Breaking onto the scene in 2017 with their self titled debut album, Chris Buck Band quickly became one of the fastest rising Canadian country acts with the release of their Billboard Top 20 hit That’s When You Know featuring country darling Kira Isabella. The track skyrocketed with over 3.6 million streams and over 100 Spotify playlist adds in addition to its CCMA Award nomination for “Video of the Year”.
Chris Buck Band recently released a hilarious new video for their brand new single RDNKN which is available on all services now. Inspired by a partnership with his close friend on his lifestyle merchandise company RDNKN, the new single is just the beginning for the new music that Buck is anticipated to release this fall.
With the release of RDNKN, we wanted to get to know Chris Buck Band a little better and thought that Canada might want to as well! Here are five things you didn’t know about Chris Buck Band!
Chris Buck Band’s new single RDNKN was born from a partnership between Chris Buck and his close friend on a lifestyle brand merchandise. They’ve sold thousands of their signature hats across North America.
Chris played junior hockey and also played minor hockey with MLB American League MVP Justin Morneau growing up.
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Chris Buck Band was started a decade ago and started out as a cover band playing 150 shows in just one year!
Chris got his start playing music in a church band playing the bass guitar. He played in the church band with his good friend Tevin Koehler who, shortly after, tragically passed away after a battle with leukaemia. Chris now dedicates his career to the memory of his dear friend.
Chris failed 11th and 12th grade English but has since gone on to write four Top 40 songs on Country Billboards.