So this song and video is semi-based on a true story. Dave "The Snake" Sabo (guitarist) wrote the song after reading about an 18 year old in LA who got life in prison for breaking and entering, drunk and disorderly, and first degree murder. He did in fact shoot another 18 year old friend dead in the chest one night while drunk on the streets. The name Ricky was supposedly chosen to fit better with the song and to protect the 18 yr old's identity. If you are interested, "Youth Gone Wild" was the world's first introduction to Skid Row, you should check that out too.

I saw skid row live back in the late 80's . They opened for Bon Jovi . Let me tell you that concert was LIT !

Gotta check out Fly to the Angels by Slaughter... Mark Slaughter's vocals slay and the story is beautiful. Pretty sure you will like it since you enjoyed I Remember You.

"....You can't think of dying when the bottle's your best friend...." "Accidents will happen, they all heard Ricky say. He fired his six shot to the wind, that child blew a child away...."

Fired his six shots into the wind, that child blew a child awayyyyyy. That is the hardest hitting line!

Youth Gone Wild, In A Darkened Room, Monkey Business, Quicksand Jesus, Here I Am, Piece of Me, Rattlesnake Shake, Slave to the Grind, Mudkicker... All great Skid Row songs!!!

Skidrow's song WASTED TIME. Hits very very hard, especially when you know what it's about and anyone that has watched someone fall to addiction can identify with it.

Sebastian Bach has got one HELL of a voice! I get total hair envy every time I look at him. What a glorious man

Now you need to react to Skid Rows (Youth Gone Wild) and (Monkey Business), these two songs will blow you away with how good they are with his voice.

I hated every minute of high school but the one good thing about that time is it was the 80’s and we had the greatest music! There will never be another time like the 80’s.

The guy who played Ricky lives down here in Wilmington NC. He said he was paid something like 200$ cash and all the beer he could drink while shooting the video

That voice! Those cheekbones! That hair! I used to be in a little bit of disbelief that, as a teenage girl, I wished to have the hair of Sebastian Bach 😂 Great reaction 🤘

First time caller here! I just saw Sebastian Bach last week and was COMPLETELY enamored ❤ He looks amazing for his age and sounds EXACTLY the same as his videos!! His son is the drummer for him

Skid Row Amazing band Sebastian Bach GREAT VOICE.......

"That child blew a child away" hits like a punch in the teeth from Holyfield. I think the best thing I was ever taught was to not take anything I was told at face value. If you teach your kids to think for themselves and question everything they will be strong, independent and unwilling to be led by whatever narrative is currently the loudest in our society.

Ricky got a life sentence.He was eighteen years old

Normal Music for an 56 years old Metalhead like me with still long hair , Greeting from Berlin - Germany

Dude in a darkened room is amazing

If you ever watch Pearl Jam - Jeremy (the unedited video) be prepared because it is a true story. The singer Eddie Vedder read about it and the band wrote a song about it. The end of the video was a result of bullying.

Bach and Axel both had very unique, vocal ranges that kinda sucked you in and gave you chills😂❤ very versatile.

Skid Row band was based out of NJ. Song idea was came from a local news report of a similar event. Yes the most successful bands in the eighties had a formula. Stunningly handsome lead singer with great hair and great vocal range, three guitars or two guitars and a keyboard, insane drummer, all members could sing and an ability to present raw metal rock song or grab your attention with a power ballad. Skid Row’s success was with Sebastian. After they fired him, never had another hit. Each part of the formula must be outstanding. When a component of it is gone, their success dwindles. Some reunite, some don’t. Some stay whole. Those bands are magical.

A child blew a child away….my favorite line in the song.

This song was one of the top jams of my teen years. And I’ll be 47 years old in less than six moths. To me this track went hard, and I still love it to this day.

Skid Row was the best concert ive ever been to. Bach had been watching people get on stage and jump into the crowd while Pantera was playing and was so amped up he jumped into the crowd multiple times while Skid Row was playing...security was getting p*ssed

"Boys in the trailer park." Perfect description haha. Those guys were going crazy back then. This has always been one of the hardest rock songs to me.

Now Youth Gone Wild

Now to their first hit 'Youth Gone Wild' 🤘🤘

Not one word about his amazing vocals ?... Crazy

Nothing better tĥan the 80's ROCK. Keep ĝoing down the 80's ROCK. Love your reactions .

Try out "Janie's Got A Gun" by Aerosmith for a story you won't forget.

Aww the 80s Hair Bands!! Fukin fire🔥🔥🔥🔥

Whitesnake, Still of the Night.

“This is like watching Skid Row’s version of Boyz N The Hood.” Dude, you friggin’ nailed it once again! ❤❤❤❤❤

ive always loved Bachs voice. Such an incredible rock singer

In the 80s we loved a loud story about a fictional anti-hero

That beautiful powerful voice, the hair, the looks…Sebastian had it all! Love Skid Row!

