1986年，美国新泽西州诞生了一支超级金属乐队。当时，乐队只有两人，吉他手Dave和贝斯手Rachel，两人一起只是写一些歌，早期的Skid Row 确实像一条穷街，没有什么名望。在Ratt和Motley Crue的支持下乐队渐渐成长。他们经常为一些乐队的巡演捧场，如Guns N'Roses，Bon Jovi, Motley Crue等等。之后，在Rachel的推荐下，Scotti也加入进来，成为乐队的第二位吉他手。一次偶然的机会，Dave认识了Rob，Rob迫切地想加入乐队，总是跟随乐队，最后终于加入乐队。现在唯一缺少的就是乐队的灵魂---歌手。出生于加拿大的Bach在听了Skid Row的私下录制的一盘磁带后，决心加入乐队。 这样，Skid Row于1987年秋正式组成。此时，他们仍只是为许多乐队做即兴演出。
1989年，他们先为Bon Jovi在美国的巡演捧场，后又为Motley Crue在欧洲的巡演助兴，并且为Motley Crue的专辑"Dr.Feelgood"做伴唱，再加上超级制作人Bob Rock的监制，此专辑成为Motley Crue的超级最佳大作，最后一首"Time For Change"便是Skid Row做的伴唱，是一首绝世佳作。
当然，Skid Row并不甘心只为其他乐队捧场，他们的声望和实力都已壮大，在一次为Aerosmith的即兴演出下台后，Aerosmith的成员刚一上台，尴尬，滑稽的一幕出现了，底下的观众都在大喊：“Skid Row,Skid row...”。此场景同样出现在多个乐队的巡演中，Skid Row用自己的声音征服了广大的乐迷。同时，Skid Row也认为时机已成熟。很快，1989年推出了首张同名专辑"Skid Row"，一炮打响，仅在美国发行量就达到五百万张。数首单曲打进Top 10，Skid Row成了各个杂志的新闻人物和封面明星，在全球范围也灌制了数倍的白金唱片，这只是一个伟大乐队的开始......
Skid Row的快歌狂放不羁，慢歌宛转悦耳。虽然他们的慢歌不多，但绝对都是精品。像这首感怀青少年叛逆行为的：《18岁与生命》。就给大家讲述了一个叫瑞奇的年青人因年少轻狂而最终走上不归路的故事。听后让人扼腕叹息，也会让人不尽想起自己也曾有过的那段年少不经事的时光来。
歌曲：《18 and life》
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歌词：
Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone.
Lived 9 to 5 and worked his fingers to the bone.
Just barely got out of school, came from the edge of town.
Fought like a switchblade so no one could take him down.
He had no money, oooh no good at home.
He walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone
And now it's
18 and life you got it
18 and life you know
Your crime is time and it's
18 and life to go
(repeat above)
Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gasoline.
It kept his motor running but it never kept him clean.
They say he loved adventure, "ricky's the wild one."
He married trouble and had a courtship with a gun.
Bang bang shoot 'em up, the party never ends.
You can't think of dying when the bottle's your best friend
And now it's
Chorus
"accidents will happen" they all heard ricky say
He fired his six-shot to the wind that child blew a child away.
Chorus
