45 Grave’s Paul B. Cutler Shares “For The Children” & Announces Solo Album “Les Fleurs”

Fans of the innovations and originality that sprang from the LA underground of the late 1970s and ‘80s often wonder What Paul B. Cutler has been up to. A vital participant in the Los Angeles music scene of that period as bandleader, songwriter, musician and producer, Cutler’s work, in particular his guitar playing with The Consumers, 45 Grave, Vox Pop and The Dream Syndicate, is still admired by fans and an influence on anyone interested in that period and the styles that developed from it. Those familiar with Cutler’s past will find numerous touchstones of it in the songs on Les Fleurs, his upcoming album for In The Red Records, and his new single, For The Children, which would not feel out of place in his early recordings.

“To me, and it does not sound like it, but because of the philosophy I had while producing it, it’s punk. I come from the original punk, before it was a genre. Before it was a ‘sound.’ When I got to LA in 1977 there were about 20, maybe 30 bands and they all sounded very different. The Screamers, The Deadbeats, so many different takes on what music could be. There was no chance for commercial success so we all just did what we wanted. I never stopped. So philosophically I consider this punk rock, made in its original spirit although nobody would recognize it as such. I am a punk to this day.”