Full Band Lineup For 2016 Buffalo Chip Announced
Coming to Sturgis for the music? Then see below for the full 2016 band lineup, including, yes, The Reformed Whores. Full press release is below.
Over 40 bands, 9 days and 8 stages…Think you can handle a party that insane? Well, lets hope so, because that’s what’s going down in just a few weeks at the 35th anniversary of The Best Party Anywhere! The Buffalo Chip just added over a dozen more bands to its legendary lineup. If you wanna know who they are, you’d better click through.
Only 250 signed and numbered collector’s edition posters created by celebrity pop culture artist Jason Heuser have been printed to memorialized the lineup and hang on your wall. Pick one up before they’re all gone!
Full 2016 band lineup:
In case you hadn’t noticed, this year is the 35th anniversary of The Best Party Anywhere! So put down any misguided ideas you have of exploring some average vacation elsewhere, and pick up the well-aged, savor-every-minute, good-for-the-soul, fun-soaked moments you’ll have at the Chip’s 35th anniversary concerts during the 2016 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. These are the kind of concerts that’ll blow the hair clean off your scalp, the socks right off your fun-loving, sweaty feet and make you turn to your neighbor and say, “Let’s get down and make this party memorable!”
Willie Nelson
You don’t get many chances in your life to share a moment with a legend. But this August you can be a part of the greatest kickoff party the Sturgis Buffalo Chip® has seen in its 35-year history by spending the evening with the one and only Willie Nelson!
Drake White and the Big Fire
Get ready to kick up some dust and limber up your face for a smile that’s going to stretch from ear to ear. When rising Southern country-blues-rock sensation Drake White and the Big Fire hits the Wolfman Jack Stage prior to Willie Nelson, you’re going to be overcome by an urge to move, and you better be loose when it happens.
Jimmie Bratcher
Unearthly melodies and blistering blues guitar licks will fill the August air when The Electric Reverend, Jimmie Bratcher, descends upon The Best Party Anywhere® to usher in the biggest kick off party in Buffalo Chip history. After thrilling audiences on the Buffalo Chip’s showcase stages for years, Bratcher will bring his boundless blues to the legendary Wolfman Jack Stage for the very first time prior to performances from the legendary Willie Nelson and Drake White and the Big Fire.
3 Doors Down
Prepare yourself for a boundary-smashing, unforgettable performance that only a true expert rock band can stage. You can try to bar the door, but there will be no stopping them when 3 Doors Down return after a more than a decade to rock the Sturgis Buffalo Chip®‘s August music festival into oblivion.
ONE – The Only Tribute to Metallica
All the Metallica songs you know and love are going to rip your face off and leave the layers of skin squirming around on the ground when ONE – The Only Tribute To Metallica hits the Wolfman Jack Stage prior to 3 Doors Down.
Midnight Mob
Be prepared to have your face rocked off when New York-based powerhouse four piece Midnight Mob opens up for 3 Doors Down on the Wolfman Jack Stage at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip® music festival Saturday, Aug. 6. With a sound that combines punk, metal, blues, hard rock and soul, Midnight Mob will leave you wanting more. And, lucky for you, you’ll be able to get a second rock ‘n’ roll beat down at the Midnight Mob midnight show on the Kinison Stage on Sunday, Aug. 7 following Kid Rock’s main stage performance!
Kid Rock
Get your rocks off with a night of irresistible rhymes, bad boy party anthems and red-blooded, blue-collar blues from the one and only Kid Rock at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip during the 2016 Rally. The motorcycle-riding, freedom-loving, all-around music icon will again bring his over-the-top attitude and extravagant stage show to the Wolfman Jack Stage this summer. That’s right…the show you’ve been begging for hits the Chip on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016!
Leon Russell
Fill up your tank and prepare to blast off as “The Master of Space and Time” takes you on a journey through some of the most celebrated music of the last 50 years. When the legendary Leon Russell makes his way to the Wolfman Jack Stage, his wispy white mane, long beard, cowboy hat and trademark aviators might make you think you’re being paid a visit from Biker Santa. And this assessment wouldn’t be too far off, because once he sits down at his custom-made white baby grand and starts to play, you’ll feel like a kid on Christmas morning!
Tim Montana and the Shrednecks
Brace yourself for a sonic punch to the face that strikes harder than hillbilly at a honky tonk when Tim Montana and the Shrednecks hit the Wolfman Jack Stage. This hard-working band of unshaven shredders will be kicking off a wild night of dirt-stompin’, whiskey-sippin’ fun prior to Kid Rock and Leon Russell that you won’t want to miss out on!
