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BUCKCHERRY Part Ways With Guitarist Keith Nelson And Drummer Xavier Muriel
May 16th, 2017

Los Angeles, California-based hard rock group Buckcherry have parted ways with guitarist Keith Nelson and drummer Xavier Muriel, revealing this development on May 16th, 2017. Replacing the pair on Buckcherry’s summer 2017 tour dates are Kevin Roentgen and Sean Winchester (Everclear), respectively.

Buckcherry guitarist Stevie D. issued the following statement: “As most of you may already know, Josh and I have just completed the debut album (Year Of The Tiger) from our other band, Josh Todd & The Conflict, which is set to drop in September. We look forward to seeing all of you on the road very soon — keep your eyes peeled for upcoming dates, we’ll be adding them shortly. And, as most of you may already also know, Buckcherry has recently gone through some big changes.

“As we wish the very best for Keith and Xavier in all of their future endeavours, we want you to be the first to know that we’ll be showing up in a huge way for all the Buckcherry dates this summer with the help of a couple of our dearest friends, Kevin Roentgen and Sean Winchester.

“Josh, Kelly (LeMieux, bass) and I can’t even begin to thank you ALL enough for your continued love and support. Our fans are the very best, and we are humbled and forever grateful.”

Buckcherry’s line-up is as follows;

Josh Todd (vocals)
Stevie D. (guitars)
Kelly LeMieux (bass)

A member since Buckcherry’s 1995 inception, Keith Nelson performed guitar duties on all seven of the band’s full-lengths, issued between 1999 and 2015. Xavier Russell initially stepped behind the drumkit at the time of Buckcherry’s 2005 reformation, debuting with third outing 15 (2005).

Seventh studio record Rock ’N’ Roll was released in August 2015 via F-Bomb Records.