SKANKY'LIL RECORDS
PRESENTS: THE ROUGH KUTZ / ANOTHER WEEK ANOTHER WAR
The Rough Kutz NEW ALBUM!!14 fantastic, strong UK ska songs,
feat Roddy Radiation from The Specials on Guitar.
Tracklist: Chell Heath ,Welcome To Our World , Mental
Instrumental , Popstars ,
Baby I Need Your Loving , G/Minor Skank, I Wanna Make Love , Teenage ,
In Thy Name ,
ALone Tonight , Dry Acid , Kids, Don´t Go Away, Horror Ska.
THE ROUGH KUTZ ON TOUR.
FEAT, RODDY RADIATION FROM THE SPECIALS.
Uptempo, 2-tone drenched ska full of "lift", very danceble
and brought with a strong, energetic live-show.
The new sensation in the world of ska and the next big thing in the line of English
ska-bands.
Guest artist (guitar) on the new album: Roddy Radiation from The Specials.
THE ROUGH KUTZ uit het Stoke-On-Trent UK, zijn een van
Engeland’s beste ska-bands.
De live-shows zijn zeer energiek en dynamisch. The Rough Kutz brengen harde,
up-tempo, heerlijke ska-songs die het publiek laten dansen van de eerste drumslag
tot de laatste noot.
Daarbij brengt de band een zeer vermakelijke life-performance vol humor.
THE ROUGH KUTZ LIVE-REVIEW
Another gig which confirmed The Rough Kutz as England's leading ska band. Another
set played with enthusiasm and energy to get any ones feet moving. This is
ska that is meant to be enjoyed and danced to. The band obviously enjoy playing
ska as much as the crowd enjoy listening to them. This band don't have to
beg the crowd to dance for their music does it for them. So it was hardly
surprising that people were dancing from the opening drumbeat to the final
note- not bad considering they had to begin their set before 7 pm!
The set
contained that unique Rough Kutz blend. Their covers such as 'Murder' and
'Johnny Too Bad' were authentic but still given a Rough Kutz flavour. Songs
such as 'Run Around Sue' bring the fun back into ska.
Yet it is their original stuff which is most memorable. They remain true
to their reggae roots with soon to be classic songs as 'Hurt Again' and 'Crazy
About You'. Their slower pace is certainly appreciated by all on the dance
floor.
The dance floor is always fuller for their faster songs. Who can resist the
aggressive beat from their punk influenced songs like 'Supergrass' and 'What
Goes Around'.
This is a band, which inspite of their recent highly
deserved success, still mange to keep their feet firmly
on the ground. So there are no fancy gimmicks, no pop
star antics, for with The Rough Kutz, what you see is
what you get. The serious subject matter of some of their
songs is never allowed to dampen the humour of this band
and the pleasure they get from writing and playing the
music they love.
It always seems strange paying to see
The Rough Kutz since their gigs always end up more
like a party than a gig and this one was no different.
As their final song, 'A Fistful of Ska', keeps you dancing
long after your legs told you to sit down, this is
one band you just have to see again and again because
you know you won't be disappointed or bored. If only
we could say that about all ska!
The Rough Kutz-The Corperation,
Sheffield
by Anthony Atkins
