It’s been a rough, tough, few years for nineties ska veterans Buck-O-Nine – rough and tough, but richly rewarding as they emerge with a new album which, to put it bluntly, is one of the greatest they’ve made.

It’s called Cut Out The Noise. But, of course, they don’t. Because this one’s as noisy as ever! Take a listen to the new single, “I’m Alive,” all buzzsaw punk guitars and classic Buck-O horns, and when frontman Jon Pebsworth says “I feel like we really found our stride and our sound on this one,” one look at your dancing feet lets you know the band are back with a vengeance.

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“This one really got deep,” Jon explains. “We had some internal struggles, we had some technical problems, we were in a pandemic, we watched and felt social and political problems unfold and we struggled with our own identity as a band.  And, in my case, my own internal struggles.  I was in and out of depression, I had a massive heart attack that almost took my life and I moved back to San Diego after working in LA for close to 20 years.  These songs are about all those experiences.

“I really dragged the lake of my soul to find the feelings I was having and putting them into words.”

Even with such a dramatic narrative nailed to the music, however, it wasn’t an easy process.  Written during the pandemic, the self-produced album had already been completed when the band suddenly decided to scrap it. 

“We thought it sucked compared to what we imagined it could be,” Jon continues. “We experimented with new and different ideas and had the time to flesh them out…. to evaluate the songs and make improvements.   We made a lot of mistakes and changes… some of them up to the last minute.”

Horn king Dan Albert adds, ”Our years of playing music together made this album happen. The album captures the raw sounds and emotions of the struggles and turmoils we were going through at that time of our lives.”

But the band’s seventh album, following up 2019’s Fundaymental, is not only their most self-aware. It is also their most political; and, while Dan agrees “the making of this album had its lows,” the result was what guitarist Jonas Kleiner describes as “our most beautiful and ferocious album to date.”

In other words, Cut Out The Noise is still fresh out of the pressing plant. But already Dan is adamant. “Keep those ears open for the next one!”

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Beloved SoCal ska punk heroes Buck-O-Nine are back with their first studio album in five years, and what a story it tells!

Preluded today by the band’s new single “Razorface,” Cut Out The Noise is loaded with the band’s signature infectious melodies, punchy horn lines, and lyrics that balance humor, social commentary, and personal storytelling. 

Basically, it’s everything you love about Buck-O-Nine, turned up a notch!

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Creating their masterpiece wasn’t easy, though, as frontman Jon Pebsworth explains.

“I really dragged the lake of my soul to find the feelings I was having and putting them into words. This one really got deep.  We had some internal struggles, we had some technical problems, we were in a pandemic, we watched and felt social and political problems unfold and we struggled with our own identity as a band.  And, in my case, my own internal struggles.  I was in and out of depression, I had a massive heart attack that almost took my life and I moved back to San Diego after working in LA for close to 20 years.  These songs are about all those experiences.”

It is close to 35 years since Buck-O-Nine emerged from San Diego to spearhead the ska punk hybrid that exploded across the western world in the early-mid 1990s. The band’s own contributions to that movement included the best-selling album Twenty Eight Teeth (1997) and the attendant hit single “My Town.”

Back then, however, the band worked according to the grinding wheels of the period industry.  Now, Jon continues, “There is a freedom I feel like we have from not having the pressure of being a full-time band.  There are no rules, no timelines, no real expectations from anyone that allows us to just do whatever feels good.”

This freedom included the opportunity to perfect a whole new method of working.

Written not in the same room together as we have always done was a new experience,” says horns wizard Dan Albert, “but it captured what I believe is a unique sound that still keeps our roots intact.”  

Guitarist Jonas Kleiner continues, “Each of us brought our best ideas and performances into the sessions. This album made us stronger than ever as brothers in music and the result musically is our most beautiful and ferocious album to date.”

More than that, however, Cut Out The Noise reveals that there is still a vast audience for Buck-O-Nine’s compulsive, impulsive sound.  A wild party that makes you think as hard as you dance, Cut Out The Noise is set to become one of the most exciting albums of 2025.

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Further Information
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