Skid Row is a rock band that was formed by bassist Rachel Bolan and
guitarist Dave Sabo, who got the band a quick record deal through being
close friends with Jon Bon Jovi, lead singer of popular hard rock band
Bon Jovi. In 1987 Gary Moore, of the other band name Skid Row, sold the
rights to the name for $35,000. The band signed a deal with Atlantic
Records and their first self-titled album was finally released in 1989.
It included their three most famous songs: “18 and Life”, “I Remember
You” and their first single “Youth Gone Wild”. They performed at the
Moscow peace festival in 1989 along with Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions,
Mötley Crüe, Gorky Park, Bon Jovi and Cinderella.
During 1990,
the band prepared to record their sophomore record. Spring 1991 saw the
release of “Slave To The Grind”; Though not as successful sales-wise as
the first album it reached #1 on the American Billboard album charts.
In the following year, there was a five-song EP of covers called “B-Side
Ourselves”
