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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Sebastian Bach
| image             = Sebastion Bach 2012.jpg
| caption           = Bach in 2012
| birth_name        = Sebastian Philip Bierk
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1968|4|3}}
| birth_place       = [[Freeport, Bahamas]]
| origin            = [[Peterborough, Ontario]], Canada
| instrument        = 
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Hard rock]]||[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]|{{nowrap|[[glam metal]]}}}}
| occupation        = Singer
| label             = {{flatlist| 
* [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
* [[Frontiers Records|Frontiers]]
* Get Off My Bach
* [[Universal Music Group|Universal]]
* [[Merovingian Music|MRV]]
* [[Reigning Phoenix Music|Reigning Phoenix]]
}}
| years_active      = 1983–present
| current_member_of = 
| past_member_of    = {{hlist|[[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]]|[[Madam X (band)|Madam X]]|Kid Wikkid|[[Damnocracy]]}}
| website           = {{URL|sebastianbach.com}}
| spouse            = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Maria Aquinar|1992|2010|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Suzanne Le|2015|}}
}}
}}

'''Sebastian Philip Bierk''' (born April 3, 1968), known professionally as '''Sebastian Bach''', is a Canadian-American<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 12, 2004 |title=SEBASTIAN BACH - "I'm Going To Go To My Grave Trying To Top The Slave To The Grind Album" |url=https://bravewords.com/news/sebastian-bach-im-going-to-go-to-my-grave-trying-to-top-the-slave-to-the-grind-album |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=[[Brave Words]]}}</ref> singer who achieved mainstream success as the frontman of the hard rock band [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]] from 1987 to 1996. He has acted on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and has made appearances in film and television such as ''[[Trailer Park Boys]]'', ''[[The Masked Singer]]'' and ''[[Gilmore Girls]]''. He continues his music career as a solo artist.

== Early years ==
Bach was born in [[the Bahamas]], the son of artist [[David Bierk]] and was raised in [[Peterborough, Ontario]] after the family moved to Canada in the early 1970s for his father's teaching job.<ref name="Now2011"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Rex Brown & Sebastian Bach|url=http://www.vh1.com/video/that-metal-show/full-episodes/rex-brown-sebastian-bach/1709089/playlist.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621024708/http://www.vh1.com/video/that-metal-show/full-episodes/rex-brown-sebastian-bach/1709089/playlist.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 21, 2013|publisher=VH1}}</ref> He is one of seven children. His brother [[Zac Bierk]] is a former professional ice hockey player.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 1, 2019 |title=Zac Bierk - Peterborough Petes Alumni |url=https://issuu.com/slitherproductions/docs/atotk_august_2019_issuu/s/130709 |access-date=July 28, 2025 |work=A Taste of the Kawarthas magazine}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://chl.ca/ohl-petes/it-was-an-electric-atmosphere-behind-sebastian-bachs-legendary-memorial-cup-anthem-performance/ |title=“It was an electric atmosphere”: Behind Sebastian Bach’s legendary Memorial Cup anthem performance |work= CHL.ca |date=June 22, 2021 |access-date=July 28, 2025}}</ref>

His father, [[David Bierk]] (d. 2002), was a noted painter. He painted the cover of Skid Row's album ''[[Slave to the Grind]]'' and inside cover art of ''[[Subhuman Race]]'', as well as the album cover of Bach's solo effort ''[[Angel Down]]'' and inside art for its follow-up, ''[[Give 'Em Hell (Sebastian Bach album)|Give 'Em Hell]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 28, 2009 |title=SEBASTIAN BACH Seeking Lost Family Portrait Painted By His Father |url=http://bravewords.com/news/sebastian-bach-seeking-lost-family-portrait-painted-by-his-father |access-date=October 22, 2020 |website=bravewords.com}}</ref>

Bach joined a church choir when he was eight years old, and found much joy in singing "[[Gloria in Excelsis Deo]]" with them. He knew while singing the hymn that he would sing for the rest of his life.<ref>{{Cite news|title='High Times' And High Notes: The Life Of Sebastian Bach|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/12/11/504851277/high-times-and-high-notes-the-life-of-sebastian-bach|access-date=October 22, 2020|website=NPR.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=December 28, 2016|title=Rocker Sebastian Bach recalls his Peterborough musical roots in new memoir 18 and Life on Skid Row|url=https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news/peterborough-region/2016/12/28/rocker-sebastian-bach-recalls-his-peterborough-musical-roots-in-new-memoir-18-and-life-on-skid-row.html|access-date=October 22, 2020|website=thepeterboroughexaminer.com}}</ref> He attended [[Lakefield College School]] in Lakefield, Ontario.<ref name="Now2011">{{cite news |last=Gillis |first=Carla |title=Bach in business |url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/bach-in-business/ |access-date=16 June 2025 |work=Now |publisher=GMI Publications Inc. |date=28 September 2011}}</ref>

