Buckcherry Return With New CD and New Lineup! Posted By: David Priest, Editor In Chief March 30th, 2006
2006 marks the return of Buckcherry with their first studio album in four
years, Fifteen, out in After virally blowing up via the
Internet and satellite radio, the raucous "Crazy Bitch" is also
catching on at commercial radio. The single is the #1 most-added song at both the Active and Mainstream Rock radio formats.
"I am such a believer this song is a smash that 99.5 KISS immediately put
it into medium rotation," noted L.A. Lyod,
Program Director for 99.5 in After a month-long North American
tour, Buckcherry founders lead singer Josh
Todd and co-writer/guitarist Keith Nelson as well as three new members — Xavier
Muriel (drums), Stevie D. (guitars) and bassist Jimmy
Ashhurst —returned to Los Angeles in March to play a
string of dates at The Whisky. In addition, the band has been invited to
perform at the NCAA Final Four event on April 1 in With a mix of bracing riffs, deep
grooves, soulful vocals and swirling harmonies, Fifteen — which was
originally issued in Japan last October — showcases the guitar-driven,
bluesy-rock with the hard edge the band is known for. Co-produced by Nelson
with Mike Plotnikoff and Paul DeCarli,
the album is filled with highlights like "Out Of Line" as well as
"Sorry", a ballad co-written by Marti Frederiksen
(Aerosmith). When Buckcherry
parted ways in 2002 after the demise of DreamWorks Records, the band took the
time to reassess their future direction. "We were pulled apart by so many
outside forces that took us away from what we set out to do," Nelson
explains. Todd and Nelson reunited to play a benefit for the late drummer Randy
Castillo, after which they were recruited by Slash, Duff McKagan
and Matt Sorum to play in the now infamous GN'R project
that eventually evolved into Velvet Revolver. "By the end, I was
spent dealing with all the egos, I needed some time
off," explains Nelson, who received a co-writing credit on Velvet Revolver's
"Dirty Little Thing". The duo continued to write songs,
explains Todd. "It made us realize how fun it was to be in a band again;
we focused on what mattered, the music." Revitalized and inspired after
recruiting D., Muriel and Ashhurst, the band recorded
Fifteen in 15 days. "Buckcherry is
a rock 'n' roll band. We wanted to get the vibe back which made us so
explosive," says Todd. "We went into the studio and vowed not come
out until we had a successful, ass-kicking, career-defining album." |