Sebastian Bach is at it again with Chris Jericho, accusing him of “miming to a tape” during live performances.

As per Blabbermouth, the former Skid Row frontman restarted his weird feud with one of WWE’s finest that started last July. In a social media post back then, Bach accused Jericho of “miming to a tape” while performing with his heavy metal band Fozzy.

Unsurprisingly for a fighter, Jericho didn’t take it lying down, challenging Bach to a “sing-off” with “no effects, no tuning, no bullshit.”

Months passed but Bach appears to have been stewing over the matter ever since. In a new interview with The Aquarian Weekly, he continued his weird feud.

“I have an open mind about everyone,” he said. “If I read on Blabbermouth.com that some band says, ‘We’re the future of rock ‘n’ roll and we are the next thing after The Rolling Stones,’ I think, this must be incredible! What have I been missing out on?

So, I checked out one videoduring which the singer was 100% miming to a tape on stage at The Rockpile in Toronto. I thought to myself, ‘That’s weird, that’s not the next Rolling Stones.’ So, I watch another video where he was opening up for Nickelback in an arena and, again, he’s miming to a tape.

You can go watch it for yourself. Then someone said, ‘Here’s a clip of him singing live. Legit, bro.’ And it’s him miming to a tape again. It’s crazy obvious. It is not my opinion, it’s fact. It is not me starting a fight. But don’t tell me what singing live is, ’cause I have never used tape. I don’t even know how to do that.”

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Bach then listed artists he admired who properly sung their tracks, including Axl Rose, Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath, and Dee Snider.

He continued: Miming to tape makes a real mockery of what real singers do. It also begs the question: ‘What am I doing?’ Maybe I should use tapes. Why do I spend a month before a tour warming up? Why do I lock myself in a lounge for an hour before each show to do scales?”

Bach wasn’t finished there though, going for the finishing move. “How about this: professional wrestling sucks,” he goaded. “Everyone wishes they were a rock star. It hilarious. Evidently, all you have to do is (record) a tape, go on stage, and jump around. You can jump off the drum riser and do jumping jacks. It doesn’t matter if you are miming to tape.”

Who knows how long this strange, strange feud will continue. There seems to be only one correct way to decide it and that’s a pay-per-view cagematch. Chris Jericho vs Sebastian Bach. Enough with the talking.

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