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CutTime – The Reverb Motherfuckers (8 of 11)

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In this next excerpt from CutTime, meet The Reverb Motherfuckers  who came together in 1986, pioneering a ramshackle “sonic fudge” sound that would influence the grunge and alternative rock movements. Lead man Roy Endroso and guitarist ‘Big’ John founded the band after being forcibly ejected from an AA meeting, a fitting birth to a band plagued by substance abuse its entire career. RM were best known in the New York scum-rock scene for their hard-partying onstage antics – It was not unusual for intoxicated band members to swap instruments or clothing midway through a set, lapse into expletives or (infamously) douse the crowd in BBQ sauce. This reputation would cost the band support from radio stations or record companies. RM struggled to find commercial success despite playing alongside such headlining groups as Unsane, Jesus Lizard and White Zombie.

Reverb Motherfuckers split in 1993, after Endroso voiced his reservations about their extreme lifestyle. He states on his blog “We drank like fish and howled like monkeys. We were fun. We were angst-ridden. We were aimed at early graves. When I quit, it was to save my life.”

The Reverb Motherfuckers catalogue includes two albums, Route 666 (1988) and The 12 Swingin’ Signs Of The Zodiac (1989). They also recorded a third album entitled Goodbye Cruel World in 1992/93, which was never released.

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CutTime – Woodpecker, “Junk Song”” (6 of 11)

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Woodpecker perform their song “Junk Song” as part of the movie CutTime. “Junk Song” was the first of the two songs we showcased in CutTime, the second being “Hillbilly Song” which will be available next week, so keep an eye out!

Check out Woodpecker’s album“Bang the Drum Hardly”!

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CutTime – Carry Nation, “Prayer For The Bells” (5 of 11)

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Carry Nation perform their song “Prayer for the Bells” as part of the movie CutTime.

Check out this fun little song!  As Carry Nation says, “Music and art should be for the masses!”

Carry Nation’s Beth McCormack is a classically trained vocalist and flutist hailing from (most recently) New Orleans, where she learned to sing the blues. Before moving to New Orleans, she fronted New York indie folk-rock band Carry Nation in the late 80s, early 90s. Carry Nation released an album on Rough Trade, garnering lots of college radio play and appearing on MTV’s 120 Minutes. The band travelled the country opening for the Smithereens in the early 90s, playing to sold-out crowds in weird venues. Later in New Orleans, she sang and played flute and guitar for Bliss, a folk-rock group, and fronted Syrinx, a heavy-metal spoken word group.

Check out Carry Nation’s album! Also available on eBay.

And keep an eye out next week for Woodpecker’s “Junk Song”!

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CutTime – Opening Montage

Posted by Paul Devlin:

This opening montage from the rockumentary CutTime is a fun look at a New York City that no longer exists.

I met producer Sarah Bleakley at an Indian restaurant on 6th Street in Manhattan.  She was friends with my University of Michigan classmates Ellen Kappus and Tracey Weaver.  When she learned I was an online/linear video editor, she got very excited, “You’re a good person to know!”  She was looking for an editor and told me all about her big project to gather a bunch of underground New York City bands in one venue and shoot the performance element of a documentary in one night.

So I got recruited and we made CutTime together.  In addition to editing, I contributed the color Super 8 footage – outtakes from my video of “Song on Fire” by Naked Sun, Max Vanderwolf’s old band.  Sarah and I went on to make The Eyes of St. Anthony together.

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