==Career==

===Kid Wikkid (1983–1985)===
The members of Kid Wikkid were based in Peterborough, Ontario. Upon hearing of the band and unaware of their ages, 14-year-old Bach auditioned for the group, and was hired by guitar player and band leader Jason Delorme.<ref name="Now2011"/> Kid Wikkid moved back to [[Toronto]], and Bach's father eventually allowed Bach to move in with an aunt.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

===Skid Row (1987–1996)===
[[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]] initially formed in the mid-1980s with lead vocalist [[Matt Fallon]] fronting the group, and they began playing at various clubs around the New Jersey area. Fallon left the band in 1987, leaving Skid Row in search of a lead vocalist. Bach was spotted singing at rock photographer [[Mark Weiss]]'s wedding by [[Jon Bon Jovi]]'s parents, who subsequently approached him and suggested he get in touch with their son's friend, [[Dave Sabo]], who was looking for a lead vocalist for his band.<ref>[http://www.gossiprocks.com/sebastian-bach Sebastian Bach profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233056/http://www.gossiprocks.com/sebastian-bach |date=March 3, 2016}}, GossipRocks.com; accessed October 11, 2014.</ref> Bach was wary of joining another US-based band after briefly being a member of Detroit's [[Madam X (band)|Madam X]]. Upon hearing Skid Row's demo tapes, however, Bach flew to New Jersey to audition and became the up-and-coming band's lead vocalist in early 1987.
[[File:Sebastian Bach & Rachel Bolan.jpg|left|thumb|[[Rachel Bolan]] (left) and Bach opening for [[Mötley Crüe]] in 1989]]

Skid Row achieved commercial success in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with its first two albums, ''[[Skid Row (Skid Row album)|Skid Row]]'' (1989) and ''[[Slave to the Grind]]'' (1991), certified multi-platinum, the latter of which reached number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. The band's third album ''[[Subhuman Race]]'' (1995) was also critically acclaimed.

Bach has received criticism for a photo, taken in 1989, in which he is wearing a T-shirt reading "[[AIDS]] Kills Fags Dead", a play on the tagline at the time for the insecticide [[Raid (insecticide)|Raid]], "Raid Kills Bugs Dead". In a 2003 interview, he stated about the controversy, "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 [[Jekyll & Hyde (musical)|''Jekyll & Hyde'']], and at an auction for [[Broadway Cares]], I donated $12,000 of my own money to fight AIDS."<ref>{{cite web|last=Manes|first=Billy|url=http://www.orlandoweekly.com/columns/story.asp?id=2935|title=Columns Story – Rockin' out with Jesus|publisher=Orlando Weekly|date=January 9, 2003|access-date=October 15, 2010}}</ref>

Following disagreements over musical material and infuriating Bolan, Bach was fired from the band in 1996.<ref name="Now2011"/> However, rumors circulated that he had left the band due to his other bandmates believing they should not play as an opening act for Kiss.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sebastian Bach on his split from Skid Row|url=http://bravewords.com/news/sebastian-bach-on-his-split-from-skid-row-i-was-100-fired-from-the-band|website=bravewords.com |date=January 29, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bravewords.com/news/sebastian-bach-on-his-split-from-skid-row-i-was-100-fired-from-the-band|title=SEBASTIAN BACH On His Split From SKID ROW - "I Was 100% Fired From The Band"|website=bravewords.com |date=January 29, 2012 }}</ref> Bandmate [[Rachel Bolan]] also had a side project, a punk band, Prunella Scales, who were playing at the same time as the planned Kiss show. The rift between Bach and the other band members subsequently led to his leaving Skid Row.<ref>{{cite web|last=Stevens|first=Michael|title=Skid Row Sebastian Bach Engaged: Former Model Engaged To Bach On Birthday|url=http://www.newsoxy.com/entertainment/skid-row-sebastian-bach-engaged-175117.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102055156/http://www.newsoxy.com/entertainment/skid-row-sebastian-bach-engaged-175117.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 2, 2015|publisher=NewsOXY|access-date=February 12, 2015|date=December 30, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Schwinden|first=Richard|title=SKID ROW 1986-1998|url=http://patch.com/minnesota/roseville/skid-row-1986-1998-toms-river-nj|publisher=Roseville Patch|access-date=February 12, 2015|date=June 15, 2013}}</ref> Four years later, Skid Row was one of the opening acts for the 2000 [[Kiss Farewell Tour]], without Bach.<ref>{{cite web|title=Skid Row/Ted Nugent/ KISS - Jones Beach June 9th 2000|url=http://www.kissasylum.com/video/farewelltourreview.shtml|publisher=KISS Asylum|access-date=February 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Skid Row|url=http://hightideconcerts.net/event/178783/view|publisher=High Tide Concerts|access-date=February 12, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213022254/http://hightideconcerts.net/event/178783/view|archive-date=February 13, 2015}}</ref>

