Creativity Quote by Sebastian Bach

There is a brazen, almost throwaway swagger in Sebastian Bach admitting he is "a junkie" for MTV, and that looseness is the point. Coming from a hair-metal frontman whose entire era was built on the music video as both currency and theater, the line reads less like a guilty confession and more like a claim to fluency. "I guess" softens the opening like casual banter, but it also sets up a one-up: I know the channel, the codes, the churn of images better than you. It's not just taste; it's status.

Calling himself a "junkie" is a deliberate escalation, pulling the language of dependency into the realm of pop consumption. In the late-80s/early-90s MTV ecosystem, attention was the drug and rotation was the dealer. Bands didn't just release songs; they competed for a slot in an ever-looping pipeline that could turn a chorus into a lifestyle brand overnight. Bach's word choice acknowledges that the medium is engineered to hook you, then shrugs at the moral panic by leaning into it. If you're going to be complicit, be charismatic about it.

The subtext is also defensive. Rock authenticity was always supposed to live onstage, not in a TV schedule. By owning the addiction, Bach flips the critique: the real amateur is the person still pretending they're above the machine. In a culture where MTV could make or break you, "junkie" is another way of saying: I understand the game because I live inside it.