Butch Walker

Bradley Glenn"Butch"Walker(born November 14, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He was thelead guitaristfor theglam metalbandSouthGangfrom the late 1980s to early 1990s and thelead vocalistandguitaristfor the rock bandMarvelous 3from 1997 until 2001.

Butch Walker
Background information
Birth name	Bradley Glenn Walker
Born	(1969-11-14)November 14, 1969 Rome, Georgia,U.S.
Genres	Glam metal hard rock pop-punk
Occupations	Singer-songwriter musician record producer
Instruments	Vocals guitar
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Dangerbird Original Signal Lojinx MapleMusic(Canada) One Haven Music
Formerly of	SouthGang The Floyds Marvelous 3
Website	butchwalker
Signature

Career

SouthGang

Bradley Walker grew up inCartersville, Georgia,working as a guitarist and performer in several rock bands in the 1980s, including Bad Boys and Byte the Bullet. In 1988, Byte the Bullet moved toLos Angelesand within a year, was signed toVirgin Records.The band then changed its name toSouthGangand released two albums,Tainted Angelin 1991 andGroup Therapyin 1992. SouthGang was one of the first bands to tour China in the early 1990s.Following modifications to their record contract, they disbanded, remaining on good terms.

Floyd's Funk Revival

After SouthGang disbanded, Walker formed a new band with ex-SouthGang members Jayce Fincher and Mitch "Slug" McLee (a.k.a.Doug Mitchell), along with keyboardist Bradford Rogers, calling themselves "Floyd's Funk Revival" after Walker's birthplace,Floyd County, Georgia.Walker shared lead vocals in the band with Fincher's wife, Chrystina Lloree. They released one full-length album,Creamy.The album contained thirteen original tracks, with Lloree taking a large share of the lead vocals and heavy reliance on guitar.

The band then shortened their name to The Floyds. Afterward, they released one self-titled album on the Deep South label, which contained ten original tracks alongside two bonus tracks. Bonus tracks included a cover ofDuran Duran's "Rio",and a live rendition of theShastasoda jingle from the late seventies. The style of both these albums was guitar-oriented, mainstream rock with mildfunkinfluences and was a forerunner to the more basic guitar-oriented rock approach Walker took later with Marvelous 3.

Marvelous 3

In 1997 Walker, Fincher, and McLee scaled back to a trio and adopted apower popsound with Walker handling lead vocals. Calling themselvesMarvelous 3,they released the albumMath and Other Problemsin 1997. They followed this in 1999 withHey! Albumand had a minor hit with the song "Freak of the Week". The next year, they released their final album,ReadySexGo,which failed to continue the momentum created by the prior releases. The band disbanded in 2001. Their final concert took place on August 3, 2001, at Atlanta'sCentennial Olympic Park.

On April 25, 2023, Butch Walker announced on Atlanta's 99X that the band was getting back together for a new album, a re-release of "Hey Album," and a show on October 27, 2023, at the Tabernacle in Atlanta.

Solo

Butch Walker's solo career began with the release of his albumsLeft of Self-Centeredin 2002,Lettersin 2004 andThe Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonitesin 2006. In 2005 he played over 200 live shows across both the U.S. and Japan, and he released his first DVD,Live at Budokan.Butch Walker was featured as a headlining artist on theMySpace-promoted Inaugural Hotel Cafe tour, supporting independent artists from the Los Angeles venue of the same name.

In 2008, Walker released the live albumLeavin' the Game on Luckie Street.He then collaborated with Michael Chislett ofThe Academy Is...and Darren Dodd ofThe Let's Go Out Tonitesunder the name 1969, releasing a full-length debut album titledMayaon April 1, 2008.

His 4th album,Sycamore Meadows,was released on November 11, with the first single being "The Weight of Her". A music video was released for the song "Ships in a Bottle", featuring Walker walking on the grounds of his home on Sycamore Meadows Drive in Southern California after it was destroyed by thewildfires of November 2007.BothMayaandSycamore Meadowswere released on limited runs of vinyl.

