Producer / Former SOUTHGANG Guitarist BUTCH WALKER Featured In Career-Spanning Interview With Producer / Songwriter RICK BEATO (Video)
December 29, 2024, 3 days ago
Producer / songwriter / educator Rick Beato has shared a new interview video along with the following introduction:
"In this interview, Butch Walker of Marvelous 3 discusses his journey from fronting the cult-favorite rock band to becoming one of the most sought-after producers in the music industry. He shares stories behind crafting hits for artists like Avril Lavigne, Train, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, Weezer, and Sevendust."
SouthGang was a Los Angeles–based rock band composed of Walker, vocalist Jesse Harte, bassist Jayce Fincher, and drummer Mitch "Slug" McLee, active in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band's original name was Byte The Bullet, which was changed to SouthGang before they released their first album, Tainted Angel. They had a similar style to many of the other hair bands of the era. They best remembered for their 1991 single, "Tainted Angel", which received some MTV airplay, especially during Headbangers Ball.
Tainted Angel was produced by Howard Benson and Desmond Child.
After the band's breakup in the mid-1990s, Butch Walker, Jayce Fincher, and Mitch McLee went on to form power pop band Marvelous 3, scoring a minor hit with "Freak Of The Week" in 1998.
