I was a huge fan of the band when they came out in 1989, and they were pretty much the last big Glam Metal era band to emerge. Of course, if you listened to songs beyond I Remember You and 18 and Life, you know they weren't very glamourous, but there you go. Sebastian Bach was a vocal beast - one of the best in glam metal - and the musicians in the band added a bunch, too. It's just a shame that Bas was such a diva.

Given the direction they were travelling with Slave to the Grind and Subhuman Race, I thought it was possible that they could have survived The Great Grunge Collapse, but replacing your lead singer in the middle of The Collapse pretty much sealed their fate. They're still out there, as is Bas, but they're both basically nostalgia acts. Even if Bach has done a couple of interesting things since.

As with a lot of these box sets, without interesting outtakes or unheard live stuff from that era, chances are fans have most of this already, and the box is pretty much redundant. And I'm not sure Skid Row is a band that has had a lot of new fans emerge in the last 20 years. But if you aren't familiar with them, I highly recommend it.

Got mine today. Man, the packaging is nice. This is the way a box set should be done.... always.