Sebastian Bach had not communicated with his Skid Row successor Johnny Solinger in 30 years, before offering his condolences to Solinger's family after waking up to the news that he had passed away.
Solinger, the only singer other band Baz to have appeared on studio albums by Skid Row, announced in May that he was suffering from liver failure and had been hospitalized for several weeks. Skid Row announced on Saturday that Solinger had died.
His wife later confirmed the news via Facebook, writing that she was holding her husband's hand when he passed and that he "went in peace."
"My condolences to the family and friends of Johnny Solinger...," Bach wrote via Twitter Sunday afternoon. "Only contact I has was back in 1991 or so, years [before] I was kicked out in 1996. Awkward to wake up to headlines 'Skid Row Singer Dies' some using a pic of me. Sorry [to] hear."
Solinger did not have health insurance and explained in his announcement this past spring that he found it difficult to get "proper care" without it. A GoFundMe campaign was set up to help his family cover his expenses. As of this morning (Monday, June 28) the campaign had raised $17,150.
Three years after firing Bach, Skid Row returned in 1999 with Solinger on lead vocals. The band recorded two studio albums with Solinger — 2003's ThickSkin and 2006's Revolutions per Minute — prior to his departure from the band in 2015.
Solinger also released four solo albums between 2000 and 2008.
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