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"I beat a priest to death with a billy club"
Interview by Two Noses It could only happen on "Celebrity Death Match." On June 13, Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach replaces Jack Wagner in the title role(s) of Jekyll & Hyde, Broadway's long-running musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale. For tactless and obvious reasons, we asked the stars ot the less-publicized musical One Hit Wonder to chat it up with the man who put the hair in hair spray metal. Monique: Is performing in a Broadway show very different from performing in rock concerts? Sebastian Bach: Yes, very different. It's all about discipline. In my world, there is no discipline. There are no rules in rock 'n' roll. But in theater, there are lots. I'm due for some discipline! I've been very bad, very naughty. I need some discipline. Monique: And we're the ones to give it to you! SB: This year is the busiest year of my life, by far. The last show of my [Skid Row] tour was Saturday night in Long Island, and I was here Monday morning, rehearsing for Jekyll & Hyde. I've been singing every day this year, but I'll have two weeks off soon. Monique: Where are you going for those two weeks? SB: To bed! Andre: That's our favorite place to perform! SB: You guys in a play, too? Andre: Yeah, we're featured in a show called One Hit Wonder! SB: I've got more than one hit, though. Monique: Well, so will we, dammit! SB: I'm on for four months, six nights a week. You can get tickets through a link on my website, sebastianbach.com. Monique: Oh yeah? We'll show you our website, if you show us yours. Its twonoses.com! SB: Uh-huh. Andre: Are you in rehearsal with the whole cast now? SB: I'm in rehearsal with the director Robin Phillips and the musical director, Jason Halland and some girl. Jan. Monique: And some girl? SB: Yeah. Monique: And how did you get this role? SB: They came to my record label, Atlantic records, and said, "We need a guy who can sing for months and months and months and can be a nice guy, or a son of a bitch!" And they go: "I think I got the guy!" Monique: (to Andre) You could play half of that. Andre: You know it. So, Sebastian, are you playing Jekyll or Hyde? SB: Both Andre: You play one and then you switch? SB: No! Jekyll and Hyde is the same guy! Like, it's the same person. Andre: That's very strange. SB: You're not familiar with the story? Monique: I've actually seen it before. One guy gets stabbed in the eye, right? SB: Well, I've only seen it once. Andre: In our show, one guy gets poked in the eye... SB: I slit like seven hookers throats! And I beat a priest to death with a billy club. Andre: Well, I did that last night! One Hit Wonder, a techno musical, runs through June 4 at Altered Stages (212W. 29th St, 212.946.4327). The show is a twist on your average coming-out story about a boy who leaves Texas to join the industry-created mega pop band Sexxx Machine. Jekyll & Hyde runs ad infinitum at the Plymouth Theater (236 West 45th Street, (212-239-6200). |