You made my day reacting to this!! This was written by Sebastian about his friend Steve Adler, former drummer of Guns and Roses. He was addicted to heroin and it was out of control. The horse represents "H"... Steve did end up getting clean and didnt die. The lyrics are Bars! Another great song is Youth Gone Wild and 18 & Life, Monkey Business. Thank you for a great reaction! Skid Row rocks!!!!!❤

Sebastián Bach wrote this song about his friend Steven Adler, who at the time was the original drummer for Guns And Roses. Adler was fired due to his heroin addiction. In the 80s, Horse was a popular term for heroin.

80’s hair bands are pure. NO AUTO TUNE.

Sebastian Bach still has the killer pipes after all these years. Love him or hate him you can't deny his skill.

Back in the day, heroin was called "horse"...the person that this song is about, Steven Adler, original Guns 'n Roses drummer, was so addicted to heroin that he was fired from the band.

One of my favorite vocal tracks from Skid Row. 18 In Life is a must listen!

33 years of listening to this song and it still gives me goosebumps every time!

Bach did a decade long stint on Broadway after getting fired from Skid Row, and recently did a run on The Masked Singer. His voice has aged but he's still chops.

Youth Gone Wild is a banger!! S.Bach played lead in Phantom of The Opera for a while…. You’re spot on about his voice. ✌️

A couple of my favorites are "In a Darkened Room" and "Quicksand Jesus. "Slave to the Grind" was my favorite album.

Literally saw him live last night and he still got pipes. This was over 30 years ago so obviously time has taken some toll but man, he can still belt it out. I just love him!

Sebastian Bach's voice has a magical quality that allows it to blend seamlessly with any context or melody. In this particular song, you can feel the anguish he experienced. He was mourning the loss of his friend, Steven Adler, who was struggling with drug addiction. The horse is a metaphor for the drug. It was a loss, not physically, because Steven Adler wasn’t dead; he didn't die. But someone addicted, I guess, is dead inside. The emotion in Sebastian’s singing is truly heart-wrenching, and the guitar solo echoes the sound of a cry. His “screams” are filled with the pain he must have felt for his friend. Luckily for him, Stevan Adler survived the addiction, but at some point, he had a stroke due to his abuse of drugs. If you react to songs like Monkey Business, you will find another differentiation in his voice. Quicksand Jesus is just another interpretation of Sebastian’s voice. I am glad you reacted to this song. I hope for more from Skid Row :)

Youth Gone Wild and 18 To Life...two others to add to your list.

Sebastian blew his voice out recording this song, and to me it's the most emotionally charged vocal performance in heavy metal history. It's a true masterpiece.

Youth Gone Wild and Slave to the Grind are worth your time. Great reaction.

No one has a voice like Sebastian Bach! Please check out the band Steelheart and their song, She’s Gone. The lead singer’s voice will blow you away! Not kidding! I can’t explain it because you have to hear it to believe it! This guy has a three octave range, each one higher than the last! Love your reactions and looking forward to seeing what you react to next. Take care! - Gene A.

Gotta go for the In a Darkened Room video next! Watching him do it live is so amazing!

18 and life is another one that is 🔥

“Glam Metal” or “Hair Metal” wasn’t just about the music, it was also about the look, the crazy hairstyles and outfits. Hence the terms glam & hair.

Radio stations would play all the power ballads on Friday nights and people would make dedications and requests live on air, calling in over and over and waiting on hold to be heard live and if you were heartbroken you would just sing and cry and it was a whole thing y'all.

I’ve been saying it since the 80’s, BEST ROCK VOICE OF ALL TIME! IMO.

Sebastian just dropped a couple of brand new music videos, and I can tell you.... he STILL has those pipes! Yeah, visually, he's showing his age..... but damn does he still sound amazing! My first wife and I met him after a show back in the early 2000s, and he was a very nice guy. Took a few minutes for each and every fan that waited around after the show to meet him. No extra charge for that, either. The picture I took of him and my wife, her portion of it became the portrait tattoo I got on my chest after she died in 2006 from cancer. Sebastian is definitely a class act, all the way!

He was extremely special. His voice has changed but there will never ever be another Sebastián Bach

18 and Life you would love!

18 and Life is still their best song. 40!

Man, did his voice ever sound like Janis Joplin at times! I would love to have heard a duet with the two of THEM !! I know that they were from different eras, but together, they would have exploded the sound system !! Sebastian is definitely uniquely talented beyond belief. ❣😲🤤

18 and Life…next 🎶

You’re gonna LOVE 18 and life!

