Skid Row (American band)

Skid Row
Skid Row performing in 2023
Background information
Origin	Toms River, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Hard rock heavy metal glam metal[1]
Discography	Skid Row discography
Years active	1986–1996 1999–present
Labels	Atlantic SPV Megaforce earMUSIC
Members	Dave Sabo Rachel Bolan Scotti Hill Rob Hammersmith
Past members	Sebastian Bach Matt Fallon Rob Affuso Johnny Solinger Phil Varone Tony Harnell Dave Gara ZP Theart Erik Grönwall
Website	skidrow.com

Skid Row is an American rock band formed in 1986 in Toms River, New Jersey. Their current lineup comprises bassist Rachel Bolan, guitarists Dave Sabo and Scotti Hill and drummer Rob Hammersmith, with Halestorm singer Lzzy Hale currently filling in on vocals.^[2] The group achieved commercial success in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with its first two albums Skid Row (1989) and Slave to the Grind (1991) certified multi-platinum, the latter of which reached number one on the Billboard 200. Those two albums also produced some of Skid Row's most popular hits, both in and outside of the United States, including "18 and Life" and "I Remember You", which peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, and other charting singles such as "Youth Gone Wild", "Monkey Business", "Slave to the Grind", "Wasted Time", and "In a Darkened Room". The band's third album Subhuman Race (1995) was also critically acclaimed, but failed to repeat the success of its predecessors. Those three albums featured the band's "classic" lineup, which consisted of Bolan, Sabo, Hill, drummer Rob Affuso and frontman Sebastian Bach. The band had sold 20 million albums worldwide by the end of 1996. Amid rising tensions, Bach was fired and Affuso left Skid Row towards the end of that year, after which the band entered a three-year hiatus.

Skid Row reformed in 1999, with Johnny Solinger as Bach's replacement and a revolving cast of drummers, the latest being Rob Hammersmith. Solinger recorded two albums with the band – Thickskin (2003) and Revolutions per Minute (2006) – as well as the EPs United World Rebellion: Chapter One and Rise of the Damnation Army – United World Rebellion: Chapter Two (2013 and 2014 respectively); those recordings garnered mixed reception. In April 2015, Skid Row parted ways with Solinger, and replaced him with former TNT singer Tony Harnell. Eight months later, however, Harnell left the band. In January 2017, former DragonForce vocalist ZP Theart was named the official lead singer after spending a year as a touring member of the group.^[3] Theart remained with Skid Row until March 2022, when the band replaced him with Erik Grönwall, who debuted on their first studio album in 16 years, The Gang's All Here, which was released in October 2022. Grönwall left Skid Row in March 2024 due to health issues, as he had to prioritize full recovery after receiving treatment for leukemia, and Lzzy Hale of Halestorm will fill in for him on upcoming live dates.^[4]