‘Every Time I Die’ Singer Talks ‘Fortnite’, VR Cleaning & Hanging with ‘Seaman’

There are few bands out there as Raucous as Buffalo’s Every Time I Die. Thanks to their unique blend of Southern rock and hardcore punk, the five-piece have spent the last twenty years tearing up venues across the globe, earning them legions of devoted fans in the process.

Renowned for their no-holds barred liveshows and darkly captivating lyrics, this writer has got more bruises from an Every Time I Die moshpits than he’d care to admit.

What people may not know about lead singer Keith Buckley though, is when he isn’t whipping up crowds into a frenzy he’s spending his downtime gaming.

Grabbing Buckley ahead of Every Time I Die’s set at this year’s Slam Dunk festival, we sat down and talked Fortnite tantrums, starring in a video game and why virtual fish are the only friends Keith needs.

What are you playing at the moment?

Fortnite, obviously. Everyone’s playing Fortnite, right?

Bioshock has always been one of my favourite franchises. PlayStation had a sale on the other week so I bought the entire set for like $20. I thought I was going to get started on that again –I’ve played them all and beaten them all before – so I was like I’ll just do them consecutively…Then Fortnite came along and I’m just not f–ing doing any of them.. Hell, my daughter isn’t even getting baths anymore I’m just playing Fortnite CONSTANTLY.

I’m making friends, killing enemies. She’ll understand.

“..my daughter isn’t even getting baths anymore I’m just playing Fortnite CONSTANTLY.”

So are you a bit of a Fortnite pro then?

Dude no! I’m really bad at video games still. People are like “ oh you play, well let’s play” and I’m like “no!”. I’m really bad and I get .. especially in confrontational games like Fortnite I get so nervous and excited at the same time that I just jump and fire wildly and I need to just control myself and control my breathing and get it down because dude.. I’m so bad!

I actually f—ing DESTROYED  a controller before I came here. I got killed on Fortnite. I didn’t even fire a f—ing shot and I got sniped. I just slammed my controller on the ground and just f—ing stomped on it like a little baby. It felt awesome, it felt so relieving.. and then I drove straight to the store and bought a new one *laughs*

Between that and your vocal warmups, you must be popular with your neighbours..

I realised how thin my walls were the other day when I heard my neighbour cough and I’m like OH F–K, if…