1. Skid Row is an American heavy metal band formed in 1986 in Toms River, New Jersey. Its current lineup consists of bassist Rachel Bolan, guitarists Dave Sabo and Scotti Hill, and drummer Rob Hammersmith. The band achieved commercial success in the late 1980s and early 1990s with its first two albums, "Skid Row" (1989) and "Slave to the Grind" (1991), both of which were certified multi-platinum. "Slave to the Grind" reached number one on the Billboard 200. These albums produced several of Skid Row's well-known songs, including "18 and Life", "I Remember You", "Youth Gone Wild", "Monkey Business", "Slave to the Grind", "Wasted Time", and "In a Darkened Room", with "18 and Life" and "I Remember You" reaching the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The band's third album, "Subhuman Race" (1995), received generally positive reviews but did not achieve the same commercial success as the earlier albums. The first three albums featured the lineup of Bolan, Sabo, Hill, drummer Rob Affuso, and lead vocalist Sebastian Bach. By the end of 1996, Skid Row had sold 20 million albums worldwide. Later that year, Bach was dismissed and Affuso departed, leading the band into a three-year hiatus.
Skid Row reformed in 1999 with Johnny Solinger, formerly of Solinger, replacing Bach as lead singer, and a series of drummers, the most recent being Rob Hammersmith. Solinger recorded two studio albums with the band, "Thickskin" (2003) and "Revolutions per Minute" (2006), as well as the EPs "United World Rebellion: Chapter One" (2013) and "Rise of the Damnation Army – United World Rebellion: Chapter Two" (2014), which received mixed reviews. In April 2015, Solinger left the band and was replaced by former TNT singer Tony Harnell, who departed eight months later.
