セバスチャン・バックのウェブサイトより引用。1987年にゲイリー・ムーアから35,000ドルでスキッド・ロウの名義を買ったと言っています。バンド名の権利を持っているのはブラッシュ・シールズだと思っていたのですが…謎です。うーむ。
SebastianBlog 7.2.06
Valerie & Doc, you seem to not understand why I feel entitled to some sort of control over the ‘Skid Row’ name. Please let me explain (although Doc already knows all this). Back in 1987 when I joined the band, yes it was already called Skid Row. I did not think up the name. But the fact is we bought the name ‘Skid Row’ from legendary British Guitar hero Gary Moore. His band ‘Skid Row’ was around in the early seventies & Gary Moore owned the name when we started in 1987. When the guitar player, bass player & myself all got signed to Atlantic (only 3 out of 5 members of the band were actually signed to the label ), Gary Moore heard about it & said we could have the name for $35,000 US Dollars. Snake & Rachel walked into rehearsal & said “We have to pay Gary Moore 35 grand to use the name” & so we, as a band, bought the name from Gary Moore. We were all glad to do it because it is a great name for a band. I remember looking at Scotti & Rob saying “wow, thats alot of $ but we gotta do it!” What I did not know was that Snake & Rachel put only their names on the copywrite / trademark of the name. No other members of the band has ownership of the name, even though 3 of us were signed to Atlantic. That’s the music business for ya. It was not until years later after we bought the name from Gary Moore that I learned that we meant only 2 out of 5 members of the band. When I joined the band we had sold zero records. By the time I was fired in 1996 we had sold over 15 million records. Do I deserve a say in how the back catalogue is distributed, marketed, packaged, remixed/remastered etc.? Yes I do. Do I have any control whatsoever over my voice & image for at least 10 years of my career? At the moment, no. I hope to change this situation in the future.
