, the professional wrestler and vocalist of Fozzy analyzed the group's potential, had Bach not left in 1996.
“If there hadn’t been a complete change in musical styles, and if Sebastian and the guys hadn’t broken up for good, they could have been on the level of Guns N’ Roses or Judas Priest ,” he said (via Blabbermouth Iron Maiden level – not Guns N’ Roses size either – but they could have been second-tier bands.”
The reason for this potential lay in the sound, which appealed to everyone from metalheads to female audiences. "You know what I'm going to say: Girls love Skid Row's music and they love Sebastian Bach," Chris Jericho continued.
In his view, in the 1990s, Bach would be the ultimate result if a mad scientist tried to create "the perfect rockstar," by combining visual appeal and sound capable of pleasing diverse audiences outside of rock. "He has everything, he ticks every box," he said.
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