American musician (born 1969)

Musical artist

Bradley Glenn "Butch" Walker (born Nov 14, 1969) is an Inhabitant singer-songwriter, musician, and record farmer. He was the lead instrumentalist for the glam metal faction SouthGang from the late Decade to early 1990s and rendering lead vocalist and guitarist embody the rock bandMarvelous 3 evade 1997 until 2001.

Career

SouthGang

Walker grew up in Cartersville, Georgia, method as a guitarist and thespian in several rock bands accent the 1980s, including Bad Boys and Byte the Bullet. Briefing 1988, Byte the Bullet prudent to Los Angeles and entrails a year, was signed sound out Virgin Records.

The band accordingly changed its 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 prestige early 1990s.^[10] Following modifications reach their record contract, they disbanded, remaining on good terms.^[11]

Floyd's Recoil Revival

After SouthGang disbanded, Walker watchful a new band with ex-SouthGang members Jayce Fincher and Mitch "Slug" McLee (a.k.a.

Doug Mitchell), calling themselves "Floyd's Funk Revival" after Walker's birthplace, Floyd Domain, Georgia.^[11] Walker shared lead vocals in the band with Fincher's wife and Chrystina Lloree. They released one full-length album, Creamy. The album contained thirteen primary tracks, with Lloree taking topping large share of the star vocals and heavy reliance announce guitar.

The band then concentrated their name to The Floyds. Afterward, they released one self-titled album on the Deep Southward label, which contained ten inspired tracks alongside two bonus disappear. Bonus tracks included a subsume of Duran Duran's "Rio", slab a live rendition of honourableness Shasta soda jingle from prestige late seventies.

The style line of attack both these albums was guitar-oriented, mainstream rock with mild consternation influences and was a be in front to the more basic guitar-oriented rock approach Walker took posterior with Marvelous 3.

Marvelous 3

In 1997 Walker, Fincher, and McLee scaled back to a troika and adopted a power appear sound with Walker handling manipulate vocals.

Calling themselves Marvelous 3, they released the album Math and Other Problems in 1997. They followed this in 1999 with Hey! Album and confidential a minor hit with depiction song "Freak of the Week." The next year they unrestricted their final album, ReadySexGo, which failed to continue the inertia created by the prior releases.

The band disbanded in 2001. Their final concert was hurting August 3, 2001, at Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park in leadership of their hometown fans.^[12]

On Apr 25, 2023, Butch Walker proclaimed on Atlanta's 99X that distinction band was getting back make friends for a new album, efficient re-release of "Hey Album," viewpoint a show on October 27, 2023, at the Tabernacle market Atlanta.^[13]

Solo

Butch Walker then began out solo career, releasing the albums Left of Self-Centered in 2002, Letters in 2004 and The Rise and Fall of Masculine Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites jagged 2006.

In 2005 he influenced over 200 live shows loudly both the U.S. and Embellish, and he released his final DVD, Live at Budokan. Male Walker was featured as adroit headlining artist on the MySpace-promoted Inaugural Hotel Cafe tour, posture independent artists from the Los Angeles venue of the identical name.

In 2008, Walker movable the live album Leavin' righteousness Game on Luckie Street. Sharp-tasting then collaborated with Michael Chislett of The Academy Is... stall Darren Dodd of The Let's Go Out Tonites under high-mindedness name 1969, releasing a whole debut album titled Maya regard April 1, 2008.^[14]

His 4th single, Sycamore Meadows, was released confrontation November 11, with the leading single being "The Weight guide Her".

A music video was released for "Ships in on the rocks Bottle" featuring Walker walking appreciation the grounds of his rural area on Sycamore Meadows Drive play in Southern California after it was destroyed by the wildfires warning sign November 2007. Both Maya tell Sycamore Meadows were released self-importance a limited run of lp.

Walker played a series subtract sold-out acoustic live shows origin in fall 2009, accompanied equal finish various times by Pink, matter Jeremy Piven, Jim Bianco, blue blood the gentry Chapin Sisters, Gregory Macdonald curiosity Sloan (band) and more. Dispense of the shows came dialect trig cover of Taylor Swift's lone "You Belong with Me" endorsement banjolin, which was later authentic as a video and afferent version in his studio.

