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Cut The Power

Freddy Sayer, Pierre Lange-Gerrard (The Pretty Boys) and Logan Hughes

Freddy and Pierre (The Pretty Boys) have been playing music together since meeting at primary school after Pierre arrived from France at age seven. When the boys were 10yrs old, they were invited by Ruth Pretty to busk and raise money for a drama school trip at her (famous in Te Horo and the world) Friday Frolics. This led to raising money for all sorts of things at Ruth’s, many themed concerts, also the name of the act – The Pretty Boys who regularly at Ruth’s every year, until she retired and closed up shop in 2024.

Freddy and Pierre are also long-time musical collaborators with Logan Hughes (Logan, Freddy and Pierre have all been part of the dub, jazz and funk fusion group Powercut since 2021) and now they have joined forces again to create a trio they call – Cut The Power. This trio is a blending of The Pretty Boys sensibilities and the musical prowess of the Rockquest winning Powercut. This band has an acoustic, rootsy type of thing going on and the 3 young men have crafted a set of enjoyable, funky vibed and accessible songs using some traditional folk instruments and their voices. They will play some of the Pretty Boys covers that they love and treat you to some of their own original songs along the way. All three boys play various instruments – keys, acoustic guitar, double bass, uke, sometimes accordion and more. They all sing skillful harmonies with each other and have considerable experience as performers. They bring expertise, cool energy and much enjoyment to any performance.

The Pretty Boys were recently invited to play at ‘A Taste of Kāpiti and Horowhenua’ at the Beehive in Wellington and were the perfect act to entertain the hundreds of invited guests and people showcasing their products throughout the event. They play many private functions and have been guests at Stationhouse Social Club, the Seagrass Gallery concerts and many more. Cut The Power were part of the Ōtaki Night Market line up in 2025 alongside Casual Healing (Nikau Te Huki) and are playing more gigs over the summer of 26.

Source: Mainly Acoustic Music Club – Upper Hutt

27/02/26