Does buckcherry copy chuck berry

Answer 1

Yes, it certainly could be a play on the name Chuck Berry-- called a "spoonerism," which occurs when words are said wrong by reversing several letters, either intentionally (to be funny) or accidentally. One example of this verbal phenomenon, which is probably fictional, had a famous preacher (Reverend William A. Spooner) say that the Lord was a "shoving leopard"-- rather than a "loving shepherd." But while the band's name may have originate in a spoonerism of Chuck Berry, the members of Buckcherry claim they got it from a drag queen who used that name during performances; so perhaps it was the drag queen who originally made the play on words.