New band Many Eyes, fronted by singer Keith Buckley, have announced a new guitar player and some live dates. Craig Vittorio (Tzarina) has joined the lineup replacing the recently departed Charlie Bellmore. The headlining gigs fall in conjunction with their upcoming tour supporting Sum 41 on their final tour as well as three special album release shows celebrating the band’s highly anticipated debut full-length album.
Buckley states:
“We’ve parted ways with Charlie Bellmore. We thank him for everything and could not have gotten this project off the ground without him. We wish him nothing but the best with all of his current/future projects, and we look forward to the possibility of writing with him again when the time comes.”
Regarding Many Eyes, Buckley comments:
“This is an expression of who I am. I’m letting the music do the talking. I really trusted my collaborators. I’m not interested in being known as a frontman. I just want to be another part of the band who uses his own instrument to complete the picture. That’s what I’m doing with Many Eyes.”
In 2021, Buckley came to the realization that he needed to make a change. He put Every Time I Die in his rear view, focused on his mental health, chose sobriety, and spent a month in a recovery facility “to learn how to live soberly.” He also reorganized his priorities as both a father and husband.
Buckley continues:
“After the pandemic, I realized I had made a lot of really bad decisions in life, and I was reaping what I had sown. There was no meaning anymore. So, I vowed to do things differently. I started getting sober. When you do, most of your relationships based on alcohol go away. My current wife and my daughter were my entire support system. During that time, I didn’t think about music at all.”
And then Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta reached out to him. He suggested that Buckley consider working with Charlie and Nick Bellmore.
Buckley finishes by saying:
“It was wonderful to hear a friendly voice say, ‘Hey, this could be good for you. I just got in my car and drove to Connecticut. They showed me what they were working on, and the music was exactly what I wanted—while their trust and patience were exactly what I needed.”
Many Eyes have released three singles so far including “Revelation,” “Future Proof,” and “Mystic Cord.”
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