It’s the title track from their second album and my fave track on the album and Quicksand Jesus is a killer ballad, I see you’ve done that too and will check it out after this one ! You’re certainly going foe the best of their first two albums..... killer tracks with killer vocals and messages too !!! A real education !
It might sound better now than it did even back then. Remember, this was the last days of 'hair metal' but it really is some amalgamation of hair metal and thrash.
"House of Pain" by Faster Pussycat and "Dont Close Your Eyes" by Kix both deal with sensitive subject matter and are well written songs. I think you would like these songs.
I second that Glen..."Don't Close Your Eyes" by Kix. Jamel get the lyrics before you react this because it is an intense power ballad dealing with suicide. To my knowledge this is one of the first songs to take suicide head on...saving one life at a time. Long live the 80's!
my favorite thing about this song is if you listen to it at .75 speed it's a grunge song and if you listen to it at 1.25 speed it's a thrash metal song 🤣
I've seen Sebastian 6+ times. Opens many shows with this song. Awesome front man. One of the best vocalists in rock. And he's just a down to earth guy. Met him several times. Even got him to pose for pictures with both my sons.
A highly underrated song by Skid Row is My Enemy off their third album. The album itself didn't do as well for various reasons, partly because of tension within the band eventually leading to their split with lead singer Sebastian Bach, and partly due to the change in the music industry as grunge took over. But that first track still kicks ass, it's worth checking out.
Loving the skid row vids!! You nailed it on the explanation of the song. It was a battle with the record company and band❤😎 Watch u all the time bro!! Keep up the positivity!!
This one hits HARD! Yep. So glad you are getting a kick out of Skid Row, they're still one of my very favorites to listen to/watch (and PLAY - bass guitar here...)! Keep up the excellent work dude. Peace Out!
how can anybody not love you with that giant beautiful picture of Rush playing live beyond you? that is picture is awesome as well as you! keep on rockin' man
Hell yeah man and it's the truth too lol. Won't beg, won't bleed The end of sacrifice is a threat to society Hard line, you'll see Once you've made a mark, you've made a threat to society
Thank you for this Jamel. My friends and I saw Skid Row as the opening band for Guns N' Roses in summer of 1991 at the Inglewood Forum. This was the first song of the set. There is no human language on this planet that is capable of describing how euphoric of an experience seeing them live was that day was. I am begging God that someday Skid Row will release the pro-shot footage from that concert. Great positive review, keep it up sir.
Wow. This is the first track I ever requested. It’s one of my all time favourite songs. It never fails to lift me up. You got the message immediately. I really love the way you analyzed it. Thanks Jamal! You made my day!!
Michelle Kinney So thrilled you did this song!! SB🔥🔥🔥!!! No voice compared to his vocal range !! Eye candy !! This is their heaviest !! ❤️❤️❤️ HEAD banging !!!
Great reaction ! Love Skid Row ! Seen them live many years ago . Please consider Warrant’s “Uncle Toms Cabin “ great mix of harmonicas and metal music, the official video and the song go together perfectly
im so glad you did this song man, its my favourite skid row songs plus one of my favourites all together. its such a great road trip song, when this first came out id blast this cruising in my mustang, good times thanks man, you are the best.
Your discovery of Skid Row has made this old rocker really happy lol, an you nailed it with your interpretation of the song. The band were sick of playing the Hair Metal and rock ballads their record company wanted from them. This was the title track and opener for a new record that THEY wanted to make. It's so much harder and an absolute classic. Cheers fae Bonnie Scotland 😀🤟🏴🤟😀
My old drum teacher used to be Rob's tech and eventually got one of his kits though it's a darker green set. But I got to play on it a bunch of times and my teacher still has them in mint condition.
The lead singer, Sebastian Bach, has done some appearances on the hilarious Canadian show, "Trailer Park Boys". He was in "Friends Of The Road", "The Mustard Tiger", "Going Off The Rails On The Swayzie Train" and "Crawling Through the Shitpipe".
OMFG I am dying!! Seeing you react to Slave to the Grind in particular as the first Skid Row reaction I saw from you... I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!! Sebastion Bach, such a beautiful badass!!! (many women want his hair so bad lol) !!! I've been banging my head to these guys for years!! One of my fave bands ;) I've gotta see if you have reacted to Trixter... more beautiful hair!! You have so many videos, it's gonna take me weeks to watch them all, but I look forward to it!! Thank you!!! :)
Skid Row’s best and one of the best metal albums ever. Every song kills. I can’t listen to it while driving...even with my cruise control on because the trucks computer will just keep creeping up faster and faster.
