background: I was born and raised in north richland hills, Texas. My dad and mom constantly jammed the golden oldies of the 50’s and 60’s any chance they could get. Many memories of our family summer vacations consist of listening to the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Elvis (My Dad’s Favs) and many other great oldies tunes while cruising the country in our mini van. So as a youngster I was exposed to large quantities of great tunes. I was side tracked through middle school with the music of Boyz II Men, Shai and M.C. Hammer (I had hammer pants) but was back into the good stuff by High School. The Toadies brought me into the local music scene in 1995 and also their music encouraged my older brother (Jefrey “socks” Hamilton) to learn to play guitar. The DFW area really had and still has a lot of great bands to offer. After seeing my brother learning to play the guitar I became intrigued and tried to teach my self to play. Off to college I went, to become a horned frog of Texas Christian University. Every guy at college seemed to know how to play at least one song on the guitar (majority of the time some sappy love song) but I didn’t want to be a tool that used a love song on the guitar to get the chicks to melt like butter in my hands. So, I kept working on the guitar to learn more.

the start : The end of my sophomore year at TCU some of my friends from high school formed a band (Pure Cinema) and asked me to come watch them. So I did, I never missed a Pure Cinema show. By the middle of my junior year the guys of Pure Cinema called me and told me they were looking to change their sound and wanted me to come to practice the new songs they had written. Thus the birth of what is now know as the cut*off. My brother (Socks) and I came as a package deal for the cut*off. My brother has many jobs in the band from graphic design, to help with structure of songs, to manger, to web master and I still use his electric guitar. If you look at the cut*off as a team, I would be the free agent that was picked up and has helped take the team to the playoffs.

Top 10 side one Track ones
1. Taxman- The Beatles (Revolver)
2. Debaser- Pixies (Doolittle)
3. Vicious- Lou Reed (Transformer)
4. Seven Nation Army- The White Stripes (Elephant)
5. Needle in the Hay- Elliott Smith (Elliott Smith)
6. Dramamine- Modest Mouse (This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About)
7. That’s how strong my love is- Otis Redding (The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads)
8. Blister in the Sun- Violent Femmes (Violent Femmes)
9. I’m trying to break your heart- Wilco (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot)
10. Nonphenomenal Lineage- Grandaddy (Under the Western Freeway)

Some of my favorite bands: The Beatles, Elliott Smith, Pixies, Toadies, and Grandaddy
My Favorite Planet: Captain Planet. (He’s a hero, gonna take pollution down to zero)
Favorite Food: Garlic Salt