Buckra

Genre: Alternative
Secondary Genre: Rock Cincinnati, Ohio USA Contact

Hardcore Gypsy Groove R&B with a heavy dose of back alley Rock.

Artist Information

Biography

Buckra is a four piece of road happy, live music playing crazy bastards from Cincinnati, OH. We have recorded 3 full length CD's, 2 Ep's, and played over 500+ gigs from one side of the county to the next. Here is what other people have to say about us.

"From there, the only thing that could cap the evening would be a visit to the Lodge Bar for Buckra. I don’t know how much more I can actually say about these guys without sounding like a publicist or a shameless fanboy, but sweet shit, put them under a roof and they will the bloody thing into the stratosphere. I wouldn’t take a chance on booking Buckra outdoors; they might just Chicken Little the sky.

Their originals are avowed classics — “Shake Your Baby Fat,” “Camouflage Playboy’s International” and last night’s show stopper, “Stop Callin’ Me Names” — and last night’s covers were indicative of the band‘s mastery of any genre they touch. Their take on Sly and the Family Stone’s “If You Want Me to Stay” amped up the original’s quiet Soul to an appropriately thumping level, but their spin on the Rolling Stones’ “Miss You” was positively inspired, deer-hooking the song’s execrable Disco beat (although the mirror ball was in use) for a driving Funk undercurrent and making the song, for me, insanely appealing for the first time in three decades.

Dylan Speeg is the perfect frontman, a combination Lounge singer/Punk shouter/carnival barker; Jacob Heintz is Django Reinhardt and Eddie Van Halen in one body; and the rhythm section of Andrew Laudeman and Chris Lanahan on bass and drums respectively should get some kind of government service award for bravery in putting the perfect beat behind the two madmen at the front of the stage. Buckra swings and swaggers while simultaneously embracing and altering every genre they touch. A Buckra show is the most fun you can have with your clothes on. And there’s no guarantee they’re going to stay on. The perfect end to a perfectly imperfect first night of MidPoint."
Brian Baker (CityBeat)

"Admit it - in this ever-evolving, always advancing world, music doesn’t always keep up the way we think it should. But Buckra, with its swinging grooves and rockabilly/old school virtuosity, knocks the half-hearted bands off the stage and into the wings.

Rising from the gloom of America’s Bible Belt (Cincinnati, Ohio), Buckra is anything but Bible thumpers. Nah, these guys trudge through the layers of bullshit and grab at the heart and soul of music, leaving what’s left over for the less enthusiastic musicians to dig through. Not versed in sophistication, this is a majestic project that wallows in the glorious world of back woods brawls and beers.

Their live shows are hailed as jumpin’ jivin’ good times, and you may even have to pop some uppers in order to keep up with their reckless nature. But hey, do whatcha gotta do to make it through!"
Rachel Heisler (Pitch Perfect Reviews)

"Cincinnati's Buckra are the kind of band who understand that tonight is way more important than tomorrow. In other words, this is not the kind of outfit who'll pack it in early-these guys will close the bar, wear out college students and drive home happily by dawn. Put together with sly humor, swinging swagger and true rock and roll nerve"
Alex Green (Caught in the Carousel)

"musical playfulness that could bring a smile to the face of even the most bitter music snob."
Mike Breen (City Beat)

"Cincinnati's foursome Buckra gives a wild kick and a spit in the eye to any sense of normalcy in the pop rock world."
(Music Morsels)

Check out some Video's:
Shake your Baby Fat - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL6fIItEmNc
Crash and Burn Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xyw4B6z4iA

Some of the bands we have shared the stage with:
Offspring, G Love & Special Sauce, Goo goo dolls, Blondie, the Donnas, Rancid, Violent Femmes, Los Lobos, OK Go, Talib Kweli and Hi tek, Gore Gore Girls, and Oh My God

