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Refimprove|date=January 2009Infobox musical artist | | name = Cutting Crew | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | origin = United Kingdom | genre = Pop rock | years_active = 1985–1993 2005–present | label = EMI Records|EMI / Virgin Records|Virgin Hypertension Spectra | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = Nick Van Eede Gareth Moulton Sam Flynn Dominic Finley Tom Arnold (musician)|Tom Arnold | past_members = Kevin MacMichael Colin Farley Martin "Frosty" Beedle Tony Moore (musician)|Tony Moore
The Cutting Crew is a pop rock musical band|band formed in England in 1985 in music|1985 , best known for their chart-topper|#1 hit record|hit , " (I Just) Died in Your Arms ".
Career
Vocalist Nick Van Eede founded the group along with Canada|Canadian guitarist Kevin MacMichael in 1985, and the two made demo (music)|demos that led to a recording contract , before bassist Colin Farley and drummer Martin Beadle joined in 1986.
Their first album, Broadcast (Cutting Crew album)|Broadcast , was released on Virgin Records in 1986. Although Virgin Records was already a major label in the UK , this song provided the first United States|U.S. hit for Virgin as a full-fledged label. Virgin flew the band to New York City for initial recordings of the album, then to Australia to shoot music video s. The unknown band shot to #1 in the major US market, as well as smaller markets such as Canada and Norway , with their debut single, " (I Just) Died in Your Arms ". Their most popular single (music)|single , it was a multiformat success in the US, where it also reached number four on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, #24 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart and —in an extended remix version— #37 on the Hot Dance Club Play|Hot Dance/Club Play chart. The song peaked at #4 in another major market, the UK Singles Chart , as well as becoming a hit in the smaller Switzerland and South Africa markets. It went to #2 in Sweden and Ireland , and #9 in Austria .cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url= http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp? interpret=Cutting+Crew& titel=%28I+Just%29+Died+In+Your+Arms& cat=s |title=Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms |publisher=hitparade.ch |date= |accessdate=2010-05-21
The choice for follow-up single in the UK had been " I've Been In Love Before ", but that song spent only three weeks in the UK Top 40, peaking at #31. Their choice for follow-up single in the U.S. was their third UK release, " One For The Mockingbird ", but the song was a relative commercial disappointment on both sides of the Atlantic, just cracking the Top 40 of the Hot 100 at #38 and hitting #29 on the Mainstream Rock chart in the U.S., #47 in Canada and #52 in the UK Singles Chart.
The band took a chance on "I've Been in Love Before" again, this time with greater success. The song became Cutting Crew's second U.S. Top 10 on the Hot 100, peaking at #9, and was their first major hit on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart, where it peaked at #4. This success prompted a UK re-release, and this time it spent five weeks in the UK Singles Chart Top 40, peaking at #24. The song failed to chart throughout most of Europe, but it peaked at #8 in Canada. Despite an unflattering review by Rolling Stone magazine, the band received a Grammy Award|Grammy nomination as the Best New Artist of 1987.
The Scattering was released in early 1989. Its lead single, "(Between a) Rock and a Hard Place", (CA 54, UK 66, U.S. 77) failed to reach the Top 40. Van Eede's vocal style, however, did score a sizable U.S. Adult Contemporary hit with " Everything But My Pride ." That song peaked at #4 and stayed in the top 50 for 22 weeks. It climbed to #72 on the Canadian pop charts, though it failed to hit the U.S. Hot 100. The prophetically named " The Last Thing " scaled the AC charts as high as #17 in early 1990 and went to #90 on the Canadian chart, and has been their final chart hit to date. Although a video for the title track did air briefly in the UK and North America, "The Scattering" failed to chart.
Cutting Crew's third album, Compus Mentus , released in 1992, failed to chart.
After the band broke up in 1993, MacMichael joined forces with Robert Plant , and played on his Fate of Nations album. MacMichael died of lung cancer on New Year's Eve 2002, at his home in Nova Scotia , at the age of 51.
Van Eede continued as a solo artist, producer, and songwriter. Colin Farley, the bass player in the 1980s line up, currently lives in Surrey and continues to work in the music industry , playing with his new band in public house|pubs . Drummer Frosty Beedle has a successful career as a session musician and in the West End.
In 2005, Van Eede reformed the group with a completely new line-up. They released an album, Grinning Souls , in February 2006 on the Hypertension record label . The new band toured Germany early the same year and played on tours in the UK and Denmark . In 2008, Cutting Crew signed a U.S. deal with label Spectra Records .
Members 1985-1993
Nick Van Eede - lead vocals , rhythm guitar , Keyboard instrument|keyboards
Kevin MacMichael - lead guitar
Colin Farley - bass guitar|bass
Martin "Frosty" Beedle - Drum kit|drums
Tony Moore (musician)|Tony Moore - Keyboard instrument|keyboards
Members 2005-present
Nick Van Eede - lead vocals , rhythm guitar , Keyboard instrument|keyboards
Gareth Moulton - guitar
Sam Flynn - Keyboard (instrument)|Keyboards
Dominic Finley - Bass (guitar)|Bass
Tom Arnold (musician)|Tom Arnold - Drums
Discography
main|Cutting Crew discography
1986 Broadcast (Cutting Crew album)|Broadcast
1989 The Scattering
1992 Compus Mentus
2006 Grinning Souls
References
reflist
External links
http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/cutting_crew/artist.jhtml VH1 artist profile
http://www.cuttingcrew.biz Cutting Crew official website
Category:English rock music groups Category:Musical groups established in 1985
