I thought this would be the best place for it, as he is best friends with Pink, and is touring with her this summer :cheer:

 

"it is said that "the Bio" was an extended paragraph of information that was once used to describe a little bit about someone, before it was run into dirt-filled pile of obscurity by more interesting things like Wrestling, In Touch Magazine, and Kim Kardashian. some say the Bio was an easy way to inject favorable opinion and fancy wordplay about the subject, in order to make said subject seem more interesting than they probably are/were (i.e. using a phrase like "_________ play with the intensity of a thousand semen-filled bulls, unleashed on the night" or "_________ formed in the fall of '97 and the music industry hasn't ever been the same since"). Most Bios were useful back when radio stations still mattered in breaking an artist, where the DJ would pull up the current Bio on an artist that would be dropping by the station for an interview, just to learn something about them to talk about on the air. (i.e. when a DJ says to an artist in an on-air interview "so Butch Walker... tell us how you got that band name" or "so your from Atlanta... tell us a little bit about that..."). the Bio died a sudden death with the advent of Wikipedia, a website that basically will tell your life story, no matter what you fabricate in a Bio to impress people. R.I.P. to "The Bio" and it will be remembered as a pioneer to many on the information filled highway of the entertainment world."

--------- written by Butch Walker

 

from wikipedia

Butch Walker (born Bradley Glenn Walker on November 14, 1969) is a current American recording artist, songwriter, and record producer who was also the lead guitarist for the metal band SouthGang from the late 80s to early 90s as well as the lead vocalist and guitarist for alternative rock band Marvelous 3 from 1997 until 2001.

 

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 then changed their name 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. Southgang disbanded when Walker lost interest in continuing, but he remained on good terms with all the other members of the band. (See www.MetalSludge.tv, "20 Questions with Butch Walker" 2/1/00)

 

After Southgang, Walker formed a new band with ex-SouthGang members Jayce Fincher and Mitch McLee (aka: Doug Mitchell), calling themselves "The Floyds". Walker shared lead vocals in the band with Fincher's wife, Chrystina Lloree. They released one self-titled album on the Deep South label, which contained ten original tracks along with a humorous intro piece. Bonus tracks included a cover of Duran Duran's "Rio", and a live rendition of the Shasta soda jingle from the late seventies. (See Amazon.com and TheMarvieChronicles.com) The quartet followed that release with an album entitled "Creamy", now calling themselves Floyd's Funk Revival, and releasing the album on Alliance Records. That album contained thirteen original tracks and was similar in style to the earlier Floyd's album, but with Lloree taking a larger share of the lead vocals and with more reliance on guitar. The style of both these albums was guitar-oriented, mainstream rock with mild funk influences, and was a forerunner to the more basic guitar-oriented rock approach Walker took later with Marvelous 3. Although the albums are highly regarded among the people who discovered them (see Amazon.com reviews), they failed to sell many copies, and both albums are now quite rare. They are highly coveted by fans of Butch Walker, especially fans of Marvelous 3, and the few copies that surface in the used cd market today command very high prices.

 

In 1997, Walker, Fincher, and McLee transformed themselves again, scaling back to a trio with Walker handling all the lead vocals. They also decided to streamline their sound to more of a "power pop" type of band. Calling themselves Marvelous 3, they released the album "Math and Other Problems" on Deep South Records in 1997. They followed this in 1999 with "Hey!Album" on Elektra records and had a relatively successful hit with the song "Freak of the Week." The next year, they released their final album, "Ready Sex Go", also on Elektra. That album failed to continue the momentum created by the prior release, however, and perceiving a lack of support from their record label, they disbanded 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 created a new band, 1969, which released its full-length debut album titled Maya on April 1, 2008.

 

Many of his songs have been mega-hits for other artists, including Avril Lavigne, 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, The Academy Is... and recently The Cab, Saosin, NeverShoutNever!, Weezer, Dashboard Confessional and All Time Low.

 

In late 2005, he released his first DVD, Live at Budokan and ended the year as Rolling Stone's producer of the year. On July 11, 2006, his third solo studio record was released, entitled The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let’s-Go-Out-Tonites. It was recorded with his backing band, the Let's Go Out Tonites. His second DVD titled "Leavin' the Game on Luckie Street" was released in early 2008.

 

In 2007, Walker provided guest vocals on Fall Out Boy's third record Infinity on High, on the track "You're Crashing, but You're No Wave", and co-produced the track "Don't You Know Who I Think I Am?" with singer Patrick Stump. He also made 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" as well as the video for "So What" by Pink. He also co-wrote the songs "Breaking" and "Younglife", both of which are performed by Anberlin and co-written by them.

