Keith Buckley

Keith Buckley
Buckley in Milwaukee, 2006
Background information
Also known as	Grimace
Born	November 19, 1979 (1979-11-19) (age 37) Buffalo, New York, United States
Origin	West Seneca, New York, United States
Genres	Heavy metal, hardcore punk, Southern rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, author, high school English teacher (formerly)
Instruments	Vocals, piano, guitar
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Epitaph
Associated acts	Every Time I Die, The Damned Things, Finale

Keith Buckley (born November 19, 1979) is an American musician, best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the metalcore band Every Time I Die and the heavy metal supergroup The Damned Things.

Buckley was born in Buffalo, New York, United States. He attended Virginia Tech and then the University at Buffalo before doing music full-time. He is also a former English teacher.

In 1998 Keith established the band Every Time I Die with his brother Jordan Buckley in Buffalo, NY. He describes Every Time I Die as a "Buffalo Bills tailgate party and a high school kegger". During tours, they enjoy setting their hair on fire and drinking. One of Keith's writing tactics is to get incoherently drunk and see what comes out.

On January 4, 2006, Keith and Every Time I Die were in a van accident but escaped unharmed.

Keith also has a tattoo of Spock's head on a lawn chair, day dreaming about what he (Spock) would look like with a moustache. Spock has a tear coming out of his eye because he cannot grow a moustache.

He once joined Dillard Raymer and members of Fall Out Boy live to play a cover of Pantera's "Walk".

Buckley is a member of Finale, his side project. The two-piece plays indie and acoustic music. Keith lent his vocal talents to an R&B hook in Chae Hawk's track "PBS" and also "Stockholm Sindrome," a track with Philly/Pittsburgh electro-clash artist Pfunkt. He is also featured with Corey Letson on Four Year Strong's 90s cover album Explains It All covering the song "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" by The Smashing Pumpkins.