Band Biography
“Pushing goth-rock further away from its clichéd Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson motifs, The Cruxshadows were formed by Rogue, Sean Flanagan and Tim Curry while attending Florida State University in 1992. Being fans of Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Peter Murphy and other synth-powered new wave artists, the band wanted to capture twinging electric guitars and electric violin to compose a shimmering dance-like sound. Their lyrical imagery is passionate and enigmatic, similarly resonant to fellow darkwavers such as Faith and the Muse, Covenant and Black Tape for a Blue Girl.
The Cruxshadows released Night Crawls In… in1993 and Telemetry of a Fallen Angel arrived 3 years later. Curry and Flanagan left the band in 1997 to be replaced by Trevor Brown, Chris Brantley and Kevin Page. The Cruxshadows’ lush blend of thick industrial sounds and elegant darkwave aesthetics were strengthened at this point, but Brown withdrew from the band for personal reasons. Rachel McDonnell stepped in with Brown being only minimally involved.
The band was signed to Nesak International/ Kado Records but was shipped over to Dancing Ferret Records and Mere Mortal Records after Nesak were bought out; Mere Mortals folded in mid-1999. The limited edition Until the Voices Fade and the group’s third full-length album Mystery of the Whisper were both released in 1999 and the band toured nationally, extensively playing dates around the mid west and east coast. In mid-2000 the group released the Paradox Addendum EP.”
Written by Mackenzie Wilson, taken from windowsmedia.com
Since this was written the Cruxshadows have been joined by Stacey Campbell, toured Europe, released the immensely successful Tears single and released their new album Wishfire.
