It's a big news week for former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach. Besides the announcement earlier this week that he'll join season two of Gone Country, VH1’s ratings goldmine, Bach admitted to a Florida radio DJ yesterday that he’s talked to Slash about the possibility of joining Velvet Revolver, which parted ways last month with vocalist Scott Weiland.
Not without reservations, Bach said his potential union with Velvet Revolver would be “awkward,” explaining that he prefers his current solo work to the work of Velvet Revolver. "It would all depend on music," Bach said. "I wouldn’t just join the band just to join the band. If we came up with some incredible new songs, then maybe I’d think about it.”
Bach also made it clear that his loyalties are to Axl Rose, who’s maintained a longstanding feud with ex- Guns N’ Roses bandmate Slash.
“I’m very close friends with Axl,” Bach told Tampa’s 98 Rock radio station, “and he sings three songs on my new record … Axl’s been so nice to me—he’s helped me out my whole career. In Skid Row he helped us out, and in my solo band he brought me around the world, and then sang three songs on my new CD [Angel Down], which is pretty mind-blowing. I don’t know … It’s a cut-throat business, but Axl’s been so nice to me, I don’t think I would feel comfortable just joining Velvet Revolver and singing his songs every night. So I don’t think that’s gonna happen.”
Bach is currently shooting Gone Country 2 in Nashville.