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The Last Hard Men were an alternative music supergroup composed of former Skid Row vocalist Sebastian Bach, The Frogs guitarist Jimmy Flemion, The Breeders guitarist–vocalist Kelley Deal, and The Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin.

Kelley Deal spoke about the formation of the band in a November 13, 1996, interview with the online magazine Addicted to Noise. She stated that she had read an article in Spin magazine about hair metal bands and was bothered by its derogatory tone especially concerning style, "I saw this article in Spin magazine about hair bands and I was really bothered by it. I mean, here they were making fun of these bands [and their style of clothes], but what were the interviewers wearing? Grunge flannel? Baggy pants? I was bothered that Spin made fun of style because everything is style and it was done in a really mean way. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a huge metal fan either. I mean I like Sabbath, but glam metal was so pussy. It just didn't seem fair." Deal had previously heard that Sebastian Bach had a good voice and felt he "was the realest of the hair band squealers". At the time of the interview Deal planned to have the album to come out on her own Nice Records label "with distribution via a bigger label. She also stated "I don't know if it's a one off. And I don't know if we'll tour, although Sebastian is already drawing up pyro plans for the shows, but I don't think it's odd at all. I think this is normal, it's the thing everybody should be doing." Members of the band also appeared in Robert D. Tucker's film Final Rinse playing the song "Sleep" at a glam metal concert after being introduced by Joey Ramone. In 1997 Bach took Flemion with him on a solo tour (along with Richie Scarlet, Mark McConnell, and "Larry") playing some of the songs off The Last Hard Men album along with Skid Row songs and new material. At the time MTV news said the Last Hard Men were waiting for confirmation on a record deal. Saying "Metal Edge Editor Gerri Miller reports that the contract is most likely to be will either Atlantic or a Nasty Man, Deal's own sub label."

The group recorded a full length, self titled album for Atlantic Records, who then optioned not to release it. In 1998, it was released on Kelley Deal's label, Nice Records, with no fanfare and a very limited pressing of 1,000 CDs, which may have been sold via mail order only. It was rereleased on Spitfire Records in 2001 with slightly different versions of the songs (mostly varying in length) produced by Get Off My Bach Productions. Despite the lateness of its release the album reached number 22 on the Japanese Top 50 Album chart in 2002. The album can currently be purchased from online retailers such as Amazon and iTunes. The song "Sleep" features a music video. The music video along with a live performance of "The Most Powerful Man in the World" were released on the Sebastian Bach DVD Forever Wild in 2004. The group appears on the soundtrack to the film Scream, with their cover of "School's Out".