Fans at the Legendary Buffalo Chip are very familiar with the amazing rockers from tiny Escatawpa, Miss., 3-Doors Down.
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When radio station WCPR in Biloxi, MS, started getting phone calls for a song by a band from nearby Escatawpa, the staff figured it was hearing from the group’s friends and relatives
Their break-out hit “Kryptonite,” demonstrates the band’s beefy and dynamic sound and their explosive live performances are expected to delight the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally music fans staying at the Legendary Buffalo Chip.
Music has always been in the crosshairs for singer-drummer Brad Arnold, bassist Todd Harrell and guitarists Matt Roberts and Chris Henderson. Longtime friends from Escatawpa, each of the musicians felt the call early—particularly Arnold, who as a child would "set up pots and pans when I was little, just beat on stuff, whatever I could find."
After one of his bands broke up about four years ago, Harrell hooked up with Arnold and Roberts. The resulting music clicked for all of them, as well as their many Buffalo Chip fans. Arnold soon found himself not only pounding the skins but doing the group’s singing as well.
The three became four recently, when Henderson, who’d played in previous bands with Harrell, was invited in to bolster the group’s sound. Now they are five, having added drummer Richard Liles, from nearby Hattiesburg, so Arnold can step out and front the band.
The band’s hits resonate with Buffalo Chip campers. In 1997 3 Doors Down recorded some demos. They pressed a CD to sell at gigs, and fans flocked out to see them live, numbering more than 2,000 per show. That, coupled with the buzz generated by "Kryptonite," brought major labels calling and sent the band to New York City, where it showcased at the legendary CBGB’s and was signed by Republic/Universal.
3 Doors down songs feature the dynamic interplay of Roberts and Henderson’s guitars atop the muscular rhythmic bed provided by Arnold and Harrell. "We’ve got good lyrics; everything tells a story," explains Harrell. But ultimately, the bassist and senior member of 3 Doors Down feels the sound is what says the most about the group. "It’s a rock ‘n’ roll band, straight up, " Harrell explains. "It’s not really alternative or metal or anything – it’s rock ’n’ roll." And, that’s exactly what the Sturgis Bike Week crowd at the Legendary Buffalo Chip expects.
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