Final Cut (band)

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.{{Cite web|last=John 18{{!}}02{{!}}2016|first=Jacob|title=Listen to the 1989 debut from Detroit's Final Cut - The Wire|url=https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/listen-1989-debut-for-final-cut|access-date=2021-04-09|website=The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music|language=en}} Final Cut was noted for mixing established industrial music with Detroit techno, with a sound comparable to heavy metal but made with machines rather than guitars.{{Citation|title=Deep Into the Cut - Final Cut {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/deep-into-the-cut-mw0001042364|language=en|access-date=2021-04-09}} Deep in 2 the Cut gained appreciation years later as an influential early entry in the development of industrial music.{{Cite web|title=The Quietus {{!}} Reviews {{!}} Final Cut|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/19705-final-cut-deep-into-the-cut-review|access-date=2021-04-09|website=The Quietus|language=en-us}} Mills then left the project, and Srock took a leadership role with various guest musicians and a more guitar-oriented sound.

The project was signed to I.R.S. Records and their second album Consumed was released in 1992.{{Citation|title=Consumed - Final Cut {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/consumed-mw0000611231|language=en|access-date=2021-04-09}} That year, Final Cut toured with an all-live band with Srock on lead vocals.{{Cite web|date=2015-11-09|title=Final Cut InterView: Atoning for Absence|url=https://regenmag.com/interviews/final-cut-interview-atoning-for-absence/|access-date=2021-04-09|website=ReGen Magazine}} 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.{{Citation|title=Atonement - Final Cut {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/atonement-mw0000648126|language=en|access-date=2021-04-09}} A remix EP titled Grind was released in 1998.{{Citation|title=Grind - Final Cut {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000043317|language=en|access-date=2021-04-09}} A new album was started in 2004 but never completed.

Srock later founded Full Effect Records.{{Cite web|date=2013-08-30|title=Full Effect Records|url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20130830/NEWS/130829879/full-effect-records|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Crain's Detroit Business|language=en}} The 2009 hit single "Warriors Dance" by The Prodigy featured a sample of the Final Cut song "Take Me Away".{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2009/05/the_prodigy_warriors_dance.shtml|title=The Prodigy - 'Warrior's Dance'|access-date=2021-04-09|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}

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

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

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