On May 19, 2009, Buckcherry made their way to Allentown for a show at the Crocodile Rock Cafe downtown – a night that set me on the path to becoming the photographer and reviewer I am today. I took some less-than-professional photos from the crowd with a point-and-shoot camera. The next day, I saw the professional photos on the local newspaper’s website, and it set in motion a chain of events that would eventually lead me back to Buckcherry in Allentown on May 19, 2026, at the brand new Archer Music Hall – 17 years to the day, about three blocks down the street from the former Crocodile Rock Cafe.
In that time, the band has come through the area a dozen times and has consistently released new material that has helped keep them at the forefront as one of the last true rock bands of their era.
A midweek show has a different kind of pulse. Strip away the weekend warriors and the bar-hoppers looking for background noise, and what’s left is a room full of people who genuinely chose to be there -who rearranged their week, set an early alarm for Wednesday, and showed up anyway because this is what they do. That’s the crowd Buckcherry drew on a Tuesday night, and they fed off every bit of it…