CUZ (band) explained

CUZ
Origin:Brighton, England[1]
Genre:Indie rock
Years Active:–present
Label:Bleeding heart recordings
Current Members:Sam Dook
Mike Watt

CUZ is an indie rock band formed in 2008 featuring Sam Dook of The Go! Team and Mike Watt of Minutemen and fIREHOSE.[1] Their debut album Tamatebako was released on May 14, 2014.[2]

History

In 2006, Watt met Sam Dook of The Go! Team at Big Day Out.[1] Watt was intrigued by The Go! Team's use of samples.[3]

Dook and Watt began corresponding via email and decided to form a band. Watt visited Dook in Brighton while The Stooges were in London and they jammed for three days.[4] Watt suggested Dook use pieces of those sessions as samples to create new songs.[4] When Watt returned home to San Pedro he sent more bass tracks to Dook. Eventually, they finished the album over email[5] and named their project "CUZ" based on a zine Richard Hell put out decades earlier.[3]

Their debut album, entitled Tamatebako, was released in 2014[1] and features guest vocals by Charles Plymell, DJ Scotch Egg, and fellow Go! Team member Kaori Tsuchida.[1] The album title references the mysterious box of Japanese legend.[6]

A tour in 2015 followed.[7] [8]

Discography

Albums

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pollard. Vincent. Mike Watt Explains the Origins of His CUZ Collaboration with the Go! Team's Sam Dook. Exclaim!. May 12, 2014. April 12, 2019.
  2. Web site: Skey. Jamie. LISTEN: Stream Cuz's Debut LP In Full . The Quietus. May 7, 2014. April 15, 2019.
  3. Web site: Taylor. Tom. Interview: Mike Watt tours new project Cuz. FCK LDN. August 24, 2015. April 15, 2019.
  4. Web site: Manchester. Guy. Louder Than War Interview: Mike Watt – ex Minutemen / fIREHOSE bassist and current bassist with The Stooges, Cuz and many, many more. Louder Than War. April 22, 2014. April 15, 2019.
  5. Web site: Stires. Bob. cuz: tamatebako. Mike Watt's Hoot Page. September 8, 2014. April 12, 2019.
  6. Web site: Hudson. Alex. Mike Watt and the Go! Team's Sam Dook Team Up as CUZ. Exclaim!. March 5, 2014. April 12, 2019.
  7. Web site: Watt. Mike. cuz 2015 tour. Mike Watt's Hoot Page. April 12, 2019.
  8. Web site: Manchester. Guy. CUZ: Thinkin' 'Bout Thinkin' – With Mike Watt And Sam Dook's Band Halfway Thru Their Tour Here's A New Video. Louder Than War. September 8, 2015. April 15, 2019.