===Broadway and other projects (1996–2006)===
In 1993, Bach shortly toured with [[Triumph (band)|Triumph]] after the release of their album ''[[Edge of Excess]]'', providing lead vocals up until the band broke up later the same year.{{fact|date=April 2022}}

In 1996, Bach joined [[The Last Hard Men (band)|The Last Hard Men]], an [[alternative rock]] supergroup formed by [[The Breeders|Breeders]] lead guitarist [[Kelley Deal]], which also included [[The Frogs (band)|Frogs]] guitarist Jimmy Flemion and [[Smashing Pumpkins]] drummer [[Jimmy Chamberlin]]. The group recorded a full-length, self-titled album for [[Atlantic Records]], who then opted not to release it. In 1998 it was released on Deal's label, Nice Records, with no fanfare and a very limited pressing of 1,000 CDs. The band also recorded a cover of the [[Alice Cooper]] song "[[School's Out (song)|School's Out]]" for the soundtrack album of the 1996 film ''[[Scream (1996 film)|Scream]]''.

In 1999, Bach released his debut solo album ''[[Bring 'Em Bach Alive!]]'', his first release after his departure from Skid Row. Mainly a live album of Bach's Skid Row songs, it also presented five new studio recordings, including the single "Superjerk, Superstar, Supertears".

In 2000, Bach began performing in [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] productions. He made his Broadway debut with the title role(s) in ''[[Jekyll & Hyde (musical)|Jekyll & Hyde]]'' in April 2000. He also appeared as Riff Raff in ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]'' in 2001. On November 28, 2001 Bach appeared at [[New York Steel]], a benefit concert held in response to [[9/11]].<ref>{{cite web|title=New York Steel Raises the Roof|url=http://www.gibson.com/whatsnew/pressrelease/2001/dec12a.html|website=Gibson|access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref>

In early 2002, he became the host of ''VH1's Forever Wild''. In October of that year, Bach was signed to perform in the national touring production of ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'', playing the title role alongside ''JCS'' veteran [[Carl Anderson (singer)|Carl Anderson]].

A [[DVD]] video of live performances called ''[[Forever Wild (Sebastian Bach)|Forever Wild]]'' was released in June 2004. That same year, he reprised the title role(s) in another showing of ''Jekyll & Hyde''.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 22, 2004 |title=Sebastian Bach/Kate Shindle Make October Return to Jekyll & Hyde in North Carolina |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Sebastian-BachKate-Shindle-Make-October-Return-to-Jekyll-Hyde-in-North-Carolina-20040922 |access-date=August 16, 2025 |website=BroadwayWorld.com}}</ref>

In 2003, Bach tried out for [[Velvet Revolver]] before the band found [[Scott Weiland]], but was turned down because, according to Slash, "We sounded like Skid Roses!" From 2003 to 2007, Bach had a recurring role on the [[The WB Television Network|WB]] [[television]] show ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'' as "Gil", the lead guitarist in [[Lane Kim]]'s band, ''Hep Alien''.<ref name="Now2011"/><ref>{{cite web|title=SEBASTIAN BACH On How He Landed Role on Gilmore Girls|url=http://stage.bravewords.com/news/sebastian-bach-on-how-he-landed-role-on-gilmore-girls-i-got-that-show-because-i-did-broadway-video|website=Brave Words|access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref> Members of Bach Tight Five (a project initiated by Bach in 2004, but dissolved shortly thereafter) lived with Bach and his family as documented on [[VH1]]'s ''I Married ...Sebastian Bach'', one of the "I Married ..." series. In 2005, Bach collaborated with Henning Pauly to be the singer on the Frameshift album called ''An Absence of Empathy'', released in April 2005. He was recommended to Henning by [[Dream Theater]]'s [[James LaBrie]].

