In a new interview with Metal Hammer, guitarist Dave “Snake” Sabo spoke about the incident when producer shouted at Sebastian Bach for sneaking a cassette.
Here’s the complete statement:
Interviewer: On the fact that Wagener called the “Skid Row” sessions his favorite project of his career:
Snake: “I think it was because we were so scared of him. Seriously. I remember one of his things was, nothing leaves the studio without his permission.
He further added:
We were doing ‘I Remember You’, and Sebastian did a scratch vocal on it. Sebastian snuck a cassette out of there and played it for some people, and Michael found out about it. The next morning, he went to Sebastian‘s room and yelled and screamed at him and grabbed the cassette and threw it in the microwave, and exploded it in the microwave.
Sebastian wasn’t allowed to take anything out of the studio again until that record was done. Michael was fearless, and because of that, we were fearful of him. Everybody’s got pretty strong personalities of their own, but no one was questioning him. What he said was the law, and I’m very thankful for that.”