RIP Chris Hager

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Saw that last night.
Pearcy said they were working on some new material together too.
 
paulyc said:
Chris Hager of Rough Cutt died yesterday. He was 67. Chris was also a member of Mickey Rat ( the precursor to Ratt ). RIP Chris.
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Aww man. Loved Rough Cutt. Easily for me the most underrated 80's band. Their debut is a masterpiece that sadly got buried and I absolutely love and still listen to their second album fairly regularly. Amir Derakh and Hagar were great together. Hager the more blues based "rock" player with Derakh more outside the box stuff. Was cool to see them reunite several years back for one off shows and the Cruise's. I saw on FB that he recently lost his Mom as well.

RIP.
 
Stradazone said:
I saw Hager and Craig Goldie in Rough Cutt in the 80's they had some killer guitar tones, I'm guessing Jose modded Marshalls? RIP
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Wow so they actually gigged with Goldie in LA, I never thought they did any gigs with him.
 
Dang! Those first two Rough Cutt albums really hold up to my ears compared to their contemporaries, both the songs and production.

I got the impression that they were big into boosting Marshalls with Furmans along with modded Marshalls
 
Rough Cutt was a long time fave of mine. Owned a GJ2 built for Amir at one point too! I had a buddy that got to tour with them for a bit - said they were awesome, and has been recording some stuff with Matt recently as well. RIP Count - you were one of a kind.
 
Stradazone said:
There was also a demo with that lineup produced by Ronnie Dio, probably on youtube somewhere
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Yeah knew the demo in fact wasn't one of the songs he was on part of one of the unsigned compilations?
 
SoooRad said:
Dang! Those first two Rough Cutt albums really hold up to my ears compared to their contemporaries, both the songs and production.

I got the impression that they were big into boosting Marshalls with Furmans along with modded Marshalls
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Pretty sure Chris used Jose's, I know Amir used Morin modded Marshall but not the time frame on that. 1st album, 2nd? Not sure. I saw them twice, both times Amir's sound was a little fuller, Chris's more gainey. Matt the bass player was using GK stuff and to this day was the best live bass tone I've ever heard. Drummer Dave Alford is highly underrated. There was a picture I ran across years ago of all their amps stacked up for recording sessions and I can't find it anywhere.

They were really a great band that got buried with alot of that second wave of LA stuff even though they were actually right there with Ratt, Quiet Riot and Motley on the strip at the same time.
 
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RIP Chris. I jammed with him a few times in the early 90’s and again later on at one of the Whisky Jams. Great guy, sorry to hear of his passing.
 
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