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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Sebastian Bach on heavy metal, musical theater, hair tips

    The singer Sebastian Bach once said he put the 'hair' in hair metal. Back in the '80s, his band Skid Row topped the charts. In the early '90s, grunge bands like Nirvana overtook metal. Years later, Skid Row replaced him. But Sebastian Bach didn’t stop singing. He turned to Broadway.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 19, 2016 • 1 min read

    The singer Sebastian Bach once said he put the 'hair' in hair metal. Back in the '80s, his band Skid Row topped the charts. In the early '90s, grunge bands like Nirvana overtook metal. Years later, Skid Row replaced him. But Sebastian Bach didn’t stop singing. He turned to Broadway. He writes about this career change and much more in his new memoir, “18 and Life on Skid Row.”

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    Electoral College drama and American meddling in elections abroad
    1. 0:00Electoral college: a history full of drama
    2. 8:40Russia and America's track records of meddling in other countries' elections
    3. 18:20Squeezed in US, OxyContin manufacturer aims to make up profits overseas
    4. 27:46Sebastian Bach on heavy metal, musical theater, hair tipsYou’re reading this
    5. 42:27Zsa Zsa Gabor and her sisters: prototypes for the Kardashians?
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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    4 of 5
    Electoral College drama and American meddling in elections abroad
    1. 0:00Electoral college: a history full of drama
    2. 8:40Russia and America's track records of meddling in other countries' elections
    3. 18:20Squeezed in US, OxyContin manufacturer aims to make up profits overseas
    4. 27:46Sebastian Bach on heavy metal, musical theater, hair tipsYou’re reading this
    5. 42:27Zsa Zsa Gabor and her sisters: prototypes for the Kardashians?
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