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Get ready to experience the raw freedom of flags waving, engines revving and Freebird-shredding passion that can only be felt during a performance from America’s ultimate biker band. The Sturgis Buffalo Chip’s longest running and favorite tradition continues when Lynyrd Skynyrd returns to rock the Wolfman Jack Stage during the Chip’s 35th anniversary.
Elle King
Get ready to fall under the spell of the gritty, gutsy and gorgeous sounds of singer Elle King when she takes to the Wolfman Jack Stage prior to Lynyrd Skynyrd. This up-and-coming artist combines unapologetic rock’n’roll, vampy rhythm and blues and a slight twinge of country sadness for a stiff yet smooth musical cocktail that’s sure to get your party going.
Mothership
When Mothership lands on Buffalo Chip soil, it will be a sign that pure, honest rock ‘n’ roll has once again returned to our planet on a mission to unite true believers. After making their first touch down on The Chip’s showcase stages during the 75th annual Sturgis Rally, this Dallas-based trio will be returning for another three-day intergalactic heavy rock expedition. And this time they’ll be going deeper, partying harder and exploring the outermost limits of the rock cosmos.
Cheap Trick
Get ready for crashing chords, one-of-a-kind instruments and an irresistible blend of punk, pop and metal, because Cheap Trick is pulling out all the stops at the Buffalo Chip’s 2016 August music festival! These storied rock rule-breakers are capping off more than four decades of nearly continuous touring with an unforgettable performance at The Best Party Anywhere®, joining fellow groundbreaking rock rebels Texas Hippie Coalition.
Texas Hippie Coalition
Get ready for a party the size of Texas during one of the wildest concerts you’ll ever see. Texas Hippie Coalition’s gritty Red Dirt Metal mayhem will stir your inner rebel during their 2016 August music festival performance prior to Cheap Trick.
The Grizzled Mighty
Prepare for a performance that cranks up the distortion so far you’ll lose all sense of what’s real when The Grizzled Mighty roars into the Largest Music Festival in Motorcycling™ this August. This two-piece powerhouse from Seattle will fill the Legendary Sturgis Buffalo Chip® amphitheater with a psychedelic Southern-rock sound that delivers as much grit as it does groove prior to Cheap Trick and Texas Hippie Coalition.
Five Finger Death Punch
Prepare to be pummeled by a merciless mixture of fierce metallic grooves and aggressively catchy melodies when Five Finger Death Punch returns to annihilate audiences at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip’s 35th annual August music festival. The Las Vegas heavy metallers will bring an adrenaline-packed evening to a climax from the legendary Wolfman Jack Stage following the Chip’s Moto Stampede event series.
Reverend Horton Heat
Anybody who’s ever been to the Sturgis Buffalo Chip’s August music festival can attest to South Dakota’s toasty summer nights, but it’s going to go from toasty to incendiary when rockabilly legends Reverend Horton Heat burn up the Wolfman Jack Stage. The Dallas, Texas-based trio will make their Sturgis Buffalo Chip performance debut this August as part of the Moto Stampede event series, and you’d better have your fire extinguisher handy when they do.
Low Volts
Rub your eyes and get ready to pinch yourself because when Low Volts takes the Wolfman Jack Stage you will not believe what you are seeing or hearing. The one-man grimy blues-rock tour de force opens for rockabilly legends Reverend Horton Heat and heavy metal megastars Five Finger Death Punch right after Roland Sands Design’s Super Hooligan races as part of the Buffalo Chip’s Moto Stampede event series.
Miranda Lambert
Let freedom ring with a night of all-American anthems from the hottest vocalist in country rock music! Miranda Lambert will be bringing a performance that burns hotter than kerosene to heat up the legendary Wolfman Jack Stage during Sturgis Buffalo Chip’s annual Freedom Celebration.
Ratt
Get ready for a no-holds-barred rock and roll party that’ll spin your head ‘round and ‘round when Ratt brings their melodic hair metal to a massive evening of entertainment and military tributes, joining Miranda Lambert and Stolen Rhodes to create an unforgettable night. The Los Angeles hard rockers will jnfest the Wolfman Jack Stage Thursday Aug. 11.
Stolen Rhodes
Get swept away by a series of concerts that mix the music of American legends. Stolen Rhodes’ folky songwriting, coupled with a rock ‘n’ roll vibe of yesteryear, will cement them as one of the best bands you see this Sturgis Rally. The New Jersey quartet will take on crowds at the showcase stages Tuesday, Aug. 9 and Wednesday, Aug. 10 before joining Miranda Lambert and Ratt on the Wolfman Jack Stage to kick off Freedom Celebration events in the amphitheater.
