Guitar International’s Rob Cavuoto recently conducted an interview with BUCKCHERRY guitarist Keith Nelson while out on tour with HELLYEAH for the Jägermeister Music Tour. In the interview Nelson talks about what fans can expect on this tour and gives the inside scoop on the very beginnings of a new Buckcherry CD. Excerpts from the interview are below:

Rob Cavuoto: Do you ever get pressure from management to step away for the edgier songs and go more main stream in order to get radio air play?

Keith Nelson: “When we did 15, nobody in our camp ever said you might want to rethink ‘Crazy Bitch’. They just said let it ride. There was pressure from the record label when we did ‘Lit Up’. They wanted us to take out the word cocaine. We stood our ground and did it. For us it’s kind of “it is what it is” approach.

We’ve had many managers over our career and the one we’ve had now for the past five years is very supportive. I think you’ll also notice that All Night Long is a clean record and doesn’t have the Warning Sticker on it. Josh really challenged himself on this record to say all the things he wanted to say without being as overt as in the past. I applauded him for that because he really didn’t have to do it."

Rob Cavuoto : Can you tell me more about the new record?

Keith Nelson: “We’re touring for the remainder of the year, but we’ll have some long stretches off. By long I mean three or four weeks. We’ll probably get together in a causal, no pressure vibe, and start writing.”

Rob Cavuoto: In that type of situations, do you have some riffs already written or do you start from scratch?

Keith Nelson: “Actually there’s a kernel of an idea, which starts first with a vocal thing that Josh has or a riff that I’ll record with a drum machine and send over to Josh. It could be a bass riff from our bassist or Steve may have a great riff. Than we take the ideas to the band and start to play it. We know pretty quickly if it’s going to work.”

Read the full interview here.

As previously reported, Guitar International has posted a review and photos from BUCKCHERRY and HELLYEAH's recent Jägermeister Music Tour stop in New York City. Both can be found at this location.

Remaining dates for the the 2011 Jägermeister Music Tour featuring Buckcherry, Hellyeah as direct support, as well as special guests ALL THAT REMAINS and THE DAMNED THINGS, include:

February

22 - Charlotte, NC - Fillmore Charlotte *
23 - Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live *
24 - Atlanta, CA - Tabernacle *

(*All That Remains will not be performing on these shows)

Further details at this location.

Check out BW&BK;'s Jägermeister Music Tour photo gallery here.