METAL SLUDGE - 20 Questions With Snake Sabo, 4/4/00
( Bon Jovi-related parts only)
23 QUESTIONS WITH...
Skid Row Guitarist Dave "The Snake" Sabo
Here it is! This is the interview a lot of you have been waiting for,
and you won't be disappointed!! Snake doesn't avoid any questions, he
tells it like it is, and answers all the shit we wanted to know! He
also discusses some shit we haven't heard him talk about before and
he now holds the record for longest answers as well! Thus, we are
giving Snake the:
Metal Sludge Super Balls Award!!
We feel that he deserves this prestigious award! Congratulations Snake!
So enough bullshit, let's get right into it!
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6. Rumor has it Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora had owned the
publishing off the first Skid Row record. After its huge success
there was obviously a good amount of money made. Jon & Richie had
already stacked their bank accounts pretty well due to their own
sales. After this was made somewhat public knowledge rumor was that
Slash from GNR said something to Richie that prompted him to give
back his share of the money to the band (you guys, Skid Row). However
Jon didn't do the same after Baz pulled his shit. Is this true,
please elaborate?
I know Rich felt uncomfortable about the money he made off of our 1st
album but the money was never given back to us, that I am sure of.
But, as far as that whole thing goes, we basically signed a shitty
deal, but we all signed it, and contrary to what anyone might say, we
all knew what we were doing. It's just that when success hit, we
realized how much we had given up and it was quite a bit. But, we
still made a pretty penny ourselves.
7. Another rumor, there was a very ugly backstage incident involving
Jon, Sebastian & security guards. What is the real truth about this.
Who said what, who slapped or punched who?
What happened was, it was the 2nd to the last night of the tour, and
the BonJovi crew were doing the usual end of the tour antics, dumping
milk on us, throwing eggs at us while we were onstage, all of it
harmless. So, as this is happening, Sebastian announces to the crowd
"Jon BonJovi should come up here and get a Piece of ME", and then we
went into the song. He didn't say this maliciously at all. He said it
in good fun, because we all thought Jon was behind it all. Well,
after our set, I'm walking up the ramp of the arena, and I see Jon
walking towards me. I start laughing and say to him "man, you really
got us, that was awesome!" And walks right past me with this scowl on
his face headed right towards Baz. So, I stop and turn around,
because I have this bad feeling in me, and I see Baz smiling and
going to give Jon a high-five and says, "You guys totally got us,"
then I see Jon throw a punch at Baz and I'm like "what the fuck is
going on?". So Baz throws a punch back at him then a ton of security
jumps in and separates the two of them, but as they're heading back
to our dressing rooms they're still yelling and screaming at each
other and I still don't know why. As it turns out, Jon had nothing to
do with any of the end-of-tour- stuff and he thought that Baz called
him a pussy on stage when, in fact, Baz was just introing Piece of
Me! To this day I defend Baz on this because he did nothing wrong and
it was a completely ridiculous incident.
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10. Rate the following guitarists on a scale of 1 to 10. 1 being
someone who sounds like they play with broken fingers, and 10 being a
virtuoso.
Richie Scarlet = 5
Dimebag Darrell = 9
Mick Mars = 7
C.C. DeVille = 6
Richie Sambora = 9
Joe Perry = 9
Ace Frehley = 8
Eddie Van Halen = 10
Zakk Wylde = 9
Paul Crook = 8
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13. What are your top 3 best and worst memories of Skid Row?
My 3 best memories would have to be,
1: Playing Giants Stadium in NJ, in 1989 with BonJovi,
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21. Sebastian recently said in an interview that Jon Bon Jovi was "a
faggot" and that "he sucks." How is your current relationship with
Jon?
My relationship with Jon is awesome. We've healed all the old wounds
and fessed up to all of our mistakes and put it behind us. We decided
friendship is more important than business bullshit. So, now, we
don't do business but we are closer than we've ever been. Go figure!
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23. Time for Metal Sludge's 20 Questions. We give you a name and you
tell us your thoughts.
Sebastian Bach = Great singer, great frontman, the quintessential
rock-star. Not someone I see in my future but I wish him well.
Tommy Lee = Amazing talent, both in the sack and out! He's always
treated me with great respect and I have great memories of hanging
out with him. One of the best drummers I've ever seen or heard.
Jon Bon Jovi = Childhood friend, shrewd businessman, great
songwriter. I learned and learn so much from him, both good and bad.
The most driven individual I have ever met.
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Now that's how you do 20 Fucking Questions!
Props to Snake for being totally honest and telling it like it is. He
said Skid Row sold around 12 million or so records (not the 22
million Sebitchian tells everybody "he" sold), he gave us some good
examples on why Sebitchian is a dick and a pain in the ass, yet he
did it in a way that he didn't come off sounding like a dick. At
least we don't think so. I'm sure some of you Sebitchian fans might
think otherwise, but your opinions are worthless anyways, so they
don't count. And not to mention, Snake spelled everything right! You
can't ask for more than that!
Word has it that Scotti Hill wants to do 20 Questions next, so
hopefully we will have that sometime this Summer.
This isn't the official site yet, but it's the most updated, so check
out www.skidrowonline.com for the latest on Skid Row. They have all
the tour dates and the latest info on Skid Row.
Thanks again to Snake for having the balls to do and not being a puss
like his former singer!