[[File:Sebastian bach.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Bach performing in 2006]]
On May 12 and 14, 2006, at the Guns N' Roses warmup show at the [[Hammerstein Ballroom]] in New York City, Bach joined [[Axl Rose]] on stage for the song "[[My Michelle]]". He joined Rose and the rest for a third time the following night (May 15) to sing "My Michelle" once again. He also joined them for their Pre-Download Festival show in the [[Apollo Hammersmith]], London, singing "My Michelle". Rose introduced Bach by saying that the two had rekindled their friendship in the previous week after 13&nbsp;years of not speaking. On June 4, 9 & 11 he again joined Rose on stage at the 2006 Gods of Metal Festival ([[Milan]]), Download Festival in RDS [[Dublin]] and in [[Donington Park|Donington]], respectively. On September 23, 2006, he joined Axl on stage once again at [[KROQ-FM]]'s Inland Invasion festival in California for a rendition of "My Michelle".{{citation needed|date=October 2014}}

===Reality TV and ''Angel Down'' (2006–2010)===
Bach starred in the 2006 [[VH1]] [[reality show]] ''[[Supergroup (TV series)|Supergroup]]'', in which he, along with [[Ted Nugent]], [[Scott Ian]], [[Jason Bonham]] and [[Evan Seinfeld]], were tasked with forming a [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] supergroup, with Bach as the lead vocalist. The seven-episode series was filmed during a twelve-day period when the musicians all lived together in a mansion in [[Las Vegas]]. The resulting band, originally called "Fist", was eventually named [[Damnocracy]]; both names were Bach's ideas. Damnocracy had no recorded output.<ref>{{cite web|title=SEBASTIAN BACH Says DAMNOCRACY Ended Up With 'More Ideas Than We Had Time To Record'|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/sebastian-bach-says-damnocracy-ended-up-with-more-ideas-than-we-had-time-to-record/|publisher=Blabbermouth|access-date=February 15, 2015|date=March 13, 2006}}</ref>

In 2007, Bach announced a partnership record label with [[EMI]] to jointly create a label owned by him, including his album ''[[Angel Down]]'', which was released on November 20, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=SEBASTIAN BACH Inks 'New-Model' Record Deal with MEROVINGIAN MUSIC|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/sebastian-bach-inks-new-model-record-deal-with-merovingian-music/|publisher=Blabbermouth|access-date=February 15, 2015|date=July 23, 2007}}</ref> Bach also recorded backing vocals for the track "Sorry" on [[Guns N' Roses]]' long-delayed ''[[Chinese Democracy]]'', which was released in November 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chinese Democracy|url=http://www.gunsnroses.com/releases/chinese_democracy|publisher=Guns'n'Roses|access-date=February 15, 2015|archive-date=March 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313060322/http://www.gunsnroses.com/releases/chinese_democracy|url-status=dead}}</ref> He spent the summer of 2008 playing with [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] and [[Dokken]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Poison "Live, Raw & Uncut Tour" with Dokken & Sebastian Bach|url=http://www.metalsludge.tv/?p=31677|publisher=Metal Sludge|access-date=February 15, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215160935/http://www.metalsludge.tv/?p=31677|archive-date=February 15, 2015}}</ref>

He competed on the 2007 [[MTV]] reality show ''[[Celebrity Rap Superstar]]'', coming in third place.

Bach was the winner of the second season of the [[CMT (American TV channel)|CMT]] reality show ''[[Gone Country (TV series)|Gone Country]]'', which aired in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1586944/cast-announced-for-season-two-of-gone-country.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510113245/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1586944/cast-announced-for-season-two-of-gone-country.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 10, 2008|title=Cast Announced for Season Two of ''Gone Country''|publisher=CMT|date=May 6, 2008|access-date=October 15, 2010}}</ref>

