BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:413@jointherevolution.net DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230322T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230322T230000 DTSTAMP:20221206T173541Z URL:https://www.jointherevolution.net/concerts/the-gangs-all-here-tour-wit h-skid-row-and-buckcherry/ SUMMARY:The Gang’s All Here Tour with Skid Row and Buckcherry DESCRIPTION:Remember that first time you heard Skid Row?  \n\n“Youth Go ne Wild” was on MTV. “18 and Life” was a summertime hit single and t he band was  on the covers of Hit Parader\, Circus\, and Metal Edge magaz ines. That exhilarating sound of  being young was everywhere. We saw and heard ourselves in the band and rallied around their  oversized choruses of camaraderie and rebellion.  \n\nRob Hammersmith saw himself in that g ang mentality. “I was looking for that\,” he remembers.  “Everybody goes through that phase of me against the world\, where you just have to stand up  and assert yourself. Every kid goes through that\, and Skid Row made you realize that you're not  alone.”  \n\nSnake Sabo realized h e wasn't alone after striking up a songwriting partnership with Rachel  B olan. “I saw all this talent he had — and has — and he brought somet hing out of me. It made  me go\, man\, this is the start of something. I' m like\, yeah\, this is where we're supposed to be at  this moment in our lives. It was the birth of what would be Skid Row.”  \n\nThat somethi ng — and that name — represented the unrelenting impulse of rambunctio us kids\,  channeling their love of punk and metal into something underst ood by a worldwide audience of  other kids just like them.  \n\n“Righ t when we came up with the name — Skid Row — that's when I realized we were going to  build something really special that really drew on our in fluences\,” Rachel remembers.  \n\nTheir attitude and swagger was palp able in those songs. It was obvious. A demo of songs Rachel  and Snake wr ote together was the first time Scotti Hill heard Skid Row\, and he wanted in. “It had  three songs on it — including 'Clock Strikes Midnight' — and I loved all three of those songs.  Right from the beginning\, I l oved where the music was going. I was like\, I gotta be in this  fucking band!” \n\nThat fucking band built something powerful and so timeless t hat years later\, halfway around the  world\, it roused a young Swedish s inger. “You're young\, a bit crazy — fist in the air and fuck  yeah — that kind of feeling\,” recalls Erik Grönwall. “Skid Row are the youth gone wild\, and I  wanted the same thing. I wanted that lifestyle. ”  \n\nIt's cliché to say that a band has all their lives to write a first album. The truth is that they spend  the rest of their lives trying to understand how they did it. The Gang's All Here is the octane of  an attitude that's been festering since the band formed in 1986. Producer Nic k Raskulinecz lit a  \n\ncreative wildfire by challenging them to decons truct good ideas and rebuild them into something  even better. Something timeless. He became the arbiter of their legacy\, daring them to revert to   instinct and be the same rambunctious kids who made their first two alb ums.  \n\n“On 'World On Fire\,' I had written this very cool riff. Nic k said\, play the chord up here\, an  octave up from the original notes. It created a difficult move\, and I didn't know how to physically  do tha t\, but he challenged me. The one time I got it right\, he goes\, now that 's Skid Row. That  was a heavy moment for me\, this guy having to bring s omething that is Skid Row out of me\, yet  I'm a founding member of the b and!”  \n\n“We were kids\,” Rachel says about writing songs that d ebuted Slave To The Grind at #1 on  Billboard and made the self-titled al bum a #6 multi-platinum hit. “We wrote from a vastly  different perspec tive. Nick got us back to that train of thought: what approach did we take on  those first two records? What were we doing?”  \n\n“I wound up feeling the same as when we wrote “18 and Life” and “Youth Gone Wil d\,” he says.  “I felt like\, whoa! We're doing something really cool here!”  \n\nMaking the new album did feel just like the beginning\, w hen the gang meticulously crafted songs  together in a garage in New Jers ey. “It's so much fun doing it like that\, in a room banging it out\,”   Scotti says. “This felt like we were back in that garage again\, like the old days. The only  difference is now we've got air conditioning and we're not breathing kerosene heater exhaust.”  \n\nRob knows the feel ing. “The way we spent eight to ten hours a day\, just trying ideas and playing  things\, that took us back to the feeling of being a kid in the garage with your friends\,” he says.  “This album truly is a group ef fort\, and I really enjoyed how much of a close knit group of guys  this whole experience has been.”  \n\nThat creative closeness led to the sp ontaneity of actually writing new songs during rehearsal.  Someone demons trating new riffs quickly turned into “World On Fire” and “Not Dead Yet”  being written on the spot. “We've never done that\,” Rachel s ays. “The other guys giving their  input from square one\, that really makes you work off instinct.”  \n\nStill\, Scotti says Rachel and Snak e writing together is most characteristic of Skid Row. “The best  stuff is what they do together\, just the two of them. Let them do what they do . That's how it was  in the beginning\, and I think that's the best resul t now\, that combination of the guy who writes  the giant guitar riffs wi th the guy who has the punk influence and poetic type of street poetry.”  \n\n“I wish I wrote these songs\,” Erik laughs. “There are a lot o f great songs here. It's a nice problem  to have when you have too many p otential singles. There's a lot of old school Skid Row in these  songs on this album\, like 'Tear It Down\,' which I like\, as a fan.”  \n\nTha t old school style makes The Gang's All Here immediately familiar. It's th e sound of having a  good time. “A lot of the songs are fun\,” Rachel says. “They're songs you can sing and move to\,  which is what our fir st two records did. You can fight to these songs. Drink to them. Strip to   them. All the bases are covered.”  \n\nRaskulinecz encouraged them to not be afraid to incorporate the signature accents that define  their classic songs. He strove to make the band sound like the band\, keeping th e same philosophy  producer Michael Wagener used to record them years ago .  \n\n“Nick is completely cognizant and respectful of the past\,” S nake says. “But it's more about the  essence and soul of why we started this thing in the first place. He said\, everything from the  beginning of 1985\, when I met Rachel\, to 2022 in Nashville\, Tennessee\, is all Sk id Row\, and he  was there to remind us of it.”  \n\nAnother déjà v u is Erik Grönwall and his snarling sound of a curled lip sneer that can turn on  edge to soaring sweetness. “We wanted him to show his range\, ” Rachel says. “We wanted him to  really draw on his influences — S kid Row just happens to be one of them — but mainly just let  go and do what he does best.”  \n\n“That was my approach\,” says Erik. “ A good balance between the old school stuff and the way I  sing. I just h ad so much fun recording this album because I really enjoy singing this ki nd of  music.”  \n\nThe first song he heard was “The Gang's All Her e\,” and it made him feel like a kid all over  again. “It was old sch ool Skid Row for me — the Skid Row I fell in love with. I thought\, wow\ ,  they're really going back to the old school sound\, and I think I can add some value here. I knew  what I was going to do with it the first tim e I heard it.”  \n\nFrom songwriting to performances\, the whole band agrees that the ten tracks on The Gang's All  Here are some of their best songs — ever. There's also a noticeable connectedness in the songs  th at often gets lost in the technology of making music. “There's a thing S nake and I did together  \n\n— October's Song — that we played a dou ble lead at the end. It's real cool\, and it was really fun  to do. He st ood on the left side of the room\, I stood on the right\, and we played to gether. That's  how it needs to be done\, and not a lot of people are doi ng that these days.” \n\nThere will always be uncompromising expectatio ns about how Skid Row needs to be done. Erik  expects rigorous comparison to other singers throughout the history of the band\, but people  caring so much is a good thing\, he says. “People actually giving a fuck speak s to the greatness of  the band. If they care so much\, that means the ba nd is relevant.”  \n\n“A lot of people have taken this ride with us\ ,” Snake says. “But even though we've all grown  older — and somewh at wiser — the essence of who we all are still exists.” \n\nYou won't be disappointed. The Gang's All Here is a revival of everything you ever loved about  Skid Row. Snake calls it a rebirth. “There's a newfound en ergy and passion — and excitement — because we were challenged. When w e're challenged\, we rise to that challenge. We still have a  lot left in side that we need to say. Making this album has shown me that we still hav e a lot left in  the tank.”  \n\nThe gang's all here — you\, the ba nd\, and the attitude of being forever wild and young at heart.  The Gang 's All Here will rekindle everything you felt that first time hearing this band. It's like  the first time you heard Skid Row\, all over again.   \n\nBetter work up the money\, because someone is getting busted.  \n\n — Roger Lotring \n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nBuckcherry is unique\, comple x\, simple\, passionate\, explosive\, original\, and always a good time. B C 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 thoug ht he was going to live past 30 this has been an incredible journey. Our n inth record HELLBOUND marks 22 years since our debut self-titled release a nd what an amazing roller coaster we have been on. From hit songs to plati num and gold records and millions of fans worldwide - all during a time pe riod when traditional sounding hard rock bands didn't exist - except for B uckcherry. We beat the odds and built our reputation on the live shows\, a nd our "one of a kind" approach to every opportunity. \n\nWhen the pandem ic 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 wit h 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 thi s mutual respect and passion going on that makes it effortless and fun. \ n\nThere was so much going on in the world that it was easy to find subjec t matter for song writing. Songs like BARRICADE and JUNK reflect that\, bu t 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 hous e party in Orange County\, CA. I knew in that moment that there was no loo king 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. Par t 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 i s a great reflection of that. Songs like NO MORE LIES\, AIN'T WASTING NO M ORE TIME\, and THE WAY really capture the depth and emotion of not only th e 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 an d GUN that I can see our long time fans really appreciating. \n\nThrough adversity Buckcherry has had its greatest moments and we are having one ri ght now with HELLBOUND I hope you enjoy it\, and we will see you at the ro ck show!!  CATEGORIES:All Ages,Concerts LOCATION:Revolution Live\, 100 SW 3rd Ave.\, Fort Lauderdale\, FL\, 33312\, United States GEO:26.121358;-80.1461974 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=100 SW 3rd Ave.\, Fort Laud erdale\, FL\, 33312\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Revolution Live:geo:26.121358,-80.1461974 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR