Nite Songs

If you tuned in to last week's Sounds From The Junkshop , you'll have heard me waxing lyrical about Buckcherry and how their peerless 1999 debut album gave me a much-needed shove in the right direction when it came to defining my music taste. Unfortunately, now I'm gonna have to say something not so nice about them, namely that that classic record was 22 years ago and while I hate to say it, Josh Todd (now the band's sole remaining original member) and co have been on something of a slippery slope in terms of quality over the last decade. And on this evidence Hellbound  isn't going to be the album to turn things around. The trouble with Buckcherry these days is that there's been next to no evidence of progress for well over a decade with their last really killer album being 15  way back in 2005. I suppose if there is a plus point to this album, it's nowhere near as awful as their twin creative low points of 2013's Confessions  and 2015's Rock 'n...

“You wanna come with me? You wanna ride with me? You wanna blow this town? ‘Cos I ain’t got time to show ya…” - Backyard Babies - Bombed Outta My Mind “Don’t fall in love, that’s the line they will feed you. But if I can’t have you I’ll be dead again…” - Buckcherry - Dead Again By the time 1999 rolled around, I think it’s safe to say that my patience with a lot of the new music NME and Melody Maker were trying to foist on me was wearing decidedly thin. I mean to be honest, when the best indie music can offer is the likes of Terris, JJ72 and Campag Velocet, it's pretty safe to say that the whole thing is flatlining a bit. If I'm honest though, Kerrang! wasn't really much better - although the Britrock bands like Terrorvision , 3 Colours Red , the Yo-Yo's and A were still putting up a sterling rearguard action against the advance of the Limp Bizkit and Korn led nu-metal charge, things were definitely getting desperate. I think it was some time in the summer term of 1999...