Buckcherry

[Jizzo]

i love the new album

[CheapJon]

i've noticed that i barely listen to buckcherry anymore, i blame BB

[mrlee]

i blame the shitty new album for being such a dissappointment

[gnr2k6]

did anyone ever pick up the special edition copy of 15 with the live tracks on it?

[ShotgunBlues1978]

Black Butterfly is not even close to their previous three

For me it goes

Self-Titled - 10/10 - best rock album of this style in the past decade
15 - 8/10 - mostly good-great tracks with a couple stinkers
Time Bomb - 7/10 - some of their best tracks ever combined with some of their worse, uneven, but the best songs are among the best they've done

Black Butterfly - 5/10 - dull and soft.  The one thing that elevated Buckcherry above the average rock band was the balls and the energy and the fun.  This album is way too pop, not heavy enough, and they don't have the pure songwriting or musical talent to expand into the pop territory they ventured into on this one

[mrlee]

shotgunblues, you nailed it with that statement about the new album.

[Bodhi]

Buckcherry put on a great show tonight in Camden with A7X and Papa Roach...It really dawned on me tonight how awesome Velvet Revolver COULD have been if they didnt get rid of Josh and Keith...good call Slash...

[GunnerOne 84]

Buckcherry put on a great show tonight in Camden with A7X and Papa Roach...It really dawned on me tonight how awesome Velvet Revolver COULD have been if they didnt get rid of Josh and Keith...good call Slash...

I was very disappointed when they cut Keith and Josh out, I was always under the impression they could have been HUGE.

But, having been behind Buckcherry since the debut, I'm really glad they've found their own success. They deserve it.

[Bodhi]

Buckcherry put on a great show tonight in Camden with A7X and Papa Roach...It really dawned on me tonight how awesome Velvet Revolver COULD have been if they didnt get rid of Josh and Keith...good call Slash...

I was very disappointed when they cut Keith and Josh out, I was always under the impression they could have been HUGE.

But, having been behind Buckcherry since the debut, I'm really glad they've found their own success. They deserve it.

same here...just got tickets for there Atlantic City Show on Memorial Day weekend...anyone else goin?

[mrlee]

Hey errr. did any notice Josh has a very small cameo in the movie "Eagle Eye" ?

[Malcolm]

BUCKCHERRY Guitarist On AC/DC: 'Musically, The Band Is An Unstoppable Freight Train' - May 15, 2009 
 
Road Crew Magazine recently conducted an interview with BUCKCHERRY guitarist Keith Nelson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

Road Crew Magazine: You were the co-producer on "Black Butterfly". So how did that differ from playing the musician's role?

Keith: Well, it started with the album "15" kind of out of sheer necessity. Because back when we were looking at making the record "15", not only was there no record deal but there was no money to pay people the ridiculous salaries to come down and produce a record. So, I made a proposition to the band. I said, "Let me do three songs over the weekend and let me produce it and if we like it, I'll make the record. If we don't like it, then we will move on and I won't bring it up again." I also offered to refund the band the cost of the studio time. Those songs were actually "Carousel" and "So Far" off "15". So, it was a boost of confidence for me and it just kind of seemed natural. I feel like we made a lot of records and we have worked with some really cool producers but, I just kind of felt like the band just needed to be the band and we just needed to capture what was going on with it with some subtle pushes in some places. For the most part, everyone can play and there is not a whole lot of direction needed. So, I guess it is kind of my job in that role to insure that we are coming across.

Road Crew Magazine: BUCKCHERRY is doing a campaign right now called the "Rescue Me" campaign to bring awareness to child abuse. Can you tell me how you got involved in that?

Keith: It came about as a result of Josh [Todd; vocals]. He read a book called "A Child Called It" and it inspired the lyrics to two songs on this record ("Rescue Me", "A Child Called It"). Once we got aware of the tragedy of that and the ongoing abuse that occurs, we looked for something that we could be involved in. We didn't think it would be this high profile. We thought we would do it a little more on the down low, but this organization and us are a really good fit. There is an event planned and we have tried to raise a little bit of awareness. We really aren't a very political band. We really like to think of ourselves as a good time rock and roll band but, there have been a few causes that we have aligned ourselves with and this is a pretty worthy one.

Road Crew Magazine: I heard AC/DC is a huge influence on you guys.

Keith: They really are. Their music is just timeless. That is one of the things that is really inspiring. Their music is timeless and they keep doing it, the longevity of their career.

Road Crew Magazine: When you got to meet them, how was that?

Keith: It was incredible. We did a number of shows with them a few years back, they were very gracious and spent some time with the entire band. Their entire band spent time with us after the last show we did with them and it was pretty cool.

Road Crew Magazine: What did you take away from that musically?

Keith: Musically and personally... Musically, the band is an unstoppable freight train. Personally, we live on the road and we meet a lot of bands and it seems like the more successful bands are and the more accomplished they are, the nicer they are. Bands that are struggling and up and coming tend to be harder to deal with and not very personable. When you play shows with bands like KISS, AEROSMITH, and AC/DC and they are just guys hanging out, it is really cool to meet people like that and have them be so cool.

Road Crew Magazine: Are you taking any bands under your wing now?

Keith: I don't really know if we are taking any bands under our wing because I don't really know that we are so established that we have a wing yet. There are definitely bands out there that we like that are maybe one or two steps on the ladder from where we just came from. It's fun to be able to pick bands to take on tour and pick bands to get involved with.

 
 

[RancidPunx]

Buckcherry are opening for KISS on their upcoming tour.

[Bodhi]

Buckcherry are opening for KISS on their upcoming tour.

I think its only half of kiss though...but I will probably go to that

[mrlee]

did anyone listen to there new song (a cover) High Way Star?

[Falcon]

did anyone listen to there new song (a cover) High Way Star?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfQz4iknDxY

Not too thrilled about the wrestling on wheels aspect of the vid but the song works, a solid cover.

And a "Behind The Scenes" look..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3wCTxmmhK8&feature=related

And the vid to their latest single (and my fav song off Black Butterfly) - "Talk To Me"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1c5nhxPW-c&feature=related

[ShotgunBlues1978]

Just listened to the self-titled album for the first time in a while.  They had something special going on for that one.  It's a hell of an album, unfortunately it got buried under the crap that was coming out in that era

If there's a better balls out hard rock album in the last decade I still haven't heard it

[mrlee]

i may not like the new album alot.

But Buckcherry are still a great live band. And they are finally playing my hometown, and bringing some great support acts with them, for a cheap price in a pretty big venue.

im definately going!

[CheapJon]

new song! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R_ueJ4uS6s

[mrlee]

that is.....


well.
 frankly

shite.

[CheapJon]

black butterfly was shite, this isn't as bad IMO