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 in Sarge during his pre-Rough Cutt days—the band added Buehner and then Housholder. After three rehearsals, the new Rough Cutt played its first live show, opening for L.A. Guns featuring Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis in Portland, Oregon, at the Bossanova Ballroom on Black Friday, November 29, 2019. Rough Cutt closed its 10-song set by playing “You Wanna Be a Star,” a song written by Hager, St. James, and Alford. According to Alford in an interview after the performance, the song aired on an episode of the 1980s television series Fame and had not been played live by Rough Cutt since the 1980s, when arena audiences of the time failed to appreciate it.
In 2019, Shortino sang and played lead guitar for Carlos Cavazo ‘s
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