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The Alternative-Rock Hard-Rock combo Buckcherry first formed in the mid-'90s
in Los Angeles, California USA, by vocalist Joshua Todd and guitarist
Keith Nelson, the pair soon joined forces with bassist Jonathan 'J.B.'
Brightman and drummer Devon Glenn and started to play shows around the
area generating a strong buzz thanks to a heavily bootlegged demo tape
and a swelling reputation as a must-see live act. The band expanded to
a five-piece with an extra guitarist, Yogi and eventually signed a record
deal with DreamWorks.
The L.A.-based group broke onto the national scene in 1999 with their
self-titled debut full-length disc, it rose to #1 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers
chart upon its spring release and reached the #74 slot on The Billboard
200 Albums list spawning such Rock-radio hit singles as "Lit Up",
which peaked at #1 on The Mainstream Rock chart, "For The Movies"
which hit the top 30 on both Modern and Mainstream Rock charts, "Dead
Again" a further Active Rock top 40 entrant and the final single,
"Check Your Head", also cracked the top 30 of the Billboard's
Mainstream Rock list.
The quintet went on to release the follow-up, "Time Bomb", in
March 2001, followed by a successful stint opening for one of their heroes,
AC/DC; the album reached #64 on The Billboard
Top 200 but it failed to recapture the mass audience of their debut CD,
producing only one Mainstream Rock top 10 hit in "Ridin'".
The following year, it was announced that Buckcherry was on hiatus.
In 2005 Buckcherry founders, frontman Josh Todd and his co-writer, guitarist
Keith Nelson recruited guitarist Stevie D., bassist Jimmy Ashhurst and
drummer Xavier Muriel to make their comeback album, "15", which
was named after the number of days it took to record the LP; it was released
by Universal Japan in November and splashed down in North-America in April
2006 breaking into the top 40 of The Billboard 200 list, eventually earning
the platinum certification. "Crazy Bitch", the first single
off the band's third album, peaked at #3 on The Hot Mainstream Rock chart
and reached the #13 slot on The Hot Modern Rock Tracks. The second single,
"Next 2 You", was another Active Rock radio top 20 hit, but
"Everything" did better, peaking at #6 on the same chart; a
fourth single, the powerful "Broken Glass", also hit The Mainstream
Rock top 40 chart but the final single "Sorry" became the most
successful song off the album breaking into the top 10 of The Billboard
Hot 100 and peaking at #7 in Canada.
The quintet returned in September 2008 with "Black Butterfly",
it debuted at #8 on The Billboard 200 Albums list and the first single,
"Too Drunk...", quickly catapulted into the top 10 of The Hot
Mainstream Rock chart.
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