SEBASTIAN BACH Hangs Out With Movie, TV And Music Stars During NYC's 'Fashion Week'

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach has issued the following update:

"What a great night on Sunday [September 13] in New York City.

"We got invited by our friend Vegas to grab some cool new threads at Custo in Manhattan for Fashion Week. The Custo fashion show was Sunday and we were invited. It turned into a night that I will never forget ! Only in New York City!

"We got to Bryant Park and had a cool time at the Custo show. The clothes were wild and colorful.

"I'd never been to one of these shows before so it was a new experience for me to see the thousands of people crammed in there, freaking out, the hundreds of photographers, models, etc. It was loud and fun and we felt important being invited there!

"Backstage we met our old buddy Federico Castelluccio from the greatest show ever, 'The Sopranos'. He was at the show with his beautiful date, Yvonne.

"We have known Federico for years. In the mid-1990s Maria [Bach's wife] was in a movie with Federico called 'New York Absurdities' and they had a great time together shooting the movie. Then he went on to play one of my all-time favorite characters, Furio on 'The Sopranos', Tony's assistant, who falls in love with Carmella and almost throws Tony into the propeller of a plane! Federico also came to the New York GUNS N' ROSES show at Madison Square Garden in 2006 that we opened, and we all went out together with Axl [Rose] after the show; it was a wild night. So it was great to see him again!

"He invited us to dinner at Cha-Cha's in Little Italy, owned by John 'Cha Cha' Ciarcia, who played the last remaining New York boss on 'The Sopranos'. Also at dinner were John Bianco, who killed Vito on 'The Sopranos', and Salvatore 'Coco' Cogliano from the show too! I was loving it, because like everyone else, this is one of my favorite shows of all time.

"After dinner, we were invited to the private Viacom 'After The [MTV Video Music Awards] Party' at Bungalow 8 in Soho. I have been to this place a bunch of times and it's always a great time. We hung out for a while, then we found out my old buddy from BON JOVI, Dave Bryan, was there, so I went to his table. I freaked out 'cause Billy Joe from GREEN DAY was sitting right next to Dave, and he was really nice and making jokes and having fun. Then there was some dude next to Billy in a baseball hat; it was totally dark, I could not see who it was. I looked close and when I realized who I was talking to, I really lost my shit. It was Sean Penn.

"Now I know I sometimes exaggerate, get emotional etc., but it was no lie when I told Sean that he was indeed my favorite actor of all time. I love Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood, James Gandolfini, Frederico and 'The Sopranos' cast, some other actors , but if I had to pick who I thought was the best, I would have to say Sean Penn. I judge this on the quality and size of his body of work, and right from Jeff Spicoli and 'Bad Boys' to Harvey Milk and 'Into The Wild', I can honestly say Sean Penn has never let me down when I go to see one of his films.

"The fan in me came out talking to the man and I was astonished to discover that Sean knew pretty much my whole career — rock, Broadway, VH1, all of it — encapsulated by one of his first comments to me: 'Why aren't you in jail right now?' To which I replied, 'Well, sometimes I don't leave the house a lot.' To which he replied, 'Yeah, that's a good plan for you,' which got the whole table laughing and the party kicked into high gear. He said my 'journey has always been interesting' and called me the 'Heavy Metal Elvis' more than once during the evening, haha!! Sean Penn's words; hey, I'm rollin' with it!

"We all made it up to the private area, had a great time, took some pix, and I got into a discussion with Sean about a lot of things. He is a big fan of the original SKID ROW. We talked about that and a lot of other stuff. Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool from GREEN DAY were awesome too, and Mike is a big metal fan! He told me he digs my pipes and that I 'sing my fucking ass off!' I told him thanks and also to tell Rob Cavallo [GREEN DAY producer] thanks a lot for being a dick on 'SuperGroup' [VH1 show that Bach participated in alongside Ted Nugent, Scott Ian, Jason Bonham and Evan Seinfeld] when he was listening to our demo! He laughed and we had a lot of fun. Then I was hanging out with the guys in MUSE and I didn't even know it!

"A great night and I got the pictures to prove it! Haha!!"

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