Tuff is an American
glam metal band formed in 1985 in
Phoenix, Arizona, by guitarist Jorge DeSaint, drummer Gary Huckaby, and bassist Todd Chase. After drummer Gary Huckaby left the group in 1985 to work with another local project, the band enlisted drummer Michael Lean and vocalist Terry Fox, who left the band shortly afterwards to pursue an ice skating career. With replacement vocalist
Jim Gillette, the band recorded a four-track
EP entitled
Knock Yourself Out (1986). However, Gillette soon departed to form
Nitro and was replaced by
Stevie Rachelle.