Following Skid Row’s lighter-waving version of their power ballad I Remember You, their new frontman Erik Grönwall soaks up the adulation, lets the applause fade, and then gestures to the balcony of London’s Forum. Grönwall – who first found fame singing Skid Row’s 18 And Life on Swedish Idol – informs the packed audience how three years ago, after performing there with his previous band, H.e.a.t, he was sitting up in the gallery of this venue watching headliners Skid Row and fantasising over some day joining the New Jersey hard rockers. “I just want to say, dreams do come true, man!” he announces with a massive grin.
What an unlikely journey it’s been. The day after that Forum show, during meeting with Erik and his new bandmates, Grönwall reveals that not only did he not meet the members of Skid Row on that fateful night back in 2019, but they hadn’t met in the flesh – even after becoming their frontman – when he began recording his parts for the album that
