SKID ROW singer Erik Grönwall recently spoke with Smarts & Entertainment about the experience thus far singing for his favorite band.
Touching on starting work on a new SKID ROW studio album, as well as what it’s like fronting the group on their current Las Vegas residency as the support act for SCORPIONS, Erik said: “It’s insane. Surreal, definitely. I grew up listening to SKID ROW, and when I wanted to become a singer, I was trying to sing like [former SKID ROW singer] Sebastian Bach. And that’s what I did. I did that at karaoke nights [back home in Sweden]. So it’s just surreal, because I come into the band and I started to do a new album straight away. I don’t just have to rehearse the old songs; I’m doing a new album. So it’s my voice on that. It’s surreal, and I’m so honored.”
Grönwall became SKID ROW’s new singer just last month as the replacement for vocalist ZP Theart.
SKID ROW released the new single, “The Gang’s All Here”, their first with Erik, toward the end of March of this year. The song is the title track to the band’s upcoming studio album, which is set to drop on October 14 via earMUSIC.
SKID ROW recorded most of “The Gang’s All Here” in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Nick Raskulinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, STONE SOUR, DEFTONES).