Has It Really Been 40 Years Of Skid Row?

Skid Row

BMG/Rhino has remastered, remixed and re-released on CD 40 Seasons: The Best of Skid Row, which now also, for the first time, also comes out on translucent blue vinyl. Originally out in 1998, these 16 tracks—with the original lineup of Bolan, Sabo, Hill, Affuso and Bach—epitomize the essence of the greatest hair-metal band to ever come out of Toms River in Ocean County. Taken from their self-titled 1989 debut, its 1991 Slave To The Grind follow-up and 1995’s Subhuman Race, there’s also rarities like the original demo recordings of “Fire In The Hole” and “Frozen” as well as completely new mixes of “Into Another” and Breakin’ Down.” The highlight has to be a live version of “Beat Yourself Blind,” taken from London’s Astoria in 1995.

Tracks
1) "Youth Gone Wild”
2) "18 And Life”
3) "Piece of Me”
4) "I Remember You”
5) "The Threat”
6) "Psycho Love”
7) "Monkey Business”
8) "Quicksand Jesus”
9) "Slave To The Grind”
10) "Into Another
11) "Frozen”
12) "My Enemy”
13) "Breakin' Down”
14) "Beat Yourself Blind”
15) "Forever”
16) "Fire in the Hole”

Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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