Sebastian Bach responds to vocal technique criticism – in his own way

The self-styled “vocal experts” who critique Sebastian Bach‘s singing from the comfort of their own homes have some harsh things to say. According to the UCR report, this is what the artist said in response.

YouTube is so hilarious. I see videos of guys that call themselves ‘vocal experts’ or ‘vocal instructors’ or whatever, and these idiots watch a video of me onstage, like at Wembley Stadium, running around with no shirt on in 100-degree weather. And I’ll do a note, like in my concert footage, and they’ll sit in their chair and go, ‘Ahhh,’ like sitting in their chair, watching it on YouTube, thinking that that’s the same fucking thing as me running around onstage in the summertime. I don’t get to sit down and watch and go, ‘See, I can do that.’ You can’t do shit. And another thing is, you don’t just do one note of the song. The challenge is to sing the whole song, ‘I Remember You,’ and then at the end, there’s a scream, and you better be ready for that. So spare me sitting there like this going, ‘Ohhh. See, I can do that.’ No, you have no clue what the hell it is that I do. Sing the whole fucking song, then hit the scream at the end in 100-degree weather on no sleep, jet-lagged. It just makes me laugh. It’s just so funny that people think that they know how to get on a stage and rock for an hour and a half or two hours. It’s a dying art, and you can’t sit in your living room in your air conditioning, watching it on YouTube, thinking you have a fucking clue about what it is to get up on that stage and do it every single night. It’s not physically or mentally easy to do. And there’s so many of these so-called ‘vocal experts’ that I could kick them right in the balls.

Bach did not specifically name any “vocal experts,” but many fans assumed he was referring to Ken Tamplin. Tamplin is a vocal teacher and Christian rock musician best known for his online singing training, the Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy. He frequently uploads videos to YouTube where he critiques other rock musicians’ performances and gives singing advice. He co-wrote Kiss‘ “I Confess” for the 1997 “Carnival of Souls” and is also cousin to Sammy Hagar. Bach recently mentioned the 1991 performance of “I Remember You” by Skid Row at Wembley Stadium, which Tamplin responded to in a video he uploaded six years ago. Tamplin interrupts Bach‘s high-pitched voice throughout the video with his own vocal runs. Nothing further has been posted or stated by either party to substantiate or refute their animosity.