 

Walker also joined the 9th annual Independent Music Awards judging panel to assist independent musicians' careers. He was also a judge for the 8th annual Independent Music Awards.

 

Currently

Butch Walker began 2008 by setting out many dates for new songs, DVDs, new albums with the band 1969, which he is the bassist and lead singer for, and also a solo record titled Sycamore Meadows. Sycamore Meadows was going to be released on a holiday in the summer of 2008, as Butch stated that he was planning to release something on every major holiday in 2008, but was postponed due to personal reasons until November 11, according to his MySpace blog. The new albums for 1969 and his solo record Sycamore Meadows were to be released on a limited run of vinyl. On February 14, 2008, an audio release of Walker's live performance in his hometown of Atlanta, GA, was released. A DVD of this show followed on March 17, 2008. The DVD and audio are titled Leavin' the Game on Luckie Street (Luckie Street is the road the venue at which the show was played, the Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA). The release for Maya by 1969 was on April 1, 2008.

 

Butch signed on to judge a competition called Spin's Hot Pursuit to find an unsigned band for Epic Records/Original Signal hosted on Music Nation. http://musicnation.com/contest/spin/judges

 

Butch Walker's solo album, Sycamore Meadows, was released on November 11, 2008. The first single, "The Weight of Her", and an additional track, "Ships in a Bottle", are available on iTunes. The video for "Ships in a Bottle" documents Butch walking on the grounds of his home on Sycamore Meadows Drive in Southern California after it was destroyed by the wildfires of November 2007.

 

Butch also appeared on the Ellen show with friend Pink to perform "Here Comes the..." His iTunes sales have rocketed since the appearance.Butch is also touring starting in March.

 

In January 2009, post-hardcore band Saosin tapped Walker to produce their second album for Capitol Records.

 

In March 2009, the song "Open Happiness" debuted, a new business venture by Coca-Cola, written by Walker, and featuring Cee-Lo Green, Travis McCoy, Janelle Monae, Patrick Stump and Brendon Urie. This song has a Cantonese cover version by Joey Yung on her new album, A Time For Us, and she is also filming advertisements for Coca Cola in Chinese.

 

In July 2009, Butch Walker worked with Weezer on their album "Raditude". Butch mentioned working with the band during a radio interview with 99x. He was being interviewed via phone along with Cee Lo from Gnarls Barkley who was in the actual studio.

 

Butch co-wrote and Produced several songs on "Raditude", the new WEEZER record, including the first single, "If You're Wondering if I Want You To... (I Want You To)", which hit Number 1 hit on the Modern rock Chart.

 

Butch has been know to break his music down to the bare basics, and played a series of sold-out live shows with just acoustic guitar and vocals beginning in Fall, 2009, accompanied by friends including at various times Pink on vocals, actor Jeremy Piven on percussion, and doctor Stephen Patt on steel guitar. Out of the shows came a tongue-in-cheek-cover of Taylor Swift's single "You Belong With Me" on banjolin, which was met with a startling degree of enthusiasm, so much that Butch recorded a video and audio version in his studio, and as a goof, posted on youtube. The results were astounding: Taylor blogged about the video, it went viral, and then Ms. Swift invited Butch to appear with her at the Winter 2010 Grammy Awards, where he joined Taylor with singer Stevie Nicks onstage for a trio of songs.

 

And effort begun in 2009, Butch released "I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart" on February 23, 2010. It was released under the name Butch Walker & the Black Widows. Recording sessions were held at RubyRed Productions in Santa Monica, Ca. Butch's support of the record includes touring with Train beginning March, 2010, a headlining tour of the States, and opening for Pink in Europe on her Stadium Festival Tour.

 

Personal Life

In November 2007, Butch and family lost all of their possessions, including the masters to every song he had ever recorded, when the Malibu home he was renting from Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers burned down as a result of a wildfire in Southern California. Butch titled his album "Sycamore Meadows" after the street the house was on.

Mixtape

 

Bethamphetamine (Pretty Pretty) (video features Avril Lavigne)

 

The Weight Of Her

 

Here Comes The... (Performance with Pink on Ellen)

 

Here Comes The...

 

Song Without A Chorus (Live in Philly with Pink)

Left of Self-Centered

 

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Left of Self-Centered is Butch Walker's debut album, released on July 9, 2002 on BMG/Arista Records.

