Grammy nominated/Multi-Million sellers who spawned classic hits
(I Just) Died in Your Arms, I've Been in Love Before, One For the Mockingbird
& (Between A) Rock & A Hard Place
are currently promoting their album Grinning Souls.
Welcome to the OFFICIAL Cutting Crew website.
CONTACT: cuttingcrewinfo@gmail.com (DO NOT USE E-MAIL ADDRESS ON CONTACT PAGE!!! )
"as fragile as Damien Rice, as honest as REM and as stirring as Starsailor...Cutting Crew live is the big surprise of the year" FutureRock @Downtown/JKH
"Simply blinding band with those great hits we all forgot we knew and, remarkably, even better current crop of new songs" 5* KPLT/Live Current Scene (LCSinc)
****the my space link is another actively updated forum for you to see... so click on the link at top of main page.
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LATEST NEWS HEADLINES:
So here we go, the news we've all waited for!! Cherry Red Records will re-release the classic million seller album Broadcast (CRPOP48) and the delicious follow-up,
The Scattering (CRPOP49), on May 24th 2010.
Nick has worked hand in hand with Richard Anderson at Cherry Red
and the re-releases are all completely re-mastered and sound absolutely brilliant with all kinds of nuances unheard before (until this digital age) on so many tracks!!!
They both have new artwork, rare photos and sleeve notes with CC stories
and recording trivia written by Nick.
Broadcast boasts hard to find re-mixes of (I Just) Died in Your Arms/Any Colour and One for the Mockingbird which were never included in the European release of Broadcast,
plus the 12" version of (I Just) Died in Your Arms and live tracks from USA and UK tours. The compilation is completed with the sublime original B-side of (I Just) Died in Your Arms, The Longest Time, never before released on anything but the old vinyl 7".
The Scattering includes 3 unheard before demos from the CC archives recorded in that album's sessions during major upheavals and family tragedies. There are also some heart on sleeve conclusions from Nick about the music industry at that time.
You can order at all the major online depots
and of course at this link: Cutting Crew at Cherry Red
Happy to tell you that our MySpace page has been refurbished and looks
great with 7 video clips and 10 songs from all 4 albums!!!
Just click on th MS link at top of page.
Review of Grinning Souls CD from March 2010...better late than ever!
"This collection of songs is both beguiling and reminiscent of an era of the l'album concept.. It is moody, uplifting, funny and definitely from le coeur. It is obvious Van Eede has not gone broke over the years
( financially and songwriting inspiration both) as it was written in Barbados, recorded in Nova Scotia, mixed in Toronto and mixed at Abbey road, London, no less. Not sure if it was worth all those airmiles but I have it on my i-pod and it is always a refreshing interruption when it hits my playlist. Bon Chance Nick!
Paul Hierrot:Paris/ La Musique sur La Fil
Nick has made a wonderful new friendship with an Italian singer/writer who is simply a genius of energy and ideas and dedicated musical excellence. Her name is Sandrina Sedona and they have collaborated on the musical piece from the (last Cutting Crew album) Grinning Souls.... "Lauren's Theme"
It is a classical/instrumental piece that Nick wrote as he felt the lyrics for the original "song" were too raw and upsetting to include in a rock album. Sandrina pounced like a cat and translated his original text and has sung the melody in Italian..she arranged and edited and basically breathed so much new life into this gorgeous melody. The track below is only a demo at the moment but the reactions we have received have been so strong that we will try to offer it to one of the crop of new young classical vocal groups/soloists in the world. Wish us luck and thank you Sandrina!!
Find below the song:
********Please click on the link below to listen to a recent interview Nick did for the excellent
Bateman and Mex Music Show********
We think it is one of the most informative,funny and honest reflections on Nick's 30 years in the music business with his stories of his discovery/meeting Kevin MacMichael/ A&R men/recording studios/song-pluggers....Enjoy!!
Nick's daughter Lauren sings her favourite song on YOUTUBE: (a bit of indulgence)
Nick sangin Augsburg (25th October) alongside Bobby Kimball of Toto/Kim Wide/Roger Hodgson of Supertramp. What a dream gig eh? We wil try to get some video footage for upload later on but for now here is a photo of Nick with Bobby and Roger and the fabulous Kim before the show In Germany last month.
It's not often I feel the need to immediately write something on the site but I HAD to say how sad I was to hear of the passing of Rick Wright of Pink Floyd. Every song I ever wrote was influenced by his chords and movements in their arrangements.....a complete master of understatement as Roger and Dave took centre stage he ploughed on with the coolest Hammond tones and all kinds of cutting edge sounds and experiments. I saw the band a few times including the premier of 'Shine on You crazy diamond' at Wembley Arena in Quadrophonic. A true master lost so far too early. Nick van Eede
Find below a photo from Ina of Nick and Gareth on stage in the past summer with Katrina (Katrina and the Waves)
We've just received a photo of Nick in his first ever band US with old pals George Brinkhurst
on Bass and Steve Boorer on Drums. We guess it is circa 1972.....how cool?
Nick has recently signed an endorsement deal with Freshman guitars based in Glasgow.
