Sebastian Bach

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Sebastian Bach (born Sebastian Philip Bierk, on April 3, 1968 in Freeport, Bahamas) was the lead vocalist of the following 1980s heavy metal bands:

Kid Wikkid
Madam X
Herrenvolk
VO5
Skid Row.

Born in Freeport, Bahamas and raised in Peterborough, Ontario, he appears to hold Canadian citizenship. He eventually changed his last name to "Bach" so that it would resemble the great composer Johann Sebastian Bach's name.

His wife's name is Maria Bierk and they have two children named Paris & London. His parents divorced when he was 11 years old. His father was visual artist David Bierk (1944 – 2002). He is the brother of NHL goaltender Zac Bierk and actress Dylan Bierk.

1 Career
2 Solo-Discography
- 2.1 Albums
- 2.2 DVD
3 External link

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Career

Bach was invited to join Skid Row in 1986 at the age of 18 when guitarist Dave Sabo heard him sing at famed rock photographer Mark Weiss's wedding. Sabo sent him a videotape of the band playing, and Bach subsequently joined the band. After enjoying commercial success as lead singer of Skid Row, Bach was eventually kicked out of the band in 1996 for his wild, in-your-face attitude that attracted media criticism.

He formed Sebastian Bach and Friends after being removed from Skid Row—a band that has since reformed with new singer John Solinger and new drummer Phil Varone. As of late he has been performing in the Broadway productions of The Rocky Horror Show and Jekyll & Hyde. In early 2002 he became the host of VH1's Forever Wild.

In 1990, Bach performed with Guns N' Roses and Metallica, on the same stage, at a party held by RIP Magazine, the improvised name for the band was: The Gak.

In 1996, Bach formed a rock supergroup, the Last Hard Men, with Frogs guitarist Jimmy Flemion, Breeders bassist Kelley Deal, and Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. The group recorded a full-length, self-titled album for Atlantic Records, who then optioned not to release it. In 1998, it was released on Kelley Deal's label, Nice Records, with no fanfare and a very limited pressing of 1000 CDs, which may have been sold via mail order only.

In October 2002 he was signed to perform in the national touring production of Jesus Christ Superstar and played the role of Jesus successfully in the show until April 2003, when he was fired for alleged diva-like behavior. He is currently working on a DVD version of VH1's Forever Wild that will be released in June.

He has a role on the WB television show Gilmore Girls as Gil, the guitarist in Lane Kim's band. The other members of the band, all teenaged, initially objected to his age, but he proved to be a talented guitarist and remained in the band.

In 2005 Bach cooperated with Henning Pauly to be the singer on the Frameshift album called An Absence of Empathy which has been released in April 2005.

He has also reportedly stolen Nardwuar's favorite wool toque.

In 1989, Bach was heavily criticized for wearing a t-shirt on stage with the slogan "Aids Kills Fags Dead" emblazoned on it, (a parody of the insecticide ad slogan, "Raid: Kills Bugs Dead".) Although he made light of the incident in his original apology, Bach has since repeatedly apologized for and disavowed the statement, "That was really stupid and wrong for me to wear that for one-half hour in my life. What nobody brings up is in 2000, when I was in Jeckyll and Hyde, and at an auction for Broadway Cares, I donated $12,000 of my own money to fight AIDS" [[1]].

As of recently, and assumably at present, he still performs with his band, Sebastian Bach and the Bach Five, formerly noted as Sebastian Bach and Friends, who live with him, his wife, and children...recently documented on VH1...in a show called "I Married...Sebastian Bach", one of the "I Married..." series. Stars also included Dee Snider of the rock band Twisted Sister

Bach will star with Ted Nugent, Evan Seinfeld, Jason Bonham, and Scott Ian on the VH1 show "Supergroup" in May of 2006. The musicians formed a band called Damnocracy for the reality show, during which they lived in a mansion in Las Vegas for twelve days and created music.

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