English percussionist, lyricist and music theorist

Chris Cutler

Chris Cutler is an English percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist. Best known for his work with English avant-rock group Henry Cow, Cutler was also a member and drummer of other bands, including Art Bears, News from Babel, Pere Ubu and (briefly) Gong/Mothergong. He has collaborated with many musicians and groups, including Fred Frith, Lindsay Cooper, Zeena Parkins, Peter Blegvad, Telectu, and The Residents, and has appeared on over 100 recordings. Cutler's career spans over four decades and he still performs actively throughout the world.

Born

1947

January 4

Died

Living

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1940s

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Key dates

1947 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

-46 Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.
871 Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army.
1642 English Civil War: King Charles I, accompanied by 400 soldiers, attempts to arrest five members of Parliament for treason, only to discover the men had been tipped off and fled.
1649 English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.

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The world in 1947

When Chris arrived

april 1 The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
april 15 Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
april 16 An explosion on board a freighter in port causes Texas City in the state of Texas, United States, to catch fire, killing almost 600 people.
april 16 Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.

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Amadeus VI 1334–1383 Count of Savoy (died 1383) Barbara Rush 1927–2024 American actress (died 2024) Bernard Sumner 1956– English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Coco Jones 1998– American singer-songwriter and actress Georg Elser 1903– German carpenter and attempted assassin of Adolf Hitler (died 1945) George P. Cosmatos 1941– Italian-Canadian director and screenwriter (died 2005) Günter Schabowski 1929–2015 German journalist and politician (died 2015) James Milner 1986– English footballer James Ussher 1581–1656 Irish archbishop and historian (died 1656)

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Arnold Schwarzenegger 1947– Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of California Alain Bashung 1947– French singer-songwriter and actor (died 2009) Albert Brooks 1947– American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter Andrea Martin 1947– American-Canadian actress, singer, and screenwriter Ángel Nieto 1947– Spanish motorcycle racer (died 2017) Angry Anderson 1947– Australian singer and actor Anton Mosimann 1947– Swiss chef and author Assata Shakur 1947– American-Cuban criminal and activist (died 2025) Barry Melton 1947– American singer-songwriter and guitarist

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