Also located nearby was the 37,000-capacity Alpine Valley Music Theatre, where the band saw Def Leppard perform during their tour in support of Hysteria. Skid Row recorded their debut album with Michael in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, a resort town 90 minutes from Chicago, in a studio located next to a convention centre and two golf courses. They were all 100% musicians and very, very dedicated.” “I knew the band would be able to go somewhere. The label paired the group with Michael Wagener, a German producer who had previously worked with Metallica, the Crue and Accept. We were just missing that last piece – Sebastian.”ĭoc McGhee agreed to manage the band and helped them score a record deal with Atlantic. Says Snake, “Everyone was like, ‘I think you’ve got something here.’ Everyone was a believer in the songs that we were writing and the vibe of what we had created. We had a work ethic that was just natural to us, and we were always in the garage, working on tunes.”Įventually, Bon Jovi invited his manager to check out Skid Row’s new vocalist in person. “We had space heaters because it was so cold in there, but we didn’t even discuss it. “We rehearsed every day in Rachel’s parents’ garage,” Sebastian says. (Image credit: Mick Hutson/Redferns/Getty Images)įrom there, Sebastian moved in with bassist Rachel Bolan.
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