Skid Row was my go-to music for driving and getting my anger out singing to these songs loud!! I bet people looked at me in my car and thought I was nuts! Lol! Sebastian was on my wall at college-he was eye candy!!
I always come to your channel when I need a “pick me up”. Your appreciation for music always makes me smile... anyway, here’s a couple suggestions for you in this vein; give Quiet Riot “Metal Health” and Anthrax & Public Enemy “Bring the Noise” a shot.
You really dove deep into these guys. Lots of good reactions. You hit on a big area of contention within this band. You said the music is louder or heavier than the vocals. Back in the day, Sabastian used to talk a lot of smack sayin the band couldn't play heavy enough for his vocals. He wanted to get much heavier and stated the band couldn't pull it off. I always thought the opposite. The band never reacted publicly from what I knew of. I think they were just the bigger men for not slamming Bass but I'm sure ultimately that is a big reason why they won't even talk about him now. What a shame they didn't just stick together and do what they did so well before. Bass was and always will be a handful. Funny, Sabastians' son Paris is such a mellow, quite, down to earth person. Polar opposite just about from his dad. Real good drummer too.
Oh man, this brings me back. This was actually my only fav from them, I didn't really get! more from them,but damn ofcourse I respect them. This one I listened to over and over. The brick by brick part is my favourite. Ty for bringing this memory back.
Love, Love, Love, to you Jamel and family. Keep bridging the gap my friend. Way back when; music created social separation. For example; Metal heads and Dead heads didn't mix much. Hip hop and rock didn't mix much. Let's change that! Let's bridge that gap. Can not thank you enough. Your quest is important to humanity.
You really need to jump down the Tesla rabbit hole. Tesla is an amazing band with tons of great songs. Check out "What You Give", "Love Song", "Heaven's Trail", "Signs", "Paradise", "Little Suzi", "Modern Day Cowboy", "Momma's Fool", "Gettin' Better", Song & Emotion" and "Hang Tough".
2:35 You can't sell propane and propane accessories if you're slave to the grind. LOL at all those people on the last videos saying Skid Row sounds exactly like Poison or Bon Jovi. Here's a few of my favorite Skids songs you haven't done yet: My Enemy, Livin' On A Chain Gang, Mudkicker, Piece of Me, Riot Act, The Threat, Psycho Love, Eileen, In A Darkened Room, and Beggar's Day (or the song that appeared instead on the other version of Slave to the Grind, Get the Fuck Out, but Walmart wouldn't sell it if they didn't get rid of that song).
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Have a listen to the band DOWN. Start with anything off the album NOLA.
Glad that you read the lyrics instead of just hear the music. A great set of lyrics are in Clown Parade by Annihilater. I think you'll dig it.
Just lovin it !!!!
You got to do Mudkicker
It’s the title track from their second album and my fave track on the album and Quicksand Jesus is a killer ballad, I see you’ve done that too and will check it out after this one ! You’re certainly going foe the best of their first two albums..... killer tracks with killer vocals and messages too !!! A real education !
The whole record is full of bangers...best Skid Row album🤘🤘🤘
I definitely agree. I saw them during this tour. Such an amazing tour with Killer Dwarfs and Pantera.
One of the best albums out there.
The song "Monkey Business"
So true. I remember when this album came out and it was so surprising from a “glam” band
One of the best albums ever
It was at this point that I started to take Skid Row seriously as a metal band.
They actually took Pantera out as their opening act on this tour. I saw it in Spokane, WA. It CRUSHED.
@@christophercrowder872 I saw the same tour. Both bands were at their best.
Hell of a title, hell of an album! Still holds up well after nearly thirty years.
It might sound better now than it did even back then. Remember, this was the last days of 'hair metal' but it really is some amalgamation of hair metal and thrash.
"House of Pain" by Faster Pussycat and "Dont Close Your Eyes" by Kix both deal with sensitive subject matter and are well written songs. I think you would like these songs.
