Buckcherry, 'Black Butterfly' (Atlantic/Eleven Seven)
For these tattooed riff rogues, Rock of Love is still real life.
By Jaan Uhelszki 09.16.08 9:35 AM
Dirty-minded, unrepentant, and awash in bad-boy charm, Black Butterfly makes you forget hair metal's demise was more than 15 years ago. Boiling over with twitchy guitars and naughty propositions that'd make Steven Tyler blush -- if he didn't demand a cut of the Aerosmith-indebted "A Child Called 'It'" -- these Los Angelenos deliver a brash follow-up to 2006's platinum-selling 15. Spewing filthy oaths and sweet promises, sometimes in the same line, frontman Josh Todd does his best to give misogyny a good name.
Surprised by this review. After having the self-titled and 15 in constant rotation for years, I was completely underwhelmed by the songs on the new CD. Brash? Did we listen to the same songs? They are so toned down that these songs are downright dull. Left me completely unsatisfied.
This CD BLOWS! I kinda liked some songs on 15. not one song on this cd inspires me to get off the couch. i also saw an interview with 2 of the band members recently and they were so friggin ****y that i got turned off of bc in general. my advice for bc: get a good financial planner and invest wisely.
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