KEITH BUCKLEY

AFTER SPENDING MORE than two decades fronting one of hardcore’s most unique and consistent bands, Every Time I Die, as well as being a published novelist and part of rock supergroup The Damned Things alongside members of Anthrax, Fall Out Boy and Alkaline Trio, Keith Buckley has some stories to tell and opinions to share. And, as you’d expect from a man as expressive and articulate as he is every time his voice appears on record or the page, they’re utterly fascinating.

HARDCORE MADE ME REALISE I COULD BE PART OF THE SCENE

“I used to think that to be a musician you had to be hand-selected by a divine being that would ordain you to be a rock star. Kurt Cobain, Eddie Vedder, James Hetfield… they were all a special type of person. Even though I related, I could tell they had something special that I didn’t have. But when I found out about hardcore, I realised it was much more