===''Kicking and Screaming'' and Sterling's departure (2010–2012)===
Bach toured as an opening act for Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy Tour" 2009–2010, and performed "My Michelle" with [[Axl Rose]] in [[Quebec City]] on February 1, 2010. On January 5, 2011, he was featured on NBC's Jimmy Fallon Show in a live performance and a subsequent video of "We Are The Ducks", a power ballad written for [[University of Oregon]] Ducks, set to play in the BCS national championship game Monday, January 10, 2011. In 2011, Bach was interviewed by British [[metalcore]] band [[Asking Alexandria]] in the March/April issue of ''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]''. The band are fans of Skid Row and covered two of their songs the preceding year of the interview.<ref name="interview from asking alexandria">{{cite journal|last=Wiederhorn|first=Jon|title=Rebel Meets Rebels" Danny Worsnop and Ben Bruce interview Sebastian Bach|year=2011|journal=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|issn=1527-408X|pages=48–52}}</ref> The same year, Bach performed "[[Youth Gone Wild]]" with the band live at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards and [[Rock on the Range]].<ref>{{cite web|title=SEBASTIAN BACH Performs With ASKING ALEXANDRIA At ROCK ON THE RANGE (Video)|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/sebastian-bach-performs-with-asking-alexandria-at-rock-on-the-range-video|work=Blabbermouth|date=May 24, 2011|access-date=May 9, 2014}}</ref> Bach was also filmed in their music video "[[Reckless and Relentless|Closure]]".

Bach provided the voice of Prince Triton, King Neptune's rebellious son, in the ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode, "[[SpongeBob and the Clash of Triton]]" in 2010. On June 15, 2011, Bach revealed the title of his upcoming solo album would be ''[[Kicking & Screaming (Sebastian Bach album)|Kicking & Screaming]]''. On July 8, 2011 track list, cover art and title of the first single were revealed. It was released September 27, 2011 for North America and worldwide and September 23, 2011 for Europe on [[Frontiers Records]]. On August 13, 2012, [[Nick Sterling]] was fired by Bach after refusing to sign an agreement to appear on an undisclosed TV show.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sebastian Bach Fires Young Guitarist|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sebastian_bach_fires_young_guitarist.html|publisher=Ultimate-Guitar}}</ref>

=== ''Big Noize'' (2012–2013) ===
Formed in 2007, [[Big Noize]] was a supergroup consisting in founder member and drummer [[Vinny Appice]] ([[Black Sabbath]], [[Dio (band)|Dio]], [[Heaven & Hell (band)|Heaven & Hell]]) plus other "monsters" such as guitarist [[Carlos Cavazo]] ([[Quiet Riot]]), later replaced by [[George Lynch (musician)|George Lynch]] ([[Dokken]], [[Lynch Mob (band)|Lynch Mob]]), bassist [[Phil Soussan]] ([[Ozzy Osbourne]]) and vocalist [[Joe Lynn Turner]] ([[Rainbow (rock band)|Rainbow]]). Turner was replaced by Bach for the Kavarna Rock festival on July 14, 2012 and for a tour to South America, starting in Chile on July 9, 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/big-noize-featuring-sebastian-bach-george-lynch-fan-filmed-footage-of-santiago-concert/ | title=BIG NOIZE Featuring SEBASTIAN BACH, GEORGE LYNCH: Fan-Filmed Footage of Santiago Concert | date=July 11, 2013 }}</ref>

===''Give 'Em Hell and touring'' (2013–2023)===
[[file:Roast on the Range 2014 Featuring Corey Taylor (14234340383).jpg|thumb|Bach being interviewed in 2014]]
On April 30, 2013, Bach confirmed via [[Twitter]] that a new studio album was in the works. He went on to say that [[Bob Marlette]] would be returning as producer.<ref>[https://twitter.com/sebastianbach/status/329446891811110913 Twitter/sebastianbach: NEW STUDIO ALBUM UPDATE]</ref> Bach had collaboration work for the upcoming album with [[John 5 (guitarist)|John 5]], [[Duff McKagan]] and [[Steve Stevens]]. On January 13, 2014, ''[[Give 'Em Hell (Sebastian Bach album)|Give 'Em Hell]]'' was announced with a prospective release date of April 22, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=SEBASTIAN BACH: New Solo Album Title Revealed|date=January 13, 2014|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/sebastian-bach-new-solo-album-title-revealed|publisher=BlabberMouth}}</ref> He also appeared in two ''[[Trailer Park Boys]]'' episodes from their 2014 season. In 2014, Bach completed his Give 'Em Hell tour and in 2015, Bach went on another tour titled the "18 and LIVE" tour.