Sean Kelly has been building a great roster of Freshman players including The Kooks, Sandi Thom and Kelly Clarkson. See the range at: http://www.freshmanguitars.co.uk/
IMPORTANT:
Due to continued technical problems with our Shop site providers we are not using them as the point of sale but will dispatch any cds/t-shirts/files direct from CC HQ. Just place your order in the email. Thanks.
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So here is the news all our fans in USA have been waiting for:
Cutting Crew will play a 14 date tour of USA commencing on June 17th
in Boston and ending in Atlanta on 15th July!!
They will play alongside ABC/Heaven 17/Wang Chung/Berlin/Missing Persons
Go to tour website www.regenerationtour.com to see dates
and all line-ups for shows.
Amazing news from the Cutting Crew HQ!!! They have signed a record deal for the USA and Canada with Spectra Records. This means the Grinning Souls album is available from the streets of San Francisco to Saskatoon!!!
nick signed up for a quick 8 day tour of the UK on the latest Here and Now package in May alongside cc guitarist, gareth moulton, old pal Paul Young and new pal Martin Fry of ABC….see banner at my space page!!!
He says he agreed to join the tour for 2 reasons…paul young would be in charge of back-stage catering and that he recently found a huge flightcase of original t-shirts from the 80’s and thinks it would be a good chance to get shot of them……….haha!
Fantastic Aussie band ACID EYELINER have recorded a brilliant cover of (I Just) Died in Your Arms. It truly rocks and we wish Lukey and the band every success. Click here to visit their site!!!
Listen to hour long overwhelmingly funny interview with Nick live on radio in Edinburgh last year. Some real revelations and lots of laughs.
Right Click on link and choose Save Link to download : Interview with Nick Edinburgh Spring 2006
We expect you have all heard the fuss about MIKA and his song, Relax, Take it Easy...how it sounds remarkably close to the Cutting Crew epic. Let's just say all has been resolved and CC will be covering it in the new tour shows...hahaha!!!
Nick flies to Salzburg, Austria to perform with Symphony orchestra in Alps on 21st Dec. Beautiful new arrangements of Died in your Arms and I've been in Love before.
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Just heard that the brilliant bar in Barbados BAY BISTRO on the St. Lawrence Gap has named their new special cocktail after Nick's favourite tipple when on de island and the song that was played endlessly on local radio..it's called a GETUPANDGETOVERIT!!!!!!
Click on link below to see a short video (WINDOWS MEDIA FILE) of introduction to Died in your arms live at Hamm festival this summer. Be patient, this may take a while to load!!! Enjoy.
Full series of fabulous gig photos/ backstage fun and on the road stuff/weird archive photos.
Click here on www.xpress-mm.com/CC for a look!!!!!!
Here are some fine examples from Missy in Florida, Daniella in Berlin, Micaela in Turin and Lars from Helsinki.
Nick in his early 80's band THE DRIVERS with Mak Norman and Steve Boorer
Just received a very rare cd copy/dub of Nick B-side when he was in his late teenz recording with Chas Chandler. Click here to hear HOLD ON TO YOUR HEART.
BBC RADIO 2. SEPT 16th: Nick sings and larks around on comedy/spoof/radio music show hosted by the inimitable Roland Rivron...who plays drums in the show's band.
Listen out for Nick singing excerpts from Sound of Music as showstopper amongst many others.....honest!!!
Nick flew, with guitarist Gareth Moulton, to Tanzania/Zanzibar on 18th August for a charity show on 22nd.
It was organized by the Aga Khan Charity/United We Care.
Click here for short clip of one of the Tanzanian acts on the show!! africa 101
We have a new German based associated website for all the fans there....contains quizzes/mailinglists/reviews. Come and visit at www.cutting-crew.eu
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We truly hope you enjoy this new site as it welcomes in a new chapter for Nick in his third decade in the biz. Check out the songs/tour dates/reviews/photos/sign our guest book and most important we hope to see you again soon in your part of the world, as the band will be singing the old faves and the latest from this album.....plus some ABBA and REM and Alanis??????????
Look out for upcoming gigs on TOUR DATES menu..they are flooding in as we speak!! November tour...German TV and UK radio.
Thanks to all the fab fanz for giving the band such a truly brilliant time on the road ....you know who you are...they were extremely emotional & raunchy tours...glad you were there in your thousands.
For all those interested in CC archives and all activity/discography/past gigs/pix then please go to Tom Gilmore's excellent site www.tgilmore.com/cc
A very special new addition to the site is the introduction of a good pal from USA who was a massive fan of Kevin MacMichael. His name is David Monti and he has designed some guitar picks/plectrums in a beautiful memorium to Kevin. They are made with Kevin's signature/life span and Cutting Crew logo on the item. They are available from him directly and ALL proceeds will go to the Nova Scotia Lung Association. This is a truly generous gift that you may want to donate to. I have one brilliant design and Cadence, Kev's daughter proudly owns one too. We are very happy to promote this worthy cause. He can be contacted at dmonti@rbhs208.org and will take care of all arrangements. Thanks to you Dave and all those who get involved. Nick.