Awards and Honors:
2011 Buckra's "Shake Your Baby Fat" featured in the new movie and trailer for Meet Monica Velour : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln_gnZwbHzY
2010 CEA nominee for Best Live Band
2009 Just Plain Folks nominee for Best Rock Album "Camouflage Playboys International" and Best Rock Song "Stop"
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Invited Performer at Midpoint Music Festival
2006 CEA nomination for Best Live Band
2006 Zippo Hot Tour Semi-Finalist
2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 Midwest Music Summit Performer
2006 Midpoint Music Festival/Sonicbids ad campaign
2005 Invited performer at DFest
2005 Invited performer at Motor City Music Festival
2003, 2004, 2005 Budweiser True Music Selected Band
2004 Invited performer at MEIC
2004 Shake Your Baby Fat Billboard Runner Up track
2004 One of Blender Magazines Best unsigned bands
2003, 2004 Invited Performer at Cutting Edge Music Festival
2004 Invited Performer to 6 Flags Rock n' Ride
2004 "Shake your baby fat" used in Scion commercial
2002, 2003, 2004 Invited Performer Taste of Cincinnati
2004 Invited Performer Fringe Festival
2004 Invited Performer Pepsi Jammin' on Main
2004 Invited Performer Florida Music Festival
2003 CEA nominee Best Artist, Best Album
2003 WEBN Best Midpoint Band
2003 Invited Performer at MEIC
2002, 2003 Invited Performer at Nashville New Music Conference
2003 Invited Performer at VH1 Summer End Concert in Las Vegas
2003 Grammy Recording Academy(Chicago) runner-up for track "Shake Your Baby Fat"
2003 Online Rock Fest Finalist
2003 Invited Performer at NXNE (Toronto,CA)
2003 CityBeat Best Local Band (readers), Best Local Musician (readers), Best Fan Friendly (staff)
2003 CAMMY Award Best Garage/Rock/Power Pop Band
2003 Broadjam Top Ten in the Word "Shake Your Baby Fat"
2002 CEA Alternative/Indie Band of the year
2002 CAMMY Favorite Band of the Year
2002 Invited Performer Millenium Music Conference (PA)
2001 97xposure Finalist
2001 Invited Performer Rising Star Showcase (IN)
2000 FarmClub Hot Track List "Lawn Man"
2000 Mad Frog Battle of the Bands Champ

Instrumentation

Dylan Speeg - Vocals
Andrew Laudeman - Bass
Chris Lenahan - Drums
Jacob Heintz - Guitar

Discography

Buckra Discography:
2011 New CD on its way
2009 Free Lap Dances - 5*
2008 Free Lap Dances - 4*
2008 Camouflage Playboy's International
2007 Free Lap Dances - 3*
2006 Free Lap Dances - 2*
2005 Detonation Laboratories EP
2005 WEBN/Budweiser Episode 2 CD*
2004 Blender New Music Compilation CD (Sept)*
2004 Seventeen Year Itch*
2003- Free Lap Daces* (homeless animal benefit CD)
2003 – So Many Weapons (Detonation Laboratories)
2003 – Dayton After Dark *
2003 – SKRATCH warped tour *
2002 - Essence of Now Vol 2 * (DW records)
2002 – Loose Gems (Detonation Laboratories)
2002 - SKRATCH magazine Vol 11 *
2002 - CatSnip Benefit CD *
2001 - SKRATCH magazine Vol 10 *
2001- East Coast Indies Vol 2 *
2001 – Bittersweet Relief(Northern Aggression) *
2000 - Fall of Porkopolis (Detonation Laboratories)
*Compilation CD with 1 or two Buckra tracks

Audio

Lyrics

Video

Photo Gallery

  • Buckra

  • Buckra at WEBN Fireworks

  • Buckra Mardi Gras Party

  • Rockin' in Michigan

  • Buckra in Action

  • Buckra Live

  • Buckra Mechanical 2

  • Band BBQ

  • Cell Phone Magic

  • Pumkin Patch Promo

Press

  • Caught in the Carousel [+ Show ]

    "Never turn your back on a good time cause it might not happen again," warns Buckra frontman Dylan S...

  • Recoil Magazine [+ Show ]

    BUCKRA CAMOUFLAGE PLAYBOYS INTERNATIONAL CINCINNATI, OHIO August 2008 With a vital energy and...

  • Music Emissions [+ Show ]

    Buckra - Camouflage Playboys International In times of sour thoughts and negative emotions, turn...

  • The Aquarian [+ Show ]

    Buckra Ready Steady Go In Camouflage Let's get it outta the way fast. Buckra's self-released Camo...

  • Pitch Perfect Reviews [+ Show ]

    Admit it - in this ever-evolving, always advancing world, music doesn’t always keep up the way we th...

  • Positively Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [+ Show ]

    Buckra—Camouflage Playboys International (Detonation Laboratories) lounge swanky and barnstormin’ th...

  • CityBeat [+ Show ]

    'Weapons' of Ass Destruction Booties will no doubt be shaking to their demise.. Weapons, the quar...

  • Spill Magazine [+ Show ]

    NXNE Buckra Bovine Sex Club June 5, 2003 “This is our first time in Toronto, but I feel lik...

  • Amplifier Magazine [+ Show ]

    The Cincinnati area has a long and illustrious history of producing bands with a particular talent f...

  • Skratch Magazine [+ Show ]

    Buckra - Fall of Porkopolis Cincinnati's foursome Buckra gives a wild kick and a spit in the eye to...

Setlist

We have 85+ originals, and a handfull of covers.

Typical set is 50min to 90min, we have done from 20min to 4 hours sets. Whatever is needed.

Typical set:
Andy's
Bad Idea
Moon
Confessions
Stop
Lawn Man
Panties
Shake Your Baby Fat
Sweet Face
Beautiful Thing
The End

Basic Requirements

Calendar

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