Walker played a series of sold-out acoustic live shows beginning in the fall of 2009, accompanied at various times byPink,actorJeremy Piven,Jim Bianco,theChapin Sisters,Gregory Macdonald ofSloan (band)and more. Out of the shows came a cover ofTaylor Swift's single "You Belong with Me"onbanjolin,which was later recorded as a video and audio version in his studio. Swift blogged about the video and then invited Walker to appear with her at the winter 2010Grammy Awards.

Walker began working on his next album in 2009, and ultimately releasedI Liked It Better When You Had No Hearton February 23, 2010, under the band name Butch Walker & the Black Widows. Recording sessions were held at Ruby-Red Productions inSanta Monica,California. Walker's support of the record included touring with Train beginning in March 2010, a headlining tour of the US, and opening forP!nkin Europe on her Stadium Festival Tour.

On August 30, 2011, Butch Walker released his second album with the Black Widows, titledThe Spade.On October 25, 2011, Walker released his first book, an autobiography entitledDrinking with Strangers: Music Lessons from a Teenage Bullet Belt.In late 2012, Walker was featured on the showLive from Daryl's HouseonMTV Live(then Palladia).

Following the release of two EPs in 2013 and 2014, Walker released his seventh full-length album,Afraid of Ghosts,on February 3, 2015. The album was produced byRyan Adams.

In June 2016 it was announced that Walker's upcoming album would be titledStay Gold.It was released on August 26, 2016, onDangerbird Recordsin the United Statesand onLojinxin Europe.The album is once again self-produced by Walker, with the songs "Stay Gold", "East Coast Girl" and "Descending" (featuringAshley Monroe) issued before the album's release.

Walker performing live in 2014.

On March 27, 2020, Butch premiered the first promo track for his upcoming album namedAmerican Love Story,which was set to be released on May 8. This song, "Pretty Crazy", was released on social media and streaming services.

On July 25, 2022, Butch released the music video for "Holy Water Hangover" off his upcoming tenth studio albumButch Walker as...Glenn,which was out on August 26 of the same year.

Productions and collaborations

Butch Walker has penned choruses for artists ranging fromFrank TurnertoFall Out Boy.He has produced and composed multiplePinkrecords and songs including "Leave Me Alone (I’m Lonely)" fromI'm Not Dead,"Bad Influence" fromFunhouse,and "Heartbreak Down" fromGreatest Hits... So Far!!!

In 2019 he co-producedGreen Day'sFather of All Motherfuckers,which debuted at number four on the USBillboard200.

Butch Walker worked withWeezeron their albumsRaditudeandPacific Daydream.Walker was mentioned working with the band during a radio interview with 99X. Walker co-wrote and produced several songs onRaditude,including the first single, "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To",which hit number two on the Modern Rock Chart.

In 2007, Walker provided guest vocals onFall Out Boy's third recordInfinity 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 singerPatrick Stump.He also made a brief cameo in the video for "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race". In 2012, Walker producedFall Out Boy’s fifth studio albumSave Rock and Roll,which debuted at number one on theU.S.Billboard200,earning the band’s second career number one.

In 2010, Walker also helped to write and producePanic! At The Disco’s album,Vices & Virtues.Preceded by the lead single, "The Ballad of Mona Lisa", the album debuted at number seven on theBillboard200 selling 56,000 copies within its first week. The album has sold 750,000 copies worldwide.

Walker also appears inThe Academy Is...videos for "Slow Down" and "We've Got a Big Mess on Our Hands" as well as the video for "So What" byPink.He also co-wrote the songs "Breaking" and "Younglife", both of which are performed and co-written byAnberlin.

Walker also joined the 9th annualIndependent Music Awardsjudging panel to assist independent musicians' careers.[17] He was also a judge for the 8th annual Independent Music Awards.[18] In 2008 Walker 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.[19]

In January 2009, post-hardcore bandSaosintapped Walker to produce their second album forCapitol Records.

In March 2009, the song "Open Happiness" debuted, a new business venture byCoca-Cola,written by Walker and featuringCee-Lo Green,Brendon Urie,Patrick Stump,Janelle MonáeandTravis McCoy.This song has a Cantonese cover version byJoey Yungon her new album, A Time For Us, and she is also filming advertisements forCoca-Colain Chinese.