 

Track listing

(all songs written by Butch Walker)

 

1."Rock Vocal Power" – 1:56

2."My Way" – 4:00

3."Suburbia" – 4:07

4."Trouble" – 3:58

5."Alicia Amnesia" – 3:42

6."Sober" – 3:20

7."Into the Black" – 3:38

8."Get Down" – 4:03

9."Far Away from Close" – 3:52

10."Diary of a San Fernando Sexx Star" – 3:39

11."If (Jeannie's Song)" – 4:53

12."Take Tomorrow (One Day at a Time)" – 4:30

13."Get Stupid with You" (hidden track) – 4:58

 

Bonus track

The Japanese release of the album featured a "Queen Medley", recorded live in Atlanta, Georgia, as a bonus track. The song was later released in the United States on Walker's Cover Me Badd EP (2005).

 

Letters

 

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Letters is the second full-length album by Butch Walker, released on August 24, 2004 on Epic Records. It featured an enhanced CD portion with the music videos to "Mixtape" and "Don't Move".

 

Track listing

(all songs written by Butch Walker, except where noted otherwise)

 

1."Sunny Day Real Estate" – 0:28

2."Maybe It's Just Me" – 3:20

3."Mixtape" – 4:05

4."#1 Summer Jam" – 3:28

5."So at Last" (Danny Grady, Walker) – 5:28

6."Uncomfortably Numb" – 3:33

7."Joan" – 4:20

8."Don't Move" – 4:08

9."Lights Out" – 2:51

10."Best Thing You Never Had" – 5:29

11."Race Cars and Goth Rock" – 3:02

12."Promise" – 3:04

13."Thank-You Note" – 7:48

There is an acoustic hidden track titled "State Line" at the end of "Thank-You Note"

 

Bonus tracks

The Japanese release of the album contained the bonus tracks "Last Flight Out" and "My Best Friend's Magic Girlfriend", from Walker's previous Heartwork EP (2004).

 

This Is Me... Justified and Stripped

 

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This Is Me... Justified and Stripped is a live album by Butch Walker, released August 24, 2004 on Epic Records. The title is a parody of album titles by Jennifer Lopez, Justin Timberlake, and Christina Aguilera, even mimicking the fonts used on these album covers. The CD was only available for a short time period through pre-order of Walker's album Letters from Sony's online store. It contains ten songs off a sixteen song set, recorded live at a concert on June 7, 2003 at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as an enhanced CD portion with the music videos to "Maybe It's Just Me" and "Joan". The full concert was released two years later on the Live at Budokan DVD.

 

Track listing

(all songs written by Butch Walker)

 

1."Sober" – 4:11

2."Diary of a San Fernando Sexx Star" – 4:35

3."Mixtape" – 4:59

4."Don't Move" – 3:24

5."Best Thing You Never Had" – 4:32

6."Cigarette Lighter Love Song" – 5:55

7."Suburbia" – 5:36

8."Every Monday" – 4:03

9."Let Me Go" – 2:50

10."Take Tomorrow (One Day at a Time)" – 6:36

The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and The-Lets-Go-Out-Tonites

 

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The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites is the third full-length album by Butch Walker, released on July 11, 2006 on Epic Records. The album's title is a reference to the David Bowie album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

 

Track listing

All songs were written by Butch Walker.

 

1."Oooh... Aaah..."

2."Hot Girls in Good Moods"

3."Ladies and Gentlemen... "The Let’s Go Out Tonites!""

4."Bethamphetamine (Pretty, Pretty)"

5."Too Famous to Get Fully Dressed"

6."We're All Going Down"

7."Dominoes"

8."Paid to Get Excited"

9."Song Without a Chorus (featuring Pink)"

10."The Taste of Red"

11."Rich People Die Unhappy"

12."This is the Sweetest Little Song"

13."When Canyons Ruled the World"

Leavin' the Game on Luckie Street

 

Leavin' the Game on Luckie Street is a live album by recording American singer-songwriter Butch Walker and his band the Let's Go Out Tonites, only released online. The concert was recorded in Atlanta on April 20, 2007 at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia. The album was released February 14, 2008; DVD released on March 17, 2008

 

Line-up

Butch Walker & The Let's Go Out Tonites:

 

Butch Walker – vocals, guitar, piano

Darren Dodd – drums, Bvox

Wes Flowers – Bvox, Keys

Randy Michael – bass

Jamie Arentzen – guitar

 

CD Tracklist

Disc 1

1.Intro

2.Uncomfortably Numb

3.Alicia Amnesia

4.#1 Summer Jam

5.Too Famous to Get Dressed

6.Maybe It's Just Me

7.Bethamphetamine

8.Ladies and Gentlemen, the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites!

