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Cutting Jade formed in 1998. Their first demo single was released to South Africa's largest campus station TUKS FM (then still Radio TUKS) in late 1998 and reached number one on the station's South African Top 10. The same song also made it to number 10 on the station's Top 30, the first unsigned band ever to feature at all on that chart. Their second demo gained a similar response and the band became popular at live shows in Pretoria So There We Were, was Cutting Jade’s first album, released in 2000. The band described this independent release "as an emotional rock album with relevant and accessible lyrics. Our intention has never been to baffle audiences with erudite lyrics or impress them with technical complexity any more than it has been to be part of any musical fashion or trend." Cutting Jade then signed to the David Gresham Record Company late in 2001 and brought out a second album: Between Two Lives. Ten Seconds, the first single off the album, reached number 1 in the national Top 40. Look at me now, the second single off the album was also successful. A fan described Between Two Lives as "an album packed with raw emotion, driving guitars and passionate vocal deliveries". In April 2002 the band travelled to France where they played at Course Croisière de l'Edhec, one of the most important sailing competition in France. In July 2002 Cutting Jade played a four-date tour in the United Kingdom with Wonderboom, another band on the David Gresham label. The tour comprised one night in Wales, one at the Shepherds Bush Empire (on July 26, 2002) and two at other London venues. Early in 2004 the band's future seemed bleak when it was cut loose by David Gresham Records and vocalist Andrew Duggan left to pursue a solo career. The band recruited Logan Grobbelaar, a twenty year old marketing student at the University of Pretoria, as a vocalist and began recording a third studio album: Come Back to Life. SAMA nominated, MTV and Channel O award nominated and top radio chart dominating band, Cutting Jade took some time out after the release of their critically acclaimed 3rd album release “Come Back to Life”. Now in 2008 Cutting Jade has re-united with Andrew Duggan, the voice that carried smash radio hits like, “She Says”, “Look at me now”, “Fight you” and of course “10 Seconds”.