Rough Cutt was an 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.

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  • Rough Cutt was an 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. After his departure, Cristofanilli joined 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, 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 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 radio sponsored “Rock to Riches” compilation, 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. 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. He was briefly replaced by Parramore McCarty of Warrior before Rough Cutt called it quits. 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 (Magnitude 9), 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. ) . 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 line-up 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. In 2008, Deadline Records issued the double disc Anthology consisting of pre- and post Warner Bros. era demos and a live set recorded in Syracuse, New York in 1985.
  • Rough Cutt ist eine US-amerikanische Hard-Rock-Band aus Los Angeles, Kalifornien. Rough Cutt gelten als eine der frühen Bands des Genres Glam Metal – einer Variante des Heavy Metal. Ihren Bekanntheitsgrad verdankt die Band unter anderem einigen Verbindungen zu bekannteren Persönlichkeiten der Rockmusikszene, wie zum Beispiel dem Produzenten Tom Allom, der auch bereits für Bands wie Judas Priest und Krokus arbeitete. Sänger der Band ist Paul Shortino, der zeitweise Kevin DuBrow bei Quiet Riot vertrat und auch beim späteren Band-Ableger The Cutt am Mikrofon stand, wo wiederum der Aerosmith-Schlagzeuger Jimmy Crespo an den Trommeln saß. Umgekehrt spielte der Quiet Riot-Bandmate Sean McNabb vorübergehend für Rough Cutt. Viele der frühen Bandmitglieder von Ratt gingen zu Rough Cutt: Chris Hager, Joey Cristofanilli und Matt Thorr sowie David „Dave“ Alford. Der Gitarrist Amir Derakh spielt unter anderem auch bei der New Metal Band Orgy. Derakh, Alford und Thorr sind unter anderem mit Jailhouse bekannt geworden. Unter anderem war auch der Rockgitarrist Jake E. Lee als Musiker bei Rough Cutt, bevor er als Nachfolger von Brad Gillis durch Ozzy Osbourne's Band bekannter wurde. Zwei frühe Demos der Band wurden von dem renommierten Heavy Metal Sänger Ronnie James Dio unter den Titeln „Used And Abused“ und „A Little Kindness“ produziert. Rough Cutt spielte im Jahr 1984 im Vorprogramm der Band Dio, deren Sänger die Gruppe dann 1986 im Rahmen seines Hear ’n Aid-Projekts auf die Bühne brachte. Managerin der Band war vorübergehend Ronnie James Dios Ehefrau Wendy Dio. Am ersten Album der Band – nämlich an den Texten zu „Take her“, „Dreamin’ again“ und „Black widow“ – waren Dio bzw. seine Frau ebenfalls beteiligt. Zudem wurde die Band in ihren Anfängen von den späteren Dio-Mitgliedern Craig Goldy (Gitarre) und Claude Schnell mitgestaltet. Auch der bekannte Rockschlagzeuger Tommy Aldridge tauchte zwischendurch im Line Up von Rough Cutt auf.
  • Rough Cutt es una banda de Heavy Metal de los años ochenta.
  • Rough Cutt on yhdysvaltalainen heavy metal -yhtye. Sen perusti kolme Ratt-yhtyeestä eronnutta jäsentä vuonna 1981. Rough Cuttilta on ilmestynyt kolme levyä vuosina 1985, 1986 ja 1996.
  • I Rough Cutt furono un gruppo heavy metal formato a San Diego, California nel tardo 1981.
  • ラフ・カット(Rough Cutt)は1980年代に活動したアメリカ合衆国カリフォルニア州出身のヘヴィ・メタルバンド。
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  • Rough Cutt was an 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.
  • Rough Cutt ist eine US-amerikanische Hard-Rock-Band aus Los Angeles, Kalifornien. Rough Cutt gelten als eine der frühen Bands des Genres Glam Metal – einer Variante des Heavy Metal. Ihren Bekanntheitsgrad verdankt die Band unter anderem einigen Verbindungen zu bekannteren Persönlichkeiten der Rockmusikszene, wie zum Beispiel dem Produzenten Tom Allom, der auch bereits für Bands wie Judas Priest und Krokus arbeitete.
  • Rough Cutt es una banda de Heavy Metal de los años ochenta.
  • Rough Cutt on yhdysvaltalainen heavy metal -yhtye. Sen perusti kolme Ratt-yhtyeestä eronnutta jäsentä vuonna 1981. Rough Cuttilta on ilmestynyt kolme levyä vuosina 1985, 1986 ja 1996.
  • I Rough Cutt furono un gruppo heavy metal formato a San Diego, California nel tardo 1981.
  • ラフ・カット(Rough Cutt)は1980年代に活動したアメリカ合衆国カリフォルニア州出身のヘヴィ・メタルバンド。
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