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The Cross were an English rock band formed in 1987 by Queen drummer Roger Taylor. The Cross. The Cross on stage in Germany, 1990. L-R: Clayton Moss, Roger ... TheCross(band) FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "TheCross" band – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(February2013)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) TheCrossTheCrossonstageinGermany,1990.L-R:ClaytonMoss,RogerTaylorandPeterNoone.BackgroundinformationOriginEnglandGenresPoprock,dance-rock,hardrockYearsactive1987–1993,2013,2021–presentLabelsVirgin,Parlophone,EMIElectrolaMembersRogerTaylorClaytonMossPeterNooneJoshMacraeSpikeEdneyWebsiteRogerTaylorOfficial TheCrosswereanEnglishrockbandformedin1987byQueendrummerRogerTaylor. Theyreleasedthreestudioalbumsbeforesplittingupin1993.[1]IncontrasttoQueenandotheroutsideprojects,Taylorfrontedthebandandplayedrhythmguitarinsteadofdrums.Ontheirdebutalbum,whichwasmostlyrecordedbyTaylorbeforerecruitingtherestoftheband,theyincorporateddanceinfluences(similartoQueen's1982albumHotSpace)whichweredroppedonsubsequentalbums. Contents 1History 1.1Firstalbum:ShoveIt 1.2Secondalbum:Mad,BadandDangeroustoKnow 1.3Thirdalbum:BlueRock 1.4Breakup 1.52013reunionconcert 2Members 2.1Touringmembers 3Tours 3.1ShoveIt:1988 3.2Mad,Bad&DangerousToKnow:1990 3.3BlueRock:1991 3.4ChristmasCrackers:1992 4Discography 4.1Studioalbums 4.2Singles 5References 6Externallinks History[edit] TaylorformedtheCrosswhileQueenwereonbreakaftertheMagicTourinmid1987.[2]HerecruitedQueen'stourkeyboardist,SpikeEdney,butadvertisedfortheremainingmusicianswhowere,whenthebandwasformed,guitaristClaytonMoss,bassistPeterNoone,anddrummerJoshMacrae.[2] Theband'salbumsandsingleswerenotcommerciallysuccessful,althoughtheydidmanagetoreachtheUKAlbumsChartwithseveralandtheyenjoyedmoderatesuccessinGermany.Thefirstalbum,ShoveIt,wasreleasedonVirginRecordsin1987.[2]LargelyasoloprojectforTaylor,whohadwrittenthesongspriortoformingtheband,thealbumandthethreesinglesitspawneddidreachthechartsintheUK,whereitalsoreceivedsomepositivepress.ThebandtouredinsupportofthealbumbeforeTaylortookashortbreakforthe1989QueenalbumTheMiracle,forwhichtherewasnotour. Firstalbum:ShoveIt[edit] AfterQueen's1986MagicTour,thebandmemberswenttheirseparatewaystodovarioussolowork.Taylordecidedtoformanewbandwithwhichhecouldtour.Hehadalreadywrittenandrecordedthealbumhimselfbeforefindingabandtoplaythesongswith.Heeventuallyplacedanadvertisementforbandmembersinanationalnewspaper,hintinghewasafamousrockmusician.ThepositionofkeyboardplayerwasfilledbySpikeEdney,whohadworkedwithTaylorontwotourswithQueen.Whentheauditionswereover,theline-upwascompletedbyPeterNooneonbass,ClaytonMossonguitar,andJoshMacraeondrums.[2] Thefirstalbum,ShoveIt,wasreleasedin1988.