THE CUZA

A dash of David Bowie with a sprinkling of David Sylvian and the Raw Energy of a Young Bono. Ladies and Gentlemen I give you The Cuza.

FORMED IN MANCHESTER IN 2020, WHEN A BUNCH OF MANCUNIAN MINSTRELS CAME UPON A MYSTERIOUS TRANSYLVANIAN SINGER LIVING IN THEIR MIDST.

TUDOR TODUT (VOCALS)
WAYNE EDWARDS (GUITARS)
JAMES ADAMS (GUITARS & KEYBOARD)
SHAUN TAYLOR (BASS)
RYAN ORMEROD (DRUMMER)

With a blend of anthemic melodies and powerful riffs, The Cuza delivers a high-energy performance that will leave you craving more..

Take Tudor, a Transylvanian singer looking for inspiration in the UK. Add in Wayne, a Mancunian songwriter, and his amazing set of fellow Mancunian musicians, James, Shaun and Ryan… and right there you have all the ingredients that make up five-piece guitar band The Cuza. The band live, love and hang out in the musical city of Manchester.

It was Wayne who, back in 2018, in a quest to form a band, had been working on a wealth of material and so brought together cohorts James, Shaun and Ryan to develop it. After nearly giving up on their search for a vocalist they came across Tudor in 2019. The chemistry was instant: The Cuza was complete.

Since that moment, the band have revelled in originality (a rare thing) and pride themselves in being both prolific and innovative in the studio, drawing from collective eclectic musical influences: from Northern Soul to Death Metal, from Bowie to Slayer. You get the idea: the band love anything that makes them, think, feel, dance, sing, cry, jump - and more besides: a.k.a. "no barriers". This glorious fusion of cultures and personalities has resulted in a seemingly unstoppable flow of fabulous music. Sumptuous melodies, captivating lyrics, soaring guitars, energy, beauty, edge and pathos; all delivered with hook, after hook, after hook.

They are also incredible live, supporting the likes of New Model Army and Big Country, never seeming to play the same set twice with their own unique delivery of an ever-growing musical catalogue. Having already recorded at Abbey Road, Metropolis and Larkins Farm, they've pulled twelve tracks from that catalogue for the long-awaited debut album to be released later this summer, produced by the legend that is Adrian Bushby (Foo Fighters and Muse). Wayne explains the rich layers in this forthcoming body of work: "The debut album is a great representation of our early development as a band, there's a variety of moods in there and every track has a story to tell.."

We decided to find out more about the band, their thoughts and their future plans…

Hi there - who are we speaking to and where do we find you today ?
I'm Wayne .. one of the 5 Cuzoids ..We are in the tropical northern English city, and centre of the musical universe .. Manchester.

The Cuza is a cool name for a band, what made you choose it?
Our singer Tudor is Transylvanian, and we stumbled across the name Alexander Cuza, founder of modern day Romania & also a top guy. Cuza is such a great word, so we turned it into a kind of secret society.

How would you describe your sound?
Unique to ourselves as we all have very different Musical influences, from Metal to Funk to Bowie. But if you had to pin it, you'd describe it as hooky melodic thoughtful energetic interesting alternative Rock that likes to tell a story. I guess ?

I really think you should come to this gig.