In 2012, Walker produced the song "Everything Has Changed",written and recorded byTaylor SwiftandEd Sheeranfor Swift's fourth studio album,Red.In 2021, Walker produced the re-recorded version of the song for Swift's second re-recorded album,Red (Taylor's Version).

In 2022, Walker produced the song "August is Falling" by pop-punk bandAugust is Falling,featuring on the EPThe Simple Plan.

Many of the songs that he co-wrote or produced have been hits for other artists, includingSR-71,Avril Lavigne,Sevendust,Injected,The Donnas,Hot Hot Heat,American Hi-Fi,Default,Gob,Midtown,Puffy AmiYumi,Pink,Katy Perry,Pete Yorn,Quietdrive,Green Day,Adam Lambert,Rob ThomasofMatchbox 20,Rayland Baxter,Kevin GriffinofBetter Than Ezra,Train,The Wallflowers,Jewel,The All-American Rejects,The Academy Is...,The Cab,Saosin,Never Shout Never,Weezer,New Politics,Fall Out Boy,The Struts,Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness,August is Falling,Matt Nathanson,andElizabeth Cook.

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Documentary film

The documentaryOut of Focuspremiered at theNashville Film Festivalin April 2012. Directed by Shane Valdés and Peter Harding, it focuses on Butch Walker's life and music. Its first European showing was atOldenburg Filmfest,Germany in August 2012.

Personal life

In November 2007, Walker and his family lost all of their possessions, including the master recordings of every song he had ever recorded, when theMalibuhome he was renting fromFleaof theRed Hot Chili Peppersburned down as a result of awildfireinSouthern California.He titled his next albumSycamore Meadowsafter the street the house was on.

He currently lives inNashville, Tennessee,with his wife and son.

Walker is an ordained minister in the state ofOhio.At his concert on September 7, 2016, at the House of Blues inCleveland,Ohio, he climbed off the stage and into the crowd to marry a couple live before the end of the show.

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US	US Heat	JP
2002	Left of Self-Centered	—	12	—
2004	Letters	171	10	137
2006	The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites	140	2	294
2008	Sycamore Meadows	173	7	—
2010	I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart	125	1	—
2011	The Spade	105	1	—
2015	Afraid of Ghosts	104	1	—
2016	Stay Gold	143	2	—
2020	American Love Story	—	—	—
2022	Butch Walker as...Glenn	—	—	—
"—" denotes albums that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live and other albums

• This Is Me... Justified and Stripped(2004)
• Acoustic: Live In Atlanta (2005)
• Leavin' the Game on Luckie Street(2008)
• Over the Holidays and Under the Influence(2017)#20 Heatseekers
• American Love Story: Live & Quarantined(2021)

EPs

• Heartwork(2004)
• Cover Me Badd(2005)
• Live at Lollapalooza 2008(2008)
• Here Comes The... EP(2009)
• Peachtree Battle(2013)#127 US, #3 Heatseekers
• End of the World (One More Time) / Battle vs. The War(2014)
• Cassette Backs(2016)

DVDs

• This Is Me... Justified and Stripped(2003)
• Live at Budokan(2005)
• Leavin' the Game on Luckie Street(2008)
• Butch Walker: Out of Focus(2013)

Book

• Drinking with Strangers: Music Lessons from a Teenage Bullet Belt(2011)

Featured in

• One Tree Hillsoundtrack album by various artists (2005)
• "You're Crashing, But You're No Wave"byFall Out Boy(2007)
• "Christmas All Over Again"duet withTaryn Manning(2008)
• "Good Times"byTommy Lee(2005)
• "One Night in New York" by The Whiskey Gentry (2013)
• "Better Than That" bySuzanne Santo(2017)
• "I'm Not In Love"by The Dove & the Wolf (2018)
• "Clock Work" byAsian Kung-Fu Generation(2018)