[2]TwotracksfeaturedfellowQueenbandmembers:thetrack"HeavenforEveryone"featuredvocalsbyFreddieMercury(backingvocalsontheAmericanversionofthealbum,leadvocalsontheEuropeanedition),while"LoveLiesBleeding(SheWasAWicked,WilyWaitress)"featuredBrianMayonguitar.TheEuropeanCDcontainedanextratrack(comparedtocassetteandLP)inThe2ndShelfMix,theUSversionhaving"FeelTheForce"asitsextratrack.ThebandpromotedhardinGermanyespecially,withmanyTVperformancesofsinglesincludinganappearanceattheMontreuxGoldenRosefestivalin1988.ThetourtookindatesintheUKandGermany.Threesingleswerereleasedfromthealbum:"CowboysandIndians",[2]"HeavenforEveryone"and"ShoveIt".Anothersingle,"Manipulator,"wasreleasedin1988,butitwasnotincludedonanyalbum.Itwasalsotheonlysongfromthetimethathadjointwritingcredits,TaylorsharingthemwithSpikeEdneyandSteveStrange. ThesecondsinglefromShoveIt,"HeavenforEveryone",wasre-releasedbytheremainingmembersofQueen,usingFreddieMercury'sleadvocaltakefromtheShoveItsessions.Itwasreleasedastheleadsinglefromthe1995albumMadeinHeavenandwentontobecomeamajorhitinseveralcountries. Secondalbum:Mad,BadandDangeroustoKnow[edit] TaylorperformingwithTheCrossin1990. AfterfinishingQueen's1989albumTheMiracle,TaylorwentintothestudiowiththerestoftheCrossforthefirsttimetorecordMad,BadandDangeroustoKnow.[2]Thebandcomposedtheopeningtrack"TopOfTheWorldMa".Therestofthealbumconsistedmainlyofindividuallywrittensongs,exceptfor"PowerToLove"whichwasajointventurebyMacrae,NooneandMoss.ClaytonMosssangleadvocalsonhisowntrack"BetterThings",andSpikeEdneyplayedmandolinon"FinalDestination",whichwaswrittenbyTaylor."FinalDestination"wasreleasedasasingle,aswere"Liar"and"PowerToLove",thelatterbeingthelastsingletobereleasedintheUKbythegroup."FinalDestination"camewithaliverenditionofTaylor'ssong"ManOnFire"asaB-side,and"Liar"(Noone)hadabrandnewtrack,"InChargeOfMyHeart",whichwasalsopennedbyTaylor.The12"singleandCDof"Liar"alsoincludedextendedremixesofboth"Liar"and"InChargeOfMyHeart".Theinstrumentalsectionatthebeginningof"InChargeOfMyHeart"wasusedastheopeningtoconcertsontheaccompanyingtour."CloserToYou"(Edney)hadbeenplannedtobereleasedinAmerica,buttheideawasneverdiscussedagain.ThegrouphavingseeminglygivenupontheUKmarket,theaccompanyingtouronlyincludeddatesinGermany,Austria,SwitzerlandandIbiza.Unusualforsuchtours,everysongfromthenewalbumwasplayedlive. Thirdalbum:BlueRock[edit] MadeatatimewhenTaylor'seffortswereconcentratedonQueen,BlueRockgavetheothermembersofthebandachancetotakecontroloftheupcomingalbum.[2]ItwaslargelywrittenbyEdney,whocontributedthreeofhisowntracksandcontributedtofourmore.[2]Onceagain,theopeningtrackwaspennedbytheentireband,"BadAttitude"waswritten(althoughnotcomplete)bytheChristmasfanclubpartyof1990.BlueRockwasonlyreleasedinGermany[2](althoughpromocopieswerereleasedinItalyandJapan)."NewDarkAges"(Taylor)wasreleasedinGermanywithanotherliveversionof"ManOnFire",whilst"LifeChanges"wasreleasedwiththeB-side"Heartland".Itwashoweverimmediatelywithdrawn,duetothedeathofFreddieMercury.ThetourwasinsupportofMagnum,sotheconcertlengthswereshort(45mins.)andveryfewbootlegssurvived.Thetourwasrapid,covering20datesinonemonth. EMIRecordsrefusedtoreleaseathirdalbumbytheband.However,asthebandhadenjoyedmoderatesuccessinGermany,EMI'sGermanbranchEMIElectrolastillreleasedtheirthirdeffort,BlueRock(1991),inthatcountry.