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Cuts (EP)

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Cuts
EP by
ReleasedDecember 2, 1992 (1992-12-02)
Recorded1991–1992
StudioRed Zone (Burbank, California)
Genre
Length19:50
LabelPolydor
ProducerL.A. Guns
L.A. Guns chronology
Live! Vampires
(1992)
Cuts
(1992)
Best Of: Hollywood a Go-Go
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal3/10[2]

Cuts is an extended play (EP) by American hard rock band L.A. Guns. Recorded at Red Zone Studios in Burbank, California, it was self-produced by the band and released on December 2, 1992, by Polydor Records. The standard edition of the EP features five tracks, including three cover versions, one re-recording and one new song. The Japanese edition includes two additional cover versions. Cuts is the first L.A. Guns release to feature drummer Michael "Bones" Gershima.

Background

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Released in December 1992, Cuts was issued in response to rumors that L.A. Guns were due to split up, with the news that the band would be recording a new studio album the following year.[3] The EP includes three cover versions – of Generation X's "Night of the Cadillacs", David Bowie's "Suffragette City" and James Brown's "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" – as well as a re-recording of Hollywood Vampires Japanese bonus track "Ain't the Same" and new song "Killer Mahari".[4] The Japanese edition also includes covers of "Love Song", originally by The Damned, and "Rock & Roll High School", originally by the Ramones.[5] Cuts is the first L.A. Guns release to feature drummer Michael "Bones" Gershima, who replaced Steve Riley in January 1992.[6] Riley performed on three tracks before his departure.[7]

Track listing

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Japanese edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Song" (The Damned cover)2:05
2."Rock & Roll High School" (Ramones cover)1:43
3."Night of the Cadillacs" (Generation X cover)
  • Idol
  • James
3:19
4."Suffragette City" (David Bowie cover)Bowie3:22
5."Ain't the Same '92"
  • Guns
  • Lewis
  • Cripps
  • Nickels
  • Riley
4:16
6."Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (James Brown cover)Brown3:29
7."Killer Mahari"
  • Guns
  • Lewis
  • Cripps
  • Nickels
  • Riley
5:24
Total length:23:38
International edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Night of the Cadillacs" (Generation X cover)
  • Idol
  • James
3:19
2."Suffragette City" (David Bowie cover)Bowie3:22
3."Ain't the Same '92"
  • Guns
  • Lewis
  • Cripps
  • Nickels
  • Riley
4:16
4."Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (James Brown cover)Brown3:29
5."Killer Mahari"
  • Guns
  • Lewis
  • Cripps
  • Nickels
  • Riley
5:24

Personnel

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L.A. Guns

Additional musicians

  • Spike Gray – backing vocals (track 3)
  • Kellie Rucker – harmonica and backing vocals (track 6)
  • James Outlaw III – backing vocals (track 7)
  • Shandra Lockett – backing vocals (track 7)
  • Jennifer Perkins – backing vocals (track 7)
  • J. K. Scott – backing vocals (track 7)

Additional personnel

  • Dennis Degher – engineering
  • Trent Slatton – engineering
  • Micajah Ryan – additional engineering
  • Steve Hall – mastering
  • Duke Design Co. – art direction, design
  • William Hames – photography

References

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  1. ^ "L.A. Guns - Cuts review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ^ "L.A. Guns' Fave 'Cuts'" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 970. Los Angeles, California: Radio & Records, Inc. December 4, 1992. p. 23. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  4. ^ "Cuts - L.A. Guns: Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  5. ^ "L.A. Guns - Cuts (CD, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  6. ^ "Tracii Guns". Artists Worldwide. Archived from the original on January 28, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  7. ^ Cuts (Media notes). L.A. Guns. Polydor Records. 1992. Retrieved January 28, 2019.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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