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what I started listening to when I was a youth. (Stone Temple Pilots). studio, Sean Winchester had only sat with the
And it fits my personality and my drive and “We always go down roads creatively to- music for about 6/7 days. He’s a really talented
everything. I really wanted to get back to a gether to try to make the song the best it can drummer, he just came in and nailed it. We had
four-piece band. I’ve known Stevie for a long be and that’s really what happens at the end of literally just two rehearsals and then went in
time, way before Buckcherry. We’ve been the day. Stevie and I did the record really quick and did it real live. I think Eric Kretz was kind
friends for about 20-some-odd years. He’s a when we went in to record it, because we had of blown away by it. We recorded the whole
eally talented guitar player and he knew what I worked just writing and recording at his house. record in 12 days.”
wanted to accomplish, and actually ‘Year Of He would give me some music, I would go and Sean Winchester and Gregg Cash are
The Tiger’ was one of the first songs that we write lyrics and melodies. I would come back now fully-fledged members of Josh Todd and
had done together. We had done an electronic and sing it, and we’d sit with the song for a The Conflict.
EP last year when we were on the road with while. Sometimes I would rewrite verses, “Sean and Gregg have been long-time
Buckcherry and we got kind of used to writing sometimes I would rewrite choruses, some- friends and were in a band together earlier
songs together and then come to November times songs are just great out of the box, and too,” explains the frontman. “Gregg’s been in a
last year, I said, “I gotta make a rock record, I we just kept bashing everything into shape.” lot of bands. Just recently he was in a band
want to make a rock record and I want it to be At that time it was just Josh and Stevie. called Dorothy and they did a record and they
heavy and ridiculous,” and so ‘Year Of The They didn’t have a full band. Stevie pro- toured. Everybody vouched for Gregg when
Tiger’ was the first song that we wrote and that grammed live drums and did all the bass and we needed a bass player. Had a few close mu-
kind of kicked off everything.” guitars, and they wrote the songs together. sician friends who knew him, said he was really
Josh and Stevie worked on songs together “We got the band together after the fact,” great, really talented, super-good guy, so I met
before going into the studio with Eric Kretz continues Josh. “By the time we went into the him at the studio and just really liked him. He’s

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