Skid Row facts
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Sebastian Bach was fired from Skid Row after booking a show where the band would have opened for KISS. The other members refused to perform, saying Skid Row was too big an act to open for KISS. Bach left the band with a message saying "You're never too big to open up for KISS."
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Jon Bon Jovi's parents were attending a wedding in 1987 when they recommended the wedding singer try out for their son's friend's band. The singer was Sebastian Bach, and the band became Skid Row
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The term "Skid row" referring to a bad part of town comes from Seattle in the 1850's where a "Skid Road" provided the line separating the affluent part of town.
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The term "Skid Row" started as a logging term in Seattle, WA. Freshly cut logs were skid downhill to Henry Yesler's mill.
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ZP Theart, the original singer for Dragonforce, is currently the lead singer for Skid Row, and replaced Tony Harnell, the man who sang Escape From The City and other songs from the Sonic Adventure video games
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When people first used the term "skid row" they used it to describe a road especially set up to move (skid along the sloping terrain) the recently felled trees from the forest to the mill.
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Nirvana originally considered the name "Skid Row" before settling on "Nirvana." In 1992' their record company had to pay $100,000 to a British band with the same name.
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Skid Row's 18 and Life was written about going off to Vietnam and being a young guy in the military. (Although knowing the lyrics, I'm not sure I get it...)
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CEO of Skid Row was once a Heroin addict and living under a bridge in Vancouver
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A group of professional musicians formed an organization called "Street Symphony" which brings classical music experiences to people on Skid Row
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Skid Row, Los Angeles in 2000 had a population of 17,740
