‘John Lee Hooker in a post-punk straitjacket’

CUT are rock and roll/blues punk/noise trio from Bologna, Italy.

Formed in 1996, CUT have released six studio albums and have been touring all over Italy and Europe constantly, thus earning a solid reputation as one of the wildest and most intense live bands on the scene. CUT have been sharing the stage with the likes of: Iggy & The Stooges, Violent Femmes, Heavy Trash, The Jim Jones Revue, The Make Up, Unwound, Royal Trux, International Noise Conspiracy, Eels, Delta '72, Man Or Astroman, The Hives, Guitar Wolf, Mudhoney and many other Italian and international acts.

Their first album Operation Manitoba (released in 1998) was described as “best Italian rock debut of the year” by Rumore, Italy’s main rock monthly. The band have 16 UK tours under their belt. Other international experiences include repeated tours of Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovenia, Croatia, Switzerland, Austria and shows in the New York (USA) area.

Their 2010 Annihilation Road album was recorded and mixed by Matt Verta-Ray of Speedball Baby/Heavy Trash fame in his New York studio, NY HED and mastered by Ivan Julian, from legendary punk/new wave outfit Richard Hell and The Voidoids In October 2011, the band released a live album, recorded during CUT’s UK tour of the same year. The record - The Battle of Britain - portraits the band in their favourite milieu: a fiery, intense and wild live show. CUT have also released a 7” split with Rocket Recording artists Julie’s Haircut, featuring a mash-up of Hot Chocolate’s “Emma” and Suicide’s “Dream Baby Dream”: weird but true. From September 2013, the band’s catalogue is distributed by Antipop Records UK.

In February 2017 CUT released the sixth studio album of their 22-year long history. Their new record, Second Skin, features contributions from Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE, Iggy & The Stooges) and Stefano Pilia (Rokia Traoré's band, In Zaire and Mike Watt's Il Sogno Del Marinaio) and many others. Since the album's release (February 2017), the band has been touring non-stop all over Italy, Europe and the UK.