Bassist Rachel Bolan has co-authored six records with Skid Row, dating back to 1989’s mega-successful self-titled release. Now 62, with the band in search of their next lead singer, he’s stepping out solo with Gargoyle of the Garden State. But if you’re expecting Bolan solo to sound like Skid Row, you’d be wrong. “This is me,” Bolan tells Bass Player. “This is raw, unfiltered me.”
He grew up idolizing song-first – but still accomplished – players like Paul McCartney and Gene Simmons, which led to him helping write hit songs like 18 and Life, Youth Gone Wild, I Remember You, and Monkey Business. “We didn’t really sit down and think about it,” he says of Skid Row’s early creative process. “We had no formula. We just worked completely off of feel.
