'I'll Cut You Down' Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats | CME Full Band Fridays

Woodstock may have represented a pinnacle moment for the music of the 1960s; but, for some guitar-playing hippies, the “Summer of Love” was followed by a Fall of Doom, during which time music with an eerie sense of foreboding was borne out of the gloomy, ominous atmosphere—a feeling that bands like Black Sabbath expressed through their music, using heavily distorted guitars, extreme volume levels, sludgy tempos, minor key compositions, tri-tone scales, and a shift to darker visual and lyrical imagery—inspiring fans who’ve fallen for heavy music over more than 50 years, ever since!

We’ve all gotten a little too much sun this summer season, already, here in Chicago—so, this Full Band Friday, the CME House Band plunged into the darkness of the CME video dungeon with a song by a band that carries on the legacy of Doom! Check out the CME House Band’s cover of Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats’ song “I’ll Cut You Down.”

More about Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats!
The band's music is heavily influenced by the late 1960s when heavy metal was emerging. Allmusic praised the band's ability to recreate a particular aspect of this era, describing the band as "celebrating the Summer of Love's soul-chilling autumn: a blasted landscape, post-flower power, resembling Altamont's killing fields, reeking of the Manson Family murders, and, naturally, sounding like a mish-mash of all of the apocalyptic musical forces that converged upon that era."
The band has been described as "the original Alice Cooper band jamming in a cell with early Black Sabbath and the Stooges". In order to replicate the sound of that era, the band uses vintage instruments and recording equipment. The band’s name was taken from Rusty Day, the singer of Cactus, who later had a band called Uncle Acid And The Permanent Damage Band. Uncle Acid was originally the otherwise-anonymous frontman, although he has since changed his stage name to K.R. Starrs and now views the band members collectively as being "Uncle Acid".

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Gear Used:
Collings 290 DC TV Yellow
Fender Vintage Modified '68 Custom Deluxe Reverb Silverface
Earthquaker Devices Hoof v2 Hybrid Fuzz Raw Metal & Brown
Earthquaker Devices Special Cranker Overdrive Pedal
Earthquaker Devices Dispatch Master Delay & Reverb V3
Ibanez FRM300 Paul Gilbert Signature Purple
Vox Hand-Wired AC30HW2X
Keeley Fuzz Bender Pedal
Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini
Sandberg California VM
Aguilar AG-700 Super Light 700 Watt Bass Head
Eden D410XLT 4x10" 700-Watt 8 Ohm Bass Cabinet
Swollen Pickle Jumbo Fuzz MkII
Ludwig Classic Oak Kit
Ludwig Pewter Over Copper Snare

Recording Gear Used:
Universal Audio Apollo X8
AEA R88 MkII Stereo Ribbon Microphone
Shure Beta 52A Supercardioid Dynamic Kick Drum Microphone
AEA N22 Active Ribbon Microphone
Shure SM58
Shure SM57

Featuring
Mario Rodriguez - Guitar/Vocals
Tanner Peterson - Guitar
John Paul Moser - Drums
Joseph Soldati - Bass
Laurel Scott - Vocals

Songs Played:
00:00 - 04:20 "I'll Cut You Down" Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats

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[moehalabi]

anyone who covers Uncle acid is Gets Good likes ~ You are not alone ~

[stipeur]

CME full band fridays have become my favorite youtube series

[NS-ddou]

You guys nailed the instrumental perfectly! Fantastic

[georgereding]

Not an easy song to cover. An admiral job.

[sydIRISH]

Love me some Uncle Acid. If you put Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, The Stooges and The Manson family in a blender....you get Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats.

[trevormosher]

These are a treat every Friday! As a guitar player that is what I am naturally drawn to, but I must ad recently I have noticed that this dude on drums is very solid and stands out. Great job as always to all the CME musicians!

[reverb]

Oh, hell yeah! Been a huge fan of Uncle Acid since the Bloodlust days. Great cover!

[chicagomusicexchange]

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[yestoES]

Sounds great, those are some nice THICK tones.

[CovertChaosX]

Damn this is such a good pick it every Friday. Phenomenal job

[PAHVID]

Great cover! Just discovered Uncle Acid recently and they have been in heavy rotation. Bad ass horse shirt 😆

[erisrules]

Besides being an ace cover. I love that girl’s voice.

[ODAALx]

what a banger of a song to cover, great job!

[freethinkingamerican]

Just came across Uncle Acid the other day and am really digging their sound.

[nickklein]

This makes me want more pedals …. Thanks CME

[mrpzak]

I was like, that sounds like my Hoof, then saw the pop up. I’m like oh, it IS a Hoof lol. God I love that pedal. Covers everything from doom to 70s fuzz like Floyd.

[JeffryWolf]

Shes an awesome addition to the band and I hope shakes off the Stage Fright and lets er rip. I can tell she's got some Strong, Fierece Pipes deep down in there that are just Screaming to be honed in on then let loose. Just belted Right Out and Unleashed for sure.

[mrts]

I always wondered what Uncle Acid would be like with a deeper vocal, different from the original. It turned out very good, congratulations!

[JeffryWolf]

His Blue Ibanez is pretty dope with killer tone on the Licks.

[entheogenocide]

Fucking aye. Sounds amazing. Great harmonizing and the music is on point.