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\"\"<\/a>\u201c\u2026it\u2019s high energy, high octane, maybe low IQ *laughs* but at the end of the day we\u2019re there to have a good time and entertain.\u201d<\/p>\n

From release: BUCKCHERRY\u00a0staunchly uphold the commandments of rock music with an arsenal of anthems primed to explode on impact live on stage and teeming with riotous energy, sexy swagger, and primal chops intact.\u00a0 It\u2019s something that the boys have done since day one, but it\u2019s more necessary now than ever.\u00a0BUCKCHERRY\u00a0head back to Australia for the first time since 2016.<\/p>\n

While he was driving down the 101 we gave Stevie D of Buckcherry a call to talk about the band\u2019s return to Australia this October as well as adjustments, moments, and much more\u2026<\/p>\n

You\u2019re heading back to Australia, I love a Buckcherry show because it\u2019s just raw, straight up rock and roll without the bells and whistles. Now, if you had to use one word to describe a Buckcherry show what would it be and why?<\/strong>
\nOh gosh, one word? Let\u2019s see\u2026 mayhem, chaos, it\u2019s just rock and rock, it does ebb and flow, it does have quiet moments but we do bust out of the gate all guns blazing, it\u2019s high energy, high octane, maybe low IQ *laughs* but at the end of the day we\u2019re there to have a good time and entertain.<\/p>\n

As the catalogue grows are you finding it harder to put a set list together for shows these days?<\/strong>
\nYeah obviously when you pick the set list you have to cover and feed the fans, so you have to do the ones that are the obvious ones like \u2018Lit Up\u2019, \u2018Crazy Bitch\u2019, \u2018Sorry\u2019, \u2018Ridin\u2019 those types of songs, the obvious ones. There is eight albums, even more actually, there\u2019s a live album, a covers album, so then there\u2019s been other soundtracks, so yeah it\u2019s a little difficult but at the end of the day it\u2019s really up to Josh and how he\u2019s feeling, so that\u2019s what dictates what goes into the set, he likes to roll the set to have peaks and valleys and plus it\u2019s a different ball game than it was twenty or thirty years ago and if you\u2019re four weeks into a tour it might not be as easy to hit those high notes. So we adjust accordingly.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been three years since you\u2019ve been back here, so what are you most looking forward to about coming back to Australia?<\/strong>
\nComing back to Australia I really want to go and see the outback but I don\u2019t think we\u2019ll get a chance, you know what\u2019s that bridge? I think I want to take a walk up that, everyone does it when they\u2019re there.<\/p>\n

I love that you\u2019re coming with Hardcore Superstar too, those guys are amazing!<\/strong>
\nOh man, we love those guys, Joki, Vic, they\u2019re all fantastic human beings and monster players and monster performers, they\u2019re the brothers from another mother. We did a European run some years back and it was one of the best tours we\u2019ve ever been on.<\/p>\n

Now, \u2018Warpaint\u2019 has been now for a couple of months, how has the cycle been since its release?<\/strong>
\nThere\u2019s new life in this band, it could be because there\u2019s literally new life in the band there\u2019s two new members, it could be because there\u2019s new songs, a new record label, but there\u2019s a difference in the turnout, we\u2019re selling out more shows, there\u2019s more capacity shows and it\u2019s all a welcome change. We had toured so much at the end of the last band that it put a huge strain on everyone and especially the fans and we burnt out a lot of markets, so we took a break and me and Josh did another band and we came back and it\u2019s been nothing but smooth sailing.<\/p>\n

Obviously this was the band\u2019s first album without Keith, for you as the other guitarists in the band, was there much of an adjustment for you personally when making the album?<\/strong>
\nA huge adjustment, this was Keith and Josh\u2019s band and since his departure a lot of the guitar playing fell into my lap and wherever Keith was was where I had to pick up the slack. There was a bit of an adjustment and I was up to the task, I had already hit the ground running with Josh Todd and The Conflict as song\u00a0 writing, guitar playing, and producing, I was the only guitar player in that band so I had already been used to operating alone at that point. So when we started recording \u2018Warpaint\u2019 I was ready for the task.<\/p>\n