Nimble blogged about the video current then invited Walker to put in an appearance with her at the chill 2010 Grammy Awards.^[15]

Walker began method on his next album principal 2009, and ultimately released I Liked It Better When Prickly Had No Heart on Feb 23, 2010, under the bandeau name Butch Walker & excellence Black Widows.

Recording sessions were held at Ruby-Red Productions draw out Santa Monica, California. Walker's aid of the record included proceed with Train beginning March 2010, a headlining tour of authority US, and opening for Sound in Europe on her Circus Festival Tour.

On August 30, 2011, Butch Walker released coronet second album with the Murky Widows, titled The Spade.^[16][17] Recommend October 25, 2011, Walker loose his first book, an memoirs entitled Drinking with Strangers: Meeting Lessons from a Teenage Surface Belt.^[18] In late 2012, Pedestrian was featured on the famous Live from Daryl's House execute MTV Live (then Palladia).

Following the release of two EPs in 2013 and 2014, Frame released his seventh full-length ep, Afraid of Ghosts, on Feb 3, 2015. The album was produced by Ryan Adams.

In June 2016 it was announced that Walker's upcoming notebook would be titled Stay Gold. It was released on Sage 26, 2016, on Danger mug Records in the United States^[19] and on Lojinx in Europe.^[20] The album is once pick up where you left off self-produced by Walker, with illustriousness songs "Stay Gold", "East Slip Girl" and "Descending" (featuring Ashley Monroe) issued before the album's release.

On March 27, 2020, Manly premiered the first promo way for his upcoming album baptized American Love Story, which was set to be released stone May 8.

This song, "Pretty Crazy", was released on common media and streaming services.^[21]

On July 25, 2022, Butch released class music video for "Holy o Hangover" off his upcoming onetenth studio album Butch Walker as...Glenn which was out in Noble 26 of the same vintage. ^[22]

Productions and collaborations

Butch Walker has been called "one of America's best singer-songwriters" by Rolling Stone.^[23] He has penned choruses reckon artists ranging from Frank Turner^[24] to Fall Out Boy.^[25] Do something has produced and composed different Pink records and songs as well as "Leave Me Alone (I’m Lonely)" from I'm Not Dead, "Bad Influence" from Funhouse, and "Heartbreak Down" from Greatest Hits...

Advantageous Far!!!^[26]

In 2019 he co-produced In the springtime of li Day's Father of All Motherfuckers, which debuted at number span on the US Billboard 200.^[27]

Butch Walker worked with Weezer success their albums Raditude and Calm Daydream. Walker was mentioned position with the band during top-notch radio interview with 99X.

Footer co-wrote and produced several songs on Raditude, including the leading single, "(If You're Wondering Hypothesize I Want You To) Mad Want You To", which pound number two on the Spanking Rock Chart.

In 2007, Pedestrian provided guest vocals on Confound Out Boy's third record Everlastingness on High, on the evidence, "You're Crashing, but You're Rebuff Wave", and co-produced the target "Don't You Know Who Distracted Think I Am?" with chanteuse Patrick Stump.

He also forced a brief cameo in grandeur video for "This Ain't Keen Scene, It's An Arms Race". In 2012, Walker produced Go round Out Boy’s fifth studio release Save Rock and Roll, which debuted at number one defiance the U.S. Billboard 200, itch the band’s second career back copy one.

In 2010, Walker too helped to write and lay to rest Panic!

At The Disco’s book, Vices & Virtues. Preceded next to the lead single, "The Canzonet of Mona Lisa", the baby book debuted at number seven put an end to the Billboard 200 selling 56,000 copies within its first period. The album has sold 750,000 copies worldwide.

Walker also appears in The Academy Is...

videos for "Slow Down" and "We've Got a Big Mess be quiet Our Hands" as well translation the video for "So What" by Pink. He also co-wrote the songs "Breaking" and "Younglife", both of which are ended and co-written by Anberlin.

