Confessions

Lyricist: Josh Todd.Personnel: Josh Todd (vocals); Keith Nelson, Stevie D. (guitar, background vocals); Jimmy Nichols (keyboards); Xavier Muriel (drums, percussion).Audio Mixer: Joe Barresi.Recording information: The Bastard Ranch (03/2012); Westwood Studios, Nashville, TN (03/2012).Photographer: Stevie Dacanay.Confessions is an odd title for a Buckcherry album, as the Los Angeles rock & roll band has never held back any secrets. They've always been unapologetic for what they are: an old-fashioned hard rock group, living hard for good times in an era when good times are hard to find. Now on their sixth album -- moving from the Atlantic group to Century Media in the process -- the bandmembers aren't necessarily getting long in the tooth but they do lack the young, hungry energy that made their Guns N' Roses rips work. Now, they feel more at home whenever they cop the candied psychedelia of Stone Temple Pilots, emphasizing melody over riffs, and they do that a fair amount on Confessi