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Former SKID ROW singer Tony Harnell has weighed in on the band’s choice to enlist Erik Grönwall as its newest frontman, calling it “a really good and modern concept.”
Grönwall, who auditioned for the competitors present “Swedish Idol” again in 2009 by singing a canopy of SKID ROW‘s “18 And Life”, joined the group this previous January because the alternative for ZP Theart, who had been in SKID ROW for greater than six years.
Final month, SKID ROW launched its first single with Grönwall, “The Gang’s All Right here”. The tune is the title observe of the band’s upcoming album, which can arrive on October 14 through earMUSIC.
Throughout an look on the newest episode of the GUNS N’ ROSES-centric “Urge for food For Distortion” podcast, Harnell — who fronted SKID ROW for lower than a yr — said concerning the band’s latest addition (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I believe that they made an excellent choice. I’ve admired Erik from afar, and I believe it is your best option they might have presumably made at this stage of the sport. I imply, look, everyone is aware of what [fans] need with that individual scenario,” apparently referencing followers’ fixed name for a reunion with former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach, “but it surely does not appear to be it is ever gonna occur. So in lieu of that taking place, I believe this was a really good and modern concept for them to seize a youthful man who has lots of hearth onstage and he has an excellent voice — very versatile. I am impressed, and I believe it is an excellent selection.”
SKID ROW, which performed its first present with Grönwall on March 26, recorded “The Gang’s All Right here” in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Nick Raskulinecz, who has beforehand labored with FOO FIGHTERS, STONE SOUR, HALESTORM, EVANESCENCE, RUSH and ALICE IN CHAINS, amongst many others.
Final September, Grönwall launched his cowl model of SKID ROW‘s “18 And Life” through all streaming platforms.
In 2018, Grönwall debuted within the U.S. for 10 million viewers in NBC‘s reside broadcast of Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s and Tim Rice‘s musical “Jesus Christ Famous person”. Together with John Legend, Alice Cooper, Sara Bareilles and others, Erik performed the important thing function of Simon Zealotes.
Theart, a former member of DRAGONFORCE, joined SKID ROW in 2016 following the departure of Harnell.
Harnell beforehand stated that his ingesting was partly liable for him quitting SKID ROW through social media, explaining that it was “a extremely dumb” and “very unprofessional” factor to do.
The previous TNT singer joined SKID ROW in April 2015 because the alternative for Johnny Solinger, who was the band’s frontman for fifteen years. Tony stop the group solely eight months later, writing in a Fb put up that “being ignored and disrespected is not my factor.”
Tony later stated in an interview with “Rock Speak With Mitch Lafon” that he made his exit official after going via was he described as “one of the tough instances” in his life. “And the climax of it was the tip of 2015, and I used to be in a bar, ingesting manner an excessive amount of, was pissed off on the world, and did a silly factor,” he stated. “And that was it. And it was very unprofessional. I’ve by no means achieved something like that earlier than, and I have never achieved something like that since. And I am not pleased with it.”
Harnell went on to verify that his ingesting “performed a job” in the best way he went about quitting SKID ROW. “And lots of people that know me could be, like, ‘What? We by no means noticed the man drunk,'” he stated. “It was my little non-public factor that lots of people weren’t actually conscious of — not even some those who have been very near me. In order that undoubtedly performed a job. I would not say that it was the one factor that was ‘flawed’ on the time, but it surely did play a job in the entire state of affairs.”
Tony additionally claimed that he has since “apologized to each the band and the followers.” He added: “It was a extremely dumb factor to do. That is mainly all there may be to it.”
SKID ROW guitarist Dave “Snake” Sabo advised the “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk” present that issues fell aside so shortly with Harnell as a result of “some issues simply aren’t meant to work… they simply do not work collectively. Realizing him earlier than after which working with him, it was two separate… it actually was two various things,” he defined. “Quite a lot of battle, lots of butting heads, and it simply… it by no means meshed, it was by no means proper. We knew him for a very long time, [but we] by no means labored with him — by no means labored in a band scenario, in a band setting with him. And what — for higher or for worse, that is our band; it belongs to us. And so if somebody is gonna are available and work with us, we’ve got a sure manner that we do issues, and that won’t work for some individuals. It did not work for him. Look, [he’s] a gifted man; it simply wasn’t proper for us.”
