Metal Sludge — In a brand new interview with Sofa King Cool, former Saigon Kick drummer and all around entertainment chameleon Phil Varone has re-addressed a decade old spat with Sebastian Bach.

Varone who was also a part of Skid Row, but his tenure in the group came after Bach had been shown the door by his former band-mates.

Varone has once again responded to Bach‘s claim that Varone‘s decision to pose nude for an Playgirl is “further proof that the name ‘Skid Row‘ has completely lost all credibility, cool, accuracy and is now devoid of all meaning in every way.”

Varone reflected on Bach‘s comments in a brand new interview with Sofa King Cool. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Baz is very ironic. I’ve known him for… I knew those guys 10 years before I joined the band. I mean, they were friends of mine. Before I joined the band, I knew Sebastian. And I never really understood why he said anything. This is a guy who wore a shirt that said ‘AIDS Kills F**s Dead’. This is a guy that threw a bottle into a crowd and almost killed a girl. And the band had to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to keep his ass out of jail and pay all these things in medical. And he’s talking about me on Playgirl?

“He’s in a war with himself, ’cause I’ve got nothing to say,” Phil continued. “The guy was a tremendous rock star — legendary — and he’s always gonna be that way. And I just don’t understand at what point the people go the extra mile to say anything when it’s, like, ‘Dude, you already have the gig. Just shut up. People like you already. Don’t ruin it.’ ‘Cause people like him, he can just talk himself into a hole.

“What does me doing Playgirl have anything to do with SKID ROW or hurting SKID ROW? Not to mention that one of his favorite bands, TYPE O NEGATIVE, Pete Steele did it. Bret Michaels did it. Brad Pitt did it. I mean, so many people have done Playgirl. It was a bucket list thing for me. I mean, granted, yeah, my dick is bigger than his, so don’t be mad at me about that. Scream at whoever you believe the maker is.

“I don’t know what his deal is,” Varone added. “I just thought it was funny. ‘Cause it’s very hypocritical. If anything was gonna ruin the band, it would have been him back then. And doing Playgirl is not porn at all. It’s a naked body. When did naked bodies become pornography? I don’t know. Because in Europe no one gives a shit. Everyone’s naked over there.”

Read the full article at Blabbermouth or listen to the interview below.