The Last Hard Men (band)
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U.S. circa 1998, September 4, 2001 (re-release) |
| Recorded | 1996–1997, Pachyderm Studio |
| Genre | Alternative Rock |
| Label | Nice Records, Spitfire |
| Producer | Sebastian Bach |
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The Last Hard Men were an alternative music supergroup composed of former Skid Row vocalist Sebastian Bach, The Frogs guitarist Jimmy Flemion, The Breeders guitarist–vocalist Kelley Deal, and The Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin.
Kelley Deal spoke about the formation of the band in a November 13, 1996 interview with the online magazine Addicted to Noise. She stated that she had read an article in Spin magazine about hair metal bands and was bothered by its derogatory tone especially concerning style, ""I saw this article in Spin magazine about hair bands and I was really bothered by it. I mean, here they were making fun of these bands [and their style of clothes], but what were the interviewers wearing? Grunge flannel? Baggy pants? I was bothered that Spin made fun of style because everything is style and it was done in a really mean way. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a huge metal fan either. I mean I like Sabbath, but glam metal was so pussy. It just didn't seem fair."
Deal had previously heard that Sebastian Bach had a good voice and felt he "was the realest of the hair band squealers". She had a friend see if Bach could be reached to consider doing a project. A few weeks later Bach (recently broken up with the band Skid Row) called her up and agreed to discuss the idea. Soon after he met Deal backstage after one of her Kelley Deal 6000 shows in New York.
It was agreed that they would do a cover of Alice Cooper's "School's Out" for the soundtrack of Wes Craven's movie Scream. Deal told the interviewer "We knew they wanted someone to do that song for the movie, so I thought 'who else could I get to do this?' See, my idea was always to have a band with two heavy metal guys and two others. I wanted Jimmy (Flemion) and Sebastian was supposed to bring Tommy Lee, but that didn't happen. Sebastian said it was too bad we couldn't get Jimmy (Chamberlin), but that he didn't think he'd do it. But I did my thing and called Jimmy up and asked him to do it. He said sure."
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