[2] Breakup[edit] Thebandbrokeupin1993afterperformingafinalshow.[2]TaylorcontinuedworkingwithQueenandproducedsoloalbums.DrummerMacraeaccompaniedTayloronhissolotoursandalsoplayedpercussionatTheFreddieMercuryTributeConcert.BothTaylorandkeyboardistEdneyparticipatedintheQueen+PaulRodgerstours,whileMacraeworkedbehindthescenesasasoundengineerandProToolsengineerforthem.Inthelate1990s,EdneyformedtheSASBand("Spike'sAllStars"),agroupwithanever-changingline-upof1980srockstars. 2013reunionconcert[edit] ItwasannouncedonSpikeEdney'sFacebookpageon23July2013thatTheCrosswouldreuniteforonenightonlyatGLive,Guildford,on7December,some20yearsaftertheirofficialbreak-up.[citationneeded] Members[edit] RogerTaylor-leadvocals,rhythmguitar SpikeEdney–keyboards,backingvocals ClaytonMoss-leadguitar,backingvocals(leadvocalson"BetterThings"and"Heartland") PeterNoone-bassguitar,backingvocals(leadvocalson"Heartland") JoshMacrae-drums,percussion,backingvocals[2] Touringmembers[edit] SuzieO'List–backingvocals GillianO'Donovan–backingvocals Tours[edit] ShoveIt:1988[edit] Date City Country Venue 19February1988 Leeds England UniversityofLeeds 20February1988 Glasgow Scotland UniversityofGlasgow 21February1988 Leicester England LeicesterPolytechnic 23February1988 Sheffield SheffieldPolytechnic 24February1988 Nottingham RockCity 26February1988 Manchester UniversityofManchester 27February1988 Bradford UniversityofBradford 28February1988 Newcastle TheMayfair 1March1988 Southampton TheMayfairSuite 2March1988 Cardiff Wales CardiffUniversity 4March1988 Norwich England UniversityofEastAnglia 5March1988 Birmingham TheHummingbird 6March1988 Leeds UniversityofLeeds 7March1988 Bristol BristolStudio 9March1988 Guildford GuildfordCivic 10March1988 London TheTown&CountryClub 11April1988 Bremen Germany Modernes 12April1988 Hamburg MarkthalleHamburg 13April1988 Berlin Metropol 14April1988 Munich Theaterfabrik 16April1988 Erlangen E-Werk 17April1988 Frankfurt Music-HallFrankfurt 18April1988 Hanover Capitol 19April1988 Esslingen ClubMusic&Action 20April1988 Mannheim Capitol 21April1988 Düsseldorf Tor3 23April1988 Dortmund WestfallenhalleII 24April1988 Bonn Biskuithalle Mad,Bad&DangerousToKnow:1990[edit] 01/04/90:FestivalForLife(Geneva,Switzerland) 21/05/90:Capitol(Hannover,Germany) 22/05/90:Biskuithallen(Bonn,Germany) 23/05/90:Blickpunktstudios(Dortmund,Germany) 24/05/90:Outpost(Göttingen,Germany) 26/05/90:Docks(Hamburg,Germany) 27/05/90:MaxMusicHall(Kiel,Germany) 28/05/90:Metropol(Berlin,Germany) 29/05/90:DeMelkweg(Amsterdam,Netherlands) 30/05/90:Hugennottenhalle(Neu-Isenburg,Germany) 01/06/90:KuClub(Ibiza,Spain) 02/06/90:KuClub(Ibiza,Spain) 03/06/90:Bosenbachstadion(St.Wendel,Germany) 04/06/90:Serenadenhof(Nuremberg,Germany) 05/06/90:Akantz(Tuttlingen,Germany) 06/06/90:AlteFeuerwache(Mannheim,Germany) 07/06/90:PC69(Bielefeld,Germany) 08/06/90:TheaterhausWangen(Stuttgart,Germany) 15/06/90:Donauinsel(Vienna,Austria) BlueRock:1991[edit] 03/10/91:TavastiaClub(Helsinki,Finland) 05/10/91:Hagadal(Hultsfred,Sweden) 