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Rough Cutt is one of the original Sunset Strip heyday bands, playing with, and often trading members between, Ratt, Dio, and other bands of the era, though Rough Cutt never quite achieved the same level of success as some of their peers. In 2019, they were still around, though in the process of merging into a group called Rough Riot with members of Quiet Riot. When Rough Riot finalized its lineup change in the summer of 2019, now called Carlos Cavazo's Rough Riot, it was with Paul Shortino, singer of Rough Cutt, Amir Derakh, one of two Rough Cutt guitarists, White Lion's Greg D'Angelo on drums, Sean McNabb from Quiet Riot on bass, and guitarist Carlos Cavazo, also from Quiet Riot. Rough Cutt's Rockin' Dave Alford and Chris Hager, not a part of Rough Riot, decided to continue on with a new lineup of Rough Cutt. Alford, along with Shortino, was a founding member of the band, and Hager and Derakh, though not strictly founders, joined very early on, before the band recorded its first album. Alford and Hager auditioned and eventually hired musicians to fill in the missing three band positions. They publicly debuted their new lineup in November of 2019 during a live show in Portland, Oregon, which is the first time Pariah Burke interviewed the band. Leading up to, and in the year and a half since, that new lineup debut, Rough Cutt has aggressively marketed themselves, letting the world know about the new Rough Cutt, now including Steven St. James (Sarge, Cagny and the Dirty Rats) on vocals, second guitarist Darren Housholder (Shrapnel Records recording artist, Love/Hate), and bassist Jeff Buehner (The Loyal Order). Slowed by the pandemic, they spent most of 2020 using social media to connect with Rough Cutt fans, while not able to finish and release their first single together until March 2021, when they simultaneously dropped the single and music video for it with plenty of pre-release press and fanfare. According to the Alford and Hager, they never heard from their former Rough Cutt and Rough Riot bandmates; in fact, Alford's and Hager's attempts to contact them went unanswered. Which is why they were so surprised when, yesterday (June 8th, 2021), their former bandmates released their own album as Rough Cutt, including their own version of the single Alford's and Hager's lineup put out in March. The new album, titled Rough Cutt 3, because, other than a best of anthology, it's only the third studio LP released under the Rough Cutt band name since 1985. The release of the album, which had no pre-release announcement or marketing, was accompanied by a press release asserting that the trio calling itself Rough Cutt--Paul Shortino, Matt Thorne (aka Matt Thorr), and Amir Derakh--are "the three main men of Rough Cutt" and are "arguably the three most important members of Rough Cutt." Further, without naming them, Alford and Hager were accused of making "false accusations" and lies about [the others]]. Within minutes of the release of the album by DDR Music Group, formerly Demon Doll Records, I reached out for comment from both versions of the band. My message directly to Paul Shortino went unreturned, though the owner of DDR and producer of Rough Cutt 3, Lance V, said he would pass along my request for an interview to Shortino. Hager immediately agreed to an interview, and brought along Alford. This is my conversation with Rough Cutt founding members and apparent torchbearers Rockin' Dave Alford and Chris Hager the day after Shortino, Thorn, Derakh, and DDR Music Group issued Rough Cutt 3 and its accompanying incendiary press release. More info at https://rockn.me/roughcutt | https://PariahRocks.com/Interviews --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pariahrocks/message
Talking with Guitarist Carlos Cavazo of the band Rough Riot, mixture of Rough Cutt and Quiet Riot...
