Sebastian Philip Bierk (born April 3, 1968), known professionally as Sebastian Bach, is a Canadian singer and actor who achieved mainstream success as the frontman of the hard rock band Skid Row from 1987 to 1996. He has acted on Broadway and has made appearances in film and television such as Trailer Park Boys, The Masked Singer and Gilmore Girls. He continues his music career as a solo artist and since 2026, as the lead singer of Twisted Sister.
Early years Bach was born in the Bahamas, the son of artist David Bierk and was raised in Peterborough, Ontario after the family moved to Canada in the early 1970s for his father's teaching job. His father was a noted painter who painted the cover of Skid Row's album Slave to the Grind and the inside cover art of Subhuman Race, as well as the album cover of Bach's solo effort Angel Down and inside art for its follow-up, Give 'Em Hell. Sebastian is one of seven children. His brother Zac Bierk is a former professional ice hockey player. Bach decided that he wanted to be a singer after he joined a church choir when he was eight years old. He attended Lakefield College School in Lakefield, Ontario.
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