Lost myself to addiction for a very long time.. I was quite literally dead inside.. I was a walking corpse who just hadn't died yet. Hospitalized for quite a stint due to organ partial failures due to my abuse. 16.5 years clean. So proud to be able to mentor others now. This BANGER resonates with me looking back at myself prior.

I had a friend that I knew since I was 6 years old that ended up passing away a couple years ago because of alcoholism. We knew each for over 40 years and couldn’t believe he was gone. The best friend I ever had and we were like brothers. I miss him everyday and actually tried to get him to quit but he was to far gone. God bless all of you out there struggling with addiction. Get god into your life and you will see a change.

Sebastian is solo for several years. He just dropped two new singles and I believe there’s an album coming soon. I saw him in the Broadway show Jekyll and Hyde. My 80 year old mom had a massive crush on him. LOL. Took her to the play for Mother’s Day that year. His show are mostly festivals and small venues. He’s aged and his voice is lower so the high notes aren’t as high. But the hair still glows and his personality is still pretty outrageous. Keep in mind, that when he recorded I Remember You, he was 21. At 56, still young, he still does weed and wine. He’s a wild guy. And when he’s drinking? He’s almost scary. He did a TV series, 2006, called Supergroup. Bunch of rockers from other band get together to cut an album. They live in a Hollywood mansion to write and record. His alcohol abuse was raging. Was an enlightened view of rock behind the scenes. Still can find the episodes on KZfaq Tube.

The tone you're talking about, we always called it grit. The grit in his voice is amazing!! The Power Ballad is the best thing to come out of the 80's!! So many great songs, we really did grow up in the best generation Gen X for the win!! We were the last to grow up without technology, without smartphones, without social media, we got away with so much!! I'm so happy my daughters will never know some of the dumb sh*t I got away with!!! Sending love to everybody from Louisville Kentucky 😊❤

Ive loved that man since i was 11 years old. I met him in my 30s. I still love him now in my 40s. ❤️

Incredible & powerful song about addiction. Great reaction & feedback. Skid Row needs to reunite with Sebastian bc no other vocalist comes close

I'm seeing Sebastian this Sunday at Rams head in Baltimore and I can't wait, his voice is intoxicating🙂

When the horse stampedes it rages is a reference to heroin. His friend Steven Adler, who was the original drummer of Guns N Roses had a bad heroin problem.

18 and Life!!!

"Horse" is a slang term for heroin. This song was written about Steven Adler; the original drummer for Guns N Roses. He battled a very serious heroin addiction, which caused him to have a serious stroke. Steven survived and overcame his addiction.

80’s fashion could be wild sometimes. Especially in the rock/hair metal scene. Mesh shirts and tight leather pants were pretty common. As many others have said, 18 and Life, Youth Gone Wild, and Monkey Business are good ones from this band. And yes, horse was slang for heroin.

Thank you for diving into Skid Row.. YES, they are slept on for sure. In my opinion he was the best vocalist from the hair music days..

For another mind-bending vocal....Steelheart's I'll Never Let You Go (Angel Eyes)

This Song Breaks my heart. I love Sebastian's Voice and how powerful it is. Thanks for the great reaction.

SB was the most amazing singer ever, and not to mention his freaking good looks. OMG!!! Did i say amazing good looks. A beautiful man he was!

"the horse stampedes and rages". As others have said, Horse is a reference to "H" or Heroin. Hollywood was ate up with Cocaine and the music business was eyes deep in Heroin back in the 80s. Lots of great creativity with all too high a cost.

As a 56 Years old Metalhead with still long hair is that normal Music - Greeting from Berlin- Germany HEAVY METAL IS THE BEST MUSIC ON THIS PLANET !

He ripped his pants up the backside at the concert all those years ago almost at the beginning…. He laughed, showed the coliseum the rip and just kept on rocking!!!!

Thanks for reacting to skid row!❤this song and the emotions of loved ones trapped to drug addictions.

Regarding the lyrics, "You said you'd never let me down, but the horse stampedes and rages," Horse is a popular name for heroin. The song starts out with lighter drugs like cannabis, and moves onto harder drugs like ecstasy and cocaine and then finishes with heroin. The song ends with the line, "I thought you'd never let it get this far," which was another reference to Adler's heroin addiction. In the video the actor is seen injecting the drug in a public toilet at this line.

In A Darkened Room and 18 And Life are probably my favourite Skid Row songs.

