Trivia / Skid Row

• Content Leak: When recording “I Remember You”, Sebastian Bach snuck a cassette tape of his scratch vocal out to play for other people. Producer Michael Wagener’s response was to blow up the cassette tape in a microwave, effectively nipping a bigger-scale leak in the bud.
• Creative Differences: The reason why there will never be a reunion with Bach. The man was such a toxic, corrosive presence that all members who were around during his time in the band have made it clear that there is no sum of money that would be worth dealing with him again.
• Creator Backlash:
  • Just about the entire band for the documentary Waking Up Dead, which focused on then-drummer Phil Varone and his addiction issues and problems with the industry. Even Phil himself later stated that he 'regrets allowing it to happen'.
  • It's been insinuated that the band doesn't like Subhuman Race very much. Rachel Bolan said in an interview that it "absolutely sucks", blaming it on being created at a time when the band was falling apart. Since its release, only a couple songs from it have been played live.
  • The infamous "AIDS kills fags dead" T-shirt for Sebastian Bach. Someone picked it up in the crowd and gave it to Bach for a post-gig photo shoot without anyone looking at it. He has apologized for it multiple times since.
• The Pete Best: Original lead vocalist Matt Fallon, guitarist Jim Yuhas, and drummer John Ratowski were respectively replaced a year into their career by Sebastian Bach, Scotti Hill, and Rob Affuso. All three replacements would become part of the band's classic lineup, and Hill is still in the band to this day.
  • This wasn't the only time this had happened to Fallon, who had also previously been a short-lived vocalist for Anthrax.
• Promoted Fanboy: ZP Theart was a kid growing up on a farm in rural South Africa who loved Skid Row and idolized Sebastian Bach and counted him as a major vocal influence, then moved to the UK in search of fame, got it, wanted something different, and managed to work his way into becoming the newest singer for one of his favorite bands of all time.
  • Taken up to eleven with Erik Grönwall, whose career was literally kicked off by covering "18 and Life" on ''Idol'' in 2009.
• Tough Act to Follow: Sebastian Bach's soaring operatic voice and five octave vocal range were always going to be a tough reach for any singer. Solinger did his best, but was never quite able to hit the same notes as Bach. Theart has the range but not the power.
• Two-Hit Wonder: Their only top 40 appearances were their major top ten hits, "18 and Life" (#4) and "I Remember You" (#6), both off their debut album. A more self-enforced example of the trope, as their follow up album Slave to the Grind was much heavier.