SOUTHGANG; WHEN BUTCH WALKER WAS A GLAM MISTRESS
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 at 10:36am by Vince NeilsteinYet another lost gem from Allyson @ Bring Back Glam; Southgang, the hair band that Butch Walker of Marvelous 3 and Avril Lavigne-producing fame got his start in. On second thought, Southgang to Lavigne isn’t that much of a stretch, is it?
Dig that choice of guitar — Walker had to be the only dude in rock in 1991 using a Telecaster — with an inverted headstock, no less! Nothing screams “metal” like an inverted headstock.
-VN
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Love the “hold the mic at stomach level” style of singing. Damn that era video had some bad cliches. I guess all eras of music videos have had horrible cliches.
Ain’t no damn Telecaster. These guys weren’t cool enough for Teles or Fender for that matter.
If memory serves, they ran in endorsement ads for ‘Robin’ guitars. Just like fucking Slaughter. Thankfully, I was able to avoid bills that had either band on it.
Thanks to Metal Edge for etching that crap in my brain….and this Walker character actually produced a Sevendust record?!? What were they thinking, hiring that jackass? Hit singles?