Chris Cross, best known as the bassist in the English new wave band Ultravox, has died at 71 years old.
According to reports, Cross (born Chris Allen) died on March 25th, but the news was not made public until longtime bandmate Midge Ure shared a statement on Ultravox’s Instagram paying tribute to “the glue that held the band together.” No cause of death has been revealed.
“We worked together, we played together, made music and directed videos together. We were instant friends as well as Ultravox comrades,” Ure wrote. “Even after years apart we managed to pick up where we left off like the years in between never existed.”
He continued, “You were the glue that held the band together. You were the logic in the madness and the madness in our lives. It was great to know and grow with you. You are loved and missed old friend.”
Billy Currie,...
According to reports, Cross (born Chris Allen) died on March 25th, but the news was not made public until longtime bandmate Midge Ure shared a statement on Ultravox’s Instagram paying tribute to “the glue that held the band together.” No cause of death has been revealed.
“We worked together, we played together, made music and directed videos together. We were instant friends as well as Ultravox comrades,” Ure wrote. “Even after years apart we managed to pick up where we left off like the years in between never existed.”
He continued, “You were the glue that held the band together. You were the logic in the madness and the madness in our lives. It was great to know and grow with you. You are loved and missed old friend.”
Billy Currie,...
- 4/2/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
In his latest podcast, host Stuart Wright talks with the filmmaker half of I Speak Machine, Maf Lewis, about 5 Great British Horror Films – which include:
Pogle’s Wood (1965) Whistle And I will Come (1968) The Spirit Of Dark And Lonely Water (1973) The Omen (1976) 28 Days Later (2002)
With nods to Don’t Look Now (1974) and Kill List (2011)
I Speak Machine are vocalist and synth-nerd Tara Busch and filmmaker Maf Lewis. Together they make brooding soundtracks and horror/sci-fi films, creating audio and visual in unison to give both elements equal prominence. The result is a “live score film”, where the film is screened only with the music performed live by Tara.
They released their first soundtrack, the score to their mindbending sci-fi short “The Silence”, in 2014 on Lex Records. They released their latest soundtrack to their short film Zombies 1985 in May of 2017 in collaboration with producer/ writer Benge. The soundtrack & film is a sinister,...
Pogle’s Wood (1965) Whistle And I will Come (1968) The Spirit Of Dark And Lonely Water (1973) The Omen (1976) 28 Days Later (2002)
With nods to Don’t Look Now (1974) and Kill List (2011)
I Speak Machine are vocalist and synth-nerd Tara Busch and filmmaker Maf Lewis. Together they make brooding soundtracks and horror/sci-fi films, creating audio and visual in unison to give both elements equal prominence. The result is a “live score film”, where the film is screened only with the music performed live by Tara.
They released their first soundtrack, the score to their mindbending sci-fi short “The Silence”, in 2014 on Lex Records. They released their latest soundtrack to their short film Zombies 1985 in May of 2017 in collaboration with producer/ writer Benge. The soundtrack & film is a sinister,...
- 6/4/2018
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
The Fall - New Facts Emerge (Cherry Red)
For a band that has existed around the spiteful and brooding presence of Mark E. Smith for over thirty albums and forty years another release shouldn't pack many surprises but it does. Many have served under his difficult demands, being in The Fall almost a rite of passage, an induction by fire for many a Mancunian musician. Some never fully recuperate from the experience.
At his sneering malevolent best, Smith revolts into style with sublime swagger. The opening "Segue" is a drunken spoons hammering against beer glasses outburst that effortlessly slides into '"Fol De Rol" a guitar driven epic resembling Magazine at their most monochromatic and industrial. European in feel. It could easily pass as John Foxx period Ultravox at their most chillingly Germanic. A searing slab of Metal meets Art Rock. A public image uninhibited. "Brillo De Facto" is more conventional Fall-fare,...
For a band that has existed around the spiteful and brooding presence of Mark E. Smith for over thirty albums and forty years another release shouldn't pack many surprises but it does. Many have served under his difficult demands, being in The Fall almost a rite of passage, an induction by fire for many a Mancunian musician. Some never fully recuperate from the experience.
At his sneering malevolent best, Smith revolts into style with sublime swagger. The opening "Segue" is a drunken spoons hammering against beer glasses outburst that effortlessly slides into '"Fol De Rol" a guitar driven epic resembling Magazine at their most monochromatic and industrial. European in feel. It could easily pass as John Foxx period Ultravox at their most chillingly Germanic. A searing slab of Metal meets Art Rock. A public image uninhibited. "Brillo De Facto" is more conventional Fall-fare,...
- 9/24/2017
- by robert cochrane
- www.culturecatch.com
Just yesterday, Buddy the Elf, along with 95.5 Plj on-air host John Foxx at Madison Square Garden in Chase Squarechallenged 15 pre-selectedELFfans to find Buddy's missing snow globe in a giant bowl filled with hundreds of pounds of spaghetti and all five of the Elf main food groups -- cookies, candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup. The first participant to find the snow globe inside the bowl of spaghetti will win a night out on the town in New York City including four premium tickets to opening night ofELF The Musical,a 200 gift card to Carmine's Italian Restaurant and 15,000 points to Starwood Hotels.
- 10/15/2015
- by Genevieve Rafter Keddy
- BroadwayWorld.com
Msg Entertainment Msge welcomed fans of the beloved holiday story, Elf The Musical, todiscover their inner Elf with the biggest, stickiest and sweetest event in New York City earlier today, October 14. 15 pre-selected Elf fansjoinedBuddy the Elf, along with 95.5 Plj on-air host John Foxx, at Madison Square Garden in Chase Square, tofind Buddy's missing snow globe in a ten-foot bowl filled with 350 pounds of 'spaghetti' and all five of the Elf main food groups -- cookies, candy, candy canes, candy corns and maple syrup. Scroll down for photos...
- 10/14/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Marking the David Lynch film’s 30th Anniversary, this Fall will see the release of Peter Braatz’s Blue Velvet Revisited, a feature-length documentary consisting of Super 8 footage the director shot on the North Carolina set of Blue Velvet. Braatz previously made a short film out of this material, No Frank in Lumberton, but now he’s pulled out all the stops, commissioning a brand-new soundtrack that excites me just as much as this footage does. That soundtrack, featuring new work recorded in 2015 by Tuxedomoon, Cult with No Name and John Foxx, is already available for pre-order on Amazon and iTunes. […]...
- 8/29/2015
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Marking the David Lynch film’s 30th Anniversary, this Fall will see the release of Peter Braatz’s Blue Velvet Revisited, a feature-length documentary consisting of Super 8 footage the director shot on the North Carolina set of Blue Velvet. Braatz previously made a short film out of this material, No Frank in Lumberton, but now he’s pulled out all the stops, commissioning a brand-new soundtrack that excites me just as much as this footage does. That soundtrack, featuring new work recorded in 2015 by Tuxedomoon, Cult with No Name and John Foxx, is already available for pre-order on Amazon and iTunes. […]...
- 8/29/2015
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
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