The Skid Row rocker, 57, told Billboard<\/a> that he was \u201cvery surprised\u201d when he appeared in headlines about Applegate\u2019s new memoir You With the Sad Eyes<\/a>, which told the story of when the actress ditched her date Brad Pitt<\/a> for Bach at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards.<\/p>\n \u201cI was a single guy on tour, in a band, and I met a lot of girls and I apologize if I hurt her\u2026 if I hurt anybody,\u201d the musician said. \u201cWhen you\u2019re young you get thrown into the whirlwind of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll, meeting a lot of people and you better hold on tight. It\u2019s like being on a roller coaster.\u201d<\/p>\n Bach went on to say that their dalliance was \u201ca long time ago,\u201d and if \u201cI hurt anybody, I apologize for it.\u201d<\/p>\n Sebastian Bach in Moscow in August 1989; Christina Applegate in Hollywood ca. 1989 In her memoir, Applegate, 54, wrote that she attended the VMAs with Pitt when she was 17, but went home with Bach after spending the whole night \u201cstaring\u201d at him.<\/p>\n The Dead to Me actress included a diary entry in her book in which she wrote of feeling \u201cout of control\u201d after learning that Bach had a 1-year-old child.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat a dick\u2026 I had really started to like him,\u201d she wrote. \u201cWhat do I always attract the \u2018winners.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Applegate\u2019s entry went on to say that she was grateful she hadn\u2019t slept with Bach, and didn\u2019t want to be his girlfriend, but was upset that he\u2019d spent the night at her house and \u201cbefriended\u201d her while having a long-term partner and child.<\/p>\n Bach and his ex Maria welcomed a son named Paris in March 1988. The couple went on to have two more children, and broke up in 2010. He married Suzanne Le in 2015, while Applegate has been married to Martyn LeNoble<\/a> since 2013.<\/p>\n Back was recently announced as the new lead singer of Twisted Sister<\/a>, with whom he\u2019ll play a number of shows this fall following the departure of Dee Snider.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat a feeling! I am in shock! I am the Lead Singer of Twisted Sister\ud83e\udd18\u201d he wrote in his caption. \u201cI keep saying that over and over to myself and anybody else who will listen today \ud83e\udd29I am absolutely honored and overjoyed to pay tribute to the legacy of some of my favorite music and musicians of my whole life!\u201d<\/p>\n Applegate, meanwhile, opened up about her book in a PEOPLE cover story<\/a>, saying she was \u201cbeing as honest and raw\u201d as she possibly could.<\/p>\n The book spans from her tumultuous upbringing in L.A.\u2019s infamous Laurel Canyon to teen fame, abusive relationships, motherhood and her own unique experiences with both breast cancer and MS, an autoimmune disorder that affects the central nervous system.<\/p>\n![\"Sebastian](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/53999fcfa856ec4413eea2196f859293.jpeg\"\/)
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