In with the band
Getting to know Cruel Cuts
By: Emily Dale Swoboda
Issue date: 4/14/05 Section: Culture
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After rocking for 40 minutes at the April 7 show, I joined the guys at a booth for an interview.
Emily Dale Swoboda (E): What most excites you about playing in the upcoming festival in Chicago?
Allen: I kinda want to throw a TV out of the window. We only get 20 minutes. We're going to play the new stuff.
E: How did you guys get together?
Bott: We all (Steve, Buster and me) played in a Blues Brothers cover band together a few years ago.
Allen: Joey and I played together in high school.
E: I definitely hear the Beatles, the Beach Boys and the Rolling Stones in your music. Who are your influences? Who are our favorites?
Bott: My first record was Buddy Holly and the Crickets.
Allen: We've been compared to Wilco, Green Day, Ace Frehley's solo album, the Beatles.
Godar: My first band was an '80s rock band.
Bott: I haven't heard anyone as good as us.
E: Why did you decide to add horns?
Allen: We saw Brian Wilson's "Smile" tour in Chicago. It was huge. His band was like 20 people.
Bott: We wanted to be bigger. We wanted to do something huge.
Allen: Everybody's a four- or five-piece band. If people don't remember our name, at least they'll remember the size and the sound.
E: What are your day jobs?
Bott: Sometime I'm a pro bowler, but it doesn't pay very well.
Godar: I make maps for the government. It's top-secret work.
Bott: Sometimes I work at a strip club, but the tips aren't that great.
Rowling: I mooch off my parents and when I run out of gas money, I donate sperm.
Bott: You know that thing in the back of the Riverfront Times - the witch doctor? That's me.
E: What is next for you?
Allen: A double album. We'd like to start recording a new studio album. I'll be engineering it. I always want to play. It's always been a part of me to write and record songs.
Bott: I'll probably be dead by the time I'm 27.
After harassing one another for a while, the band agreed that Allen was definitely the best looking because he brings in the most girls.
Emily Dale Swoboda (E): What most excites you about playing in the upcoming festival in Chicago?
Allen: I kinda want to throw a TV out of the window. We only get 20 minutes. We're going to play the new stuff.
E: How did you guys get together?
Bott: We all (Steve, Buster and me) played in a Blues Brothers cover band together a few years ago.
Allen: Joey and I played together in high school.
E: I definitely hear the Beatles, the Beach Boys and the Rolling Stones in your music. Who are your influences? Who are our favorites?
Bott: My first record was Buddy Holly and the Crickets.
Allen: We've been compared to Wilco, Green Day, Ace Frehley's solo album, the Beatles.
Godar: My first band was an '80s rock band.
Bott: I haven't heard anyone as good as us.
E: Why did you decide to add horns?
Allen: We saw Brian Wilson's "Smile" tour in Chicago. It was huge. His band was like 20 people.
Bott: We wanted to be bigger. We wanted to do something huge.
Allen: Everybody's a four- or five-piece band. If people don't remember our name, at least they'll remember the size and the sound.
E: What are your day jobs?
Bott: Sometime I'm a pro bowler, but it doesn't pay very well.
Godar: I make maps for the government. It's top-secret work.
Bott: Sometimes I work at a strip club, but the tips aren't that great.
Rowling: I mooch off my parents and when I run out of gas money, I donate sperm.
Bott: You know that thing in the back of the Riverfront Times - the witch doctor? That's me.
E: What is next for you?
Allen: A double album. We'd like to start recording a new studio album. I'll be engineering it. I always want to play. It's always been a part of me to write and record songs.
Bott: I'll probably be dead by the time I'm 27.
After harassing one another for a while, the band agreed that Allen was definitely the best looking because he brings in the most girls.
