Buckcherry is unique, complex, simple, passionate, explosive, original, and always a good time. BC has been my love, my pain, my passion and I'm so proud of what we have accomplished. I never knew when I started this that dedicating myself to music would be taking on so much responsibility. For a guy who never thought he was going to live past 30 this has been an incredible journey. Our ninth record HELLBOUND marks 22 years since our debut self-titled release and what an amazing roller coaster we have been on. From hit songs to platinum and gold records and millions of fans worldwide - all during a time period when traditional sounding hard rock bands didn't exist - except for Buckcherry. We beat the odds and built our reputation on the live shows, and our "one of a kind" approach to every opportunity. When the pandemic hit, we had to shift gears like everyone else and it was anything but comfortable. The good news is when this band is backed up against the wall, we produce our best music. HELLBOUND reflects just that. Teaming up with Marti Fredrickson again was so inspiring. He really brings out the best of us and becomes the sixth band member when we are together. There is this mutual respect and passion going on that makes it effortless and fun. There was so much going on in the world that it was easy to find subject matter for song writing. Songs like BARRICADE and JUNK reflect that, but I also was reminiscing about the moment when I "sold my soul to rock n' roll". I will never forget it. It was the very first performance at a house party in Orange County, CA. I knew in that moment that there was no looking back, and no "plan B". It was only victory or death. The title track HELLBOUND reflects that very moment and is one of my favorite tracks. Part of what I loved about rock records growing up was the dynamics from song to song, you had mid-tempo songs, ballads, and rockers and HELLBOUND is a great reflection of that. Songs like NO MORE LIES, AIN'T WASTING NO MORE TIME, and THE WAY really capture the depth and emotion of not only the world situation but also the personal struggle. Then you must have those quintessential Buckcherry tracks like SO HOT, 5-4-3-2-1, HERE I COME and GUN that I can see our long time fans really appreciating. Through adversity Buckcherry has had its greatest moments and we are having one right now with HELLBOUND I hope you enjoy it, and we will see you at the rock show!!

Black Stone Cherry are a band in the truest sense of the term. Almost twenty years on from their incendiary self-titled debut, plus eight albums-including six UK Top 20 hits as well as four top 25 USradio singles over the pasttwo albums-and scores of devoted fans worldwide, the Kentucky foursome retain the fire and camaraderie of theirteenage selves. They are a truly collaborative force, in a way that few other bands at this level are. Hard rockersof enormous heart. Four accomplished songwriters with rock, metal, roots, blues, soul and hip hop in their blood.Old friends with an instinctive, compassionate sense for what each other is feeling.On Celebrate–produced by the band and recorded at High Street Studios in Bowling Green, Kentucky–theyembody all this at the height of their powers. There’s happiness and heartache. Muscular hooks and raw soul. Thelife experiences of four men approaching forty (two of them parents), in one emotive, unpolished diamond of arecord. Six commanding, stage-ready original tracks and an inspired cover of Simple Minds’ Don’t You (ForgetAbout Me) featuring Tyler Connolly (Theory Of A Deadman).Celebrate’s roots stem from the road, where (in true Black Stone style) riffs and lyrics cropped up in soundchecksand tour-bus journeys across the world. In early 2025 they began meeting at guitarist Ben Wells’ home studio, twodays a week, to write together in earnest. It was a rewarding experience. Surrounded by band posters, Star Warsfigures and Elvis memorabilia–and with Wells’ three beagles as their first critics–they fleshed out ideas, oftenswapping instruments to nail the best ones.The titular opening track Celebrate epitomises that dynamic mindset. Built ona heavyweight intro riff, it wentthrough several verses and choruses, with drummer John Fred Young coming up with a melody that took itsomewhere new. The final result is an ode to rejoicing in small, everyday milestones–a thoughtful response to themental health challenges faced by so many of us. It’s the sort of thing Black Stone Cherry are masters of: taking asomber subject and flipping it on its head, creating a punchy, empowering rock song.“Any piece of art is a snapshot of that artist's life,”singer/guitarist Chris Robertson reasons. “So I look at thesesongs as a culmination of everything we've lived since Screamin’ At The Sky. And we've been writing songstogether for so long, we've lived through each other's experiences, so somebody will come up with a line and thenit's just like... you set the typewriter down and it starts typing itself.”“None of us are precious about that kind of stuff, because we're all fighting on the same team,” Ben says. “So JohnFred might have a guitar riff, or me or Chris might have a drum beat. And Steve is our bass player, but he playedslide on the last album, and there's parts on the new stuff where he plays guitar. It was cool to think you could startthe day without a song, and five hours later walk out with ademo.”Celebrate is an EP of contrasts. Neon Eyes was a soundcheck riff that exploded into a thumping, hard rock party-starter. I’m Fine is a dreamily woozy, Nirvana-laced grunge singalong. But it was the searing, mid-tempo heartacheof Deep that strucka really pertinent chord–with Ben in particular. Following long struggles with fertility issues, heand his wife suffered a miscarriage midway through the writing process. Two days later, he was channelling theexperience into Deep.“I haven't really talked a lot about it,” he says, “but it was something that needed to come out, you know–I struggledtoo, going ‘well, this is something I really want to speak about? I don't know.’ But then I was looking for a song thatwould say everything that I was feeling. That song was a true moment where music was therapy, and I couldn'thave done it without these dudes.”The song’s sensitive, intimate quality reflects other experiences, too. In April, Steve received the devastating newsthat his father–aRock nRollmusician, confidant and inspiration to his son, who’s also an accomplished musicteacher–had been diagnosed with stage four esophageal cancer. Like so many who’ve faced our mortality head-on, Steve found a kind of release in music.“You see the connection it has with the audience,” he says, “And that's the beautiful thing about this band, becauseI would not be happy just going up there and playing whatever clichéd songs just to make a living. That's not me.It's never been me. I'd much rather work on a farm back home, if I had to pick between two things like that.”“I think that's the secret sauce if you're a band,” he adds. “I can't speak for solo artists, because I've never had adesire to be one. My favourite artists are bands and what I'vealways studied from a lot of them, and even thisband, is the importance of being good buddies. You’re just writing music with your bros.” “It was really refreshing to have more space in the room and everybody bouncing immediate ideas,” Chris agrees.“The writing process this time was some of the most fun I've had writing in recent years, for sure.”“That's probably why people really connect to our music,” John Fred muses, “there are a lot of emotions on a BlackStone Cherry record. It can be a sad subject matter, and on those songs we always try to make a positive messageout of it. And then there's songs that are carefree–your ‘hanging-out and partying’ anthems. But that's what we'reall experiencing as humans, you know?”For a curveball, Celebrateis capped off with a strapping yet sensuous cover of Simple Minds’ classic Don’t You(Forget About Me), featuring guest vocals from old Black Stone friend Tyler Connolly (Theory Of A Deadman).Immortalised in John Hughes’ seminal 1985 coming-of-age film The Breakfast Club, it turned out to be a surprisinglynatural fit for Black Stone Cherry. A happy pairing with the soulful gravel and sincerity of Chris’s vocals.“I love that song!” the frontman laughs. “It was at Rock The Ring festival in Switzerland in 2018, I remember goingout in the crowd and fist-pumping that whole song when they played it. I've just loved that song since The BreakfastClub, truthfully. But I was like, ‘how would we ever do this? Because I can't sing it low on the choruses, it justwouldn't sound like Black Stone Cherry.’ So we got in the studio and I just sang higher and went for it! But it cameout really good.”“Chris has been wanting to do that since he was about twelve!” laughs John Fred, who’s been friends with himsince kindergarten. “And we’re really proud of how that came out. Hopefully we can start doing it live soon too.”That excited, almost childlike streak shines through everything they do. It’s that ‘new band energy’, present in theirelectrifying live shows, the urgency of these new songs, their willingness to try new things, and to do it allthemselves. It’s telling that no massive production was needed for Celebrate–just four dudes from Kentucky witha couple of old friends.Indeed, Celebrate grooves, flows and rocks with the passion and attention to detail of a band who care deeply–and who listen to a lot of music. It’s there in the issues they address. The poise and introspection of these songs,married with pummelling intensity. The sassy wordplay of Up Down, a sexy, bass-swaggering rocker peppered withnods to Nelly, Ludacris and other early 00s hip hop legends. The suckerpunch Audioslave-style production values,implemented throughout the record by Chris, who mixed it with longtime engineer Jordan Westfall and assistantMark Owens.“Hearing the final stream, you get giddy when you listen back to it,” Ben enthuses, “because you're like, ‘man, Iknow that our fans are gonna love it because it is just as ferocious and old-school sounding, but also very new andadapted.’ I'm just really pumped about it.”“I mean shoot, we've been making records for a long time now,” drummer John Fred Young says. “We're so luckyto have so many great fans worldwide. People want to hear the old songs, but they also want usto keep makingnew music. So that's a reason to celebrate, you know? We're very thankful, and we're super proud of this newmusic.”No one in Black Stone Cherry takes what they have for granted, least of all their fans. They’ll play to thousands inan arena or festival field, followed by a 100-capacity pub, and put on the exact same show. You can feel it inCelebrate; the sense that their hearts are totally invested, their priorities clear. Time spent with loved ones.Supporting one another. Connecting with audiences. Music that makes you feel something. No polish, no faking it,just moments that matter.“It’s an unpolished diamond,” Chris concludes, simply.

TYLER BRYANTis a two-time GRAMMY award winning producer, engineer, and songwriter.While many know Tyler as the rock and roll front man ofTyler Bryant & The Shakedown, he has alsoforged a path for himself diving deep into the creative process as a producer with artists such asRodneyCrowell, Larkin Poe, Ruthie Foster,Frankie Ballardand many others. He’s brought home Grammys for“Best Contemporary Blues Album”two years in a row withLarkin Poe’sBlood HarmonyandRuthieFoster’sMileagealbum, released on Sun Records,As a performer, sharing the stage with artists such asJeff Beck, AC/DC, Guns’N’Roses, B.B. King,Blackberry Smoke, Aerosmith, The Who,andClutch—to name a few—has given Tyler theopportunity to learn from the greats and hone his own unique style as an entertainer. Through years ofplaying clubs, theaters, arenas, and stadiums, Tyler has not only cultivated a loyal fan base all over theworld, but has landed a signatureStratocasterguitar withFenderand a signature amplifier withSupro.“The guitar playing, while a very fun part of it, is simply just a part of it,”says Bryant.“It’s always beenabout songs and it will always be about songs.”Chances are you’ve probably heard one of Tyler’s songs whether you know it or not. Whether on thestage or on the other side of the glass in his Nashville studio,Crosstie Recordings, Tyler Bryant is one ofthose artists who just keeps doing it with fire and fury