In a new interview with the Radio Forrest podcast, Skid Row bassist Rachel Bolan confirmed that the majority of the work on the album had been completed before their current singer, Sebastian Bach, joined the band.

Responding to questions about rumors suggesting the album was nearly finished before Bach’s involvement, Bolan affirmed and made clear that Bach was not the main character of the band during their early years:

“Yeah, pretty much — all except for a couple things here and there, but I would say about 98 percent were written and done, for sure.”

Apparently, most of the steps were already done before the lead singer’s addition to the band since the bassist and the guitarist Dave Sabo, had already handled the most parts. Bolan continued by explaining:

“That’s the way it just worked out. Snake [Dave Sabo] and I, when we first met, we just started writing songs. We each had our own band, and we didn’t commit to a band. And we each did our own gigs and whatever, but we’d get together and write songs.”

He went on to explain the details of how the album came out and the birth of Skid Row:

“And then once we saw, like, ‘Wow. These songs are really cool. Let’s put something together and just start playing them for people.’ And that’s how Skid Row was born. It was kind of like a two- or three-step process. And so Snake and I just ended up the main songwriters. It’s not to say that we didn’t want anyone else’s contributions, ’cause that’s not the case.”