Crosses

Chino Moreno ( Deftones ) and Sean Lopez (Far guitarist, music producer) have been friends since childhood and lived next door in Sacramento , California . Deftones and Far were friends and even gave joint concerts in the late 1990s. But then Far broke up and the ways of Chino and Shona parted. In 2006, Sean Lopez and Chino Moreno met again, this time in the studio. Sean helped with the production vocals on the Deftones album - Saturday Night Wrist. In 2008, Far reunited, and in 2010 they released the album At Night We Live, dedicated to Deftones bass player - Chi Cheng, who got into a car accident in November 2008.

The history of Crosses began in 2010. The project was first named The Holy Ghost . It all started with how small fragments of Moreno and Lopez project songs began to appear on YouTube . The songs were minimalistic electronics with a rich use of synthesizers.

In 2011, the project was renamed Crosses .

In February 2011, it was announced that the band recorded about 16 songs and intend to release them on free EPs over the Internet during the year.

In the summer of 2011, the teasers on the band’s website began actively laying out rollers-teasers with excerpts from new songs. Also appeared the symbolic name of the group - †ЖЖ . Many decided that Chino was carried away by the witch house's new-fashioned musical movement, but he himself denies this.

EP † was released on August 2 of the same year. The EP includes 5 songs. Former bassist of Guns N 'Roses Daf McCagan (bass on † his Is A † rick ) and far drummer Chris Robin took part in the recording.

In the fall of 2011, another song, Crosses, became available to listeners. The Years track hit the soundtrack for Batman: Arkham City .

In November, the release of EP † was carried over to physical media. The limited edition includes pink vinyl, a USB stick with remixes for songs from EP and various accessories for fans of the group.

In December 2011 teasers began to appear new songs of the group. The team also announced a small tour, which will be held in early 2012 in America.

At the beginning of 2012, the release date of EP †Ж was announced - January 24.

On January 16, the band released the track Prurien † through the website of Rolling Stone magazine . Previously, the band posted all the tracks of this song on their website so that the listeners could make their own remix.

On January 24, 2012, EP † † was released . This time, no free version was released, but Digital Download and Deluxe Download were released. Chris Robin (live drums) and Molly Carson (phone call to Fron † iers ) took part in the recording.

On April 21, 2012, the band released the 7-inch vinyl single “Op † ion / † elepa † hy” for the fifth anniversary of Record Store Day ^[1] . In honor of him, the group (Chino Moreno and Shona Lopez) was invited to play a DJ set in Hollywood, in the Amoeba Music store ^[2] . On August 6, 2012 a compilation of remixes of Rob Zombie songs was released, which included a remix from Crosses to the song “Dragula”.

In September 2012, the group signed a contract with Sumerian Records , and also announced the release of a new release in December 2013, but subsequently postponed the release date to February 2014.

On October 2, 2013, a group of radio stations began to spin their debut single “† he Epilogue” from the expected album. November 11th the single was available on iTunes ^[3] .

On November 5, 2013, Sumerian Records officially unveiled its new track “Bi † ches Brew” on its YouTube channel ^[4] , and on November 25, Rollingstone.com hosted the premiere video clip of this song, directed by Raul Gonzo ^[5] .

The band plays alternative rock with a great influence of electronic music. In the music of Crosses synthesizers dominate. The rhythm section is mainly built on a drum machine. Vocalist Chino Moreno said in an interview with the Russian television channel A-ONE that the music of his new project is close to post-rock.

• Chino Moreno ( Eng. Chino Moreno ) - vocals
• Shaun Lopez ( eng. Shaun Lopez ) - guitar , keys , programming
• Chuck Doom ( eng. Chuck Doom ) - bass

Tour participants

• Chris Robin ( eng. Chris Robyn ) - drums (Far) (2012)
• Dino Campanella ( eng. Dino Campanella ) - drums , keys ( Dredg ) (2012-present)
• Jono Evans ( eng. Jono Evans ) - guitar , keys (Endless Hallway) (2012-present)

Studio albums

• † across (2014)

EP

• EP † (2011)
• EP † † (2012)
• EP †Ж (2014)

Singles

• "Op † ion / † elepa † hy" (2012)
• "The Epilogue" (2013)
• "† elepa † hy" (2014)

Video clips

• "Bi † ches Brew" (2013)
• "† he Epilogue" (2014)

• Official site
• Crosses at allmusic
• Crosses (English) on Discogs

1. ↑ †Ж (Crosses) prepare 7-inch vinyl for Record Store Day 2012
2. ↑ Chino Moreno and Sean Lopez twisted vinyls at Record Store Day
3. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-epilogue-single/id738255020 The Epilogue - Single
4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ4MMmw2HZk †Ж (Crosses) - bi † ches brew
5. ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/crosses-conjure-up-ghosts-in-bi-ches-brew-20131125 † (Crosses) Conjure Up Ghosts in 'Bi † ches Brew'