In mid 2024, founding member Dave Alford put together another new lineup to be called Rockin’ Dave’s Rough Cutt. The lineup includes bassist Shawn Love and vocalist Scott Board, both from North Carolina. The lineup was then rounded out with guitarists Tony Baker and Nathan Smith, hailing from Georgia.
On June 8, 2021, a reformed version of Rough Cutt featuring original members Paul Shortino, Amir Derakh, and Matt Thorne released a new album, 3 , on CD and digital platforms. It was their first new album since 1986’s Wants You . Another version of Rough Cutt existed, featuring Dave…
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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. In October 2019, 10 songs from the Fiddler’s Studio Sessions portion of the Anthology were released as The Fiddler Sessions ’84…
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Former Rough Cutt bassist Matt Thorne most recently played rhythm guitar with the band Platinum Overdose, whose debut album, Murder in High Heels , was released on the Demon Doll label in August 2019.
In 2019, Shortino sang and played lead guitar for Carlos Cavazo ‘s Rough Riot, while Alford and Hager began auditioning musicians to complete the Rough Cutt lineup. During this time, they signed with David Adkins and Integrity Music Management. After hiring vocalist Steven St. James—whom Hager had previously played with…
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In 2016, the classic lineup of Shortino, Alford, Derakh, Hager, and Thorne reunited again. They performed on the Monsters of Rock cruise in 2018.
In late 2005, Wounded Bird Records reissued both Rough Cutt Warner Bros. studio albums as a two-for-one single disc, Rough Cutt/Rough Cutt Wants You . British label Rock Candy reissued remastered versions of both albums in 2016, complete with 16-page full-color booklets, 3,500-word essays about the making of the albums…
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The classic Warner Bros. era lineup of Rough Cutt reunited for a one-off show in October 2002 at the Viper Room in Hollywood, with Shortino, Alford, Derakh, Hager, and Thorne performing together once again.
Shortino reformed Rough Cutt in 2000 with an all-new lineup that included former Aerosmith guitarist Jimmy Crespo , keyboardist James “J.T.” Garrett, Shortino’s former Quiet Riot bandmate bassist Sean McNabb , and Magnitude 9 drummer John Homan. The band announced the release of an EP titled Sneak Peek in 2000,…
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In 1996, DeRock Records released Rough Cutt Live , which contained three new studio cuts, “House of Pain,” “Prowler,” and “Peyote,” as bonus tracks. The same label would also issue a full-length studio album by Rough Cutt offshoot Jailhouse in 1998, with all five songs from the 1989 Alive in…
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