Today we’d like to introduce you to Corey Tucker.
Hi Corey, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
I used to go to a lot of shows in town. I would meet the bands and become friends with them. Eventually I would be asked who they should play with in town or people had friends coming into town and wanted to see a certain genre show. I would give them recommendations. Then one night a local band I was friends with was on 102.9 The Buzz Local Buzz show. Andy Herrin, drummer for Cavo & Gin Blossoms, was the host and asked them who he should have on and they responded with me. He said he knew me from shows and invited me up. We decided I could come on Sundays and present Corey’s Concert Calendar showcasing all the shows coming up that week that I would recommend going to. I did that for years, also bringing in bands to promote their latest single or show. During that time, a friend came to me to help out Chuck Mosley, former original lead singer of Faith No More & Bad Brains, who got double booked at a venue in town. So I scrambled with my limited knowledge of booking to help put together a show at Basement East. A few years later after being asked about shows, I decided I would just start booking my own shows. The first year I started booking, I had put together 32 shows in town and other cities and states. The last five years, I started putting together benefit cover shows and festivals helping local and music related benefiters. I just celebrated my seventh official year of BadAsh Booking.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
Starting it up on my own, I wasn’t well versed in actually how to book shows and the background things to do. So the first handful of shows, there were not a lot of people attending them. HA. I started learning how to actually book and bands and venue bookers started to take notice of what I was doing and things picked up from there. The pandemic was another hurdle to get through. Since we couldn’t have shows, I created Quarreltine Cover Playlist where I had bands do covers of songs not in their genre where bands would video record themselves playing the song and I would showcase it. Just a way to get some music out there and notoriety of their bands. Burn out also has hit, which I couldn’t just stop booking shows, just cut back on the number.
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
Beyond booking, I am also a Graphic Designer/Illustrator and artist in general. All of my promotional pieces for my shows, I create myself. For my bigger cover shows, I would hire my daughter, Autumn Tucker, who is an exceptional artist as well to illustrate my ideas for the promotional pieces. I have also created logos for local bands I am friends with, artwork for them to use for stickers, t-shirts or even album art. I designed a book cover for another friend. When the Basement East was rebuilding after the tornado hit it, one of the owners saw my acrylic pour art and asked if I would want to paint the bar tops. I couldn’t say no to that! So one weekend I went in, prepped and poured the paint over the bar tops and let it dry. Then the next weekend, I went and poured resin over it to seal it all. That is probably my most proud piece. I go check it out every time I see a show there. What sets me apart from others I would say is I get a feel of what art best fits whatever genre music the art is going to represent that show or band. My creativity is vast.
What were you like growing up?
Growing up, I was a shy kid. I didn’t have many kids my age around me that I would play with. So I normally was inside playing with my toys, video games, comics or watching cartoons. I would read the Sunday comics and then go draw them. Read my comics and draw the heroes. That is where my drawing skills started. The music I knew was what my parents listened to, Eagles, Neil Diamond, Barry Manilow, Kenny Rogers, etc. Then in grade school, some classmates introduced me to bands like Anthrax, Metallica, Motley Crue, Run DMC, Beastie Boys…. my music interests started broadening.. My mind was blown away. Then I of course started drawing Anthrax’s Not Man, Metallica’s logo on my papers and books.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/badashbooking/
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- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@BadAshBooking