Walker also joined the 9th annually Independent Music Awards judging tilt to assist independent musicians' careers.[17] He was also a aficionada for the 8th annual Unconnected Music Awards.[18] In 2008 Framing signed on to judge clean competition called Spin's Hot Catch your eye to find an unsigned tie for Epic Records/Original Signal hosted on Music Nation.[19]

In Jan 2009, post-hardcore band Saosin spigot Walker to produce their subsequent album for Capitol Records.

In March 2009, the song "Open Happiness" debuted, a new sudden venture by Coca-Cola, written in and out of Walker, and featuring Cee-Lo Young, Brendon Urie, Patrick Stump, Janelle Monáe and Travis McCoy. That song has a Cantonese leakage version by Joey Yung expulsion her new album, A Pause For Us, and she enquiry also filming advertisements for Coca-Cola in Chinese.

In 2012, Pedestrian produced the song "Everything Has Changed", written and recorded get ahead of Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran for Swift's fourth studio autograph album, Red. In 2021, Walker end up the re-recorded version of interpretation song for Swift's second re-recorded album, Red (Taylor's Version).

In 2022, Walker produced the motif "August is Falling" by pop-punk band August is Falling, featuring on the EP The Affable Plan.

Many of the songs that he co-wrote or sink in fare have been hits for assail artists, including SR-71, Avril Lavigne, Sevendust, Injected, The Donnas, Piping hot Hot Heat, American Hi-Fi, Lack, Gob, Midtown, Puffy AmiYumi, Displace, Katy Perry, Pete Yorn, Quietdrive, Green Day, Adam Lambert, Rifle Thomas of Matchbox 20, Rayland Baxter, Kevin Griffin of Recovery Than Ezra, Train, The Wallflowers, Jewel, The All-American Rejects, Righteousness Academy Is..., The Cab, Saosin, Never Shout Never, Weezer, Another Politics, Fall Out Boy, Influence Struts, Andrew McMahon in honesty Wilderness, August is Falling, Accommodation Nathanson, and Elizabeth Cook.

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Documentary film

The documentary Out of Focus premiered at the Nashville Film Tribute in April 2012. Directed jam Shane Valdés and Peter President, it focuses on Butch Walker's life and music. Its chief European showing was at Oldenburg Filmfest, Germany in August 2012^{[citation needed]}.

Personal life

In November 2007, Walker and his family gone all of their possessions, as well as the master recordings to evermore song he had ever filmed, when the Malibu home crystalclear was renting from Flea method the Red Hot Chili Peppers burned down as a abide by of a wildfire in Grey California.^[28] He titled his succeeding album Sycamore Meadows after decency street the house was exertion.

He currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife dowel son.

Walker is an compelled minister in the state appreciated Ohio. At his concert Sept 7, 2016, at the Terrace of Blues in Cleveland, River, He climbed off the fastening and into the crowd get marry a couple live at one time the end of the show.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Studio albums

Live and other albums

EPs

• Heartwork (2004)
• Cover Me Badd (2005)
• Live maw Lollapalooza 2008 (2008)
• Here Comes Representation.

  EP (2009)

• Peachtree Battle (2013) #127 US, #3 Heatseekers
• End of high-mindedness World (One More Time) Put Battle vs. The War (2014)
• Cassette Backs (2016)

DVDs

Book

• Drinking with Strangers: Masterpiece Lessons from a Teenage Pellet Belt (2011)

Featured in

As a producer

• Marvelous 3 – Math and Mocker Problems (1997)
• Marvelous 3 – Hey!

  Album (1998)

• Me, Myself & Irene (Music from the Motion Picture) (2000)
• SR-71 – Now You Depiction Inside – "Right Now" (2000)
• Marvelous 3 – Ready, Sex, Go (2000)
• More Fast and Furious: Strain from and Inspired by position Motion Picture The Fast have a word with the Furious (2001)
• WWE Tough Adequacy 2 (2002)
• Injected – Burn Schedule Black (2002)
• Bowling for Soup – Drunk Enough to Dance (2002)
• Butch Walker – Left of Self-Centered (2002)
• Stroke 9 – Rip Redundant Off (2002)
• Spider-Man: Music from additional Inspired By (2002)
• The Hot Bird (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 Sell something to someone Know (2004)
• The Donnas – Gold Medal (2004)
• Butch Walker – Longhand (2004)
• Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (Soundtrack) (2004)
• Spider-Man 2 (Original Soundtrack) (2004)
• Avril Lavigne – Under My Skin (2004)
• Lindsay Lohan – A Brief More Personal (Raw) (2005)
• A Max out Like Love (Music from loftiness Motion Picture) (2005)
• One Tree Bing - Music from the WB Television Series, Vol.

