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Sebastian Bach

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Sebastian Bach has sold in excess of twenty million records worldwide as lead singer of his former band, Skid Row, and as a solo artist. Far from just being a multi-platinum recording artist, he has expanded his career over the past decade to include a five-season recurring role on the hit series mehr anzeigen Gilmore Girls; voice-over work on SpongeBob Square Pants and Robot Chicken; starring roles on Broadway in Jekyll Hyde, The Rocky Horror Show, and Jesus Christ Superstar; and appearances on ABC's Sing Your Face Off, the comedy series Trailer Park Boys, MTV, and VH1. weniger anzeigen

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Sebastian Bach cracks me up. Sebastian Bach cracks himself up. That's one of the things I've always liked about him; his unabashed goofiness. While others only know him from TV (Gilmour Girls, really??!) or Broadway (again, who knew??!), I've known Baz from Skid Row, VH1 shows and many interviews with Eddie Trunk. He's always entertaining and when I saw he narrated his book himself I knew I had to listen. It is VERY worth it. He's hilarious and there are lots of BONUS! BONUS! BONUS! sections, with silly voice effects and lots of laughs...I mean he laughs the whole time he reads. I also think the injects a few asides that he didn't actually write down. He clearly had a lot of fun reading this.

Oddly enough, though I'm a metalhead, I never got into Skid Row. Probably because both their biggest hits in the 80s were ballads. Bleah. Sorry, guys, but no. I can't remember if I've ever even heard him sing except by accident when I couldn't change the station.

We were born the same year and so a lot of his references and the timeline punctuation rang very familiar to me. He was a crazy kid though and allowed to be because his parents were WAY more permissive than mine. Running off to Toronto as an underage teen to sing in a band? Why the hell not? At that point he started living like someone 10 years older and it's a wonder he didn't kill himself.

He drinks and does a lot of drugs along the way and I half expected things to turn very bad followed by a stay in rehab, but there's none of that. Either he never really became an addict or drug use hasn't wrecked him or his life the way it has his friends'. I was kind of happy about that. Also happy that he found success after Skid Row. He doesn't go too deeply into the reason he was fired, although he does talk about it. I suspect that some of what he said was true (jealousy over the attention he got from the press, fans, etc.), there are two sides to every story and honestly he sounds like an exhausting person to be around.

That said he also takes his work and his voice very seriously. Part of the deal his dad made him when he first joined a band was that he take real voice lessons and show up for every one of them. He did, but oddly sounded like he didn't learn much and blew his voice out screaming to warm up. Only later did he get real understanding of how to care for his instrument and he did. I'll have to hit up You Tube for a listen...no doubt memories of the songs will come back. Ah, youth...gone wild.
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Bookmarque | 3 weitere Rezensionen | Apr 12, 2020 |
3.5

This is a bit difficult to review, as many autobiographies of celebrities or rock stars can be. It is difficult because, although I am keen to dissect the work and rate it based on elements of grammar, writing style etc., I don't find that too fair in these instances. If penned by someone who is a writer or dictated to and then ghost-written by a writer (which many of these usually are), then maybe. But this is written in Sebastian's own voice. He isn't a writer. It isn't fair for me to go on about redundancies and tautologies or even his style of weaving in and out of trains of thought (though I have to wonder where the editor was on this). So what I did is I put down my signed copy (hell yes I was only going to buy this with his autograph inside) and decided to listen to the audiobook version in which he reads the story itself. That is when I heard the true voice of this book. I could hear the Sebastian Bach I have heard interviewed so many times over the past decades (Jesus I am old) read his story in his voice in a similar manner to how he actually converses, and let me tell you it made a world of difference.

I enjoyed his style of reading his story, and I enjoyed most of the material included. There were parts where I felt he barely dipped his toe into telling us a story before quickly pulling it back out again and never really delivering. That is my biggest criticism with the book. There were areas of his life he was a bit elusive about (for his own reasons I am sure) and a few inconsistencies here and there, but mostly this was just a damn good read. It was great because it made me feel nostalgic for a time in rock and roll that I grew up in. I loved his tour stories (OMG the Metallica section), his discussion of his friendships, the way he touched on relationships and family life, and just his insights.

Throughout the book, you will find he peppers it with little anecdotes about a dream he had or childhood experiences. I wasn't sure how I felt about those. I guess that is a personal preference thing. If you feel it breaks the book up a bit then you won't enjoy that. I didn't feel one way or the other, and I just enjoyed hearing his vulnerability. This, along with his passion for music (both creating it and listening to it) is what shines through the most is this book. Sebastian has a big personality. This book showcases it for better or for worse.

I especially enjoyed his recollections of working on broadway. The book definitely satisfied this ex metal head gal who once majored in theatre. LOL Overall I enjoyed this book and it stirred in me the need to pull out my old skid row albums and even check out his new stuff. In the end this was a fun read, but it fell shy of 4 star worthiness.
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Jonez | 3 weitere Rezensionen | Oct 24, 2019 |
When I requested this book from the library, I had no idea what I was getting into. I will admit, that I had no idea who Sebastian Bach was. I knew him from playing Gil in Gilmore Girls but that was it. Now after reading this book, I want to find some of his albums, especially Skid Row, and see who he really was beyond one TV show.

Sebastian's life story was very interesting. I loved reading how music saved his life. While the drugs did not interest me, I did enjoy seeing the phases of his life.… (mehr)
 
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Michelle_Boyea | 3 weitere Rezensionen | Jun 7, 2019 |
Now this is what a rock and roll biography should be like. Having just finished the Bruce Springsteen bio it's an opportunity for an interesting compare and contrast. Both are deeply influenced by residing in New Jersey and both have hands in the biggest albums of all time. The difference is Bach never stops being a fan. This book is more about the people that he worked with, met and was influenced by, then it is about his accomplishments. Bach's life stands as a reminder of why I became a fan boy and an ecouragement to never let that go. Springsteen makes great music, Bach's is a life well lived.… (mehr)
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