SKID ROW bass player Rachel Bolan was recently interviewed by Linea Rock. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET).
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On the status of the group’s in-progress new album:
Rachel: “We’re still writing. We’re writing a lot of songs, because it’s going to be a full-length this time. We’re just writing a bunch of songs, and in June, we’re going to start pre-production with Michael Wagener. We’re very excited about it, and we’re hoping for an early 2019 [release].
On whether he thinks Theart will be the group’s long-term frontman:
Rachel: “Absolutely. [Drummer] Rob Hammersmith and I were going to do a side project with ZP right after he left DRAGONFORCE. Just the distance and schedules, we could never make it happen. When we parted ways with Johnny [Solinger], actually the first choice was ZP, and he had stuff going on with I AM I, and it just, in our heads, it’s, like, ‘How do we do this? He’s on the other side of the planet.’ Then we went with the other guy, and it didn’t work. As soon as that fell through, ZP was our first phone call, and we made it work.”
On former vocalist Tony Harnell:
Rachel: “It was a bad match. It was a really bad match. Musically, it was a bad match, and personality-wise, it was a bad match. It just didn’t fit.”
On the difference between parting ways with Solinger and with Sebastian Bach:
Rachel: “Neither of them were very tough because we knew it was going to happen sooner or later, so it was a pretty easy transition.”
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On if he’s read Bach‘s autobiography:
Rachel: “No. Why would I? [Laughs]”
On whether he has any interest in writing one himself:
Rachel: “I’ve been working on memoirs — just a little bit here, a little bit there. I’m not in any rush. I think I’ve got a lot of touring left in me. I’m just putting funny stories, positive stuff. I didn’t do drugs, I didn’t end up in rehab and I invested my money, so I don’t have that typical ‘rock star’ story. It’s just funny that happened, great people that I’ve met. Eventually, I’ll get around to it.”
On the most underrated SKID ROW song:
Rachel: “I would say probably ‘Disease’ off of ‘Revolutions Per Minute’, because I know a lot of dudes like that song, especially over here [in Europe], and they always ask if we’re going to play it. We used to play it in the States, and people didn’t know the song, but over here I have a feeling that they would. I love that song.”