What has Warpaint allowed you to do that you feel you weren\u2019t able to do on previous albums?<\/strong>
\nThe writing process was just me and Josh, whereas Buckcherry was mostly Keith and Josh and the band, now at this point there was a lot more freedom and our managers and label and even Josh had requested to just keep writing, there\u2019s no wrong answers, let\u2019s just keep write and keep writing until we know we have twelve solid songs, we wrote over forty, whittled that down to twenty and then we decided on the final eleven. As a guitar player I got to stretch out in directions I didn\u2019t normally, there\u2019s shredding, chicken picking, slide playing, and good old fashion rock and roll all on this album.<\/p>\n

Over your close to fifteen years with the band it can be easy to say what\u2019s changed but what would you say is the one thing that\u2019s stayed the same in your time in Buckcherry?<\/strong>
\nMy time in Buckcherry, Josh, that\u2019s easy. Josh\u2019s presence has been the constant and that\u2019s the signature sound of what Buckcherry is, I think the riffs and the mindfulness of what\u2019s going into the songs has not changed either. The influence of AC\/DC, bands like Aerosmith and The Rolling Stones is still there as well you know what I mean? We\u2019re also stretching out with maybe funkier rhythms, with an R&B and soul influence, but yeah I\u2019d say Josh\u2019s signature sound has been a constant. Like if you turn on active rock radio here in The States I bet not everyone will know the difference between the majority of the bands, when you hear Josh you know it\u2019s Josh.<\/p>\n

For you in terms of moments that stand out, what for you has been that moment you\u2019ve been able to have by being a part of this band?<\/strong>
\nOh gosh, I call those God moments, I\u2019m not a religious guy, spiritual for sure, and there\u2019s moments we\u2019ll be playing a sold out arena and everyone will be singing the song along with you, there\u2019s moments like that. Going to another country and having a sold out crowd singing along, that\u2019s usually where it happens for me, those are indescribable.<\/p>\n

Looking back was there one piece of advice you were given when you started making music that you still go back to and use to this day?<\/strong>
\nYeah, usually as a guitar player it\u2019s you\u2019re gonna hit brick walls but just keep playing you know what I mean, and stretch out in other directions that you\u2019re normally comfortable with that will inspire new playing, but yeah, just keep playing, always play.<\/p>\n

Lastly let\u2019s look ahead to the future, finish this sentence for me, by the end of 2019 Buckcherry want to\u2026<\/strong>
\nWant to be headlining in Australia *laughs* I would love that. Be back at the top of the charts, be probably on a package tour with a huge band and about to bust out on another headline tour of our own in arenas.<\/p>\n

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Buckcherry \/ Hardcore Superstar \/ Bad Moon Born October 2019 Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday October 08<\/strong> PERTH, Rosemount Hotel<\/p>\n

Wednesday October 09<\/strong> ADELAIDE, The Gov<\/p>\n

Friday October 11<\/strong> MELBOURNE, Max Watts<\/p>\n

Saturday October 12<\/strong> BRISBANE, Zoo<\/p>\n

Sunday October 13<\/strong> SYDNEY, Metro<\/p>\n

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TICKETS –\u00a0<\/strong>http:\/\/silverbacktouring.com.au\/buckcherry-2019\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Presented by Silverback Touring<\/p>\n

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Essential Information<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong>\u00a0Los Angeles, CA, USA<\/p>\n

Band Members:<\/strong>\u00a0Josh Todd – Vocals, Stevie D. – Guitars, Kelly Lemieux – Bass, Kevin Roentgen \u2013 Guitars, Francis Rulz – Drums<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/www.buckcherry.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Latest Release:<\/strong>\u00a0Warpaint (Out Now)<\/p>\n

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