Rough Cutt
| Rough Cutt | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | Heavy metal, Glam metal |
| Years active | 1981–1987, 2000–2002, 2016- |
| Labels | Warner Bros., DeRock, MusicWorks, Wounded Bird, Deadline |
| Associated acts | Ratt, Magic, Vengeance, Giuffria, Orgy, Julien-K, Dead by Sunrise, Jailhouse, Quiet Riot, Woop & the Count, Dio, Warrior, Jag Wire, Ozzy Osbourne, Badlands, Aerosmith, Magnitude 9 |
| Website | http://www.roughcutt.com |
| Members |
Paul Shortino Dave Alford Matt Thorr Chris Hager Amir Derakh |
| Past members |
Jake E. Lee Craig Goldy Eddie Cantu Claude Schnell Parramore McCarty Jimmy Crespo J.T. Garrett Sean McNabb Jeff Mayer John Homan |
Rough Cutt is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California who released 2 studio albums on Warner Bros. Records in the mid-1980s. Rough Cutt never achieved the commercial success enjoyed by many other L.A. bands of that time but various members went on to success in other groups, including Jake E. Lee with Ozzy Osbourne, Amir Derakh with Orgy, Paul Shortino with Quiet Riot, and Craig Goldy and Claude Schnell with Dio.
The first Rough Cutt line-up featured vocalist Paul Shortino, drummer Dave Alford, guitarist Jake E. Lee, keyboardist Claude Schnell, and bassist Joey Cristofanilli. Both Lee and Alford had also previously been in another Los Angeles band, Ratt. Both Schnell and Cristofanilli had previously been in the band Magic.
Two other former Ratt members, guitarist Chris Hager and bassist Matt Thorne a.k.a. Matt Thorr (who replaced Cristofanilli) would also soon join Rough Cutt. After his departure, Cristofanilli temporarily joined Ratt himself, later joining forces with members of the band Sin who went on to release the album Made In Heaven under the name Jag Wire in 1985.
Lee left Rough Cutt in 1982, auditioned for, and was hired briefly by the band Dio, and then replaced the deceased Randy Rhoads as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist. Lee in turn was replaced by Craig Goldy, formerly of the San Diego 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 and featuring Jake E Lee on guitar, to the compilation album L.A's Hottest Unsigned Bands, issued in 1983. Another Dio-produced track, "Try A Little Harder", with Goldy on guitar featured on the KLOS 95 1/2: Rock to Riches compilation, along with another Wendy Dio project NuHaven, released later on in 1983. Goldy soon left the band, and went on to play in Giuffria, and later in Dio's band. Goldy was replaced by Amir Derakh, another San Diego band alumnus.
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