In 2019, Bach toured behind the 30th anniversary of Skid Row's self-titled debut album, playing it live in its entirety.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sebastian Bach to Perform Skid Row's Debut Album in Entirety on Tour |url=https://loudwire.com/sebastian-bach-perform-skid-row-debut-album-entirety-2019-tour/ |website=Loudwire|date=June 4, 2019}}</ref> On July 20, 2021, it was announced that Bach would be doing a tour in the fall for the 30th anniversary of Skid Row's ''[[Slave to the Grind]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/sebstian-bach-announces-fall-2021-slave-to-the-grind-30th-anniversary-tour/|title=SEBASTIAN BACH Announces Fall 2021 'Slave To The Grind' 30th-Anniversary Tour |website=Blabbermouth.net|date=July 20, 2021|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>

===''Child Within the Man'' (2023–present)===
In 2023, Bach competed in [[The Masked Singer (American TV series) season 10|season ten]] of ''[[The Masked Singer (American TV series)|The Masked Singer]]'' as "Tiki". He was eliminated in "I Wanna Rock" alongside [[Ginuwine]] as "Husky".<ref>{{cite web |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=December 6, 2023 |title='The Masked Singer' Reveals Identity of Husky and Tiki: Here Are the Celebrities Under the Costumes |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-masked-singer-season-10-episode-10-recap-ginuwine-sebastian-bach-husky-tiki-1235825236/ |access-date=May 27, 2024 |website=Variety}}</ref> Also in December 2023, he released his first new song in nearly ten years, "What Do I Got to Lose?"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/sebastian-bach-what-do-i-got-to-lose | title=Sebastian Bach unveils his first new song in 10 years | date=December 11, 2023 }}</ref>

In March 2024, Bach announced his forthcoming album, ''[[Child Within the Man]]''. It was released on May 10, 2024.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 15, 2024 |title=SEBASTIAN BACH Announces 'Child within the Man' Album, Shares 'Everybody Bleeds' Single |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/sebastian-bach-announces-child-within-the-man-album-shares-everybody-bleeds-single |website=blabbermouth.net}}</ref>

==Personal life==
At one time, Bach lived in [[Red Bank, New Jersey]].<ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB32D74E00C4C77&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "KISS PUCKERS UP FOR THE '90S: THE GHOULISH POP-METAL BAND IS BACK, WOWING THREE GENERATIONS AT ONCE"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', July 1, 1996; accessed March 5, 2011. "But Sebastian Bach, the lead singer of Skid Row, is jumping around the backstage area of Tiger Stadium as if his heroes were in full swing. Bach has driven all the way from his home in Red Bank, N.J., and is clearly stoked for the return of one of the most flamboyant acts in rock."</ref> In August 2011, his New Jersey home was damaged by [[Hurricane Irene]] and declared uninhabitable. Several Kiss and Skid Row artifacts (including Skid Row master tapes) were in the house, but none were damaged.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9XANJa20Ek|title=Sebastian Bach Wikipedia Fact or Fiction June 1, 2016|publisher=YouTube.com|date=June 1, 2016|access-date=June 1, 2016}}</ref> His father's art, comic books and the Kiss gargoyles from their 1979 tour were also salvaged.<ref name="Shortandsweetnyc">{{cite web|last=Needles|first=Tim|title=Sebastian Bach talks Life after Skid Row, his new album Kicking & Screaming, and much more|url=http://www.shortandsweetnyc.com/2011/09/sebastian-bach-talks-life-after-skid-row-his-new-album-kicking-screaming-and-much-more/|work=Short and Sweet NYC|date=September 20, 2011 |access-date=January 14, 2012}}</ref>

In the mid-1980s, Bach began dating Maria Aquinar. The couple had a son, Paris, in 1988. Bach and Aquinar married in July 1992 and had another son, London, in 1994 and a daughter, Sebastiana, in 2007. Bach and Aquinar split up in April 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-03-21|title=How DAVID DRAIMAN Introduced SEBASTIAN BACH To His Wife|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/how-david-draiman-introduced-sebastian-bach-to-his-wife/|access-date=8 July 2021|website=Blabbermouth.net}}</ref>

In December 2010, Bach began dating model Minnie Gupta. They were engaged in April 2012 but ended their engagement in late 2014.

