Cutthroat

**Cutthroat** is an American heavy metal band formed in Union Grove, Wisconsin in 1994 by vocalist Courtney Zimmer and guitarist Bass Dixon. The band is perhaps well known for launching the bass guitar career of Lonny Eagleton, going under the nickname Lonny Demon, who joined the band in 2009 and left the band in 2019 to join Black Veil Brides. Cutthroat is perhaps well known for their 2000 album *Fall From Grace*.

## Cutthroat

### Genres

Heavy metal, Alternative metal, Nu metal, Groove metal, Thrash metal

## Members

### Current members

Courtney Zimmer, Eva Gardner, Bass Dixon, Chazwick Davenport

## History

After Courtney and Bass's previous band Black Venom disbanded in 1993, Courtney held an open drumming session for a new drummer while Bass held a bassist open mic for a new bassist. Courtney discovered Chazwick Davenport (older brother of Tonka/Davenport guitarist Chris Davenport) during the drumming session and Bass found Ryan Daniels, who was a part of a local alternative rock/grunge trio as the lead vocalist and bassist before they disbanded in 1993. Courtney and Bass recruited Ryan and Chazwick into their new band, which got the name Cutthroat, the band signed with Parlophone Records in late 1994. In 1995, the band released their debut album *Blood of the Hurricane* which went to number 45 on the Billboard 200 but after the lead single *Ripper Ward* was featured on the Nickelodeon series Rocko's Modern Life in late 1995, Blood of the Hurricane shot up to number 10 on the Billboard 200 year end chart. The band headlined their own shows at various DIY venues and even supported bands like Helmet, Machine Head and Korn from 1996 to 1997. In 1998, the band released their second album *Arsine* which featured a groove metal influence. The band went on Vans Warped Tour 1999 on the Bus Stage from June 25th until July 13th.

In late 1999, the band recorded their third album. This album, 2000's *Fall From Grace* sold 9,000,000 copies and was certified 9x platinum by the RIAA and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2001 for Best Metal Performance for their song *Blue Buzzard* but lost to Deftones and their song Elite. Blue Buzzard is perhaps their most well known song alongside Ripper Ward. The band went on tour with Linkin Park as the opening act from 2001 to 2002, where they went on hiatus. The band got back together in 2006 just in time for Summerfest 2006 at the Marcus Amphitheater (now known as the American Family Insurance Amphitheater). In 2007, the band released their fourth studio album *City of Crime* which was the final album with Ryan Daniels before he left in 2008. Lonny Eagleton, going under the name "Lonny Demon" was his replacement. In 2009, the band released their fifth self-titled album and went on tour with I Set My Friends On Fire and CKY as the opening acts from late 2009 to mid-2010 which the final two stops included 2010's Vans Warped Tour from July 29th through July 30th 2010. In 2012, the band released their sixth album *16 Death Wishes* which featured a thrash metal influence. 16 Death Wishes was the first album with Virgin Records after the band was signed to the label in late 2011. In late 2012 the band went on a co-headlining tour with 12 Stones.

In 2014, the band released their seventh album *Plushbong*. The band later went on tour with Blood Youth as the opening act which included 2015's Vans Warped Tour on the Monster Energy Stage from July 23rd to July 30th 2015. In 2017, the band released their eighth album *Extermination Season* and performed a concert residency at the Brown County Memorial Arena from late 2017 to mid 2018. In 2019, the band released a compilation album called *25 Fucking Years: The Best Of*, afterwards Lonny Demon left the band to join Black Veil Brides, former Veruca Salt bassist Eva Gardner was his replacement. In 2020, the band released their ninth album *Maxx Force* which featured a grunge influence and was the first album with Zombie Shark Records after the band purchased the rights to their library from Parlophone and Virgin and left Virgin Records. In mid-2021, the band went on tour with Loathe as the opening act. On April 15, 2023, the band released their tenth album *You Can't Spell Killjoy Without Joy*, Starting in July 2023 they will go on a co-headlining tour with Cane Hill.

## Members

### Current

Courtney Zimmer-lead vocals (1994-present) \*has 8 different Rode microphones\*, rhythm guitar (2000-present) \*plays a Ibanez Courtney Zimmer Signature Black Aurora Burst RGD71ALMS guitar with Marshall The Guv'nor overdrive pedal and Digitech Hot Head distortion pedal\*

Eva Gardner-bass (2019-present) \*plays a Fender Eva Gardner Signature Precision bass\*

Bass Dixon-lead guitar (1994-present) \*plays a Gibson Bass Dixon Signature RD Standard guitar with Ibanez Tube Screamer overdrive pedal and ProCo Rat distortion pedal\*

Chazwick Davenport-drums (1994-present) \*plays a double bass 10 piece drum set by TAMA and ZBT\*

### Former

Ryan Daniels-bass (1994-2009) \*played a Ernie Ball Stingray 5-string bass\*

Lonny "Demon" Eagleton-bass (2009-2019) \*played a black PRS SE Kingfisher bass\*

## Discography

*Blood of the Hurricane (1995)*

*Arsine (1998)*

*Fall From Grace (2000)*

*City of Crime (2007)*

*Cutthroat (2009)*

*16 Death Wishes (2012)*

*Plushbong (2014)*

*Extermination Season (2017)*

*25 Fucking Years: The Best Of (2019, Compilation Album)*

*Maxx Force (2020)*

*You Can't Spell Killjoy Without Joy (2023)*