Buckcherry

There's an unapologetic snarl to Buckcherry's fourth studio record that brings to mind classic '70s rockers like AC/DC and Aerosmith: tons of sassy affection, hair-curling guitar barnstorming and even a well-placed cowbell. Sometimes singer Josh Todd gets a bit carried away -- his voice tears though "Dreams" with a big, pack-a-day vibrato that brings to mind a raspy (drag) Queensryche -- but "Talk To Me" and "A Child Called 'It'" light up the front half of the record with tons of raw energy.

In his own heavily-tatted, strip-club-rocking way, Buckcherry singer Josh Todd has as
much red-state appeal as Mike Huckabee. Like Buckcherry’s last album, the
platinum-selling 15, Black Butterfly finds Todd reaching out to folks who prefer their rock
straightforward and frill-free, with the rail-thin frontman showing the same interest in arty
affectations as he apparently has in fatty foods. Buckcherry are treading well-w... More >