BUCKCHERRY Playing Rated-G Show This Weekend?

The Pulse of Radio reports: When BUCKCHERRY plays at Bayfest in Mobile, Alabama on Saturday (October 4),singer Josh Todd may apparently have to watch what he says. According to AL.com, the band is contractually obligated to perform a profanity-free set, which could be a problem for the raunchy rock act. Guitarist Keith Nelson told the web site, "We take the same show everywhere...we are what we are," while singer Josh Todd told The Pulse of Radio that he believes a rock concert is not supposed to be a wholesome experience. "We like to just go out there, host the party, have a blast, get everybody enjoying their lives and celebrating, you know, their existence, and that's what going to a rock show was when I was coming up," he said. "That's why I got into this, because it's a lot of fun, you know. You go there, you drink too much, you hook up with a total stranger and, you know, you talk about it for the rest of your life. That's the kind of experience we want to give to people."

A recent review of a BUCKCHERRY gig in Billboard magazine described the show as a "dirty hodgepodge of GUNS N' ROSES and AEROSMITH," adding that the group is "fully submerged in the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll credo, yet singer Josh Todd made it overbearing with dirty microphone gestures...and titillating song intros."

Festival organizer Bobby Bostwick said that the profanity ban at Bayfest "worked fine for (rapper) LUDACRIS, and it has worked fine for most bands."

BUCKCHERRY is touring in support of its fourth album, "Black Butterfly", which debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard album chart last week before sliding to No. 23 this week.