I've been meaning to write about this all week, and the story has just gotten wilder and wilder. Last Wednesday, while former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach was telling Trump supporters that they "stand against rock n' roll and every musician out of work," he also started on online war of words with Fozzy frontman and AEW superstar Chris Jericho.
Jericho was trending on Twitter last Wednesday night, because that's the night AEW's weekly show, Dynamite, airs on TNT. I guess that lead to somebody pointing out to Bach that Chris Jericho's current look reminds this person of Sebastian Bach. Apparently, Bach has been hearing this so much THAT HE HAD ENOUGH!
Every single day for the last two or three years somebody tells me this ?
— Sebastian Bach (@sebastianbach) July 16, 2020
Here is where the fun begins. Another random tweeter decides to insult Bach, saying "Jericho has you beat" and this leads to Bach… insulting Jericho?
He definitely does considering that he mimes to a tape
— Sebastian Bach (@sebastianbach) July 16, 2020
Cool let's see a clip of that then because every single clip I have seen is Milli vanilli
— Sebastian Bach (@sebastianbach) July 16, 2020
A fan offered footage and said he himself heard Jericho singing, which was not enough for Bach.
He's miming to a tape in this clip again f*** face
— Sebastian Bach (@sebastianbach) July 16, 2020
Even if Jericho does lip sync, what does this have to do with anything? Finally, late late in the night, Jericho got wind of the tweets and pushed back on Bach's claims:
I sing my ass off every night dude. Do you really wanna go there? https://t.co/pxdm7OG0fA
— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) July 16, 2020
Hi… I’m Chris “Milli Vanilli” Jericho. I have 5 top 30 singles in the last five years w my band @FOZZYROCK. I’m a huge fan of @sebastianbach … who had 3 top 30 singles 30 years ago. I always admired him as a singer and a friend! And I still do. https://t.co/fTPGmzBtSq
— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) July 16, 2020
Jericho then pointed out that Fozzy has more monthly listeners than Sebastian Bach, by 10 times the amount.
Wow! My band is more popular than @sebastianbach !! #lipsynchers https://t.co/eRQ4Bgq8Zq
— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) July 16, 2020
Naturally, Bach keeps denying Jericho and then this happened:
That's great is there a clip of you actually singing live? Because all I have seen are clips of you miming to a tape. Congrats on the radio hits and your hair is certainly looking good these days ? https://t.co/EFPqSpPAMn
— Sebastian Bach (@sebastianbach) July 16, 2020
I’ve seen the derogatory comments towards me from somebody I considered to be a friend. So with that in mind, I’ll be happy to have a SING OFF w @sebastianbach! No effects, no tuning, no bullshit. Bas is a great singer…but I’m better. You’ve got my number dude. Call me.
— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) July 16, 2020
Bach denies any derogatory comments:
Where is the derogatory comment? All I asked is to see one single clip of you singing live. Every clip on the Internet is you miming to a tape. I will sing in your f****** face anytime. Wrestling is not rock and roll. I will show you f****** rock and roll. https://t.co/dPoecJGdF7 pic.twitter.com/Mm28RE9i0Q
— Sebastian Bach (@sebastianbach) July 16, 2020
Jericho again denies:
I’ve never mimed anything ever! And I don’t use *** in a tweet ever. I will fucking sing in your face anytime, anyplace dude. I’ve been a fan & a defender of u since day one…but don’t u ever question my rock abilities! And leave wrestling out of this…I can hit a G4 brah! https://t.co/U2hV7jjg42
— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) July 16, 2020
At this point, Bach just insults Jericho to random tweeters. It would be at this point that somebody should have told him to log off:
The Ayatollah of rock and rolla doesn't know anything about rock and rolla
— Sebastian Bach (@sebastianbach) July 16, 2020
I'm not trying to beat anybody at anything. I'm actually trying to say hey Chris maybe you're right maybe I'll stop singing live and prance around while the tape is playing just like you do Chris. I'm tired of trying so hard it's like beating my head against the wall.
— Sebastian Bach (@sebastianbach) July 16, 2020
I'm not shiting on anybody. I'm saying that singing live is different then jumping around on a stage doing moves to a tape
— Sebastian Bach (@sebastianbach) July 16, 2020
I am not going against anybody. It's obvious between the two of us that one of us is copying the other as far as being a rockstar goes. I can guarantee you that that is not me.
— Sebastian Bach (@sebastianbach) July 16, 2020
It's amazing you regurgitate my own tweet about copying me in your own tweet it's like the exact same tweet. Explain this clip please advisehttps://t.co/O48yScqUSf https://t.co/QOwkrgsMlN
— Sebastian Bach (@sebastianbach) July 16, 2020
Eventually, Bach thought better and decided to go to bed.
Someone just notified me that my name is the number 9 trending Twitter topic in the United States of America. Okay well I better go to bed ??? pic.twitter.com/njZFCLlqXf
— Sebastian Bach (@sebastianbach) July 16, 2020
But did it end there? Oh hell no!
First off, Fozzy guitarist Rich Ward pointed out that Jericho would always defend Bach against "the worst things said about [Bach]" but seeing this is just sad.
2/2 Jericho is loyal and was always quick to defend a guy that he considered a friend. Seeing Sebastian publicly go after the only guy that I have ever witness utter a nice word about him is sad.
— Rich Ward (@thedukeofmetal) July 16, 2020
Jericho was not about to have his name besmirched, so on his weekly Saturday livestream, he offered this a cappella version of the Skid Row classic "Youth Gone Wild"
Saturday Night Singalong! One of my all time favorite tunes…. @OfficialSkidRow pic.twitter.com/cnIJOCS9Ok
— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) July 19, 2020
No lip syncing or miming there.
At this point, Bach responded with a message that puts him squarely in heel territory. He shows a screenshot of him sending countless text messages to Jericho, knocking him, over drama that Bach himself started. Perhaps the weirdest part is him self-censoring curse words IN A PRIVATE TEXT MESSAGE. The tweet has since been deleted, perhaps because Bach saw how silly he was being?
Thankfully, it has died down since then. We hope you've enjoyed this journey.
