Founded by the SoCal native in 1995, Buckcherry scored gold for their eponymous debut in 1999, sparked by the hit single “Lit.” They followed with the albums “Time Bomb” (2001), “15” (2006), “Black Butterfly” (2008), “All Night Long” (2010), “Confessions” (2013) and “Rock ’n’ Roll” (2015), with 2014’s “F**k” EP sandwiched between the last two.
The band’s most recent release, “Warpaint,” adds to an impressive legacy, capturing the energy of an incendiary
Live show and the personal, anything-
goes lyricism of lead singer Josh Todd.
For the “Warpaint” sessions produced by Mike Plotnikoff (“Halestorm,” “All That Remains”), Todd’s bandmates included Stevie D. (guitar, backing vocals, joined in 2005); Kelly LeMieux (bass, backing vocals, 2013); Kevin Roentgen (lead guitar, backing vocals, 2017); and Sean Winchester (drums, 2005). Francis Ruiz replaced Winchester for the “Warpaint” tour.
“You’ll hear all the usual suspects, all the hits of course,” Todd said in a previous interview. “And we’re going to do ‘Head like a Hole,’ a track we dropped online from ‘Warpaint.’ We’ll probably do one or two more from ‘Warpaint’ because no one really knows them.”
Find the Canyon Santa Clarita on the ground floor of the Westfield Valencia Town Center. Get tickets at the box office 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, by phone at (888) 645-5006, or via TicketMaster.com. For more info, visit WheremusicmeetstheSoul.com.