I second that Glen..."Don't Close Your Eyes" by Kix. Jamel get the lyrics before you react this because it is an intense power ballad dealing with suicide. To my knowledge this is one of the first songs to take suicide head on...saving one life at a time. Long live the 80's!
I wasn’t a Kix fan, but I thought Faster Pussycat was underrated.
@@mpguardians I agree, Faster Pussycat is underrated.
Wow, yep, sophomore yr...
Definitely for Faster Pussycat and also Nonstop to Nowhere from Whipped and Poison Ivy is a real nasty tune that you’ll enjoy I’m sure
Skid Row is so underestimated. Keep them coming! :)
my favorite thing about this song is if you listen to it at .75 speed it's a grunge song and if you listen to it at 1.25 speed it's a thrash metal song 🤣
I’m just wondering how many people read this and tried it lol
@@corey1788 I did. It works either way!
Agreed and thanks for posting your comment. Was fun to vary the speeds.
Try 1.75
I've seen Sebastian 6+ times. Opens many shows with this song. Awesome front man. One of the best vocalists in rock. And he's just a down to earth guy. Met him several times. Even got him to pose for pictures with both my sons.
The first three skid row albums were masterpieces
Absolutely agree, subhuman race It is a jewel.
The last gasp of hair metal before the Great Grunge Apocalypse swallowed it all. A damn good song.
I forgot how heavy some of there songs were.
They did tour with Pantera...
as hip hop fan man i love this fkn album , some real street lyrics and good sound
Killer album, killer songs!!! Best of all Skid Row's albums!
Warrant - uncle tom's cabin
Warrant - heaven
Poison - life goes on
Poison - something to believe in
Please more rock 80's
Check out the song "Piece of me."
A highly underrated song by Skid Row is My Enemy off their third album. The album itself didn't do as well for various reasons, partly because of tension within the band eventually leading to their split with lead singer Sebastian Bach, and partly due to the change in the music industry as grunge took over. But that first track still kicks ass, it's worth checking out.
Loving the skid row vids!! You nailed it on the explanation of the song. It was a battle with the record company and band❤😎 Watch u all the time bro!! Keep up the positivity!!
This one hits HARD! Yep. So glad you are getting a kick out of Skid Row, they're still one of my very favorites to listen to/watch (and PLAY - bass guitar here...)! Keep up the excellent work dude. Peace Out!
how can anybody not love you with that giant beautiful picture of Rush playing live beyond you? that is picture is awesome as well as you! keep on rockin' man
Another skid row banger is "The Threat"
Also "Ironwill" from Subhuman Race album
Hell yeah man and it's the truth too lol. Won't beg, won't bleed
The end of sacrifice is a threat to society
Hard line, you'll see
Once you've made a mark, you've made a threat to society
"Livin on a Chain Gang" goes hard too
Top shelf!
@@geebee636 And "Fire Sign" - not so much of a banger but a very solid groove + great lyrics.
Thank you for this Jamel. My friends and I saw Skid Row as the opening band for Guns N' Roses in summer of 1991 at the Inglewood Forum. This was the first song of the set. There is no human language on this planet that is capable of describing how euphoric of an experience seeing them live was that day was. I am begging God that someday Skid Row will release the pro-shot footage from that concert. Great positive review, keep it up sir.
This album came out when I was in the Army. I named my truck (5-ton cargo) "Slave to the Grind".
Wrote it across the front of the hood.
I appreciate you taking the deep dive into Skid Row, one of my favorites
Saw Skid Row and Pantera for my 11th birthday. Thank you Mom!!!
One of my favorite bands... period! They bring it everytime!
Good morning back with some more skid row❤✌✌😘
Wow. This is the first track I ever requested. It’s one of my all time favourite songs. It never fails to lift me up.
You got the message immediately. I really love the way you analyzed it.
Thanks Jamal! You made my day!!
Great reaction. You got it about being deep. The guys in Skids said, "our first record was for the record company, Slave to the grind was for us"
Michelle Kinney
So thrilled you did this song!! SB🔥🔥🔥!!! No voice compared to his vocal range !! Eye candy !! This is their heaviest !! ❤️❤️❤️
HEAD banging !!!
The early 90s were a great era for hard rock.......classic superrocking stuff....love them...