9.Don't Move

10.Indie Queen

11.Laid/Taste of Red

12.Far Away From Close

 

Disc 2

1.Over Your Head

2.Race Cars & Goth Rock

3.Mixtape

4.Stateline

5.Sober

6.Joan

7.Cigarette Lighter Love Song

8.Best Thing You Never Had

9.Hot Girls in Good Moods

10.Lights Out

11.Canyons

 

 

Sycamore Meadows

 

Sycamore Meadows is the fourth full-length album by Butch Walker. It was released in the United States on November 11, 2008. Walker wrote three tracks (Ships In a Bottle, Vessels, and The 3 Kids In Brooklyn) prior to the Malibu house fires that took his home in November 2007. These tracks were made available on Walker's Myspace site in demo form in late 2007. Butch stated in an interview with InklingsTV that "[the fires] made [him] feel like [he] had something to prove, something that [he] needed to say". The physical packaging of the album is, according to Walker, very 'bare-bones', because he wanted it to be 'all about what's on the disc'.

 

Butch released a online-only video for 'Ships in a Bottle' through his Myspace website on September 15, 2008. The music video for 'The Weight of Her' premiered on Amazon.com November 24, 2008.

 

A special 180-gram vinyl-edition release of Sycamore Meadows was made available for the 2008 holiday season.

 

Track listing

1.The Weight of Her (3:43)

2.Going Back/Going Home (4:02)

3.Here Comes the... (feat. Alecia Moore "Pink") (4:10)

4.Ponce De Leon Ave. (4:26)

5.Ships In A Bottle (4:07)

6.Vessels (4:13)

7.Passed Your Place, Saw Your Car, Thought Of You (5:40)

8.The 3 Kids In Brooklyn (4:33)

9.Summer Scarves (4:25)

10.A Song For The Metalheads (2:57)

11.Closer To The Truth and Further From The Sky (4:37)

12.ATL (5:28)

13.(Untitled Hidden Track) (7:44)

14.That Side of You (bonus ITunes track and UK track)

I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart

 

I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart is the fifth full-length studio album by Butch Walker. On January 5, 2010 Walker released "Trash Day" as a single with the track "She Likes Hair Bands." The vinyl release is February 2, 2010; the CD/digital release is set for February 23, 2010. Butch shares writing credits with Michael Trent (The Films).

 

The complete track list was made available on Butch's website in February 2010.

 

Track listing

1.Trash Day [Walker] (3:07)

2.Pretty Melody [Walker, Trent] (4:22)

3.Don't You Think Someone Should Take You Home [Walker, Trent] (4:37)

4.Stripped Down Version [Walker, Trent] (3:32)

5.Canadian Ten [Walker] (4:27)

6.Temporary Title (3:13)

7.She Likes Hair Bands [Walker] (2:58)

8.House of Cards [Walker, Trent] (2:30)

9.They Don't Know What We Know [Walker, Trent] (3:45)

10.Days/Months/Years [Walker, Trent] (3:34)

11.Be Good Until Then [Walker] (4:06)

12.Xmas in April (1:39) (Pre-order bonus track)

13.Fixed Gears and Broken Hearts (iTunes bonus track)

i'll youtube him, tell you what i think, sounds like my sort of music

yeah he's awesome :wub: let me know what you think.

 

my fav album from him is Sycamore meadows. His new one is pretty good too

 

Always nice to discover new music

He's really talented. Not a huge fan though

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee i'm gonna be seeing butch in a couple of weeks!!! :w00t:

 

SO f***ing excited like you wouldnt believe, I'm so in love with Butch :wub:

 

Thank you Pink for including him in your tour, this is my dream come true!!!

Edited June 1, 201015 yr by *Trouble*

Kiss him .

Thats your response to everything :smoke:

I will try frank, trust me!! :w00t:

SO glad he's on the Carnival tour. I knew he had worked with a few people I liked but the first time I properly listened to him was Here Comes The..

 

I like his version of T.Swift's You Belong With Me too :P

Butch Walker - a support act like no other!!

 

I have never known a support act to get the crowd going as well as he did last night. I hope this means that he will soon be doing tours of his own over here :wub:

That would be great :D Glad u enjoyed!