Butch Walker loses "everything" in CA wildfires

Artist and music producer Butch Walker, known for his work with artists such as Avril Lavigne, Fall Out Boy and the Academy Is… suffered sizable property loss in the Malibu, California, wildfires this week. According to MTV.com, Walker said in a press release he was renting a $4.8 million house in Corral Canyon owned by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, which was destroyed over the weekend. Walker had recently moved his recording studio equipment to Malibu from Atlanta.

A statement from Walker reads:

"I lost everything I've ever owned. Every master of every song I've ever recorded, every piece of recording equipment, guitars, drums and things I've collected over the years, cars, motorcycles, every family memorial, heirloom, picture and document we ever had. … Gone. I feel like I finally know the difference between 'going back' and 'going home.' "