I've always loved Skid Row videos. They tell the story so well.

Hell yeah,, Finally. Try some CINDERELLA also

TY BP for understanding the rules of gun safety. Never aim at a target, unless you intend to hit that target. Stay safe fam.

Sebastian Bach is one of the great vocalists ever. Milijenko Matijevic is another one, so please try Steelheart, his band.

This is their best song, would love to see you review Firehouse

" YOUTH GONE WILD " is a MUST !!! 💛👍

Youd'd think some Hip Hop artist/rapper would have sampled this or remixed it by now....I'm an old white lady and I know it would be awesome! :)

Same time period as Guns and Roses and all the hard rock/heavy metal bands would make at least one "power ballad" back then, it was a law or something. :) Good thing they did it, those are the songs on the "oldie stations" now....

Skid Row, G&R, Great White, Def Leppard, Poison, Warrant, and so on. They were all part of what was called "Hair Bands" because they were all sporting the same hairdos, the same clothes, and the same style. The music varied slightly from one band to the other, but at the base, the sound you hear is the same. I had them ALL on EVERY inch of my wall, and when I ran out of wall space, I used the ceiling. LOL. Sebastian Bach watched me sleep every night, and let me tell you, it was a BEAUTIFUL thing to wake up to. He had an amazing voice. A lot of those bands came over from Europe. It was basically the second wave of the British Invasion. I know Def Leppard was, Europe, obviously, Metallica...I think Whitesnake...Iron Maiden...I know Ozzy was. They came over when the US started the hair band craze here, and I couldn't get enough of them. I didn't go to concerts because I was/am partially deaf, and that kind of sound when you aren't used to being to hear is BRUTAL. I made the mistake of standing in front of a speaker at a school dance once in secondary school. OMG. When you're used to everything being muted, and then suddenly it's like BAM it's too much. I knew I wouldn't be able to tolerate a live show. But I loved the music just the same.

I love this song! I love Skid Row for creating this song. These songs are so important and it is so many youth's stories.. breaks my heart. Thank you BP.

You should check out Youth Gone Wild, Slave to the Grind and Monkey Business. All are Bangers.

Same story happened to my two buddies, 30+ years ago, messing around drunk with a gun, we were 17/18 at the time. Throughout the years I forget but whenever I hear this song I think about that time. Their song "Wasted Time" really shows Sebastian's vocal range & is another heart felt story.

Fun little fact, Sebastian was only 17 years old here.

This song plays on repeat for days after i hear from my nephew currently doing life in Helene Georgia. He was 19 when convicted and the instant i found out this song started up in my head.

One of there best next listen should be Youth Gone Wild!

Concrete angels by Martina McBride is a song that is a timeless storie.

He stole the gun when he broke into someone's house. It wasn't his dad's gun. Still one of my favorite videos.

I miss this era of MTV....this was a heavy song at the time, and still stood the test of time. I have played this entire song, Lead guitar part, and it was brilliant, he wrote a seering solo that is not heard too often. I Miss the Old Skid Row.

Monkey Business is also a great song...

He has an amazing voice

YOUTH GONE WILD!!!! I was born in the 70’s but ran wild in the 80’s. Grew up in a housing community in South Portland Maine. That was the song that described all of us at that time!!!! Love your reactions! Also….. Ive never really been much for rap or hip hop…. Until…. I came across your channel. I’ve been watching your work and your songs. You have created a true fan. Thank you for what you do

18 and Life - so he's 18 years old and got life. I believe that's what it means.

Cinderella- nobody's fool Cinderella- Don't know what you got

Vocal range, the song, “Fly to the Angels” by Slaughter is one of those iconic ballads that has a real life story behind the story with an amazing lead singer. The band Slaughter came in just at the end of the Hair Band eras but still did enough music to make them be recognized as one of the great bands of their day. I think that “Guns N Roses” vibe is that scream/growl distortion you can hear them belt out.

slave to the grind is their best mate give it a spin

If you like this, one of the bands at this time was Warrant I love Jani`s voice and if you like story telling try Uncle Tom`s Cabin,Heaven,or I saw red

Love that song! Sebastian Bach blew my mind too the 1st time I heard Skidrow. That song is very powerful and the guitar solo is fire 🔥

I met snake and all of skid row with Tesla at the state fair in Pueblo , CO in 2002 I believe it was. He is intelligent and a gentleman. It was a great night I must say!

Yes. Always felt there's something Cola/Pepsi between Guns n Roses and Skid Row. Maybe because they shared music generation and tours together

BP, I graduated from high school in 1983. The legal drinking age then was 18 years old. I believe from what I’m seeing, legal drinking age was changed in 1985 to 21. I might be wrong.

