Monday, February 1, 2016

Skid Row and Sebastian Bach demos - Reckless Youth (2005)


 Country: USA, Canada
Year: 2005 (CD released), 1985-2000 (material recorded)
Line-up: Various

Track Listing:
CD1 - Skid Row demos 1988-89
1.  Makin' a Mess
2.  Midnight/Tornado ver 1 
3.  Walk with a Stranger 
4.  In it to Win 
5.  Knock Knock 
6.  Shame Shame
7.  Can't Stand the Heartache
8.  Love Comes Down 
9.  Rattlesnake Shake ver 1
10.  Edge of the Night








11.  Can't Wait 'til it's Here


12.  Midnight/Tornado ver 2
13.  18 & Life
14.  Rattle Snake Shake ver 2
15.  Shine in the Night
16.  Dirty World
17.  Waiting for Me
18.  Piece of Me
CD2 - Other demos
1.  Kid Wikkid - Take a Look at Me
2.  Kid Wikkid - Money in a Hurry
3.  Madam X - High in High School 
4.  Madam X - We're Gonna Have
5.  Madam X - She's Hot Tonight 
6.  Madam X - Dirty Girls
7.  Madam X - Heavy Metal in my Veins
8.  Madam X - We Reserve the Right 
9.  Madam X - Good with Figures
10.  Madam X - Cat Got Your Tongue
11.  Madam X - We Want Rock
12.  Madam X - Stand Up and Fight
13.  Skid Row - Thick is the Skin (Johnny Solinger on vocals)
10.  Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild (Johnny Solinger on vocals)


Requested by: Jani

Fletchanator's comment: This double CD was released in 2005 by Metal Sword Records and gathers together a whole bunch of demos from the career of Skid Row and their one-time enigmatic frontman Sebastian Bach. Because there are demos the quality ranges between "close to the finished product" and "barely listenable".
CD1 is the demos Bach and Skid Row recorded for their first album in 1988 and 1989. A bunch of the songs didn't make the cut, while some of the familiar tracks from the self-titled album are there - 18 & Life, Piece of Me, Midnight/Tornado, Makin' a Mess etc. This CD is the stronger of the two, giving an insight into the very early days of Skid Row, before they became superstars.
CD2 is a mishmash of demos from Bach's pre-Skid Row bands (plus a couple of post-Bach demos thrown on at the end for some reason). The Kid Wikkid songs are pretty good, showing that even as a teenager Seb had great pipes. The Madam X songs are also good, but I have to point out that I'm not convinced that's Bach singing on these demos. The CD says they are 1986 demos, and Brett Kaiser had left Madam X by the end of 1985, but it doesn't sound like Bach. Let me know what you think in the comments.
Overall this CD is made for Skid Row/Sebastian Bach fans. If you count yourself in that group, you'll enjoy it. If you could take or leave them, this won't change your mind. They're rough demos afterall.

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2 comments:

Jesse said...

File Isn't Available Anymore.....😢

Unknown said...

Sebastian Bach of Madame X+Skid Row was legally married to Lavina Kymille Morticia since the Canadian vocalist was !9 years of age.So around 1986 story goes they married legally which is virtually unheard of in music industry and have never divorced despite treacherous external conditions due to jelousy according to Sebastian who claims his wife Lavina Kymille needed a bodyguard as both fans and musicians who desired her made their married lives hell on earth.Bach also claims he never really married Maria who replaced Lavina on the Rikki Lake show as a favour to Lavina who was hurt by a fan of Sebastian in the foyer.Lake made a mistake and introduced Sebastian as being married to Maria as Maria had secretly lied to her+asked her to.Doc Mcghee saw Sebastian Bach*s real wife Lavina that day urging her to go on the show+later saw the fan attack her head with a hammer.