Charles Bukaki wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 4:30 am
It seems like a no brainer to me, we're talking about Skid Row not Led Zeppelin. Sure a reunion would bring in more money, but their expenses would go up and they'd probably have to split the pie four ways instead of three and while I'm sure it would be a nice bump in pay, if they were smart with their money which it sounds like they have been, it wouldn't be life changing. The novelty of a Skid Row reunion would wear off within a couple years and they'd probably find themselves close to where they are now. It seems like when you start talking about separate travel arrangements, two sets of agents/managers/lawyers and the ego of an overgrown narcissistic manchild when you already have a pretty good thing going, why bother? It's a crude comparison but I've turned down multiple promotion opportunities in my professional life because I knew the extra money wouldn't be worth the extra stress. These guys are closing in on 60 and their operation is probably a well oiled machine at this point, why bother throwing in a variable at this point?
""""""""""""""""Sure a reunion would bring in more money, but their expenses would go up """""""""""""""""""""
Same applies with Bret and Poison...
So many people are always bitching "Why doesn't Poison tour"...
Well... Bret is doing fine on his own it appears, and while the money does go up for Poison, so do ALL of the related expenses.
Not that anyone is clamoring for a TUFF reunion... but similarly our situation with Jorge has long sailed. Like the Skid's guys with Bach, we simply do not want to deal with him.
I can't think of too many scenarios where we would all agree to play with him again. The stuff that I (we) dealt with while he was in the band, his substance abuse, and more left a REALLY bad taste in my mouth.
The way he treated people, treated women and girls, he was a menace. Even many years later, there are things that come up, or get unearthed that make me want to choke him unconscious. He was a nightmare to deal with.
And while Bach has displayed a somewhat better behavior in the last decade or so, in relation to being arrested or totally melting down on Youtube, he still shows those sides of him where they see this and think, "Nah, we'll pass on that!"
Him ranting about 9 singers, and "Ask the band that tried to replace me", "This stuff ain't for pussies" is just him shooting himself in the foot all over again... and just a week earlier, he's getting emotional talking about how he needs to write a nice email to the band.
Warrant dealt with Jani, until they could not deal any longer. And while his situation was not his personality, like it appears to be with Bach, Lane had substance issues beyond what was reasonable. If Lane was alive today, the diehards would be screaming every time Warrant announced a show, to reunite with Jani. We all know how that ended.
Same with Jack Russell and Great White. At some point, the guys got fed up. Again, perhaps it wasn't identical to Bach or Lane, but even going through the airport was a process. I recall someone from the band talking about having to get a wheel-chair every day, etc.. Him hobbling onto stage, or them carrying him, and having to sit on a stool, falling over, and the rest.
Then they toured with someone else and it was as simple as, "Hey bro, see you at the gate!" or "See you on stage" and so on. With Jack, there was for what it's worth, a lot of baby-sitting involved. And this is what happened with Lane, Bach, and the rest of the prima-donna nightmare front-men who need to be taken care of and coddled.
All of these guys in these bands, are in their 50's or 60's... most have long ago grown out of their crazy ways, substance abusing, acting foolish, etc... I can testify from talking amongst many (names that you all mention here daily) guys in the business, we're as they say 'smelling the roses' a lot more, and enjoying what is left of the 30 - 35 or 40+ years we put into being in a band... and whatever we do with it, it HAS to be fun. It HAS to be enjoyable, and nobody wants any drama.
The second a guy shows those true colors, he's literally on thin ice... the second someone bucks the system, or rocks the boat, they're 1 gig away from no longer having that gig.
In the end... it's their band, Skid Row is Rachel and Snake's band. They are set in their ways, with their band, their songs and how they do things. Scotti and drummer Rob seem to be okay with it, and follow the lead of the other 2. If Bach was to come back, he would have to play by their rules, and he would have to submit to whatever they put in place, similarly like Ace or Peter, coming back to Kiss. In the end, it's Gene & Paul's band, and their way or the highway.
As for anyone who wants to say, "How come Bach has to conform and they don't?"
Well, Skid Row isn't asking him back, and never have. It's the other way around, Bach has been asking, suggesting and more, for years, that he wants the reunion... well, if he does, he'd have to play by their rules. Simple.
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