--- title: "Skid Row" type: "MusicGroup" url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/skid-row" genre: "Heavy Metal" country: "United States" formed: 1986 --- # Skid Row **Skid Row** is a heavy metal band, from United States, active 1986 to present. Skid Row is an American heavy metal band formed in 1986 in Toms River, New Jersey. Their current lineup comprises bassist Rachel Bolan, guitarists Dave Sabo and Scotti Hill, and drummer Rob Hammersmith. The group achieved commercial success in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with its first two albums Skid Row (1989) and Slave to the Grind (1991) certified multi-platinum, the latter of which reached number one on the Billboard 200. Those two albums also produced some of Skid Row's most popular hits, both in and outside of the United States, including "18 and Life" and "I Remember You", which peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, and other charting singles such as "Youth Gone Wild", "Monkey Business", "Slave to the Grind", "Wasted Time", and "In a Darkened Room". The band's third album Subhuman Race (1995) was also critically acclaimed, but failed to repeat the success of its predecessors. Those three albums featured the band's "classic" lineup, which consisted of Bolan, Sabo, Hill, drummer Rob Affuso and frontman Sebastian Bach. The band had sold 20 million albums worldwide by the end of 1996. Amid rising tensions, Bach was fired and Affuso left Skid Row towards the end of that year, after which the band entered a three-year hiatus. Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_Row_(American_band) ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Name | Skid Row | | Genre | Heavy Metal | | Parent genre | Heavy Metal | | Origin | Toms River, United States | | Formed | 1986 | | Releases in catalog | 9 | ## Genres [Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal) ## Line-up | Musician | Instruments | Years | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Keri Kelli](https://themetalnet.com/musician/keri-kelli) | Guitar | | Current | | [Rob Halford](https://themetalnet.com/musician/rob-halford) | Lead vocals | | Current | | [ZP Theart](https://themetalnet.com/musician/zp-theart) | Lead vocals | 2016 to present | Current | | [Alex Grossi](https://themetalnet.com/musician/alex-grossi) | Guitar | | Current | | [Dave “The Snake” Sabo](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dave-the-snake-sabo) | Guitar | 1986 to present | Current | | [Taime Downe](https://themetalnet.com/musician/taime-downe) | Lead vocals | | Current | | [Rachel Bolan](https://themetalnet.com/musician/rachel-bolan) | Bass guitar | 1986 to present | Current | | [Rob Hammersmith](https://themetalnet.com/musician/rob-hammersmith) | Drums (drum set) | 2010 to present | Current | | [Ryan Spencer Cook](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ryan-spencer-cook) | Guitar | | Current | | [Scotti Hill](https://themetalnet.com/musician/scotti-hill) | Guitar | 1987 to present | Current | | [Tony Harnell](https://themetalnet.com/musician/tony-harnell) | Lead vocals | 2015 to 2015 | Former | | [Dave Gara](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dave-gara) | Drums (drum set) | 2004 to 2010 | Former | | [Erik Grönwall](https://themetalnet.com/musician/erik-gronwall) | Lead vocals | 2022 to 2024 | Former | | [Matt Fallon](https://themetalnet.com/musician/matt-fallon) | Lead vocals | 1986 to 1987 | Former | | [Phil Varone](https://themetalnet.com/musician/phil-varone) | Drums (drum set) | 1999 to 2004 | Former | | [Sebastian Bach](https://themetalnet.com/musician/sebastian-bach) | Lead vocals | 1987 to 1997 | Former | | [Timothy DiDuro](https://themetalnet.com/musician/timothy-diduro) | Drums (drum set) | 2004 to 2004 | Former | | [Charlie Mills](https://themetalnet.com/musician/charlie-mills) | Drums (drum set) | 1986 to 1987 | Former | | [Cody Howell](https://themetalnet.com/musician/cody-howell) | Bass guitar | 1986 to 1986 | Former | | [Jim Yuhas](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jim-yuhas) | Guitar | 1986 to 1987 | Former | | [John Ratkowski, Jr.](https://themetalnet.com/musician/john-ratkowski-jr) | Drums (drum set) | 1986 to 1987 | Former | | [Johnny Solinger](https://themetalnet.com/musician/johnny-solinger) | Lead vocals | 1999 to 2015 | Former | | [Kurtis Jackson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/kurtis-jackson) | Guitar | 1986 to 1986 | Former | | [Rob Affuso](https://themetalnet.com/musician/rob-affuso) | Drums (drum set) | 1987 to 1998 | Former | | [Shawn Mars](https://themetalnet.com/musician/shawn-mars) | Lead vocals | 1997 to 1998 | Former | | [Steve Brotherton](https://themetalnet.com/musician/steve-brotherton) | Guitar | 1986 to 1986 | Former | ## Discography | Year | Release | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 1989 | [Skid Row](https://themetalnet.com/album/1c5d2671-9d87-3606-a7c3-0aa73c970644) | Album | | 1991 | [Slave to the Grind](https://themetalnet.com/album/dbf64d90-6f91-3470-aab6-fa51e5e463b4) | Album | | 1992 | [B‐Side Ourselves](https://themetalnet.com/album/46dec6db-caf3-45f0-bd4d-99c844babc53) | EP | | 1995 | [Subhuman Race](https://themetalnet.com/album/3e6d90ec-db2f-3dc5-9e14-2d55f0ea8e40) | Album | | 2003 | [Thickskin](https://themetalnet.com/album/cf0be7fd-8d43-373d-a541-5d394127e5af) | Album | | 2006 | [Revolutions per Minute](https://themetalnet.com/album/292a8a97-4471-3531-92e8-acefc6eaa745) | Album | | 2013 | [United World Rebellion: Chapter One](https://themetalnet.com/album/bad7584f-7fca-4baf-ad15-3d192c3a83b9) | EP | | 2014 | [Rise of the Damnation Army (United World Rebellion: Chapter 2)](https://themetalnet.com/album/544675f3-fed8-4995-9c50-dae39ec267d5) | EP | | 2022 | [The Gang’s All Here](https://themetalnet.com/album/9167de34-751d-4046-93ce-403e88442b27) | Album | ## Related bands - 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spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4opTS86dN9uO313J9CE8xg - instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialskidrow/ - deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/3019 - youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKf3ql762O9-Mhp0-l23AqQ - apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/163805 - x: https://twitter.com/officialskidrow - metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Skid_Row/1657 --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/skid-row](https://themetalnet.com/band/skid-row). 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