- Le ngoma ibalisa ibali likaRicky, ihlwempu, elinzima-njengezikhonkwane oneminyaka eli-18 ubudala onxila aze abulale umntu ngengozi ngompu wakhe, amfumanele isigwebo sobomi entolongweni.
Umdlali wegila weSkid Row uDave 'Snake' Sabo uyibhale emva kokufunda kwiphephandaba lasekuhlaleni ngenkwenkwana eneminyaka eli-18 ubudala eyadubula umhlobo wayo ngempazamo. Wayecinga ukuba umpu wawungalayishwanga, yaye ekugqibeleni waphelela entolongweni ubomi bakhe bonke. Umdlali webhesi weqela, uRachel Bolan, nguye owabhala le ngoma. - Le yayiyi-Skid Row yesibini engatshatanga, elandela i-Youth Gone Wild. Yayiyinto enkulu kwaye yanceda i-albhamu yokuqala yeqela ukuba ithengise iikopi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezi-5 eMelika. Isizathu esikhulu sokuba kutheni nguBon Jovi.
UDave Sabo wayeyinxalenye yoluhlu lokuqala lukaBon Jovi kwaye wayezizihlobo zobuntwana kunye noJon Bon Jovi. Ngo-1984, uRichie Sambora wagqiba ukuthatha indawo yakhe kwiqela, elathi lahamba ngokukhawuleza. USabo wenza i-Skid Row kunye noRachel Bolan kwi-1986; Kunyaka kamva bongeza imvumi encinci yaseCanada uSebastian Bach, owayeneminyaka engama-20 ubudala Umqibilikaobo wot icwecwe lakhululwa ngo-1988. UJon Bon Jovi wanceda iqela ukuba lifumane isivumelwano serekhodi; babelana ngomphathi omnye, kwaye uSkid Row wafaka isivumelwano sokupapasha nenkampani kaJon noRichie, ababenengeniso ngokubona bephumelela.
UBon Jovi wayeyintshatsheli yebhendi kwaye wabasa kukhenketho njengesenzo sabo sokuvula kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa emva kokuba icwecwe likhutshiwe ngoJanuwari 1989. Olo khenketho, iNew Jersey Syndicate tour, lwalulukhulu, kwaye lwazuza iSkid Row yabalandeli ngoko nangoko. Kwaba nzima kwiqela lomculo nakuba; icwecwe labo lesibini, Likhoboka Lokusila , ayizange ikhululwe de kwangowe-1991, kwaye yayingenantlitheko, inomphetho onzima kunye nesibheno esincinci sepop (yahamba yaya ku-#1 kwaye yathengisa ngaphezu kwezigidi ezi-2). Abazange baphinde basondele kwimpumelelo yecwecwe labo lokuqala. - Ividiyo yayikhokelwa nguWayne Isham, omnye wabadlali abaphambili kumdlalo. Yividiyo yokwenyani, ebonisa uRicky egxothwa ekhayeni lakhe, edlala ephethe umpu, kwaye ngempazamo wadubula umhlobo wakhe. Ibonakalise ukuba ithandwa kakhulu kwi-MTV, iphakamisa iSkid Row kwizinwele zentsimbi.
