Rachel Bolan

Rachel Bolan
Background information
Born	February 9, 1966 (1966-02-09) Point Pleasant, New Jersey, United States
Genres	Heavy metal, hard rock, punk rock, pop punk
Occupations	Bassist, musician, songwriter, producer
Instruments	Bass guitar, vocals
Years active	1985–present
Associated acts	Skid Row Ace Frehley Prunella Scales The Luchagors Godspeed
Website	http://www.skidrow.com

Rachel Bolan (born February 9, 1966) is the bass guitar player and main songwriter of the metal band, Skid Row. He was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA, where he founded the band in 1986 with the guitarist Dave "The Snake" Sabo. Bolan has appeared as a vocalist on two of the Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley's solo albums, back-up vocals on Mötley Crüe's Dr. Feelgood album. He has produced numerous bands including the Luchagors in 2007 with former WWE superstar Amy "Lita" Dumas and Atlantic Records stoner metal band Godspeed. He formed the band Prunella Scales with Solace guitarist Tommy Southard and L. Wood. Prunella Scales released "Dressing up the Idiot" on Mutiny Records in 1997. Jack Roberts (guitar) and Ray Kubian (drums), both from the New Jersey-based band, Mars Needs Women, joined Prunella Scales for touring.

Bolan, still in Skid Row, has another side project called The Quazimotors with the Skid Row drummer Rob Hammersmith, Jonathan Callicutt and Evil Jim Wright (guitarist for Spectremen, BigFoot, Road Hawgs).

He drives racecars in his free time. He competes in high performance go-karts, Legends Cars, Thunder Roadster and Pro-Challenge series cars.