Back then 18 was legal in many places for drinking. “That child blew a child away” was a line that just destroyed me then.. and does now.

Skid Row had the best hair. lol Gotta love the chain from Rachel's nose to his ear.

He's a wonderful singer!

Been a Skid Row fan since my dad introduced me at a young age. Between 18 to Life and Monkey Business, these are 2 of my favorites. I had to google the meaning of the this once. I copied this from Wikipedia as the meaning of the song...The title of the song alludes to its subject, 18-year-old Ricky, receiving a sentence of life imprisonment for the murder of another teen. The song paints Ricky's youth as his undoing. It was believed for a long time that guitarist Dave Sabo got the idea from a newspaper article about an 18-year-old named Ricky who was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his friend with a gun that, due to alcohol, he most likely guessed was not loaded. However, in an interview with the Professor of Rock, Sabo states that the original inspiration was his brother Rick's life after coming home from Vietnam. The writing process eventually led the song to being about an accidental murder. The music video also alludes to this.

For an awesome power ballad, check out Steelheart's " I'll Never Let You Go". Singer Miljenko has an awesome high range voice. He did the singing for Mark Wahlberg in the movie "Rockstar"

Great reaction. This song came out when I was 18 so it was a reality check. Funny you mentioned GNR. I saw Skid Row as an opener for GNR in 1991. Excellent show. Both bands sounded great.

Quicksand Jesus and in a Darkened Room are two of the greatest vocal performances of all time in any genre

The legal age use to be 18, the law changed to 21 in 1984

I love skid row! Slave to the grind album will always be my fav!

Love this band, and definitely check out more Skid Row.

I was such a metal head as a kid. Loved Skidrow. My daddy put a .38 in my purse as a kid too. Yes, never point it at anyone.

I'll never forget when my 14yr old self ruined this song for a 12yr old who didn't realize what the song was about until i sang that bridge "that child blew a child away" she didn't like the song no more and i still love it.

The days of nose ring connected to earring!!!! Rock on 80’s MONSTERS OF ROCK

Speaking of Guns N' Roses, I saw Skid Row open for them 3 times in 1991.

Back when I was growing up in the 60's, the legal drinking age was 18!! In the USA!!

Monkey business, Quicksand Jesus, Big Guns, Sweet little sister.

Seb and Axel are good friends, have been for many years

*Skid Row - "In A Darkened Room" and Quicksand Jesus" are MUSTS to react to and I can't wait to hear what you think.*

Man i was wondering when you were gonna do some more Skidrow. 😎😎😎😎😎

I was a metal vocalist in the 80s and early 90s professionally. I had a hard upbringing, got into some trouble, and actually sung this song in a prison rock band.

React to Dire Straits song" Money For Nothing" ...that's from a real life experience and it's lighted hearted fun....

Youth Gone Wild

now you need to hear ---Slave to the Grind!!!! totally different sound !!!!

Their first hit off their first album... IMPRESSIVE!! 🔥🤘🏽🔥🤘🏽

Wikipedia-The title of the song alludes to its subject, 18-year-old Ricky, receiving a sentence of life imprisonment for the murder of another teen. The song paints Ricky's youth as his undoing. It was believed for a long time that guitarist Dave Sabo got the idea from a newspaper article about an 18-year-old named Ricky who was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his friend with a gun that, due to alcohol, he most likely guessed was not loaded. However, in an interview with the Professor of Rock, Sabo states that the original inspiration was his brother Rick's life after coming home from Vietnam. The writing process eventually led the song to being about an accidental murder. The music video also alludes to this.

Dude....Monkey Business and Youth Gone Wild! My 2 fav Skid Row tunes...BANGERS!!!

Sebastian's voice incredible!

You absolutely MUST DO "WASTED TIME" by Skid row, DEEEEP song and 1 of their best. Sebastian's Vocals are 🔥🔥🔥

Skid Row - 18 and life, covered by Tommy Johansson guitarist in Sabaton, singer and guitarist in Majestica, and youtuber that gives out a new cover every Friday 🎸🎶🎵

I was 18 when this & their song "Youth Gone Wild" came out

Guns and Skids were very close friends and influenced one another. Both singers even recorded together on Sebastian Bach's solo record. Wasted Time by Skid Row is about guns n' roses former drummer

The music we listened to had real meanings. This is one of many that spoke on social issues. Ricky's life needed direction....he could have been saved at any point.

What an incredible voice!

Sebastian Bach was one of the greatest vocalist of his Era. I saw Skid Row live and he was just as good live. Sad to see him just losing it and fighting with everyone including his old band and Ronnie Radke.