I think the horse is about withdrawal. "You said you'd never let me down", The person fighting to not use again. "But the horse stampedes and rages in the name of desperation". Withdrawal symptoms kicking in and making him spiriling down again. I am a 45 old metal fan, one who listens to many genres inside rock, including extremes like death and black (which I love, btw), but this song is, IMHO, one of the greatest compositions of all time

One of the BETTER "hair bands" of the 80s. Skilled musicians. Saw them twice. Sebastián was classically trained. ❤ One of my TOP 5 80s bands!!

Sebastian Bach spent 7 yrs on Broadway playing the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera. He is classically trained. He was also in Gilmore Girls.

You can put this on the playlist, " wasnt ready." Lol. Very touching reaction you had. It was quite personal to you with the horse appearing. Its songs like this that just change lives. Thank you for the reaction.

I still remember the first time I heard this. 1993 and the boy I liked handed me a Walkman and told me to listen ❤

We named our youngest son after this guy, and the original composer, we thought it was pretty cool name, for two terrific artists, so we named him Sebastian Bach + our last name, he just turned 24 April, 17th, 2024. Skid Row "18 and life". This is actually my favorite over "I remember You" although I love that song also. Skid Row was a band in the 1980's, however their big break out happened in the mid 1990's just right before the grunge music scene started happening.

please do 18 and life and youth Gone wild

I believe the horse is symbolic of a hit of Heroin

Lived in LA - Could be there or NYC. For tight pants, check out Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, He was proud of the "5th Member" of the band...... LOL. If you want to see Sebastian in a great funny role, he was on "Gilmore Girls" joining a teen garage band. They asked if he had experience since he was so old (30's). Said he was in a band, but it just didn't take off. They asked him to play something, and the rest is great. he was only on a dozen or so shows, but each one was a funny take on his career. I am sure you have been told already, the horse references was a name for Heroin in the 70's and 80's. I really like Skid Row - The dude is a modern day Viking!

Steelheart - I'll Never Let You Go. Another amazing voice.

He did play Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde on the Broadway

You're definitely right about Sebastien being special. He's always been quite talented, he's acted (Gilmore Girls), appeared on numerous reality shows and even starred in Jekyll and Hyde the Broadway musical. Another song you may like by them is Quicksand Jesus.

Youth Gone Wild and Slave to the Grind ... REAL BANGERS !!! THIS IS THE STUFF THAT DEFINES THEM ...

He recorded his vocals in one take he wanted the emotion to be real .

After his break from Skid Row, Baz has done TV and stage and more solo work. He was part of the MTV "SuperGroup" reality-eske tv show and he was a re-occurring regular on Gilmore Girls. Most recently he was a character on The Masked Singer. His work on stage has been amazing and introduced him to whole other audiences. I sat beside a couple of older ladies who were legit in tears on a Saturday matenee showing of Jesus Christ Superstar in Vegas over his performance. If you head over to Sebastian's channel here on youtube there is a perfomance of Patience by him with Duff McKagen that frankly is epic. Some of my favorite of his solo work are Angel Down, Battle with the Bottle and Back in the Saddle.

Guitar player was childhood friends with Jon bon Jovi. They agreed whoever made it first would help the other get record deal. Too cool old school

Thank you soooo much for this reaction this was awesome. The horse was another meaning for heroine back in the day and this song was written because of their friend Steven Addler from Guns' and Roses the first drummer turned into a heroine addict and almost died and lost his spot with GnR

White horse was at one time a name for heroine. The song was written by Sebastian Bach about a close friend who had a severe heroine addiction.

I am throwing my hat in for 18 and life. My favorite song.

Sebastián Bach's iconic sound has that rasp, that growl, that grit that is undeniable. I think those might be the words you were looking for. 😉

In a Darkened Room and Wuick sand Jesus. His voice is over the top on these two! A must!

You should do a song off his new album. I would say, Hold on to the Dream. Sebastian Bach is one of if not the greatest vocalist in rock history.

This is 1992. He's done opera... and Gilmore Girls. Oh, and Trailer Park Boys. But yeah, Opera.. he's 6'3" tall, and was in his early 20's here... 19 yrs old doing 'I Remember You'.... plus, he had his longtime girlfriend since he was in his late teens, and a baby boy by this point already... he def coulda been a top runway model as well, but was crazy humble on top of it all!! Oh Sebastian...