Great reaction ! Love Skid Row ! Seen them live many years ago . Please consider Warrant’s “Uncle Toms Cabin “ great mix of harmonicas and metal music, the official video and the song go together perfectly
I was lucky enough to see them live back in the day with Pantera as the opener (Vulgar Display had just came out)Hell of a show!!!
im so glad you did this song man, its my favourite skid row songs plus one of my favourites all together.
its such a great road trip song, when this first came out id blast this cruising in my mustang, good times
thanks man, you are the best.
Now that's some quality metal right there.
30th Anniversary this week
U like kiss?
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@@getaway3851 mine too
And Baz is planning to tour and perform the whole album each night (once we're all vaccinated).
Your discovery of Skid Row has made this old rocker really happy lol, an you nailed it with your interpretation of the song. The band were sick of playing the Hair Metal and rock ballads their record company wanted from them. This was the title track and opener for a new record that THEY wanted to make. It's so much harder and an absolute classic. Cheers fae Bonnie Scotland 😀🤟🏴🤟😀
Monkey Business is the openner
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My old drum teacher used to be Rob's tech and eventually got one of his kits though it's a darker green set. But I got to play on it a bunch of times and my teacher still has them in mint condition.
The lead singer, Sebastian Bach, has done some appearances on the hilarious Canadian show, "Trailer Park Boys". He was in "Friends Of The Road", "The Mustard Tiger", "Going Off The Rails On The Swayzie Train" and "Crawling Through the Shitpipe".
OMFG I am dying!! Seeing you react to Slave to the Grind in particular as the first Skid Row reaction I saw from you... I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!! Sebastion Bach, such a beautiful badass!!! (many women want his hair so bad lol) !!! I've been banging my head to these guys for years!! One of my fave bands ;) I've gotta see if you have reacted to Trixter... more beautiful hair!! You have so many videos, it's gonna take me weeks to watch them all, but I look forward to it!! Thank you!!! :)
My favorite Skid Row song! \m/ \m/
Now this is serious workout and head banging music!!
The former drummer of skid row said that Sebastian Bach was so full of energy and sang so fast that he had to play harder than he ever had
Alright man, you might as well react to some Cinderella now #Hairbands
Right on! Very underrated band
Shake Me
No if we're gonna do hair bands then I wanna see Dokken and RATT on here! Best hair bands no competition!
Anything off night songs!👌🤘
Agreed! They are another one of my personal favorites. Excellent suggestion.
Spot on analysis fam. You just earned my subscription. Salute.
JAMEL DIGGIN ON SKID ROW..AWESOME
Skid Row’s best and one of the best metal albums ever. Every song kills. I can’t listen to it while driving...even with my cruise control on because the trucks computer will just keep creeping up faster and faster.
SUCH a good album!!!
Good morning. This will get your day going.
Thanks Jamel, I just requested this yesterday!
check out skid row big guns,sweet little sister,and piece of me next.3 of my favorite skid row songs.
Damn straight.
absolutely yes!!! just about my fav concert i ever saw was them!!
I bought the big guns shirt and i wore it out lol. sweet little sister is my fav!
Omg. Reminds me of weights class in High School. This and AC/DC, thank you so much for the memories. :)
Skid Row was my go-to music for driving and getting my anger out singing to these songs loud!! I bet people looked at me in my car and thought I was nuts! Lol! Sebastian was on my wall at college-he was eye candy!!
Love these reactions Jamel! Thank you!
Jamel I really enjoy your reaction videos, thank you for doing this. You've become my favourite on UA-cam.
I always come to your channel when I need a “pick me up”. Your appreciation for music always makes me smile... anyway, here’s a couple suggestions for you in this vein; give Quiet Riot “Metal Health” and Anthrax & Public Enemy “Bring the Noise” a shot.
Love this friggn band!!! Thank you!!!
Note to self: Do not drink coffee and listen to this song at the same time.
Or even drive... Serious speeding tickets follow.
Or while operating machinery.
Such an awesome band and even better live 🥰🥰🥰
You really dove deep into these guys. Lots of good reactions.
You hit on a big area of contention within this band. You said the music is louder or heavier than the vocals. Back in the day, Sabastian used to talk a lot of smack sayin the band couldn't play heavy enough for his vocals. He wanted to get much heavier and stated the band couldn't pull it off. I always thought the opposite. The band never reacted publicly from what I knew of. I think they were just the bigger men for not slamming Bass but I'm sure ultimately that is a big reason why they won't even talk about him now. What a shame they didn't just stick together and do what they did so well before. Bass was and always will be a handful. Funny, Sabastians' son Paris is such a mellow, quite, down to earth person. Polar opposite just about from his dad. Real good drummer too.
