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Cutting Jade formed in 1998. Their first demo
single was released to South Africa's largest campus
station TUKS FM (then still Radio TUKS) in late 1998
and reached number one on the station's South
African Top 10. The same song also made it to number
10 on the station's Top 30, the first unsigned band
ever to feature at all on that chart. Their second
demo gained a similar response and the band became
popular at live shows in Pretoria
So There We Were, was Cutting Jade’s first
album, released in 2000. The band described this
independent release "as an emotional rock album with
relevant and accessible lyrics. Our intention has
never been to baffle audiences with erudite lyrics
or impress them with technical complexity any more
than it has been to be part of any musical fashion
or trend."
Cutting Jade then signed to
the
David Gresham
Record Company
late in 2001 and brought out a second album:
Between Two Lives. Ten Seconds, the first
single off the album, reached number 1 in the
national Top 40. Look at me now, the second
single off the album was also successful. A fan
described Between Two Lives as "an album
packed with raw emotion, driving guitars and
passionate vocal deliveries".
In April 2002 the band
travelled to
France
where they played at
Course Croisière
de l'Edhec,
one of the most important sailing competition in
France.
In July 2002 Cutting Jade
played a four-date tour in the
United Kingdom
with Wonderboom, another band on the David
Gresham label. The tour comprised one night in
Wales,
one at the
Shepherds Bush
Empire (on
July
26,
2002)
and two at other London venues.
Early in 2004 the band's
future seemed bleak when it was cut loose by David
Gresham Records and vocalist Andrew Duggan left to
pursue a solo career. The band recruited Logan
Grobbelaar, a twenty year old marketing student at
the
University of
Pretoria, as
a vocalist and began recording a third studio album:
Come Back to Life.
SAMA nominated, MTV and Channel O award nominated
and top radio chart dominating band, Cutting Jade
took some time out after the release of their
critically acclaimed 3rd album release “Come Back to
Life”.
Now in 2008 Cutting Jade has re-united with Andrew
Duggan, the voice that carried smash radio hits
like, “She Says”, “Look at me now”, “Fight you” and
of course “10 Seconds”. |