As a producer

• Marvelous 3–Math and Other Problems(1997)
• Marvelous 3–Hey! Album(1998)
• Me, Myself & Irene (Music from the Motion Picture)(2000)
• SR-71–Now You See Inside– "Right Now" (2000)
• Marvelous 3–Ready, Sex, Go(2000)
• More Fast and Furious: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture The Fast and the Furious(2001)
• WWE Tough Enough 2(2002)
• Injected–Burn It Black(2002)
• Bowling for Soup–Drunk Enough to Dance(2002)
• Butch Walker –Left of Self-Centered(2002)
• Stroke 9–Rip It Off(2002)
• Spider-Man: Music from and Inspired By(2002)
• The Hot Chick (Soundtrack)(2002)
• The Scorpion King (Soundtrack)(2002)
• SR-71–Tomorrow(2002)
• Pete Yorn–Day I Forgot(2003)
• Agent Cody Banks (Soundtrack)(2003)
• MTV2 Headbangers Ball(2003)
• A Santa Cause: It's a Punk Rock Christmas(2003)
• Default–Elocation(2003)
• Ike –Parallel Universe(2003)
• Mars Needs Women –Red Means Go(2003)
• Sevendust–Seasons(2003)
• Bowling for Soup–A Hangover You Don't Deserve(2004)
• Midtown–Forget What You Know(2004)
• The Donnas–Gold Medal(2004)
• Butch Walker –Letters(2004)
• Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (Soundtrack)(2004)
• Spider-Man 2 (Original Soundtrack)(2004)
• Avril Lavigne–Under My Skin(2004)
• Lindsay Lohan–A Little More Personal (Raw)(2005)
• A Lot Like Love (Music from the Motion Picture)(2005)
• One Tree Hill - Music from the WB Television Series, Vol. 1(2005)
• Bowling for Soup–Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies(2005)
• Sevendust-Best Of (Chapter One 1997–2004)(2005)
• Substitution Mass Confusion: A Tribute to The Cars(2005)
• Elektra: The Album (Original Soundtrack)(2005)
• American Hi-Fi–Hearts on Parade(2005)
• Wakefield–Which Side Are You On?(2005)
• Family Force 5–Business Up Front/Party in the Back(2006)
• Butch Walker –Cover Me Badd(2006)
• Happy Feet: Music from the Motion Picture(2006)
• Pink–I'm Not Dead(2006)
• Rock Star Supernova–Rock Star Supernova(2006)
• Friends with Benefit: Music from the Television Series One Tree Hill, Volume 2(2006)
• Sound of Superman(2006)
• PUFFY AmiYumi–Splurge(2006)
• The Bronx–The Bronx(2006)
• Bowling for Soup–The Great Burrito Extortion Case(2006)
• Butch Walker –The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites(2006)
• Quietdrive–When All That's Left Is You(2006)
• Pete Yorn–Nightcrawler(2006)
• Hot Hot Heat–Happiness Ltd.(2007)
• Fall Out Boy–Infinity on High– "Don't You Know Who I Think I Am?" (2007)
• Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur– "Imagine" [Avril Lavigne] (2007)
• P.S. I Love You (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)(2007)
• The Hills: The Soundtrack(2007)
• Standing on the Outside: The Songs of Cold Chisel(2007)
• PUFFY AmiYumi–Honeycreeper(2007)
• The Academy Is...–Santi(2007)
• The Honorary Title–Scream & Light Up the Sky(2007)
• Avril Lavigne–The Best Damn Thing(2007)
• Secondhand Serenade–A Twist in My Story(2008)
• Pink–Funhouse(2008)
• Katy Perry–One of the Boys(2008)
• Butch Walker –Sycamore Meadows(2008)
• The Automatic–This Is a Fix(2008)
• Plastiscines–About Love(2009)
• Dashboard Confessional–Alter the Ending(2009)
• The Films–Oh, Scorpio!(2009)
• Saosin–In Search of Solid Ground(2009)
• PUFFY AmiYumi–Bring It!(2009)
• The Von Bondies–Love, Hate and Then There's You(2009)
• Hot Chelle Rae–Lovesick Electric(2009)
• All Time Low–Nothing Personal(2009)
