Erik Gronwall leaves Skid Row

[Darkstone]

4 hours ago, TheOriginalSplash said:

Completely agree I only have 2 live CD's, KISS Alive & Thin Lizzy - Life Live.

I agree with both of you about live albums, I'm not really interested. 

That being said, I could not live without "Live...in the Raw", "Operation Livecrime" or "Beast from the East".

[Tabe]

On 8/25/2024 at 11:21 PM, Captain Howdy said:

Didn't they do a reunion tour last year?

If they did, I missed it! 

[swisspaddy]

On 8/26/2024 at 2:29 AM, tts42572 said:

Either way, the MSG stuff sounds interesting in the meantime!

Absolutely!

[Captain Howdy]

5 hours ago, Tabe said:

If they did, I missed it! 

https://sleazeroxx.com/robin-mcauley-explains-how-he-ended-up-rejoining-the-michael-schenker-group/

[Tabe]

17 hours ago, Captain Howdy said:

https://sleazeroxx.com/robin-mcauley-explains-how-he-ended-up-rejoining-the-michael-schenker-group/

Very cool.  Shame they didn't do any of the McAuley-era songs.  Would still love a new album in the vein of "Save Yourself".

[whiplash1972]

“Youth Gone Wild” from “Live in London”

 

[tts42572]

Some interesting nuggets came up on Erik's discord channel about his Skid Row departure as some discussion came up with the Live in London release.

Erik basically said on his channel that he proposed to the Skid Row guys a more "loosened" tour schedule that would allow him more time at home to take care of his health.  He had said he asked for something like 3 weeks on, then a solid month off.  Basically just wanted to do 2 or 3 week runs and then have month breaks in between to allow him time to take care of himself.  Erik also said that he also felt that the time off could be used to work on new music so that it wouldn't be wasted time (no pun intended lol).

Anyways, the band wasn't interested in that kind of arrangement so that's why they parted ways.

Honestly, it boggles my mind why the band wouldn't agree to Erik's terms.  Instead, now they're doing nothing at all lol.  And they lost the best thing they've had since Bach left with Erik and highly doubt they come close to finding a better fit than him.  They had some nice momentum and were willing to just toss it away rather than work on being flexible.  For all intensive purposes, they're probably essentially done as a band at this point.

I also posed the question to Erik that, hypothetically, if the Skid Row guys called him and said they were willing to do whatever was needed to have Erik back, would he consider returning?  His answer was that he doesn't close doors and he's open to anything.  I highly doubt Erik would return though as he seems content doing his own thing now.

Anyways, just found it interesting.  It's just too bad the band couldn't find a way to make it work as what Erik asked for sure doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

[Captain Howdy]

4 hours ago, tts42572 said:

Some interesting nuggets came up on Erik's discord channel about his Skid Row departure as some discussion came up with the Live in London release.

Erik basically said on his channel that he proposed to the Skid Row guys a more "loosened" tour schedule that would allow him more time at home to take care of his health.  He had said he asked for something like 3 weeks on, then a solid month off.  Basically just wanted to do 2 or 3 week runs and then have month breaks in between to allow him time to take care of himself.  Erik also said that he also felt that the time off could be used to work on new music so that it wouldn't be wasted time (no pun intended lol).

Anyways, the band wasn't interested in that kind of arrangement so that's why they parted ways.

Honestly, it boggles my mind why the band wouldn't agree to Erik's terms.  Instead, now they're doing nothing at all lol.  And they lost the best thing they've had since Bach left with Erik and highly doubt they come close to finding a better fit than him.  They had some nice momentum and were willing to just toss it away rather than work on being flexible.  For all intensive purposes, they're probably essentially done as a band at this point.

I also posed the question to Erik that, hypothetically, if the Skid Row guys called him and said they were willing to do whatever was needed to have Erik back, would he consider returning?  His answer was that he doesn't close doors and he's open to anything.  I highly doubt Erik would return though as he seems content doing his own thing now.

Anyways, just found it interesting.  It's just too bad the band couldn't find a way to make it work as what Erik asked for sure doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

One thing you learn from Eriks discord is how open and honest he is, but also he does not talk shit about anyone. And something history has told us is that Skid Row are the opposite. Bach might be hard to get along with, but so are those three by all accounts. I fully agree that they really should have been more willing to compromise. Erik not only brought in a vocal talent that could match Bach, he also brought in a ready made fan base and a younger audience as well. For the first time in decades, the were almost relevant again and they threw that away. And as you say, since the dates with Lzzy, they have done fuck all and are just existing on the back of this live album release.

They will be back to near obscurity from here on in.

[tts42572]

9 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

One thing you learn from Eriks discord is how open and honest he is, but also he does not talk shit about anyone. And something history has told us is that Skid Row are the opposite. Bach might be hard to get along with, but so are those three by all accounts. I fully agree that they really should have been more willing to compromise. Erik not only brought in a vocal talent that could match Bach, he also brought in a ready made fan base and a younger audience as well. For the first time in decades, the were almost relevant again and they threw that away. And as you say, since the dates with Lzzy, they have done fuck all and are just existing on the back of this live album release.

They will be back to near obscurity from here on in.

I agree.

I had given those Skid Row guys the benefit of the doubt for many years in the Bach debacle but something about Erik's departure is still rubbing me the wrong way.  They played Erik's departure off Erik choosing to leave to take care of his health.  But that's only 1/2 the story.  The other 1/2 is that Erik wanted to stay in the band but they simply weren't willing to accommodate him.  I feel like a real "caring" band would've figured it out.  I mean, Rick Allen loses an arm and Def Leppard gave him whatever time he needed to work it out.  

I've been had the opportunity to chat with Erik a handful of times over the years.  He literally is one of the most sincere, humble and likeable individuals I've met in my life.  He's one of those people you can talk to and within 15 minutes it feels like you're talking to a long lost friend from high school or something lol.  It's just hard to believe Snake and Rachel wouldn't do whatever it took to keep him on board.  Maybe there's more to the story but appears they just let him walk like they thought he'd be easily replaceable.  Yet, we're now 4-5 months out and they still don't have a singer and aren't playing shows.  

Agree 100% that they'll go back to obscurity pretty much like they were pre-Erik.  

    

[Kristian]

They should have reunited with Bach, and jumped on the Not in this lifetime... tour as support act for Guns n' Roses, back in 2016. That was the perfect window to do it, imagine the amount of dollars they could have made off that!

[Captain Howdy]

This is one of the songs Erik and Jona wrote for the next Skid Row album before he handed his notice in