In a new interview with France's Vinylestimes Classic Rock Radio, former SKID ROW singer Erik Grönwall spoke about the lyrical inspiration for “Who's The Winner,” a powerful track from his latest solo album, “Bad Bones,” which came out on May 22.

He said in part: “[Sometomes] no one [is the winner].

That's basically what I'm saying, what I wanna say with that song.

Sometimes nobody wins.

And it could be in any relationship, where you have an argument with someone, and your ego takes control of you.

And you walk out of that argument or relationship and you go, “No one won.

No one won.” And you sit there alone with your pride.

And was it worth it? That's pretty much what I'm asking,” He continued: “For me, it's personally about my departure from SKID ROW, where I just felt like I had to do what I did.

I had to make that decision.

One part of me knows it was the right decision, but another part of me is, like, “Wow, we had a really great thing,” and it's a shame it had to come to an end.” Last month, Erik spoke to Jorge Botas of Portugal's Metal Global about his decision to leave SKID ROW in March 2024 after a two-year stint as the band's frontman.

Asked why he decided to go solo at this point in his career, Erik said: “Well, first of all, I played with H.E.A.T, the Swedish band H.E.A.T, for 10 years.

But then, after 10 years, I felt like it was time for me to do something else.

I just wanted to explore what was out there.

But then I got really sick.

So I got leukemia — I had leukemia five years ago.

And at that point, when I was at the hospital, I realized that the only thing I wanna do is get back on stage and sing for the rest of my life.” Reflecting on his exit from SKID ROW more than two years ago, Erik said: “The reason why I decided to leave [the band] that was because I could feel that I still needed more time to really properly recover after all my treatments, and I felt like it became too much to be on the road as much as [the other members of SKID ROW] wanted.

So my proposal was to do a little less touring, but we couldn't find common ground, and that's fine.” In January 2025, Erik told Finland's Chaoszine about his exit from SKID ROW: “Leaving the band was one of the toughest career decisions I ever had to make.

I loved being in that band.

It didn't hurt waking up being the lead singer of SKID ROW.

But I would still be in the band if that was an option.” In a new interview with Vinylestimes Classic Rock Radio, Grönwall explained: “I left to respect the person who went through the leukemia — I mean, the person at the hospital,” he said.

“I promised myself that I would always put my health first.

And when I felt like I couldn't do that being in the band, I just had to make that decision.” The English version of Grönwall's autobiography, "Power - Music, Death, Life", was made available in December 2024 via HarperCollins.