Rough Cutt was a American heavy metal band based in Los Angeles, California in the 1980s. Despite having a roster of musicians who later found greater success in other groups, Rough Cutt never achieved the popular success enjoyed by many other Los Angeles bands of that time.
The first Rough Cutt lineup featured vocalist Paul Shortino, guitarist Jake E. Lee, keyboardist Claude Schnell, bassist Joey Cristofanilli, and drummer Dave Alford. Both Lee and Alford had also previously been in another San Diego band, Mickey Ratt, which later shortened its name to Ratt. Both Schnell and Cristofanilli had previously been in the band Magic.
Two other former Mickey Ratt members, guitarist Chris Hager and bassist Matt Thorne aka Matt Thorr (who replaced Cristofanilli) would also soon join Rough Cutt.
Lee left Rough Cutt in 1982, very briefly played in the band Dio, and then replaced the deceased Randy Rhoads as Ozzy Osbourne’s lead guitarist. Lee in turn was replaced by Craig Goldy, formerly of the L.A. band Vengeance. Ronnie James Dio greatly influenced the development of the band. Dio’s wife Wendy Dio was the group’s manager, and Dio himself helped write one of the band’s songs. Rough Cutt contributed two tracks “A Little Kindness” and “Used & Abused,” both produced by Dio, to the compilation album “L.A’s Hottest Unsigned Bands,” issued in 1983. Goldy soon left the band, and went onto play in Giuffria, and later in Dio’s band. Goldy was replaced by Amir Derakh, another San Diego band alumnus.
With the lineup solidified with Shortino, Derakh, Hager, Thorne, and Alford, Rough Cutt was signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1984 and recorded two albums Rough Cutt produced by Tom Allom and Wants You! produced by Jack Douglas. The band toured extensively in the United States, Europe and Japan as an opening act for Foreigner, Dio, Krokus and others.
Shortino left in the band in 1987 to replace Kevin DuBrow as singer of Quiet Riot. Derakh, Thorne and Alford regrouped with singer Danny Simon and guitarist Michael Raphael to form Jailhouse, which released a live EP “Alive in a Mad World” in 1988. Derakh was later guitarist for the nu-metal band Orgy.
Shortino reformed Rough Cutt in 2000 with an all-new lineup that included former Aerosmith guitarist Jimmy Crespo, keyboardist J.T Garrett, Shortino’s former Quiet Riot bandmate bassist Sean McNabb, and drummer John Homan, and recorded an EP Sneak Peak. The album was produced by former Rough Cutt bassist Matt Thorne(produced/engineered; The Eels, Trapt, Ratt, Warrant, Badlands, The Donnas, etc.) [1]. The band planned on recording a studio album titled Rough Cutt III, but apparently this ended up not happening. The band soon shortened its name to simply The Cutt.
The best known lineup of Rough Cutt reformed for a one-off reunion show in October 2002 at the Viper Room in Hollywood with Shortino, Derakh, Hager, Thorne, and Alford performing together one last time.
1. 1
Paul Shortino: Lead Vocals
Jake E. Lee: Guitar
Claude Schnell: Keyboards
Joey Cristofanilli: Bass
Dave Alford: Drums
1. 2 (1983-1984)
Paul Shortino: Lead Vocals
Craig Goldy: Guitar
Chris Hager: Guitar
Matt Thorr: Bass
Dave Alford: Drums
1. 3 (Original)
Paul Shortino: Lead Vocals
Amir Derakh: Guitar
Chris Hager: Guitar
Matt Thorr: Bass
Dave Alford: Drums
1. 4
Paul Shortino: Lead Vocals
Jimmy Crespo: Guitar
J.T. Garrett: Keyboards
Sean McNabb: Bass
John Homan: Drums
Discography:
«Used And Abused» and «A Little Kindness» (1981)
demos with Craig Goldy
Fiddler’s Studio Sessions (1984)
Rough Cutt (1985)
Wants You! (1986)
Demo (1987)
Rough Cutt Live (1996)
Sneak Peek EP (2000)
Anthology (2008)
Источник: lastfm.ru
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