Buckcherry
If you are lookin’ to get “Lit Up” this summer, then get ready for Buckcherry to blast its way back into the Buffalo Chip concert lineup during the 2016 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. These seductively slithering rockers will be coming at you with the crushing chords and familiar refrains of songs like “Crazy Bitch”, as well as tracks from their 2016 album “Rock ‘n’ Roll” when they take to the Wolfman Jack Stage right after Pop Evil.
Pop Evil
Brace yourselves– Pop Evil will be hitting audiences over the head with a rock and roll performance heavier than all the steel in a Detroit assembly plant. You can duck and cover, but when the Michigan quintet takes the Wolfman Jack Stage prior to Buckcherry, they’ll leave nothing but a crater in their wake.
Sweet Cyanide
Let the music take over as Sweet Cyanide’s cocktail of dark glam rock courses through your veins during the Buffalo Chip’s 20165 August music festival! These New York City hard rockers and Chip fan favorites are joining the legendary lineup of Sturgis concerts to get your blood pumping on the Chip’s showcase stages throughout the Sturgis Rally before taking to the main stage to open for headlining performers Buckcherry and Pop Evil.
SGT ROCK
Few things are more American than the U.S. military and rock ‘n’ roll music. During the Buffalo Chip’s third annual Freedom Celebration Ride you’ll experience both at the same time with multiple performances from SGT Rock!
“Weird Al” Yankovic
Things are going to take a turn for the weird when one of the best-selling comedy artists of all time yuks it up at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip. “Weird Al” Yankovic will bring Mandatory Fun to the final night of the Chip’s 35th anniversary celebration with a show so ridiculous you’ll wanna put on a Hawaiian shirt, laugh till tears pour down your face and dance until your butt physically leaves your body.
Reformed Whores
Reformed Whores might not be proud of their past, but don’t be intimidated by their transformation. Why? Because the only change you’ll need to make is into a fresh pair of underwear after you wet yourself from laughing at their hilariously raunchy performances. If you only brought one pair of undies, don’t worry–Reformed Whores will be performing nightly at the Chip’s Comedy Club ,daily at the Hoyt Axton stage and opening for “Weird Al” Yankovic on the Wolfman Jack Stage, so you’ll have several opportunities to see them this during the Chip’s 35th annual August music festival if you soil yourself. See the Chip’s daily schedule for performance times.
The Living Deads
It’s impossible not to have a good time when The Living Deads explode onto the stage at The Best Party Anywhere®. The band’s sexy swagger grabs your attention, and its greasy, energetic and sensual rockabilly punk sound keeps it! Sultry upright bass player Symphony Tidwell, dramatic drummer Randy McKnight and their undisclosed kidnapped guitarist will knock you out when the group joins the lineup of concerts at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip.
MMS
World-class bands of all types and genres play on the Chip’s stages each year, but there’s never been another band in the lineup of concerts quite like MMS. After touring Japan for years on their Harley Panheads, this Japanese biker band fulfilled a lifelong dream by making the 5,600-mile journey from Tokyo to the Buffalo Chip to perform during the Largest Music Festival in Motorcycling™ in 2014. Now, thanks to the requests from fans like you, we’re bringing them back again in 2016!
BC and the Big Rig
Your faith in the hard-working American spirit will be renewed when you hear BC & The Big Rig blend country and rock elements with touch of folk storytelling during the Buffalo Chip’s August music festival. So once you’ve arrived for the 35th anniversary of The Best Party Anywhere®, head to the showcase stages and listen to the tales of this Tulsa-based band.
Nicnos
Righteous riffs, ferocious fiddling and bluesy vocals will fill the August air when fusion folk-rock outfit Nicnos returns to the Buffalo Chip for the 35th anniversary of The Best Party Anywhere®. After bringing the house down as openers for Adelitas Way and WAR in 2015, this Oklahoma-based quintet is back to blow you way again on the Chip’s showcase stages.
Well Hung Heart
As a four-person outfit that packs the raw power of a 100-member marching band, Well Hung Heart are sure to turn heads on the Sturgis Buffalo Chip® showcase stages during the 2016 Sturgis Rally. In one surprising twist after another, this quartet will give you a dose of Hendrix with a nod to PJ Harvey; they’re just as comfortable channeling Nirvana as they are Leadbelly or Led Zeppelin.
