BUTCH WALKER

'Butch Walker' (born 'Bradley Glenn Walker III' on November 14, 1969) is an American recording artist, songwriter, and record producer.

Contents

Career

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

DVDs

External links

Career

Walker grew up in Cartersville, Georgia and stood out as a guitarist and performer in several rock bands in the 1980s 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 1990s.
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 post-grunge/punk-pop 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 MySpace-promoted Inaugural Hotel Cafe tour, supporting independent artists from the Los Angeles Venue of the same name. He has recently created a new band, 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, Gob, Midtown, Puffy AmiYumi, Pete Yorn, Fall Out Boy, Quietdrive, All-American Rejects, SR-71 and recently The Academy Is....
In late 2005, he released his first DVD, ''Live at Budokan''. On July 11, 2006, his newest record was released, ''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.
Walker was a guest judge on the second season of the American reality television program '', 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 21, 2006.
In 2007, Walker provided guest vocals on Fall Out Boy's new record ''Infinity on High'', on the track "You're Crashing, but You're No Wave". He also makes a brief cameo in the video for "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race".
Walker also appears in The Academy is... videos for "Slow Down" and "We've got a big mess on our hands."

Discography

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)

EPs

★ ''Heartwork'' (2004)

★ ''Cover Me Badd'' (2005)

Singles

★ "Last Christmas"/"Wake Me Up GO! GO!" with Yuji Oda (2004)

DVDs

★ ''Live at Budokan'' (2005)

External links

★ Official website

★ Official MySpace Page