Rachel Bolan is the bass guitar player and main songwriter of the metal

Heavy metal music

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 band, Skid Row. He was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey

Point Pleasant, New Jersey

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, 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

KISS (band)

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 guitarist Ace Frehley

Ace Frehley

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's solo albums, back-up vocals on Mötley Crüe

Mötley Crüe

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's Dr. Feelgood album. He has produced numerous bands including the Luchagors

The Luchagors

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 in 2007 with former WWE superstar Amy "Lita" Dumas

Amy Dumas

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 and Atlantic Records stoner metal band Godspeed

Godspeed (band)

Godspeed were an American heavy metal band formed in 1994. Following the release of their debut album Ride, produced by Rachel Bolan of Skid Row, the band embarked on two high-profile tours as the opening act for Black Sabbath, Dio, and Cathedral...

. He formed the band Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales (band)

Prunella Scales was the side project of Skid Row bass player Rachel Bolan and then Godspeed and now Solace guitarist Tommy Southard. The band also featured then future and now former Skid Row drummer Phil Varone. The band released only one album, Dressing Up the Idiot....

 with Solace

Solace (band)

Solace is a heavy metal band hailing from the Jersey Shore, United States.Formed in 1996 by the remaining members of Atlantic Records artist Godspeed, Solace is most well known in the stoner rock genre, but as guitarist and founding member Tommy Southard has said "We're not a stoner band, we're a...

 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.