The Mods
If you love the melodic riffs of ‘60s rock and the grungy edge that conquered the ‘90s, you’re gonna love The Mods! This Arizona throwback band combines the best of these two eras into one rock ‘n’ roll punch after another. Transport yourself to a bygone era as this Buffalo Chip favorite rocks out throughout the Sturgis Rally on the Chip’s showcase stages!
Colossal Boss
You’ll get every ounce of party you deserve when Colossal Boss brings its intoxicating mix of in-your-face rock and melodic blues to the Chip’s summer music festival. Colossal Boss’ performances on the Chip’s showcase stages promise a party of epic proportions–with more grit, soul, outlandish outfits and insane stage antics than you can handle.
Charlie Brechtel Band
If you’ve taken a Buffalo Chip vacation during the Sturgis Rally at the anytime within the last decade, there’s a good chance you’ve heard or at least bumped into Charlie Brechtel. “Good Time Charlie,” as fans know him, has become an important part of the Chip’s showcase experience, and his nightly performances shouldn’t be missed!
Iron Cowgirl Missy
Want living proof that life on a bike can change your life? Look no further than a performance from Iron Cowgirl Missy! Missy’s sweet Southern Rock sound will draw you in, but it’s her amazing story and tough-as-nails attitude that will keep you coming back time and time again…and don’t worry, you’ll have plenty of chances to do so during the Chip’s August music festival!
Brian Grilli
Let your inner outlaw out when Brian Grilli tears up the 35th anniversary of the Sturgis Buffalo Chip®. After bringing you two epic performances on the main stage in 2015, this Virginia country rocker will be adding a third day to this year’s residency and making the rounds of the Chip showcase stages!
Brandon Jones and the Thirsty Fish
If you’ve got an unquenchable thirst for rock and country rock, you can drink till you’ve had your fill during daily performances from Brandon Jones and the Thirsty Fish on the CrossRoads Stage. This Rapid City-based cover band will be playing all the hits you know and love throughout the Sturgis Rally at the Chip’s free-access CrossRoads destination.
The Flaunt Girls
A series of scintillating performances will leave you dazed and amazed when the Flaunt Girls take up residency at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip for the first time ever. You’re going to want to be front row center when these fiery vixens perform nightly on the Sam Kinison Stage and on Aug. 5 and 13 on the legendary Wolfman Jack Stage.
Buffalo Dreamers
When you’re at the Largest Music Festival in Motorcycling™, it’s not unusual to feel a rumble below your feet and have flashes of bold, beautiful color catch your eye. But during performances from the Buffalo Dreamers, the pounding drumbeat and passionate pageantry you’ll experience will be so mesmerizing, it might make you forget about motorcycles for a few minutes!
Sturgis Rider® Rhythm Rockers
Feast your eyes on bold booty shaking as the Sturgis Rider Rhythm Rockers dazzle you with their sexy dance routines during the Sturgis Rally. The Buffalo Chip’s own dance troupe has been working hard all year to serve you up sass and class while shaking plenty of ass during The Best Party Anywhere®! Watch as they shake what their mamas gave them during daily performances on the Chip’s showcase stages.
Dwight York
In one hilarious unexpected turn after another, Dwight York will crash straight into your funny bone during the Sturgis Rally with his crude and quick one-liners. Take a load off at the Buffalo Chip Comedy Club and catch this ridiculously raunchy comic’s nightly stand up performances.
Captain Jack
Under normal circumstances you might be turned off if a grizzly old biker sang you a song about sex toys, but after a few moments spent with the “social lubricant” known as Captain Jack, you’ll let all the dirty jokes and crude stories of Chip yesteryear slide right in. This loveable musician will again bring his quirky brand of folk blues comedy to the Chip during daily performances at the Kinsion Stage and Comedy Club, and catching at least one is mandatory if you want the true Buffalo Chip experience.
Josh Funnemann
When you’re last name is Funnemann, it’s almost as if you were born to make people laugh. And when you’re an attention whore like comedian Josh Funneman, you’ll go to any length necessary to make sure those laughs never stop! After splitting sides at the Buffalo Chip Comedy Club during the 2015 Sturgis Rally, Josh will have you and your friends in stitches again in 2016 during nightly performances with Dwight York.
Dueling DJs: DJ Hulio & VIP Rob
Bumpin’ beats, original remixes and masterful mashups of your favorite songs will have you dancing your asses off until the wee hours of the morning thanks to Dueling DJs: DJ Hulio and VIP Rob. These two mix masters will be keeping your party going nightly by performing high-octane live sets throughout the Chip’s August music festival at Club Chip between and after shows on the main stage.
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