18 and Life on Skid Row

Sebastian Bach

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Dey Street Books, an imprint of HarperCollins US
21 February 2018

Heavy Metal music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Biography; Autobiography: arts & entertainment

Sebastian Bach is the epitome of a rock & roll front man. Loud, boisterous, sometimes self-destructive, and constantly creative, he was the electrifying, iconic lead singer of Skid Row—the band whose platinum-selling songs “18 and Life,” “Youth Gone Wild,” and “I Remember You,” took the world by storm, and were strongly instrumental in uniting the vestiges of glam metal and ’90s grunge. But Bach is no ordinary rock star.

In his whip-smart, exhilarating and brutally honest memoir, he talks about a life of highs and lows: the parties, drugs, and international tours with Mötley Crüe, Aerosmith, Metallica, Slayer, and Guns N’ Roses, as well as the creative juices that carried him through the band’s heyday and its eventual breakup. With typical Sebastian-esque scream and bravado, he reflects on the cost of fame, the price of creativity, and what it means to go from rock hopeful to rock star.

From his birth in the Bahamas to his teenage years in Canada to the music that rocks his life today, 18 and Life on Skid Row is the ultimate story of a band and the genius behind its music.

By: Sebastian Bach
Imprint: Dey Street Books, an imprint of HarperCollins US
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 489g
ISBN: 9780062265401
ISBN 10: 0062265407
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 21 February 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sebastian Bach is a Canadian singer best known as the front man of the successful heavy glam metal band Skid Row. Since his departure from Skid Row, Bach has had a successful solo career in music in addition to many television roles and performances in Broadway plays. He currently lives in Beverly Hills.

Reviews for 18 and Life on Skid Row

In the hedonistic new memoir 18 and Life on Skid Row, Sebastian Bach is brutally frank in his description of life on the road and exploits...Written in a funny, everyman style, 18 and Life finds Bach as one of rock's most affable frontmen. -- Rolling Stone The soulfulness of Sebastian Bach's new memoir caught me off-guard...The book's personal stories are compelling...they're what make 18 and Life on Skid Row a captivating read. -- LA Weekly [a] ribald and freewheeling memoir...often a delightfully trashy and salacious read. The overall impression one gets of Bach is of an outgoing and genial person...it works because of Bach's puppyish enthusiasm-for music, yes, but also for booze, for drugs, and for sex in unusual places. Rock it up! -- AV Club a wild ride of a memoir -- The Houston Press the rock book that's going to be hard to beat -- Las Vegas Weekly give the gift of Baz this holiday season and get the Skid Row scoop via one of rock's greatest frontmen. -- Vanyaland