BUCKCHERRY Guitarist Checks In From Studio

May 21, 2008

BUCKCHERRY guitarist Keith Nelson has issued the following update:

"Just wanted to check in with you all and give you an update on our progress. Thanks to an outstanding rhythm section of Xavier [Muriel, drums] and Jimmy [Ashhurst, bass] we knocked the basic tracks [for the new BUCKCHERRY album] out in three days. Damn! And we still had time to crown Jimmy the king of the ping-pong table as well.

"Everybody's been in high spirits and the record is just flowing flawlessly. We started overdubs a few days later and are almost halfway through, we should have this baby wrapped up in the next 10 days even though we added two extra songs that we hadn't anticipated including.

"We can't wait until this record hits the open air, and I'm sure you'll be getting a few sneak previews when we hit the road in July."

BUCKCHERRY has not yet announced a release date or title for its next album. The band released "15" just over two years ago, beginning a comeback that saw the band play 300 shows, sell over one million copies of the record, and earn five hit singles after being all but defunct five years ago.

Once the new record is done, BUCKCHERRY will jump onto "Cre Fest," the summer-long package tour headlined by MTLEY CRE. Keith Nelson told The Pulse of Radio why he's looking forward to the trek. "MTLEY CRE is really one of those bands that I think is so ahead of the curve," he said. "For us to be out on the road with them with this package I think is really cool because you're getting a lot of different rock bands. You're getting a band like us, which I don't think there's anything out there quite like us, and you're getting a band like PAPA ROACH, which I think is probably the best band of the early new millenium bands. Throw in TRAPT, who's great, who's had a lot of success, and the SIXX: A.M. guys, and it's just, it is a rock 'n' roll festival."

"Cre Fest" will begin on July 1 in West Palm Beach, Florida and hit over 40 cities, closing out on August 31 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

In addition to the CRE and BUCKCHERRY, the lineup will feature PAPA ROACH, TRAPT and CRE bassist Nikki Sixx's side project, SIXX: A.M.

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