BACH IS BACK

In recent years, former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach has done some reality TV and Broadway work, plus had a recurring role on The Gilmore Girls and, of course, performed his share of concerts around the globe.

On Nov. 20, the longtime Jersey Shore resident will end an eight-year gap between solo albums with the release of Angel Down via Merovingian Music and Bach's own Get Off My Bach Productions.

Bach and his band recorded Angel Down this summer at Sound City Studios in Hollywood, Calif. He wrote or co-wrote nine of the album's 14 songs, including "(Love Is) A B----slap," the first radio track. Angel Down also includes Bach's take on the Aerosmith classic "Back in the Saddle."

The cover art for Angel Down is an original painting called "David's Watching," the last work done by Bach's father, David Bierk, who died in 2002. (Skid Row fans might recall that Bierk created the cover art featured on the band's Slave to the Grind album.)

"(Love Is) A B----slap," which already has been played on some terrestrial radio stations even though its official add date is Sept. 4, can be heard now via the Octane channel on Sirius Satellite Radio.