About Skid Row Band.

Skid Row was formed in Toms River, New Jersey, in 1986 by bassist Rachel Bolan and guitarist
Dave "The Snake" Sabo. The pair added guitarist Scotti Hill, drummer Rob Affuso, and lead
vocalist Sebastian Bach, who replaced original lead vocalist Matt Fallon, to the line-up by early
1987. The band began playing shows in clubs throughout the eastern United States.
With the assistance of friend Jon Bon Jovi, Sabo secured a record deal for Skid Row with Atlantic
Records. In 1989, the band released their first album, Skid Row, which was an instant success.
The record went 5x platinum and produced the hit singles "18 and Life", "I Remember You", and "Youth Gone Wild".

In what is referred to as "The Bottle Incident" by fans of the band, Bach was hit with a bottle
thrown onstage from the crowd at a concert in Springfield, Massachusetts, where Skid Row was
opening for Aerosmith on December 27, 1989. Bach threw the bottle back; although he was
injured, he continued the show.The incident was captured on video and can be seen on a tour
video released by Skid Row called Oh Say Can You Scream in 1990.
Shortly thereafter Bach put on, during a concert, a t-shirt proclaiming the anti-gay slogan "AIDS
Kills Fags Dead". The shirt was thrown onstage by a fan, and Bach, without looking at it, put it on.
After the concert Bach apologized, stating "My grandmother had recently died of cancer, I guess
would be pissed too if I saw someone wearing a 'Cancer Kills Grandmothers Dead' shirt". In later
years Bach apologized seriously for wearing the shirt, and made a substantial donation to an AIDS charity.readmore>>

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