07/10/91:Konserthuset(Gothenburg,Sweden) 09/10/91:MusicHall(Hannover,Germany) 10/10/91:RockHeaven(Herford,Germany) 11/10/91:Docks(Hamburg,Germany) 12/10/91:Astoria(Bremen,Germany) 13/10/91:Tempodrom(Berlin,Germany) 14/10/91:Freiheitshalle(Hof,Germany) 15/10/91:CircusKrone(Munich,Germany) 16/10/91:Stadthalle(Memmingen,Germany) 18/10/91:Volkshaus(Zurich,Switzerland) 20/10/91:Schwarzwaldhalle(Appenweiher,Germany) 21/10/91:Maintauberhalle(Wertheim,Germany) 22/10/91:Stadthalle(Offenbach,Germany) 23/10/91:Philipshalle(Düsseldorf,Germany) 24/10/91:Stadthalle(Erlengen,Germany) 25/10/91:Festhalle(Dietenheim,Germany) 26/10/91:SporthalleBirkelbach(Erntebrück,Germany) 27/10/91:Forum(Ludwigsburg,Germany) ChristmasCrackers:1992[edit] 21/12/92:TheMarquee(London,UK) 22/12/92:TheMarquee(London,UK)specialguestsBrianMayandTimStaffell Discography[edit] Studioalbums[edit] Year Title UK[3] DE[4] 1988 ShoveIt 58 - 1990 Mad,BadandDangeroustoKnow - 48 1991 BlueRock - - Singles[edit] Year Title UK[3] DE[4] Album 1987 "CowboysandIndians" 74 - ShoveIt 1988 "ShoveIt" 83 - "HeavenforEveryone" 84 68 "Manipulator" - - Non-albumsingle 1990 "PowertoLove" 83 - Mad,BadandDangeroustoKnow "Liar" - - "FinalDestination" - - 1991 "NewDarkAges" - - BlueRock "LifeChanges" References[edit] ^Sharp,Ken."RogerTaylor:RockandRollFunster(Interview)".RockCellarMagazine.RockCellarMagazine.Retrieved18March2015. ^abcdefghijklmColinLarkin,ed.(1999).TheVirginEncyclopediaofHeavyRock(First ed.).VirginBooks.p. 109.ISBN 0-7535-0257-7. ^abQueenOnlineMessageBoard ::Viewtopic-Queen/SolosUK&US(YMORE)ChartHistoryArchived29September2008attheWaybackMachine ^abCharts-SurferArchived16December2008attheWaybackMachine Externallinks[edit] Queenpedia–TheCrosscompletesonglist Russianfansite TheCrossfansite vteRogerTaylorDiscographyStudioalbums FuninSpace(1981) StrangeFrontier(1984) Happiness?(1994) ElectricFire(1998) FunonEarth(2013) Outsider(2021) Singles "(IWanna)Testify" Compilationalbums TheLot Relatedarticles Queen Smile TheCross Felix&Arty RufusTigerTaylor vteQueen BrianMay RogerTaylor FreddieMercury JohnDeacon Studioalbums Queen QueenII SheerHeartAttack ANightattheOpera ADayattheRaces NewsoftheWorld Jazz TheGame FlashGordon HotSpace TheWorks AKindofMagic TheMiracle Innuendo MadeinHeaven Livealbums LiveKillers LiveMagic AttheBeeb LiveatWembley'86 QueenonFire–LiveattheBowl QueenRockMontreal HungarianRhapsody:QueenLiveinBudapest LiveattheRainbow'74 ANightattheOdeon OnAir Compilations GreatestHits GreatestHitsII ClassicQueen The12″Collection QueenRocks GreatestHitsIII StoneColdClassics TheA–ZofQueen,Volume1 AbsoluteGreatest DeepCuts,Volume1(1973–1976) DeepCuts,Volume2(1977–1982) DeepCuts,Volume3(1984–1995) Icon QueenForever GreatestHitsinJapan Boxsets TheCompleteWorks QueenCDSingleBox TheCrownJewels ThePlatinumCollection:GreatestHitsI,II&III TheSinglesCollectionVolume1 TheSinglesCollectionVolume2 TheSinglesCollectionVolume3 TheSinglesCollectionVolume4 OnAir Extendedplays Queen'sFirstE.P. 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