On December 28, 2014, Bach became engaged to Suzanne Le after two months of dating. They married in August 2015 and lived in Los Angeles for nearly a decade.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hyman|first=Vicki|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2016/01/sebastian_bach_hurricane_irene_lincroft_home_skid.html|title=Skid Row's Sebastian Bach sells Lincroft home, says Jersey 'haunted' for him now|publisher=[[NJ.com]]|date=January 21, 2016|access-date=June 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bravewords.com/news/sebastian-bach-finally-sells-former-new-jersey-home|title=Sebastian Bach Finally Sells Former New Jersey Home|publisher=bravewords.com|date=January 21, 2016|access-date=June 6, 2016}}</ref> The couple currently resides in Las Vegas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2025/09/at-home-with-sebastian-bach/|title=At Home With Sebastian Bach|publisher=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin.com]]|date=September 8, 2025|access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>

On July 13, 2017, Bach underwent "singing-related" [[hernia]] surgery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/sebastian-bach-to-undergo-singing-related-surgery/|title=SEBASTIAN BACH To Undergo 'Singing-Related' Surgery|date=July 12, 2017|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|access-date=July 12, 2017}}</ref> He started to recover a month later and then explained that the operation was needed, "because [he] literally screamed [his] guts out."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/sebastian-bach-is-starting-to-feel-normal-again-after-undergoing-hernia-operation/|title=SEBASTIAN BACH Is 'Starting To Feel Normal Again' After Undergoing Hernia Operation|date=August 7, 2017|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|access-date=August 7, 2017}}</ref>

Bach endorsed [[Kamala Harris]] in the [[2024 US presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/sebastian-bach-officially-endorses-kamala-harris-in-presidential-race-against-donald-trump | title=SEBASTIAN BACH Officially Endorses KAMALA HARRIS in Presidential Race Against DONALD TRUMP | date=November 5, 2024 }}</ref>

==Solo band members==

===Current===
* Sebastian Bach – vocals (1997–present)
* Clay Eubank – bass (2024–present)
* Brody DeRozie – guitars (2024–present)
* Paris Bach – drums (2024–present)

