The original Cutting Jade formed in 1998 and therefore is by no means a new band in the sense of being inexperienced or new to the music game. 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 SA 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. Similar success was experienced with the second demo they submitted