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Schnitt Acht

Schnitt Acht
Origin Orlando, FL, USA
Genres EBM, industrial metal
Years active ca. 1989–1994
Labels Cheetah Records
Associated acts Radioactive Goldfish
Rainbow Bridge
Gypsy Sun
Past members Morgan Lekcirt
Virgil L. Hibbs
Christopher Lee
Jeff E. Paymaster
Subhuman Minds
On the Firing Line
Schnitt Acht - Subhuman Minds (On the Firing Line).jpg
Studio album by Schnitt Acht
Released 1990 (CD: 1991)
Genre EBM, electro-industrial
Length 57:19 (CD)
Label Cheetah
Hyperium (Germany)
Producer Morgan Lekcirt
Schnitt Acht chronology
Subhuman Minds
(1990)
Slash and Burn
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Slash and Burn
Schnitt Acht - Slash and Burn.jpg
Studio album by Schnitt Acht
Released 18 May 1993
Genre industrial metal, electro-industrial
Length 58:44
Label Cheetah
Hyperium (Germany)
Producer Morgan Lekcirt
Schnitt Acht chronology
Subhuman Minds'
(1991)
Slash and Burn
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars link

Schnitt Acht was an American EBM and industrial metal band from Orlando, Florida, active in the first half of the 1990s. The band's name is German for "cut eight", initially a translation error of "Section 8", "Abschnitt Acht" in German.

Formed in the late 1980s in Orlando, Florida by Morgan Lekcirt (born William Morgan Trickel), Virgil L. Hibbs, Abbot Zigler (born Christopher Lee) and later Jeff Paymaster, they signed in 1989 with DJ Magic Mike's Majii label that was part of the Cheetah Record Company. Following several 12-inch singles, Schnitt Acht (alternately spelled SCHNITT Acht!) released their first album Subhuman Minds in 1990. It was followed in 1993 by Slash and Burn. Between 1991 and 1994 the band did a lot of touring, even performing in Europe and making tours in Germany and Romania. After their last tour in 1994, the band split up.

Virgil later started his own band WIRETRIPN, with which he self-released in 2001 the album Midnight in the Robot Factory via online retailer IUMA.

Christopher with Morgan,and Jan Herkach the techno/rave trio Radioactive Goldfish with whom he released "LSD Is the Bomb" which hit #8 of the Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs on March 14, 1992. Later he kept releasing as - among others - Rainbow Bridge and Gypsy Sun, worked as a producer in Florida and run the label Rainbow Bridge Records out of Orlando.

The discography consists of two studio albums and four twelve inches.

Subhuman Minds (or with its subtitle Subhuman Minds on the Firing Line) was the band's first album, released on vinyl in 1990 by Cheetah's Majii label. It is electro-industrial and was licensed by Hyperium Records for a German release. For while, a CD release of the album was only available by the German label, but in 1991 Cheetah issued a Gold release for the North American market.


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