SEBASTIAN BACH Weighs In On TAYLOR SWIFT And SCOOTER

BRAUN Drama
Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has weighed in on the
recent spat between Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun over Braun's $300
million purchase of Big Machine Label Group, home to the pop singer's
first six albums.

Last weekend, Swift posted a Tumblr response to the news

that Braun had acquired Big Machine, claiming the manager bullied her
back during the Kim Kardashian/Kanye West drama.

"I learned about Scooter Braun's purchase of my masters as it was

announced to the world. All I could think about was the incessant,
manipulative bullying I've received at his hands for years," Swift wrote.
"When I left my masters in [Big Machine founder] Scott's [Borchetta]
hands, I made peace with the fact that eventually he would sell them.
Never in my worst nightmares did I imagine the buyer would
be Scooter. Any time Scott Borchetta has heard the words 'Scooter
Braun' escape my lips, it was when I was either crying or trying not to.
He knew what he was doing; they both did. Controlling a woman who
didn't want to be associated with them. In perpetuity. That means
forever."

TMZ caught up with Bach at the Los Angeles airport earlier this week
and asked him for his take on the Swift-Braun feud.

"Well, [Atlantic] lost the masters to the first SKID ROW record a couple
of years back, I was told," Sebastian said. "I don't know if that's true or
that. I don't know if they're in [Jon] Bon Jovi's basement. I don't know
where they're at.

"I think when you're younger, you feel bullied, but when you get older,
you look back and it all kind of makes sense," Bach continued. "And
you have to sometimes give credit where credit's due. And
maybe Taylor Swift, maybe we wouldn't be talking about her if she
didn't make business deals that she did make. I'm saying when you're
young, you're young and pissed off, but when you get older, you kind of
mellow out and just get to the gig. [Laughs]"

Sebastian reiterated that his perspective on his early business dealings

has changed over the years. "I signed some bad deals too, and I was
mad about that when I was her age," he explained. "[But] it's all good
[now], man. I don't think about it. I'm too busy."

Bach recently said that he was about to sign a new record deal for his
upcoming solo album. The disc, which is not expected to arrive before
next year at the earliest, will feature contributions from several well-
known guitarists, including John 5 (ROB ZOMBIE, MARILYN
MANSON), Steve Stevens (BILLY IDOL) and Orianthi (ALICE
COOPER).

Last year, Bach told Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM radio station
that he would ink a deal with a U.S.-based heavy metal record label
that would help him make a "career-defining" new solo album.

Bach hasn't released a full-length disc since "Give 'Em Hell", which
came out in 2014. Like its predecessor, 2011's "Kicking & Screaming",
the disc was released through Frontiers Music Srl, the Italian label
which specializes in what's commonly called AOR, a term that once
signified a popular radio format ("album-oriented rock") but nowadays
applies to acts whose airplay is marginal.