===Former===
{{div-col}}
* [[Mark McConnell|Mark "Bam Bam" McConnell]] – drums (1997–2005)
* [[Jimmy Flemion]] – guitars (1997–1999)
* Larry Fisher– bass (1997–1999)
* Richie Scarlet – guitars (1998–2002)
* [[Anton Fig]] – drums (1998–2000)
* [[Paul Crook]] – guitars (1999–2004)
* Johnny Chromatic – guitars (2004–2014)
* [[Ralph Santolla]] – guitars (2004–2005)
* Randall X. Rawlings – guitars (2004–2005)
* Adam Albright – guitar (2004–2005)
* Cheeze (né Brian Hall) – bass (2004–2005)
* Mike Dover – drums (2004)
* [[Bobby Jarzombek]] – drums (2005–2019)
* [["Metal" Mike Chlasciak]] – guitars (2005–2008)
* [[Steve Di Giorgio]] – bass (2005–2007)
* [[Nick Sterling]] – guitars (2009–2012)
* [[Jason Christopher]] – bass (2012–2014)
* Jeff George – guitars (2012–2013)
* [[Devin Bronson]] – guitars (2013–2014)
* Brent Woods – guitars (2014–2024)
* [[Rob De Luca]] – bass (2005–2012, 2014–2024)
* Jeremy Colson – drums (2019–2024)
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==Discography==
{{main|Sebastian Bach discography}}
*''[[Bring 'Em Bach Alive!]]'' (1999)
*''[[Angel Down]]'' (2007)
*''[[Kicking & Screaming (Sebastian Bach album)|Kicking & Screaming]]'' (2011)
*''[[Give 'Em Hell (Sebastian Bach album)|Give 'Em Hell]]'' (2014)
*''[[Child Within the Man]]'' (2024)<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 15, 2024 |title=Sebastian Bach Announces ''Child Within the Man'' Album, Shares "Everybody Bleeds" Single |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/sebastian-bach-announces-child-within-the-man-album-shares-everybody-bleeds-single |access-date=March 15, 2024 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1992
|data-sort-value="Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica, A" | ''[[A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica]]''
|Himself
|Joking backstage with [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] and [[Lars Ulrich]], imitating MTV host [[Riki Rachtman]] and former guitarist [[Dave Mustaine]] during 1992 stadium tour
|-
|1999
|''Final Rinse''
|Buddy
|
|-
|2000
|''Point Doom''
|Slim
|
|-
|2009
|''Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day''
|Randy's customer/John (uncredited)
|
|-
|2010
|''[[Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage]]''
|Himself
|
|-
|2012
|''[[Asking Alexandria|Asking Alexandria: Through Sin and Self-Destruction]]''
|Himself
|
|-
|2012
|''[[Rock of Ages (2012 film)|Rock of Ages]]''
|Rocker
|[[Cameo appearance]]
|-
|2013
|''Sebastian Bach: Kicking and Screaming and Touring''
|Himself
|
|-
|2013
|''Yukon Kornelius''
|
|Television film
|-
|2014
|''[[Swearnet: The Movie]]''
|Himself
|
|-
|2016
|''[[Deserted (2016 film)|Deserted]]''
| Archer
|
|-
|2017
|''[[American Satan]]''
| Himself (uncredited)
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1993
|''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
|Himself
|Episode: "Charles Barkley / Nirvana"
|-
|2000
|''[[MTV Cribs]]''
|Himself
|
|-
|2001
|''Strange Frequency''
|[[Personifications of death|Grim Reaper]]
|Episode: "Don't Fear the Reaper"
|-
|2002
|''[[I Love the '80s (American TV series)|I Love the '80s]]''
|Himself
|
|-
|2002
|''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]''
|Himself
|
|-
|2003–2007
|''[[Gilmore Girls]]''
|Gil
|13 episodes
|-
|2003
|''[[I Love the '80s Strikes Back]]''
|Himself
|
|-
|2004
|''[[Kiss Loves You]]''
|Himself
|
|-
|2004
|''[[I Love the '90s (American TV series)|I Love the '90s]]''
|Himself
|
|-
|2006
|''[[Heavy: The Story of Metal]]''
|Himself
|
|-
|2006
|''[[Supergroup (TV series)|Supergroup]]''
|Himself
|7 episodes
|-
|2007
|''[[Trailer Park Boys]]''
|Himself
|5 episodes
|-
|2007
|''[[Celebrity Rap Superstar]]''
|Himself
|
|-
|2008
|''[[Robot Chicken]]''
|Wildman<br/>[[Martian Manhunter]]
|Voice; episode: "They Took My Thumbs"
|-
|2008
|''[[Z Rock (TV series)|Z Rock]]''
|Himself
|Episode: "Paul and David Nearly Miss a Huge Gig"
|-
|{{nowrap|2008–09}}
|''[[Gone Country (TV series)|Gone Country]]''
|Himself
|8 episodes
|-
|2008
|''VH1 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs''
|Himself
|
|-
|2010
|''[[Celebrity Fit Club (U.S. TV series)|Celebrity Fit Club]]''
|Himself
|5 episodes
|-
|2010
|''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''
|Triton
|Voice, episode: "[[The Clash of Triton]]"
|-
|2011
|''Adults Only''
|Shifty
|
|-
|2012
|data-sort-value="Eric André New Year's Eve Spooktacular, The" | ''[[List of The Eric Andre Show episodes#Special .282012.29|The Eric André New Year's Eve Spooktacular]]''
|Himself
|
|-
|2013
|''[[Californication (TV series)|Californication]]''
|Tony (Dead Rock Star)
|Episode: "Dead Rock Stars"
|-
|2014
|''[[Trailer Park Boys]]''
|Himself
|2 episodes
|-
|2014
|''[[Sing Your Face Off]]''
|Himself
|6 episodes
|-
|2016
|''[[Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life]]''
|Gil
| 1 episode
|-
|2016
|''Trailer Park Boys: Out of the Park – Europe''
|Himself
|1 Episode
|-
|2017
|''Trailer Park Boys: Out of the Park – US''
|Himself
|1 Episode
|-
|2022
| ''[[Hell's Kitchen (American TV series)|Hell's Kitchen]]''
| Himself
| Episode: "Slipping Down to Hell"
|-
|2023
| ''[[The Masked Singer (American TV series)|The Masked Singer]]''
| Himself/Tiki
| [[The Masked Singer (American TV series) season 10|Season 10]] contestant; 3 episodes
|}

===Stage===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2000
|''[[Jekyll & Hyde (musical)|Jekyll & Hyde]]''
|Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
|
|-
|2001
|data-sort-value="Rocky Horror Show, The" | ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]''
|Riff Raff
|
|-
|2002–2003
|''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]''
|[[Jesus of Nazareth]]
|
|-
|2004
|''Jekyll & Hyde''
|Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
|Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
|}

==References==
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* {{Discogs artist}}

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