SKID ROW's DAVE 'SNAKE' SABO: 'We Made The Necessary' Lineup Changes 'In Order For It To Be Enjoyable'

SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo says that the band "made the necessary changes" in its lineup in order to ensure that playing music was still an "enjoyable" experience.

Sebastian Bach fronted SKID ROW until 1996, when he was fired. Instead of throwing in the towel, the remaining members took a hiatus and went on to play briefly in a band called OZONE MONDAY.

In 1999, SKID ROW reformed and, after a bit of shuffling over the years, now features a lineup consisting of original bassist Rachel Bolan and guitarists Sabo and Scotti Hill, alongside drummer Rob Hammersmith and vocalist Johnny Solinger.

"Scotti, Rachel and myself made a vow early on that once it wasn't fun anymore we weren't gonna do it," Sabo tells AXS.com. "And we did, until it wasn't fun anymore and we made the necessary changes in order for it to be enjoyable."

He continued: "There should be no way that you're ever playing music unhappy or unsettled. It can't be a miserable experience and we made changes.

"We figured it out that the three of us love making music together. We're proud of the songs that we created together and we wanted to play those songs again. We just wanted to do it with different people, so we did.

"Do you want to hang out with somebody that you just don't get along with? It doesn't make any sense. I want to enjoy life.

"[The latest SKID ROW] EP ['Rise Of The Damnation Army - United World Rebellion: Chapter Two'] was the most fun I've ever had with the SKID ROW record. That says something after doing this for 28 years."

Bolan recently confirmed to Classic Rock Revisited that SKID ROW was "offered money" to reunite with Bach for a festival appearance or tour. "It's not as much as people would think, but we've been offered money to do it," he said. "I think us not doing it kind of says that it is not about money as to why we are not doing it."

He continued: "I am not patting myself on the back, but with our past success, I have plenty of money. I am more about being happy at what I do.

"As far as everyone pointing the finger at me [as being the main reason there hasn't been a reunion with Bach], that came from one person.

"We are all individuals. If [the other guys in the band] wanted to do it, then I am sure I would have heard about it by now, as they are my best friends. It is what it is, and certain people say certain things, and you've just got to sit back and laugh."

In an April 2014 interview with RockRevolt Magazine, Bach spoke about the friction between him and his former bandmates, saying, "When I read interviews with [members of] my old band [SKID ROW] and they say, 'We get along great with our new singer. We have barbeques and drink tequila together.' You know what? I don't give a fuck about barbeques.

"You don't hear [THE ROLLING STONES singer] Mick Jagger saying that he loves working with Keith Richards and that they have barbeques together. You hear Mick saying that he hates working with Richards!

"Newsflash: Rachel Bolan doesn't like me for what we've been talking about, but I would work with him anytime, because the result of that dynamic is really good music.

"I don't think you have to be best friends with everybody to work with them."

Bach in July 2012 posted a letter on his Facebook page in which he said he was willing to reunite with SKID ROW. "For the fans, I would be willing to put my ego aside and do something that would be special for the people who put us where we are today," he wrote. "I do not personally want it myself. But it's not always about 'what I want.' If the fans really want to see us together, I would do it for the fans. Sometimes you can do things for people other than yourself."

Bach said he wanted to write the letter in response to Solinger's interview in which Johnny said a tweet by Bach about a possible SKID ROW reunion was an attempt to "get attention."