Final Cut (band)

Template:Use mdy dates Final Cut is an techno-industrial band formed in Detroit, Michigan and led by Anthony Srock with a revolving cast of guest musicians.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

Srock, then a DJ in Detroit, formed Final Cut (sometimes preceded by The) in the late 1980s as a collaboration with DJ Jeff Mills. They released their debut single "Take Me Away" in 1989 and the album Deep in 2 the Cut later that year.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Final Cut was noted for mixing established industrial music with Detroit techno,<ref name=":0" /> with a sound comparable to heavy metal but made with machines rather than guitars.<ref name=":1">Template:Citation</ref> Deep in 2 the Cut gained appreciation years later as an influential early entry in the development of industrial music.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Mills then left the project, and Srock took a leadership role with various guest musicians and a more guitar-oriented sound.<ref name=":1" />

The project was signed to I.R.S. Records and their second album Consumed was released in 1992.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> That year, Final Cut toured with an all-live band with Srock on lead vocals.<ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After a period of inactivity, Srock returned with another collection of guest musicians in 1996, releasing the album Atonement. This album added 1970s funk to the project's established industrial sound.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> A remix EP titled Grind was released in 1998.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> A new album was started in 2004 but never completed.<ref name=":2" />

Srock later founded Full Effect Records.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The 2009 hit single "Warriors Dance" by The Prodigy featured a sample of the Final Cut song "Take Me Away".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Selected collaborators

• Taime Downe
• Ogre
• Martin Atkins
• Charles Levi
• Chris Connelly
• Louis Svitek
• William Tucker
• Dwayne Goettel
• Jeff Mills
• Greg Lucas
• Max Edgin
• Joe Lafata

Discography

Albums

• Deep into the Cut (1989)
• Consumed (1992)
• Atonement (1996)
• Grind (EP, 1998)