Ep73: Chris Hager, Guitarist of Rough Cuts & Rough Riot, interviewed by Psycho Steve! Listen on iTunes, SoundCloud, & Youtube! Powered by Perlzweig Enterprises, LLC. If you haven’t already, please subscribe or follow us! Feel free to rate our show and write a review! Please help spread the word and share this with all of your friends and family! Rock out to the podcast and listen on iTunes or SoundCloud! Don’t forget to get yourself, a friend, or loved ones some merch by Zazzle at https://www.zazzle.com/psychostevepresents. Enjoy our theme song by, friend of the show, Paul Laine, best known for bands such as Danger Danger, Darkhorse, and now The Defiants! Facebook: @paullaineofficial Instagram: @mrpaullaine Twitter: @mrpaullaine. Also, check out Alison "Metal Babe" Cohen of Metal Babe Mayhem who also helps promote local and regional bands get exposure. Hear interviews and buy some rocker clothes on their website http://metalbabemayhem.com. Follow her on FB, IG, and Twitter: @metalbabemayhem. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvsKhNzaxSHZaYExU6b-oEw iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/psycho-steve-presents-hair-today-gone-tomorrow/id1294560293?mt=2https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/psycho-steve-presents-hair-today-gone-tomorrow/id1294560293?mt=2 SoundCloud: https://m.soundcloud.com/user-344303966 #chrishager #guitarist ##roughcutt #roughriot #paullaine #thedefiants #metalbabemayhem #psychosteverocks #perlzweigenterprises #hairtodaygonetomorrow #takecarebrushyourhair #goodnightgracie --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/HTGTpodcast/support
It's almost the end 2018, which means it is time to look back at all the cool things from the year. Join Randy and Troy as they go back and talk about several of the awesome and cool episodes of Ouch You're on my Hair for 2018. Hear about the interviews with such Heavy Metal and Rock-n-Roll stars like Claude Schnell formerly of the DIO band, Perry Richardson of Stryper, Steve Brown of Trixter, Carlos Cavazo (formerly of Quiet Riot) and Chris Hager (Rough Cutt) both of the new band Rough Riot and many more. Find out how many bands the boys showcased this past year, plus all the cool games they played in this special year-end review. Welcome also the awesome Greek Power Metal band Orion's Reign back to rock your Yuletide with their phenomenal Christmas songs. And because it's Christmas, they boys are playing five, count them five Christmas songs by Orion's Reign. For this and every episode of Ouch You're on my Hair, please subscribe to us on iTunes, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Podomatic, Podbean, Google Play, Stitcher, or Player FM. Also follow us on Twitter @OuchYOMH and Facebook at www.facebook.com/OuchYOMH
This week, a true rock star: Paul Shortino, former lead singer of Quiet Riot, Rough Cutt, and King Kobra, and currently with Rough Riot and Raiding The Rock Vault at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Las... Experience the excitement and energy of Las Vegas each weekend on VEGAS NEVER SLEEPS with Steven Maggi.
Episode 19 of The Dash Podcast. Part 2 of my engaging conversation with Lynch Mob and Quiet Riot bass brother Sean McNabb. In this episode Sean shares his memories of how he got the Quiet Riot bass spot, his passion for acting in TV shows such as Sons of Anarchy and Mayans MC and our sobriety. I Hope you enjoy it and I look forward to your thoughts.Available on iTunes
Episode 19 of The Dash Podcast. Part 1 of my engaging conversation with Lynch Mob and Quiet Riot bass brother Sean McNabb. In this episode Sean shares his memories of how he got the Quiet Riot bass spot, his passion for acting in TV shows such as Sons of Anarchy and Mayans MC and his sobriety. I Hope you enjoy it and I look forward to your thoughts.
It's a double-shot interview with Carlos Cavazo and Chris Hagar. Both talk about their new band Rough Riot. The band consist of former members of both Quiet Riot and Rough Cutt. Not only do they talk about their new band, but they remember Jimmy Bain (Dio), they talk about Stephen Pearcy (Ratt) and much more. It's obvious, Randy and Troy hit this one out of the park, with these two awesome dudes coming on for an exciting interview. From Baltimore, MD, it's an honor to showcase the band Raven Tree. As with every podcast, the boys play two songs by the band, Redemption first and closing the show, Devil's Red Mistress. The first song is something extra special, which we hope you take the chance to hear the backstory about it. For this and every episode of Ouch You're on my Hair, please subscribe to us on iTunes, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Podomatic, Podbean, Google Play, Stitcher, or Player FM. Also follow us on Twitter @OuchYOMH and Facebook at www.facebook.com/OuchYOMH