“Piece of Me” by Skid Row

"Piece of Me" is Rachel Bolan's song, words and music, and one of five singles Skid Row pulled from their self-titled 1989 debut on Atlantic. The American metal crew made that record with Michael Wagener in November 1988, working out of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and Wagener produced, recorded and mixed this one, with Dave Kent helping on the engineering.

With a title like that, Sebastian Bach was never going to sing it politely, and the whole band piles in behind him: Dave "The Snake" Sabo and Scotti Hill on guitars, Bolan on bass, Rob Affuso on drums, and Sabo, Hill and Bolan on backing vocals. Like every single off the record, it got a video and heavy MTV rotation, and the band took the album on the road in 1989 and 1990, mostly as the opening act for Bon Jovi and Aerosmith.

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