• Weezer–Raditude(2009)
• Train–Save Me, San Francisco(2009)
• Almost Alice (Music Inspired by the Motion Picture)(2010)
• Hey Monday–Beneath It All– "Hangover" (2010)
• The Maine–Black & White(2010)
• Butch Walker & The Black Widows –I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart(2010)
• Ida Maria–Katla(2010)
• Mishka–Talk About(2010)
• Never Shout Never–What Is Love?(2010)
• All Time Low–Dirty Work(2011)
• Avril Lavigne–Goodbye Lullaby(2011)
• Gin Wigmore–Gravel & Wine(2011)
• Happy Feet Two (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)(2011)
• Gavin DeGraw–Sweeter(2011)
• Eulogies–Tear the Fences Down(2011)
• Butch Walker & The Black Widows –The Spade(2011)
• The Wombats–This Modern Glitch(2011)
• Panic! at the Disco–Vices & Virtues(2011)
• Train–California 37(2012)
• Taylor Swift–Red(2012)
• Pink–The Truth About Love(2012)
• Lit–The View from the Bottom(2012)
• Big B –Fool's Gold(2013)
• Keith Urban–Fuse– "Even the Stars Fall 4 U" (2013)
• Gavin DeGraw–Make a Move(2013)
• Butch Walker –Peachtree Battle(2013)
• Fall Out Boy–Save Rock and Roll(2013)
• Panic! at the Disco–Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!(2013)
• Big Hero 6 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)(2014)
• Train–Bulletproof Picasso(2014)
• Christina Perri–Head or Heart(2014)
• Butch Walker –Afraid of Ghosts(2015)
• Fall Out Boy–American Beauty/American Psycho(2015)
• Frank Turner–Positive Songs for Negative People(2015)
• Marc Scibilia- Out of Style – EP (2015)
• Harry Connick Jr.–That Would Be Me(2015)
• Brian Fallon–Painkillers(2016)
• Gavin DeGraw–Something Worth Saving(2016)
• Butch Walker –Stay Gold(2016)
• Suicide Squad: The Album– "Bohemian Rhapsody" [Panic! at the Disco] (2016)
• Carly Rae Jepsen– "Everywhere You Look" (single) (2016)
• Suzanne Santo –Ruby Red(2017)
• MisterWives–Connect the Dots(2017)
• New Politics–Lost in Translation(2017)
• Weezer–Pacific Daydream(2017)
• Fall Out Boy–M A N I A(2018)
• Matt Nathanson–Sings His Sad Heart(2018)
• Andrew McMahon–Upside Down Flowers(2018)
• The Aces–When My Heart Felt Volcanic(2018)
• rayLand baxter–Wide Awake(2018)
• The Struts–Young & Dangerous(2018)
• Peanut Butter Falcon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)(2019)
• Rob Thomas–Chip Tooth Smile(2019)
• Green Day–Father of All Motherfuckers(2020)
• Adam Lambert–Velvet(2020)
• Butch Walker –American Love Story(2020)
• Elizabeth Cook–Aftermath(2020)
• The Wallflowers–Exit Wounds(2021)
• Taylor Swift–Red (Taylor's Version)(2021)
• Billy Idol–The Roadside(2021)
• Train-AM Gold(2022)
• Jewel–Freewheelin' Woman(2022)
• Rayland Baxter-If I Were a Butterfly(2022)
• August is Falling–The Simple Plan EP(2022)
• Billy Idol-The Cage EP(2022)
• Panic! at the Disco–Viva Las Vengeance(2022)
• Butch Walker -Butch Walker as... Glenn(2023)
• The Watson Twins-HOLLER(2023)
• Bethany Cosentino–Natural Disaster(2023)
• Marvelous 3-IV(2023)

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External links

• Official website
• Butch Walker – Dangerbird Records
• Butch Walker – Lojinx Records
• Butch Walker on Last.fm
• Butch Walker on DeliRadio
• 2009 Interview Podcast with Butch Walker on BackstageMusician.Com
• Interview from 2002from PlugInMusic
• Butch Walker's Top 10 Albums of 2008
• Butch Walker Production Credit List (Discography)
• Trailer of the documentary movie "Out of Focus" (2012)