Kut U Up
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| Kut U Up | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | San Diego, California, USA |
| Genre(s) | Indie rock Experimental Alternative rock |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Label(s) | Rowboat Records |
| Members | |
| Chris Cote Brendan Raasch Micah Mattson Brandon Parkhurst |
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| Former members | |
| Dylan Raasch | |
Kut U Up is a band who has been described as "indie rejects" in their DVD, Riding in Vans with Boys, which they starred in, alongside Blink-182, Green Day, and Jimmy Eat World. They released an album entitled Pulled Over in 2003 on Rowboat Records, which sold over 100,000 copies.
[edit] Appearances
- Kut U Up's song "Destination" appears on the Atticus Dragging The Lake compilation which sold over 100,000 copies.
- Kut U Up has 3 songs appearing on the soundtrack of the much acclaimed Transworld Surf video game for Playstation 2, Xbox & Gamecube.
- Kut U Up's songs have been used in action sports movies including Poor Specimen's, "Drive Through, Momentum, & 411 video magazine".
- Kut U Up have appeared in Teen People, Stupid Band Names, Kerrang!, Transworld Skateboarding, Stance, Thrasher, and many fanzines and fan based websites.
- Kut U Up appeared on the 2003 rock documentary Riding In Vans With Boys on tour with other bands such as Green Day, Blink-182, and Jimmy Eat World
[edit] Biography
Kut U Up has been a functioning music act since early in the morning on Wednesday July 2nd 1998. From a meeting with the infamous Jeru, Brendan and Chris began forming the crude beginnings of a long story filled with danger, greed, anger, love, sex, murder, and impending glory.
Dylan Raasch was added to the lineup and Kut U Up played its first show on Saturday May 29th in Cardiff, California. The venue was s small bar called The Kraken, (named after a horrible sea monster). The lineup featured Pivit, Mower, and the leadoff act Kut U Up. With a great turnout of drunks, bikers, and broads Kut U Up blasted through a tight set and started what was to be an amazing career.
Many shows followed with the band rocking some, shitting some, and forgetting others. Kut U Up's first big break came in the form of a Cox Arena show with Blink 182 and Fenix TX. From the garage to the arena, Kut U Up stormed the stage and showed the pop punk crowd what indie-rock was. Double drums and space songs flew past the crowd and missed the preteen audience by a foot or so. After the complete and utter destruction of a fancy dressing room, Kut U Up was immediately ejected from the Cox arena and fined 250 U.S. dollars.
After the Cox Arena scandal, the band pressed on and played some more shows until the fateful night when lead guitarist Dylan Raasch took his final bow and moved to Amsterdam to "get his head together."
"It seemed like my life was turning upside down. The women, the parties, the booze. I couldn't do it anymore." Dylan says of his life with the band.
After a brief hiatus Micah Mattson stepped up and accepted the call to join the Kut U Up team. His flashy guitar style and indie-metal background meshed perfectly with the two lost souls already in the Kut U Up cult.
The infamous Sante Fe House garage was the womb that spawned some early and current Kut U Up hits like "Rolling Rock", Night at the Beach", and "Haves, Have Nots".
After a quick blast back into the club scene Kut U Up was again asked to kick start the festivities of the Blink 182, Weezer, new Found Glory New Years supershow. Kut U Up attacked the crowd and this time hit the mark. Unknowing pop-punk fans fell for the charm of Kut U Up's hard sound and ate it up. Triumphant screams filled the Cox Arena and "Kut U Up" was hailed by the masses.
Hard times fell upon the band once more after this glorious evening. In a failed attempt at recording a demo, the band hit the bottle once again and fell into slump. The decision was made to find the missing link. That missing link proved to be the glue in the paper bag of Kut U UpÕs clutched hand. Accomplished musician Brandon Parkhurst signed his name in the blood of a virgin and finalized his contract with the sovereign sect Kut U Up.
A recording was made, shows were rocked. A Texas tour of five days turned into a mess of broken limbs, livers, and brains. Kut U Up killed Texas.
Now, in early 2002, beware of the shit storm that is about to level your town, stereo, and face. The shit has hit the fan and the fan exploded.
[edit] Website
[1] Myspace page
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