I am glad you followed up this this, it hits hard for anyone that knows or has been in this situation and knows its helplessness

Brings back so many memories from my teenage years 🙂

Sebastian will be my all time fave since I was 13. I never miss a chance to see him live. Going next month! He is still a great singer and has fun with his crowds. Wasted Time is very meaningful to me. Lost one of my closest friends to herion addiction in 1999. He was a musician, but only made it into Rolling Stone magazine because they did a piece on "the Texas Herion Massacre". Pretty sad. 😢

Love watching you learn about hair metal. This is what i grew up on❤

Sebastian Bach has actually performed Phantom of the Opera on Broadway - excellent reaction to this amazing performance!

Finally! Btw this is the dude lap tops fell on, depicted in watch the world burn. He did plays after Skid row. Rocky Horror picture show and Jekyll and Hyde ( I think). Won’t you ride the white horse.

Queensryche songs Empire, I don't believe in love, and Eyes Of A Stranger. Cinderella songs Shake Me, Gypsy Road, Don't Know What You Got, Nobody's Fool, Somebody Save Me, Shelter Me, and Heartbreak Station. Feels songs, Little Suzie, Modern Day Cowboy, Edison's Medicine, Song and Emotion, Love Song, Heavens Trail

His voice is glorious! I got to see him on stage in a production of Jesus Christ Superstar back in the early 00s. I melted in my seat. 💜 Thanks for the reaction.

This was a lesser known Skid Row song that was my absolute favorite when I was like 12 yrs old. Couldn't click fast enough, thanks for reacting! Also screw that commercial break lol!! I was straight jamming out and came to a complete halt 😅.

If you want to check out a ballad from his solo career,check out 'By Your Side'.In my opinion, neither Bach or the Band reached as high separately as they did together,but this is close.

If my memory serves me correct, Jon Bon Jovi was hanging out at the studio or something and someone told him to come listen to this band and see what he thought. That band was Skid Row. John Bon Jovi was then their champion and helped them get a record deal. Not 100% sure, but if my memory serves me right, that’s what happened.

I saw Sebastian Bach live in 2013, and he still sounded fantastic 25 years down the road

That was the style of the 80s rockers

One of my favorite songs from Skid Row. I love Sebastian voice! He just came out with a new solo album . I recommend listening to his new album, it id kick ass !

i always cry when i listen to him

My favorite song by them. His voice just penetrates the soul

I'm glad u finally listened to wasted time. Youth gone wild n 18 n life is col more of their most popular songs from back in the day. This song hits home to millions of us who have ppl who wasted time in that life style . Music of today dnt try n remind ppl there's more to life than that . Sad tbh. Many rockers wear leather pants it was the in thing back in the day lol. Again glad u listened to it now u finally getn out music lol. I dnt think u were suppose to listen to it until now when you're older. Cuz when we get older we appreciate more n understand life better.. God bless ya patriot keep on listening to our jams from back in the day. Wwg1wga Ncswic Jesus Christ is King of Kings and Lord of Lords 🙌🏻✝️❤️🤍💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

You have done an excellent job of stockpiling reactions to cover the channel while you are home with your family welcoming your new baby girl. Proud of you. You can obviously juggle with the best of them! ❤ to your new girl, and pride for your big girl for being an awesome big sis💖

The h stands for heroin and they use the horses reference. Horse stampedes means the craziness of the withdrawal symptoms. Definitely about Steven adler, from guns n' roses.. I recommend Slave to the Grind the entire album for you to listen to on your own time it's amazing! Monkey Business is something that's really hard you might enjoy, really anything from Slave to the Grind is pretty heavy.

He's was also on broadway as jekyll and hyde . And that was 80s and the look was hot back then

Funny, you mentioned that. Yes, he has been on Broadway several times.

One of the best bands of my era. Such vocal talent..

Thanx, I had forgotten how great these guys were, far above a ton of look alike bands... and blew it all up firing Bach, amazing singer but extremely crazy 😂

Black leather was a big rocker thang in the 90s. Sebastian Bach does have one of the prettiest voices in rock ‘n’ roll. 😊

❤ Sebastian! Have loved his voice for 35y and counting....

18 and life like others have said! That was my first song from them I heard and fell in love instantly! Other 80s bands you might like are Cinderella and Poison! Tesla was also coming up in the 80s. I saw my first concert at 10 years old, my dad took me to see Poison and Tesla opened for them. Poison was a huge, huge band back then and it's weird how Tesla really became iconic further in their career. We were supposed to go see Bon Jovi with Skid Row as the opening band the next weekend after my first concert but my dad got called into work and had to give away the tickets so unfortunately I never got to see either Bon Jovi or Skid Row live tho I've seen over 400 other bands in my 44 years on this planet!

He was the lead in Jekyll and Hyde on Broadway in 2000.

You can't pass over 18 and Life. It's got to be their #1.