Oh man, this brings me back. This was actually my only fav from them, I didn't really get! more from them,but damn ofcourse I respect them. This one I listened to over and over. The brick by brick part is my favourite. Ty for bringing this memory back.
Have you reacted to Monkey Business by Skid Row?
Yes 👍🏾
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This albums concert tour must have to rocked.
Love the Skid Row journey! As mentioned would love to see some Cinderella and Ratt!
You know your doing the right stuff when I hit the like button before your intro is done. Peace!
Love, Love, Love, to you Jamel and family. Keep bridging the gap my friend. Way back when; music created social separation. For example; Metal heads and Dead heads didn't mix much. Hip hop and rock didn't mix much. Let's change that! Let's bridge that gap. Can not thank you enough. Your quest is important to humanity.
I get the stank face everytime I hear this song. So fkn guuuud
Another great heavy tune that came out around his time was "Junkyard Dog" by Winger.
UH HUH U LIKE THAT DONT YA....BOO YA SKID ROW BABY 👍👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥
*Thank you! I'm enjoying this revisit of my youth ❤*
A slave to the grind is someone who does what your shirt says without being governed by our Father. 💯
HOW ABOUT ALL THE 80s.. Bands in 1 song..
HEAR N' AID - Stars
.(the record)
Sebastian Bach had to work so much harder because he was so stinking pretty. No one took him seriously. But the music is just stellar.
Hell yeah dude , glad you enjoyed it
Good Coffee Good Music and Good Humans, Keep em come JaJ!!!
Love this music..last time I heard a song from Skid Row, post Sebastien Bach, they had morphed into something unrecognizable
Hi, Jamel!! :) I told you this song rocked!
Such a great album. Check out the song “Livin on a chain gang”
Love your shirt 😊😊
One of my favorites by them :)
This is what I listen to before beginning the grind at work!
Just remember everyone the singer of this band played the necromancer with dream theater.
The fact that these guys were mentioned in the same breath as Poison or Warrant is ridiculous!
You really need to jump down the Tesla rabbit hole. Tesla is an amazing band with tons of great songs. Check out "What You Give", "Love Song", "Heaven's Trail", "Signs", "Paradise", "Little Suzi", "Modern Day Cowboy", "Momma's Fool", "Gettin' Better", Song & Emotion" and "Hang Tough".
"You talk verbal insecticide" Great line! Great song! Great album!
That drum tone tho f awesome!
U GOT IT...........U GOT IT
Like your reactions to Skid Row.One of my favorites & definitely some deep messages.2 more obscure songs to check out,Mud Kicker & Riot Act.
Killer tune. This got kicked off MTV back in the day 🤟
That's when you know it's a good one😁
Banger!🎵🤘🏿💜
Good lord, I haven't heard this in decades!
Sometimes trying to survive you forget what it takes to thrive
Favorite Skid Row song
your awesome Jamel
This one, and the threat. Both great and intense in slightly different ways.
It's been a long time since I've heard this song. 🤘😎🤘
I posted the #SlaveToTheGrind Fall 2021 American Tour link that Sebastian Bach posted recently to your Twitter! I’ll post it here too!! 🔥🤘🏼
2:35 You can't sell propane and propane accessories if you're slave to the grind. LOL at all those people on the last videos saying Skid Row sounds exactly like Poison or Bon Jovi. Here's a few of my favorite Skids songs you haven't done yet: My Enemy, Livin' On A Chain Gang, Mudkicker, Piece of Me, Riot Act, The Threat, Psycho Love, Eileen, In A Darkened Room, and Beggar's Day (or the song that appeared instead on the other version of Slave to the Grind, Get the Fuck Out, but Walmart wouldn't sell it if they didn't get rid of that song).
Never forget the day I got this album summer of 91, same day of
Of release of Van Halen F.U.C.K album. What a summer!!
Jamel,
You should do “In a Darkened Room” for the next Skid Row tune. Killer ballad. Keep up the awesome reactions!
Yes, and wasted time is great too!!
Saludos desde Uruguay 👍✌👌☺
This is my favorite Skid Row track