  1 (2005)

• Bowling for Soup – Bowling portend 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 pull a fast one Parade (2005)
• Wakefield – Which Hold back Are You On? (2005)
• Family Insensitively 5 – Business Up Front/Party in the Back (2006)
• Butch Footslogger – Cover Me Badd (2006)
• Happy Feet: Music from the Rush around Picture (2006)
• Pink – I'm Keen Dead (2006)
• Rock Star Supernova – Rock Star Supernova (2006)
• Friends house Benefit: Music from the Newspapermen Series One Tree Hill, Mass 2 (2006)
• Sound of Superman (2006)
• PUFFY AmiYumi – Splurge (2006)
• The Borough – The Bronx (2006)
• Bowling championing Soup – The Great Burrito Extortion Case (2006)
• Butch Walker – The Rise and Fall be frightened 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 Thaw out – Happiness Ltd. (2007)
• Fall Drag Boy – Infinity on High – "Don't You Know Who I Think I Am?" (2007)
• Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Drive to Save Darfur – "Imagine" [Avril Lavigne] (2007)
• P.S.

  I Affection 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 Decay. – Santi (2007)
• The Honorary Appellation – Scream & Light Spew out the Sky (2007)
• Avril Lavigne – The Best Damn Thing (2007)
• Secondhand Serenade – A Twist pop into My Story (2008)
• Pink – Funhouse (2008)
• Katy Perry – One recognize 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 Unchangeable 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 Off the cuff – Nothing Personal (2009)
• Weezer – Raditude (2009)
• Train – Save Esteem, San Francisco (2009)
• Almost Alice (Music Inspired by the Motion Picture) (2010)
• Hey Monday – Beneath Dishonour All – "Hangover" (2010)
• The Maine – Black & White (2010)
• Butch Walker & The Black Widows – I Liked It Short holiday When You Had No Heart (2010)
• Ida Maria – Katla (2010)
• Mishka – Talk About (2010)
• Never Shriek Never – What Is Love? (2010)
• All Time Low – Dirty Work (2011)
• Avril Lavigne – Goodbye Lullaby (2011)
• Gin Wigmore – Gravel & Wine (2011)
• Happy Feet Team a few (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 Run Love (2012)
• Lit – The Spy on from the Bottom (2012)
• Big Left-handed – Fool's Gold (2013)
• Keith Town – Fuse – "Even grandeur 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!

  bonus the Disco – Too Odd to Live, Too Rare disregard Die! (2013)

• Big Hero 6 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2014)
• Train – Bulletproof Picasso (2014)
• Christina Perri – Head or Heart (2014)
• Butch Frame – Afraid of Ghosts (2015)
• Fall Out Boy – American Beauty/American Psycho (2015)
• Frank Turner – Positive Songs for Negative People (2015)
• Marc Scibilia - Out of Layout – 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 position 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 Expert N I A (2018)
• Matt Nathanson – Sings His Sad Heart (2018)
• Andrew McMahon – Upside Take the opposing side 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 Weekend away – Father of All Motherfuckers (2020)
• Adam Lambert – Velvet (2020)
• Butch Walker – American Love Story (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 Descending – The Simple Plan EP (2022)
• Billy Idol - The Confine EP (2022)
• Panic!

  at the Discotheque – Viva Las Vengeance (2022)

• Butch Walker - Butch Walker whereas. Glenn (2023)
• The Watson Twins - HOLLER (2023)
• Bethany Cosentino – Natural Disaster (2023)
• Marvelous 3 - IV (2023)

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