Butch Walker
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| Origin | Cartersville, Georgia, USA |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Genres | Rock, pop rock |
| Labels | Epic Records |
Butch Walker (born Bradley Glenn Walker III on November 14, 1969) is a recording artist, songwriter, and record producer.
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[edit] Career
Walker grew up in Cartersville, Georgia and stood out as a guitarist and performer in several rock bands in the '80s including Bad Boyz and Byte the Bullet. In 1988, he took Byte the Bullet to LA and they were signed to Virgin Records within the year. The band changed names to SouthGang and released two albums, Tainted Angel in 1991 and Group Therapy in 1992. SouthGang was one of the first bands to tour China in the early '90s.
Afterwards, Butch took over lead vocals and with ex-SouthGang members Jayce Fincher and Mitch McLee formed several bands in the 90s including Floyds Funk Revival, The Floyds, and the popular pop-rock band Marvelous 3 which had a relatively successful hit with the song "Freak of the Week." After the break-up of the band in 2001 (their final concert was on August 3, 2001 at Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park in front of their hometown fans), Butch then began a solo career, releasing the albums Left of Self-Centered in 2002, Letters in 2004 and The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites in 2006, and in 2005 played over 200 live shows across both the U.S. and Japan. Butch Walker was recently featured as a headlining artist on the My Space promoted Inaugural Hotel Cafe tour - supporting independent artists from the Los Angeles Venue of the same name. He has recently created a new band called 1969 and they have four songs already posted on their MySpace profile. A full-length titled Maya is expected to be released in 2007.
Several of his songs have been hits for other artists, including Bowling for Soup's "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" He has written and produced records for such artists as Avril Lavigne, Family Force 5, Bowling for Soup, Pink, Lindsay Lohan, Lit, Simple Plan, Sevendust, Injected, The Donnas, Hot Hot Heat, American Hi-Fi, Default, Midtown, Puffy AmiYumi, Pete Yorn, Fall Out Boy, Quietdrive, All-American Rejects and SR-71.
In late 2005, he released his first DVD "Live At Budokan." On July 11th, 2006, his newest record was released, entitled "The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let’s-Go-Out-Tonites," which he recorded with his backing band, the Let's Go Out Tonites. Butch Walker was named Rolling Stone producer of the year in 2005. He is the producer for the new Rockstar:Supernova group.
Walker was a guest judge on the second season of the American reality television program Rock Star: Supernova, during which Walker aided Tommy Lee, Gilby Clarke, and Jason Newsted in selecting a lead singer for the new band, Rock Star Supernova. Lukas Rossi was chosen, and Walker has produced a self-titled album for the band, released November 21st, 2006.
In 2007, Walker did guest vocals on Fall Out Boy's new record Infinity on High, on the track entitled "You're Crashing, But You're No Wave". He also produced The Academy Is...'s new album Santi.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Left of Self-Centered (2002)
- Letters (2004)
- This Is Me... Justified and Stripped (2004, live album)
- The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites (2006)
[edit] EPs
- Heartwork (2004)
- Cover Me Badd (2005)
[edit] DVDs
- Live at Budokan (2005)
