Uppercut

There are at least 3 bands and a dj/vj by the name "Uppercut":

The first was a New York hardcore band in the late '80s that gained notoriety with their track "Am I Clear" on the legendary "NYHC: Where The Wild Things Are" compilation (1989). In addition to the 2 tracks on this compilation, Uppercut released a LP "Four Walls" on Blackout Records (reissued as CD 2003). Info and merchandise for example on Revelation records RevHq.com and iTunes.

Another band by the same name was founded in October 1997 by Olaf (dr.) and Daniela (voc.). Their former band "Square Waves" had just split up, but the two of them were convinced to go on making hard, handmade music. Nico, who had played in various Punk-, Thrash-, and Hardcorebands before, became their new guitar player. New songs were arranged quickly wich needed the support of a bass guitar.

In March 2003 and after 5 years of thrashing, Guitarplayer Nico left the Band and Jan changes from Bass to Guitar. In October 2003 Ralf Winzer joins Uppercut on four Strings. The Band entered the Wasteland Studios again to record their first full lengths Album "Reanimation Of Hate"

The other band called Uppercut is a hardcore band from the Netherlands, they excisted for 10+ years, played a whole lotta shows and released four albums.

The dj/ vj named upperCUT is from UK, Brighton, established in Bucharest in the last 3 years. His performance is original and unique, because he combine sounds with images in a way that contemporary artists are not familiary yet (even that some of them copy his style in a bad way). He colaborate also with his almost everywhere partner Domnu X, from Bucharest.