Following the news that Sebastian Bach will front Twisted Sister for a series of shows in the fall, the former Skid Row singer says he received a seal of approval from longtime Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider.
Along with Twisted Sister’s Jay Jay French and Eddie Ojeda, Bach spoke with SiriusXM’s Eddie Trunk about the band’s plans, as well as a conversation that he had with Snider, who recently resigned from Twisted Sister due to health challenges.
Bach began, “I said [to Snider], ‘I’m calling you in 10 minutes.’ He goes, ‘Okay.’ And I called him and he goes, “SMF number two,” because he’s always called me that. I’m a sick motherfucker, I’m a sick motherfucking fan of Twisted Sister. And he’s always called me number two. Of course, he’s number one. And so I go, ‘Well, I guess I really am SMF number two.’ I am. And then I asked him, ‘What did the doctor say to him,’ and he’s like, ‘No problem, I’ll tell you.’ He says that he has arthritis, that his bone, his knees are going out, and he has like bone on bone. And the doctor said that he should not be jumping around, and he goes, ‘Well, that’s not an option,’ and because, you know, he wants to do the full show moving around and stuff, and the doctor said, “You can’t do it.’”
The singer continued, “So, he said, ‘You have my full blessing.’ He goes, ‘I love you.’ I told him I loved him. And we were like teary-eyed. And he told me that his family was crying when he said he couldn’t do the tour. And, now that Twisted Sister will carry on. You know, I asked him, ‘You want to come out and jam with us?’ He goes, ‘Yeah.’ He goes, ‘Yeah.’ So, so, you know, maybe he’ll be at some of these gigs on stage with us, you know, who knows? You know, I don’t know if that’s going to happen or not, but you know, it’s tough getting older. It’s tough. It’s tough for everybody getting older. And I’m a lot younger.”
As he talked about fronting Twisted Sister, Bach began crying, telling Trunk, “I have tears in my eyes right now. I am SMF number two. I was named that by Dee Snider, and I just have to say I just got off the phone with Dee Snider. We talked for about 45 minutes, and we were both kind of getting teary-eyed. And I just put out a record called Child Within in the Man and one of my favorite all-time bands is Twisted Sister and the music of Twisted Sister makes me feel like a child within the man.”
He went on to say, “I used to go to school and I used to paint the Twisted Sister logo on the back of my jacket in liquid paper thinking that looked cool, White Out. So, I am a real fan. I am a fan of this music, and that is really number one why I’m doing it and also to honor the legacy of these songs. And I look at it like when Paul Rogers came in for Queen or when Axl came in for Brian Johnson. I am a fan of Twisted Sister and I always have been and I love this music.”
Interestingly enough, right before Twisted Sister broke the Bach news, Snider did an interview in which he spoke about Bach as a potential replacement, even saying he’s reached out to him in the past to see if he would fill in for him in case he had to miss a show. At one point, he acknowledged that Bach had been rehearsing with Twisted Sister, and added, “I think he knows he has my blessing.”
As of now, Twisted Sister have not announced dates for the fall tour, only saying that it will be a limited run of shows. In the meantime, Bach is in the midst of a headlining North American solo tour, with tickets available here.
Check out Sebastian Bach and Dee Snider both talking about the Twisted Sister singing situation in the clips below.
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